Why does an ALL loving, ALL forgiving, ALL merciful God judge our entire eternity on our short lives?

Question

Why when this is the most negative plain and we are in our most imperfect form would He judge us so harshly? And why do some have so much more time on Earth to get it right?

Answer 1

I think the answer is that God knows us and knows what we will choose. He knows who we are and not just what we do.

I think at our core of being, we desire to know our Creator and have our being in Him or we desire to be free of the authority of our Creator and no additional facts or experiences can change that core of our being.

Answer 2

this is a excellent question and when it comes to godim not sure that anyone has the right answer i like to think were not judged by him so to speak by or time her but more by whats inside us how we feel how we have changed or not changed,
by our beliefs and our actions to some point,but i dont belive in relgion the way most people do and am expressing my own opnion i cant give facts and dont belive any one can when it comes to god its not like any of us hang out with him and have lunch and chat,so all i cando is express my opnion and its no better or worse than anyone eleses i guessin the end it up to what we each truely belive.

Answer 3

Our life is a test of loyalty. If we are Loyal to Him we are welcomed in Heaven. But God has a problem. He can never let sin into Heaven again. So if we choose the world of sin over Him, it is our fault. He has done everything He can to save us. He has given us all the tools and power to overcome the evil one. There is really no excuse if we fail to go to Heaven.

Answer 4

We tend gardens in order to create food, and beautiful displays. When we plant seed, we are aware that not all the seed can produce a healthy plant. We are also aware that because of pests and fungus, not all plants will bear fruit.
It is the reality of gardening that some seed will fall onto stone or near to thorns, whilst other seed may fall in fertile conditions and grow. It is the reality of the garden that animals may eat the plants before they produce fruit for us. It is also a reality that some animals may eat the fruits before we can ourselves harvest it. This reality may seem unfair, and so many people ask the question is God fair? My take on it I will share with everyone. The world we live in is fair, and the following discussion attempts to explain why i feel this way.

It is one of the quintessential attributes we associate with God, that he is totally unbiased and fair.

The main problem with the material world is that all the inhabitants have free will. In the garden analogy, all the animals are free to wreck the plants before the plants produce fruit. Free will is inherent to material nature. As 'The Architect' verbalised the issue regarding the matrix in the film 'The matrix', "The problem with the system is choice, the right to choose". Free will + ignorance= destruction + unfairness

God is fair and gives all living beings the right to choose. Paradoxically, by giving us all the right to choose, he also gives up the right to choose for us, and so we and others we interact with have the right to be unfair. When others are unfair to us, we feel rightly aggrieved, as our free will is compromised. Because all of us are not omnipotent and omniscient, allot of the time we are prone to making faulty assumptions and unfair decisions that we would not make had we access to all relevant information.

Unfairness is inherent aspect of the world, and is always in flux (unfairness balances good fortune). What separates a compassionate person from a selfish person is how those two classes of people deal with unfairness. There are three ways to deal with it.

1) Firstly we can try to be unfair in order to correct someone else's unfairness. This just leads to a chain of unfair events, a cause and effect cascade that has more negative effects on everyone.

2) Secondly we can accept that the unfairness happened and still chase our goals but acting totally honourable in the process.

3) Thirdly we can dispose of our desire and replace it with a new one, thus finding a way to ignore the creative action that led to an unfairness.

When we have 'selfless' motivations for action, and that action is prevented by the selfish acts of others we have to choose which path of the three listed above to take.

*******Consequences of the choice*******

Choice 3: If we dispose of our selfless motivation and replace it with another, then we prove to God that any difficulty placed in our way of completing a task is enough to stop us. Hence choosing this path in life means you never achieve any difficult task. What use to God is someone who does not complete a task to completion.

Choice 2: By accepting unfairness, but still following our chosen path we are showing compassion, unflappability and patience. We accept that other people (in ignorance) make errors, and we accept the delay their choices make on the path of our lives. By still chasing and doing what is correct, in the course of time and through embracing creativity, love, tenacity and patience, we can overcome ignorant actions of others. Choosing this path inevitably means that you choose to not to destroy other people's work in the pursuit of your own goals, but not giving up on them either.

Choice 1: Choosing to punish the ignorance of others leads to a karmic chain of events that destroys rather than creates. As every ignorant action has a cause. The cause is usually related to insecurity and fear. If you condemn and punish people for acting upon their fears (taking the law into your own hands), then one must expect your own ignorant actions to cause you suffering. For judging others is like a blind man whom critizises a painting of another blind man. People whom judge others and try to balance 'an eye for an eye' usually end up having their own desirer's eventually dashed by karma.

