so i'm sitting on BART this morning heading in to work and all of a sudden i see this ad that says simply, "can there be justice without a God?"
and so of course, i start having this full-fledged internal battle over that question. i guess i just wanted to put that stumper out there to see if anyone had any thoughts, or even to just make you wonder about it for yourself. it's a good question. especially for someone like me who has decided to make the law, and through that justice, my career.
oh, the ad was for this program that i guess BART is putting on that actually fosters discussions on topics involving God, etc. and encourages community service and stuff. it can be found at godrides.org.
June 17, 2008
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there is a lot more i could say, but i will leave you with this:
if there can be injustice with a God, there can be justice without one.
That is a big question. Justice is when an action is met with the appropriate consequence. That is why we call it the criminal justice system, yeah? I think in today's world we use the word justice improperly. To us "justice" means that everyone prospers. But real justice is when, essentially, we get what we deserve (good OR bad).
So, if that is how justice is defined, then there must be somebody setting the rules, right? I don't think there can be justice without God, because then it's just what WE think is right or wrong. God has to set up the framework. Without God, there is no order and there is no right and wrong. Without order or right and wrong, there is no justice (or injustice for that matter.)
that's a really simplistic way to put it, but I figured good for just a comment. :)
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