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.
But isn't the father teaching the son bad things the primary sin? All the evil that comes after is a direct result of that.
I still think we agree more than we disagree here. We're just coming at this from totally different perspectives and beleif systems. I think many of these terrorists (muslims, blm, antifa, etc) know what they are doing is wrong. And they'll answer for they're sins on judgement day.
The universe is uncaring, but if you believe in intelligent design and a creator, you usually believe that He'll take a more nuanced approach, judging each individual based on the circumstances of their life.
Why would a Muslim terrorist, born into a 1st century culture, think blowing up "infidels" is wrong? Especially when the governments of those "infidels" are clearly overstepping their rights in "his" neck of the world? In his mind he's 100% freedom fighter and he's a hero. Just like soldiers see themselves. It's part of the lie. You must first convince people that bad is good before you can convince them to do bad.
I've enjoyed conversing with you. We seem to disagree but you seem like a good guy.
We likely disagree greatly on the perspective of "God". I'm less inclined to see the creator as a physical entity with body and belief and more inclined to see it as the overwhelming force that brought all existence into creation while consequently developing the laws that govern that creation and "hiding" them in the natural world so as to be discovered by those who are "paying" attention.
Nature cares nothing for our intentions. It only judges us on our behaviors.
Did nature judge the squirrell's behavior or was it the fox who simply adapted to the squirrell's behavior. In this context it is not so much that we are victims of nature but rather are in equilibrium with its creations who as such have equal 'authority to judge; ie- to act upon each other'. Which I think resonates with your first point in this sentence - but to the latter point maybe nature 'does not judge' in isolation; that part may be on us and is a shared responsibility apart of the deal for being the sum of each other.
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