Someone posted this on Facebook a few days ago and I wondered if these people were serious or if our culture is now displaying its stupidity with pride.
These are “gotcha” arguments often made by individuals who lack knowledge about God, the story of God, the story of humankind, or the story of salvation. They oversimplify their anti-God sentiment by creating a distorted image based on their irrational perception of what they believe God to be.
But how do you respond to such nonsense? And 'yes' I call it nonsense, because these arguments are rarely intended to initiate a genuine and enlightening conversation. Instead, they are used solely to prove a point and win an argument - a typical, flawed strawman argument.
But often it is the silent, curious observer who eagerly awaits a response to this accusation. And as a believer, we better have a compelling one.
First of all, what's wrong with this metaphor is the ‘tied people on the track’. God did not tie people up and put them on a track to make them believe or go to hell. No, He told them not to go near the track, but if they felt they had to, they certainly could, because they were created with free will.
God did not create evil, nor is He evil. God created man into perfection, but man sinned and messed everything up because of their free will. God's creation chose evil, and evil was passed down from generation to generation, destroying the world itself.
We are born into sin and God has offered and not forced the opportunity to be saved from that sin by accepting the gift of salvation that comes only through Jesus.
When we came into this world we were already dead. But God who loved the world so much wanted to give us life, and He paid a price for that - Jesus.
What are we going to do with this gift of life? And who is truly the embodiment of evil in this world?
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