I bet it always happens. An Atheist dies (in this case by a hit-and-run driver while he was walking along the sidewalk) and his ghost ascends to heaven to be assessed by our loving Creator.
"Why are you here? What is it you want?" says our Creator.
"I want justice! The world you created sucks! There is constant war and strife among the humans you created. Good people die while the bad seem to live happy, content lives. The greedy prosper; the poor remain poor. "
"So it is justice you desire."
"No, Lord, it is justice I demand! How much longer must the Human race put up with a god that allows for injustice, rather than justice? 12 million innocent people fell by the sword in Nazi Germany. Abject poverty rules the continent of Africa, while America sleeps comfortably in wealth. Hunger amongst your people is the status quo. The "Brotherhood of Man" is an absolute farce. And to complete your diabolical plan for the Human race, you send your so-called Son to tell us to forgive and ignore all this evil that man does!"
"Thus, forgiving the man who offends is not what you request?"
"Forgiveness is a worthless concept! I have sinned against my fellow man, sure. But it wasn't forgiveness I needed. What good would it do for the man I offended to forgive me? It was justice that I needed. It was justice that the offender needed. The wealthy man who tells the bum to get a job needs justice, not forgiveness. The housewife who has an affair with the milkman needs justice, not forgiveness. What an awful, terrible world you have allowed!"
"So. We have arrived at the final conclusion. You do not want forgiveness; you want justice."
"NO! I demand justice!"
"You demand justice?"
"I do."
"If it is justice you demand, then it is justice you shall have.
I shall thus sentence you to an eternity in Hell."
--selah
"Why are you here? What is it you want?" says our Creator.
"I want justice! The world you created sucks! There is constant war and strife among the humans you created. Good people die while the bad seem to live happy, content lives. The greedy prosper; the poor remain poor. "
"So it is justice you desire."
"No, Lord, it is justice I demand! How much longer must the Human race put up with a god that allows for injustice, rather than justice? 12 million innocent people fell by the sword in Nazi Germany. Abject poverty rules the continent of Africa, while America sleeps comfortably in wealth. Hunger amongst your people is the status quo. The "Brotherhood of Man" is an absolute farce. And to complete your diabolical plan for the Human race, you send your so-called Son to tell us to forgive and ignore all this evil that man does!"
"Thus, forgiving the man who offends is not what you request?"
"Forgiveness is a worthless concept! I have sinned against my fellow man, sure. But it wasn't forgiveness I needed. What good would it do for the man I offended to forgive me? It was justice that I needed. It was justice that the offender needed. The wealthy man who tells the bum to get a job needs justice, not forgiveness. The housewife who has an affair with the milkman needs justice, not forgiveness. What an awful, terrible world you have allowed!"
"So. We have arrived at the final conclusion. You do not want forgiveness; you want justice."
"NO! I demand justice!"
"You demand justice?"
"I do."
"If it is justice you demand, then it is justice you shall have.
I shall thus sentence you to an eternity in Hell."
--selah
