The Road to Paradise
Chapter 44
A judicial practice that is the culmination of injustice, and a Godhead who dictates to people a rule of conduct that He Himself does not practice
But this previously mentioned ecclesiastical Christian view of life is simply a product of great ignorance, an ignorance that is still very conspicuous. That this view of life is illogical and thereby unloving is emphasised by ecclesiastical Christianity's own dogmas. It says that an almighty, all-wise and all-loving God exists behind the whole universe or cosmos. It also goes on to say that human beings, as well as all other living beings, are "created" by this God. It then says that human beings, in so far as they are unable to love their neighbour as themselves, are "sinful". And they thereby incur the previously mentioned appalling torment in the inextinguishable fire of eternal hell. The crucifixion of Jesus did, however, give them the opportunity to avoid this torment, for his terrible agony and death were perceived as a punishment for all the "sins" of the world, which he had taken upon himself. The real "sinners" were thereby then admitted to the eternal paradise if they repented this "sinful" life that they had lived here on Earth. Thus we arrive at a judicial practice that is a glaring culmination of injustice, and a Godhead who does not comply with the law of love, this compliance being something that He, as already mentioned, is professed to have dictated to people as a condition for avoiding the "punishment of hell" and entering paradise. How can it be just or loving to let thieves, robbers, murderers and other forms of "sinners" or so-called "criminals" avoid "punishment" through an innocent being taking this punishment upon himself and allowing himself to be tortured to death for this? Why does this Godhead thus demand the crucifixion of this innocent being in order to be able to forgive the "criminals"? Why can He not forgive them without this innocent being's suffering? The Godhead will thus not relinquish His right to "punish", but is totally indifferent to the recipient of this "punishment", as long as it is carried out. What kind of love is this that the Godhead practices here in relation to the being that He allows to be crucified for the "sins" of others? It cannot be the kind whose purpose is to love one's neighbour as oneself. Can a loving God dictate to beings a rule of conduct that He Himself does not practise?