Intuitions, God, and Christian Plausibility
October 3, 2009
If one reflects on their moral condition with the corollary that God exists, Christianity looks really good. In an interview, William Lane Craig stated something like, all of us who are adults recognize our moral failures and short comings and if God exists then we find ourselves morally responsible and accountable before a Holy and Righteous God. The resurrection of Jesus and the cross offers us forgiveness and moral cleansing and reconciliation with a loving God. This parallels the sense of my moral intuitions at least. The beauty and plausibility of Christianity is that it agrees with our moral intuitions about what God would be like, in case He existed. That God would be holy, righteous, and just, explains moral failure. That God would be love, explains his desire to be in a relationship with us. When the Judeo/Christian account indicates that God has lowered the bar of success so that everyone can enter into a love relationship with Him, I’m buying it. When the scriptures indicate that God’s love and reconciliation doesn’t require performance, but faith, commitment and grace, my intuitions are satisfied. For me the veridicality of my moral intuitions are satisfied with the gospel of Christ. Coincidence? I don’t believe so. The peace I have from a commitment to Christ far surpasses anything I’ve ever known.