As God gives all of us free will, therefore he is fair to us all equally. In order to ensure that we are all treated equally in consequence of our own thought and actions, there must be some mechanism to ensure that all one's negative actions resulting from one's own coldness are reflected back upon one's self (bad karma). Also there must be a mechanism to ensure that all one's selfish positive actions are reflected back upon you (good luck). Karma balance ensures that nobody can say the world is unfair.

"Ah" you will say.... "But people die before karma is balanced!"
So we could make the assumption that this is our one and only life, and so we make the assumption that a fair God would balance all karma within that lifetime. This is where reasoning has faulted. If karma travels across lifetimes, and incarnation is a reality, then it is possible for God to be fair to everyone.

How does God balance karma. One of the simple principles in physics is elasticity. We all know that if you stretch an elastic band, energy is stored in that band and upon release causes a contraction equal to the energy stored in the band. This key principle of physics states that 'In a closed system, all energy is maintained at a constant level, only changing form but never being increased or reduced'. This is the law of conservation of energy. Such natural law's of nature control our material world, and ensure that each and every action has a physical consequence. If you talk behind someone's back, often times that conversation will eventually become known to the person you were gossiping about. Free will has a way of making sure that the unfair acts of one person will eventually come back to haunt them. In this way, God is not actually involved in balancing karma directly. His material world is built in such a way that karma always balance's itself in the end. Even across life times. For an explanation of reincarnation and how the process is governed- see 'The Tibeten book of the dead'.

We see evidence of other systems in the material world that God designed in order to facilitate maintenance and development of the physical universe. Evolution is a classic example. God doesn't create physical form directly, but prefers to have a system build it for him. In other words, the universe is a self regulating program with only its physical law's of material nature being actively involved. A system built upon a system, upon a system etc.

This may seem like God is detached from us, but actually it is God's way of being totally fair. People fear dying because they fear becoming nothing, or they fear going to an eternal hell. The universe is not black and white. Actions (selfish one's) are always proportionately dealt with. Hell should be considered a temporary place that exists only to help balance karma.
In the end, God wants all his seed to grow and produce fruit. That is why the Orthodox Christian ideal of 'one life' followed by judgement is so anti Christ. Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven is like a shepherd whom leaves 99 sheep alone in order to find one lost sheep.
In this orthodox Christian model, allowing sheep to be eternally damned doesn't fit Jesus' teaching and his parable of the shepherd. Reincarnation however does.

In the kingdom of God, people do not try to destroy creations of others to get ahead themselves. Therefore life as a mortal is meant to teach us compassion so that we may become congruent to the overall creative effort of God. Ignorance has no place in the kingdom of God. Each and every person has an individual nature (one's soul is unique), and one is therefore FIT for the purpose one is designed for. That means nobody need be jealous of another in the kingdom of God, as everyone does their part towards the whole creative task.

Upon earth, our minds are under the illusion of our own ignorances, and often we find ourselves thinking jealous thoughts about others (to the extent that we steal what is theirs, for ourself). This is why many people marry the wrong person (out of ignorance), consequently many people (given free will) choose to divorce. Many relationships wrongly breakdown because of ignorance, but compassion requires us to accept the imperfections of those we love, and let them make their mistakes. The parable of the lost son demonstates the principle. If out of ignorance you choose to break someone's heart, then one has to accept that karma will eventually repay you. This example is make interesting because of children. Children must not be labelled by the karma of their parents, so consequently many 'wrong marriages' do not dissolve within one's present lifetime in fairness to the children. However, any negative karma you accrue in one life time is sure to follow you into the next. If you divorce your wife and you have kids, you can expect to enjoy the divorce of your parents in the next life. It is said that salvation can only be granted a person when he/she has learnt to act totally selflessly and without revenge, hence avoiding karma build up.

Other examples of karma: People will try to stop government from passing law's that limit their business concerns (out of greed for profit),, hence tobacco advertising was banned over 30 years after scientists conclusively proved that tobacco smoke could hugely increase the probability of developing lung cancer. Cause and effect meant that tobacco companies eventually got sued big time.

So although its not to much of an immediate comfort, one can be assured that all unfairness will (at the right time) be balanced out.

Nobodies soul is destroyed upon death of the body, and so nobody really dies at all. Therefore why should we mourn too much over unfair premature death. That is my opinion.