Jesus believed that the cause of all of the bad behavior among the children of humanity could be attributed to a lack of knowledge. The person who acts in unrighteousness simply didn't know better. He used this argument in defense of the people who were having him executed, and by extension it can be applied to everyone else. On the basis of this argument he pleads with God the Father to pardon humanity from punishment, in his success he breaks the chains of death which bind us allowing for the possibility of a resurrection.
I believe that the final argument of our Lord may be incorrect; knowledge is not the main problem but the limitations of our biology play a greater role. In modern times we have found that some individuals may be genetically predisposed to violent acts. Our emotional lives are based largely upon a chemistry which we can not control directly through rational thought. And well educated persons with fairly superior rational minds are perfectly capable of justifying murder under certain conditions. Whether we call that murder, "Capital Punishment," or "The assassination of a political enemy," makes little to no difference. One act of violence can never be reconciled by another act of violence, violence can not be the solution to violence. In some, perhaps extreme cases, the rational mind is able to justify genocide. We may not all agree with the reasoning, but there is still a bit of reasoning involved in much of our bad behavior. Most of us don't believe that murder is justifiable in every case, but if we were able to consider all the contributing conditions perhaps it would be justifiable in every case. We can only hope that this is the nature of the truth, in modern times knowledge is more easily available to all people. We may have heard very good arguments from many of those people who we choose to have for our personal hero's in life. And of course we all believe in some kind of noble cause, which can justify a great deal. Personally I feel that a great deal of human behavior will be justified simply by saying that we felt very angry at the time, for all of the control we have over such feelings while they are in control of us.
If the final argument of Christ turns out to be invalid, I don't believe it will affect our ultimate destiny by much. I never believed in an Angry and Wrathful God; some of the natural events which are very destructive to life and property may very well be necessary for life to exist on a planet of any description. I would never believe in a God that commands one of us to take the life of another either; the person who hears such a voice is suffering from a bit of insanity and that is all. Every child of humanity comes into manifestation to experience life and universe from a unique perspective and set of conditions. Every child of humanity is rewarded in exactly the same way, with a mortal end and whatever comes after. Perhaps God's unconditional love will be enough to eliminate all accountability, wipe out our every grudge, and justify any hardship that we had to suffer. Perhaps there will never be a return to immortal life on Planet Earth for us, perhaps the truth is something completely different. And if it turns out to be something that we never expected, we can only hope that it's still something good for us. I for one choose to trust the God that I believe in, I know that I have been loved, and I think that I will continue to have a place within the durable Universe well beyond my own mortal end.
I believe that the final argument of our Lord may be incorrect; knowledge is not the main problem but the limitations of our biology play a greater role. In modern times we have found that some individuals may be genetically predisposed to violent acts. Our emotional lives are based largely upon a chemistry which we can not control directly through rational thought. And well educated persons with fairly superior rational minds are perfectly capable of justifying murder under certain conditions. Whether we call that murder, "Capital Punishment," or "The assassination of a political enemy," makes little to no difference. One act of violence can never be reconciled by another act of violence, violence can not be the solution to violence. In some, perhaps extreme cases, the rational mind is able to justify genocide. We may not all agree with the reasoning, but there is still a bit of reasoning involved in much of our bad behavior. Most of us don't believe that murder is justifiable in every case, but if we were able to consider all the contributing conditions perhaps it would be justifiable in every case. We can only hope that this is the nature of the truth, in modern times knowledge is more easily available to all people. We may have heard very good arguments from many of those people who we choose to have for our personal hero's in life. And of course we all believe in some kind of noble cause, which can justify a great deal. Personally I feel that a great deal of human behavior will be justified simply by saying that we felt very angry at the time, for all of the control we have over such feelings while they are in control of us.
If the final argument of Christ turns out to be invalid, I don't believe it will affect our ultimate destiny by much. I never believed in an Angry and Wrathful God; some of the natural events which are very destructive to life and property may very well be necessary for life to exist on a planet of any description. I would never believe in a God that commands one of us to take the life of another either; the person who hears such a voice is suffering from a bit of insanity and that is all. Every child of humanity comes into manifestation to experience life and universe from a unique perspective and set of conditions. Every child of humanity is rewarded in exactly the same way, with a mortal end and whatever comes after. Perhaps God's unconditional love will be enough to eliminate all accountability, wipe out our every grudge, and justify any hardship that we had to suffer. Perhaps there will never be a return to immortal life on Planet Earth for us, perhaps the truth is something completely different. And if it turns out to be something that we never expected, we can only hope that it's still something good for us. I for one choose to trust the God that I believe in, I know that I have been loved, and I think that I will continue to have a place within the durable Universe well beyond my own mortal end.
