We've all read the text, but here is a reminder:
443 d & e "But in truth justice was... like three notes in a harmonic scale, lowest, hights and middle... he binds them together and becomes entirely one from many, moderate and harmonized."
We established in class that the discussion of justice is a perennial question, that is one with no answer. I disagree. I think there is certainly an answer, but not one which can be vocalized. I think it is, much like Socrates describes, a chord which resounds deep within a soul. That chord, music if you will, is something struck and heard within but incapable of exterior noise. It is seen - we have all given various examples, we recognize it - but when we attempt to speak it we find ourselves speechless.
To go a little deeper, again these are just my thoughts, do you think that everyone is born with the knowledge of justice? Is everyone born with the potential to do good, not good things, but real good, real justice? For me, it begins with my faith. Christianity is founded on the belief that we are all born sinners and Jesus was crucified as a pure sacrifice to save us from that sin. There are also references within scripture that go along the lines of defining the Saved as sheep and the Damned (blunt I know, but it's easier for what I'm saying) as goats. If you believe in predestination, then you believe that sheep are sheep and goats are goats. Those who are saved, or will be saved, are chosen by God before birth, and vice versa. What this implies is that Christ died for all Sheep... or rather those whom God has chosen and who will be or are saved. Next, if what is Good can only be done by a Sheep, someone Saved, then not everyone can do good. What I'm getting at is if this is true, then not everyone is born with the potential to do justice, or even understand it perhaps. If it is something indescribable, which resounds only within, then how can one teach it (via education as Socrates suggests) to those who are not born with the potential to understand it? Do you think everyone is born with the potential to understand (even without words to express it) justice?
Well, I don't think God--if He is both the Lion and the Lamb (Justice and Mercy), which He is,-- would create any one child void of the ability to comprehend His nature. I understand what you're saying until the point of some being incapable (from birth) of understanding Justice. Now, then we run into free will and THAT is where a man can void his potential to understand things of the Spirit. If there is anyone who does not understand (not define) justice, then he and he alone is what's getting in the way of his ability to learn.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Miss Byerley's post where she says that she doesn't think "God would create any one child void of the ability to coprehend His nature". God would never create anything that His people could not fully understand & comprehend. It wouldn't be right! Jusitce is something each of us will have to comprehend on our own terms.
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