Depends on your beliefs. If you believe in a creator, you may be more inclined to believe that each person will be judged on their own merits.
Merit: the quality of BEING particularly good or worthy.
(not THINKING you are good or worthy).
I agree with you. All society is judged on the merits of its individuals.
Poor choice of words then. I just don't believe that people will be damned for believing and practicing the things that their fathers taught them to be true. BUT, if along the way the person realizes that they're wrong and they STILL keep doing it. Then they'll be held accountable.
Ezekiel 18:20
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
The son will not bear the iniquity of the father's BEHAVIOR. But he will certainly bear the iniquity of his own.
Everyone BELIVES their behavior is right. That's simply an element of human nature.
Almost every single jew THINKS they are doing right because they were brought up being taught that the only way they will survive is to live off the labor and manipulation of non jews.
Nature cares nothing for the seed that grows in the shade while thinking it is the sunlight. That plant will die regardless of what it thought. Nature cares nothing for squirll that is eaten by the fox because it THOUGHT the fox wouldn't notice it if it came out of the tree. THat squirrel will die.
Nature cares nothing for our intentions. It only judges us on our behaviors.
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