At 05:38 PM 8/27/2005 -0500, Lee Erickson wrote:
>The key to making economic sense of God's love is to view it as a pure
>public good. Gods love is not rival in consumption, so the number of
>conversions available is not finite. Whosoever will may come. The free
>gift of salvation is available to everyone, because God paid for
>it. Theres no free lunch, but there is a public good.
OK, so God's love is a public good. But is it truly free? At least
according to the Judeo-Christian view, don't I have to pay for this public
good by sacrificing coveting my neighbor's wife, dishonoring my mother and
father, lying to any and everyone, not killing the morons who cross me up,
and all the rest? Isn't there a cost in "turning the other cheek?" These
may be costs I pay willingly, but they are costs nonetheless.
Jim Eaton
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