The scriptural vision of society should remain an ideal to strive for, even though it is not likely to be achieved. In Christ’s vision of a just world, every one is equal; there is no class system or racial barriers but instead a unified community of the people in the world under God. God wants a good life for all his people. In God’s just world the only events that cause pain and suffering are illness, death and natural disasters, not the unnecessary pain and suffering caused by the choices people make or the social structures in our society.
In the first chapter of the Book of Genesis God creates the world and after every step of creation scripture reads, “And God saw that it was good.” We believe that God chose to create everything in order to share his goodness and that there is goodness in all of creation. It also says in the Book of Genesis that “God created humankind in his image” (1:27). So we are the only creatures
I hope one day that Christ vision of a just world is obtained for the sake of humanity although it is not likely to be reached.
The scriptural vision of society should remain an ideal to strive for because it is “perfect.” In the Bible God’s world is pure, he created no evils. When God created humans he made them in his image and gave them free will. That same free will is what made the world into the unbalanced, crazy place it is today. I believe that there are too many ignorant and stubborn people in the world for Christ’s vision of a just world to be obtained in centuries to come.
on Earth that are called to share in God’s own life. Humans are gifted with the ability to respond to God with faith and love by loving all that is created. The Church teaches that everyone has dignity and worth that comes to him or her from God. Catholic teaching goes so far as to say the human life is sacred. Individuals can never lose this
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