Consider the following: 

The last paediatrician in Aleppo, Syria was blown up by a Bashar al-Assad regime airstrike in April this year.  So killing doctors who help children get better is morally neutral? 

Someone’s sister or daughter was strangled because they disgraced the family. So killing women for not toeing the line is morally neutral? 

More than 80 revellers are mown down by a truck while enjoying a fireworks display. So killing families with young children is morally neutral?

Some who might argue that it is all a matter of perspective and what is evil for some is good for others.

Obviously the United Nations Security Council did not understand the nuances of the Nice tragedy when it declared that the truck carnage was a, “… barbaric and cowardly attack.”

Can we really claim that events like this are not evil simply because of “perspective”? If this is true then it would be inconsistent to condemn the above examples.

Events such as these should also make us question statements like, “It doesn’t matter what you believe as long as you are sincere” or even “All religions are basically the same”.

All religions have some things in common, they are not all the same. And while some may be sincere, they could also be sincerely wrong.

Some believe that they have the right to torture, kill and enslave. Some don’t. 

So if all faiths claim to be the right one, which is it really?  This is where the seeker must do their homework. Christians have not always got it right, but the Bible does make two (of many) outrageous claims, firstly that God alone determines what is right or wrong. Secondly that Jesus is the only way to God. These claims also demand not just our time or money but our very lives (Luke 18:22). 

All brickbats, bouquets and banter welcome at info@narrominebaptist.org.au

Pastor Simon Chen