Thread: One common complaint made about Christians is that they believe in eternal consequences to our actions. Christians believe souls live on, therefore, they believe that moral errors affect us eternally. Secular persons also believe that there are terrible moral errors 1/4
...like exploitation and oppression. But since they don’t believe in an afterlife--they don’t think the consequences of wrongdoing go on into eternity. Does that mean secular people are more open-minded and Christians more narrow and coercive? I don’t think so. 2/4
Imagine arguing over a cookie. Jack thinks the cookie is poison, and Jill thinks it's not. Jack thinks Jill’s mistaken view of the cookie will send her to the hospital or worse. Jill thinks Jack’s mistaken view will merely keep him from having a fine dessert. 3/4
Is Jack more coercive than Jill because he thinks the consequences of her mistake are more dire? No. Christians, therefore, aren’t more narrow because they think wrong thinking and behavior have eternal effects. (from “The Reason for God”). amzn.to/3atvz0g 4/4
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