NATURALISTIC SUPPORT –
Free Will & Sin; Pt 1
In just a few days millions of Christians all over the world will celebrate the most important holy days of the Christian liturgical year – Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday. The paschal triduum celebrates the crucifixion, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus’s ordeal is based on the belief that humankind is profoundly sinful – so sinful that we could never satisfy our debt to God, so by suffering and dying Jesus redeemed us. And how do we know we are redeemed? We are assured that we are redeemed by the fact of Jesus’s resurrection.
Setting skeptic considerations aside, the impact this Eastertime narrative has on our society is seriously damaging. Not only does it get human nature completely wrong, it also assumes that the law of cause and effect, applicable to everything else, does not apply to humans.
The terrible consequences of these erroneous ideas are everywhere. From the mean-spirited begrudging way we treat marginalized people to the excessive wealth and power we allow others to take.
In this two-part Easter Special we will discuss alternatives to believing in free will and sin. We’ll play our traditional Jesus vs. The Easter Bunny Debate, and we’ll be taking your calls as well.
