To conclude, not everyone deserves to be saved and to go to Heaven as if this was the case there would be no need for Hell either spiritual, metaphorical or physical. Similarly, there would be no need for purgatory or redemption if everyone was deserved to be saved and to go to Heaven. The idea of limited election and judgement seem to be the most rational views posed because they acknowledge that some will go to Heaven should they deserve it but those who don’t will not. As said in Matthew 25 ‘Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life’.
I Think Therefore I Teach
Tips for A level students. Lesson ramblings for teachers (helpful ideas too!)
Hi Amy, just had a thought… does Calvin philosophy of the ‘elect’ and not knowing that you are the ‘elect’ tie in with Kant? If Calvin believes that it’s best to be a good christian, work hard etc, and then in the end you will know if you’re judged; is this like Kant’s ‘treat as means not ends’ in a way? As Kant would also think [if he was arguing for this] that we have to follow our duty [as Christians] and keep in line with our duty so as to not treat people as means (and the whole universalisability thing of if everyone did this…). I’m not sure if I can link this, but I just thought it might be a… thought.