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Whaaaaaaat? Because ;
1/ You imply all men are alike & can't judge each other, it would seem courts of law are unfair by merely judging others. You want to live in a world with no courts?
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No man can make a global judgement on mankind like God can. In God's eye's we are all the same and all guilty of at least some kind of sin in one way shape or form. The only different between one man and another is whether or not he accepts Jesus.
Lets say the nature of man is he will always make mistakes and always sin.
Lets it also be known that my view on whether or not a judgement is fair is based on whether or not it is hypocritical.
So therefor man can not judge another man
soley or only on the fact that he is a man. We are all mankind. That would be hypocritical.
If man A judges man B on an action that man A didn't performan but man B did, than that is not hypocritical.
If God judges mankind on any mistake or sin it is never hypocritical because God can not sin or make a mistake.
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Its OK then for me to kill the man next door because hes dark skinned & a Hindu, & not like me?
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God says he is like you because he is man, and you are man. So no it's not ok.
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You seem to be attributing all the crimes man will ever commit, to all men. Just because I can murder someone doesn't mean I will. It means I've exercised the free will God gave me to not murder someone. Someone that did murder, can be judged accordingly by the appropriate authorities. It is NOT FAIR FOR BABIES THAT HAVE COMMITED NO CRIME BY DINT OF THEIR OWN FREE WILL TO HAVE THEIR LIVES SNUFFED OUT.
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Mankind values different crimes differently. God does not. Any law of God's that you break is on the same level as any other. It all shows disobediance to God.
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Consider a child that is born "perfect" compared to one that is suffering terribly & has hours to live? Both guilty of being human, yet God makes one suffer & one not. ANY way you put it, this is a dictionary definition of unfairness.
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I can not pretend to know the intentions of God, but I'm certain that even though he doesn't control us he knows what will happen in the future. Maybe the child who dies would be one who would not accept him anyways. But regardless I believe the concept of the word fair extents beyond our comprehension. But by our definition of the word fair, we are also not fair to God.
If you truely want a Christian answer to why you think God is not fair then go to any searh engine and type that exactly in.
Here is a link to one example
http://www.fcfonline.org/ARTICLES/why_god_is_not_fair.htm it is explaned by a smarter man than I.
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Ergo, God is unfair.
Whats the point of free will if you're going to be judged GUILTY anyhow.
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Man can't judge God because he doesn't understand God. The point of free will is so we can accept that we are guilty (among other things.)
Here is a parable I think is very good.
"Noted author and lecturer Josh McDowell provided a good analogy demonstrating God's just, righteous nature combined with his mercy and grace:
An incident that took place several years ago in California illuminates what Jesus did on the cross in order to solve the problem God had with dealing with the sin of humanity. A young woman was picked up for speeding. She was ticketed and taken before the judge. The judge read off the citation and said "Guilty or not guilty?". The woman replied, "Guilty". The judge brought down the gavel and fined her $100 or ten days. Then an amazing thing took place. The judge stood up, took off his robe,walked down around in front, took out his billfold, and paid the fine. What's the explanation of this? The judge was her father. He loved his daughter, yet he was a just judge. His daughter had broken the law and he couldn't simply say to her "Because I love you so much, I forgive you. You may leave". If he had done that, he wouldn't have been a righteous judge. He wouldn't have upheld the law. But he loved his daughter so much that he was willing to take off his judicial robe and come down in front and represent her as her father and pay the fine1.
In light of the attributes of God we know to be true in our hearts, such as His holiness, righteousness, compassion, and mercy, Christianity is the only religion that makes sense."
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