fairness.

so i’m taking a breadth class on philosophy right now, and i am currently in the middle/end of writing a paper to turn in tomorrow.

i thought this class would be different.

i was so excited when i heard that we were going to be learning about these “theories” about God and free will.

i was so passionate about taking notes in class, which turned into my personal commentary on the professor’s lecture.

and i was so disappointed when i found out that all our grade relies on is our ability to regurgitate the information given to us in class. i wanted to use my brain.

so in the class, he talks about the existence of God and the existence of evil in the world, and the argument of how there could be evil in the world if there “were” a benevolent and omniscient God who created it. then there’s this theory of why God chose to create free will. and it has been good for me to be in the class, even though i get all worked up in my mind about why he’s explaining things wrong. but now we’re on to the idea of fairness.

soak that word up.

and how fairness is supposedly an objection to the “idea” of the existence of God because it is not fair that some people suffer more in their lives than others. and he goes on to elaborate about why there is so much undeserved pain and suffering in the world. but somehow the professor dupes the whole class (or maybe almost the whole class) into assuming that we all deserve lives without suffering. and that this whole fairness thing is right. and that the world should be fair and just if God is fair and just. well, you know what, professor? God is more than fair and just. grace is not fair nor just. the gospel is not fair in any way.

so, thank you God for the grace that you give us. You are good, even if our world is fallen.

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