Why Aren't ALL Men Created Equal?

Cold Steel

...and by "men" it includes women.

Is it fair that some are born into "worldly" religions and are thus hell bound, while others are born into "the truth" and, if they don't apostatize, will be heaven bound (if they are so predestined) or will be part of the great flock...er...crowd. The question of justice and fairness is rarely questioned from a God who is said to be Just, Fair, Loving, Kind, Equitable, All-Knowing Being who not only is our God, but our Father. Some are born with chronic conditions such as pain, while others are born into extreme conditions.

So my question is, why, according to the great scheme of things, aren't all given the same, fair shake in life? Does God judge on a curve? And is it really fair and just that Jehovah would come and destroy everyone who sincerely believes they are following his will, but who happened to join the wrong church or sincerely follow the wrong spiritual path? The Jehovah's Witnesses, after all, have no demonstrable pointers that would lead most seekers to their sect. There are no spiritual gifts, no prophecies that show that Jehovah would show forth his works in a latter-day publishing company.

One can blame only so much on Adam and Eve. They were created by God. But then, people come through their line and granted, there will always be the wealthy and the poor. That's man's doing. As a fallen people, we also must endure illnesses; however, when it comes to being attractive and intelligent, or ugly and stupid, or any of the variances in between, it seems that there could be more equity.

It hardly seems just.

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Yeah, I know it's Photoshop (top/left), but you get my gist. As for
the intelligent and beautiful catagory, would that God had
created more people like lovely Amanda Tapping (bottom/right).
When she smiles, it's like a light goes on in her face!

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prologos

so why do you believe that they were CREATED thus? and

who wants to be made equal to the top speci-man?

grand parents pride themselfs in their offspring looking like them, but also improved.

I can think at least of one situation I lived through, were/when looking like the top photoshop was a survival asset and

looking like the bottom would mean a tortuous death.

survival of the fittest for survival.

selected, not created.

blondie

Men (includes women) = humans

Terry

Not kosher introducing a premise unfounded by facts, ya know:)

Even a casual observer, if honest, will admit the nature of our universe is wild, random and violent.

The very idea of "fairness" is forced upon such a condition with impossible difficulty.

This is exactly the sort of world you would expect if evolution were operating with survival only the most fit and adaptable.

Ninety-nine per cent of every living species which ever existed has gone extinct. That sounds neither like good-planning or fairness

for a "created" world with a fair Creator.

Take a deck of playing cards and shuffle it many times, then deal some hands and notice how UNFAIR it is. Why do some players get great cards

while others get lousy ones?

You see, the very idea of a FAIR DEAL isn't one where all players get equally excellent cards---rather, it is a "fair deal" if no cheating, bias, or interference by the dealer intrudes.

We have the world we have and NOT the world we WISH we had.

Why not adapt and survive rather than forcing an explanation upon it which doesn't fit the facts?

DATA-DOG

You play with the hand you are dealt my friend. I don't know about Mormons, but dubs are raised with expectations of entitlement. Not because you are from a rich family, not because you are neccessarily good-looking or talented, but for an even greater reason. YOU are chosen by GOD, unlike 99.9% of humanity in existence. When reality starts to impact your life, when you realize that you will get old, ect, then you realize that nothing is fair. You were never entitled to jack-s**t. That realization, and the inability to process it, leads to questions like the one you presented, IMO. If you start with the premise that nothing about life is "fair" then you are better off. Life just is.

DD