Temporal, Physical Equality is an Illusion

I hope you'll agree that we are - without exception - wholly equal in God's eyes. All have sinned and have no hope of living in a way that would merit salvation.

Many in the world seek to create temporal equality where everyone has the same good things to enjoy. This was tried, and failed. More recently, it has also failed but rather than utter dissolution, it has evolved to allow tenets contrary to what was originally intended.

In Matt's blog, he referenced this story - "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut. It's very short, so if you are unfamiliar with it, then you should read it!

The feel of this story very much reminds me of Animal Farm by Orwell (another must read - one of the handful of "classics" that I enjoyed!).

Basically, there are two main thoughts:

1. When "everyone" is "equal," there will always be some who are "more equal" than others. Complete, temporal equality is purely illusory. There will always - of necessity - need to be an unfettered governing body that must regulate all of the "others."
2. In order for equality to exist, it is not possible (some may argue only "not practical") to bring everyone up to a certain "good" level, rather, everyone must be lowered to the lowest common denominator. This is where wealth re-distribution schemes come into play (IRS & Welfare/Social Security is a limited example in the U.S. of A.). As Jesus said, "you always have the poor with you" so any attempt to change the poor into something else is futile exercise at best.

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