If the readers of this post will permit me, I would like to add some perspective to it in a comment of my own. What can I look back to as one of the barriers, if not the single greatest barrier, to adopting the Judeo-Christian worldview?
Getting past my perception of those who claimed to have the same worldview. Which far too often was varying degrees of being legalistic, self-righteous, hypocrites. I am not talking about a trivial little 2-foot high hurdle either. I cannot say how high it was, but it was WAY UP there.
How did I ultimately overcome this? By asking myself and then answering this question?
Where is your
focus?
Rather than answer some of the questions in this post by comparing myself to those around me, I chose to focus instead on Who was ultimately asking these questions? One proclaiming to be the Sovereign Creator of all that is.
I am no better and no different, than anyone else in our troubled world. At least not in any way of any eternal significance. Please do not lightly skip over what I just wrote.
I hope any readers of this post will bear that in mind, as they wrestle with however they may be inclined to address some of the questions in it.