Nat Crawford - Executive Coach, Speaker, Leader

In the last blog , we looked briefly at the moral law for God's existence. If you didn't read it, check it out.   Now, I’d like to propose 3 reasons why we know the moral law actually exists. Reason #1: We react like we have one. Think about it. There is something inside of us that tells us when certain things are good or bad. If you turn on the news and you see that a 2 year old boy was found locked up in a cage covered in cuts and bruises and malnourished, immediately you’d react with sadness, anger, and desire for justice. You didn’t force that reaction. It naturally occurs. If you hear about a young woman who was walking home from work and she was raped and beaten, you naturally get a knot in your stomach and hope the rapist was caught and justice was served. You hear about a mass shooting and you say to yourself “That is horrible. Innocent lives taken in cold blood. That’s wrong! This reaction happens naturally. Here’s the reality, it doesn’t matte...

Are There Any "Good" People? The second issue raised is how could a loving God send "good" people to hell? The nature of this question is troublesome because it is subjective in its understanding and in its measurement. How would someone measure and record their good and bad deeds? It is impossible. Would such a recording, if possible, be subject to bias for at least a 51% ratio of good to bad? It is highly unlikely someone would willingly put forth a case to condemn oneself to eternal punishment. This problem is minor in comparison to the subjective nature man would judge goodness. One must ask, “What is good? What is bad?” Without an objective guide, cultures and individuals will determine good or bad. What this does is put an individual like Osama Bin Laden and his actions behind September 11th in comparison to the child who steals a piece of gum or Hitler’s attempted genocide of the Jews. Some would say “Bin Laden is bad compared to me, but he’s got a few mor...