Is it bad to be unlucky? It would appear so, as we punish the unlucky worse than the lucky. For instance, picture two men drinking and then driving home. One makes it home without incident, while the other (unlucky) individual hits a man as he steps into the road from between two cars. We can very well assume that the first driver, just as drunk as the second, would have hit the man as well, but he was lucky enough to avoid that, and hence his punishment for driving drunk would be far less than the first, even if he was unlucky enough to be pulled over.
Another common example is a mother becomes distracted while running the water for her young child's bath. If she remembers quite suddenly and rushes in to turn the water off, as the child gleefully splashes in the water, she is simply overworked and ought to pay more attention. But if as she rushes in she finds her son floating face down, she is a monster, guilty of negligence and perhaps involuntary manslaughter.
Since such is the case, Christians are fortunate that we have faith in a god who can judge all things rightly. We ought not to place much faith in our own judgments or in the judgments of any legal system, though of course nations are right to do the best they can to maintain order.
For similar reasons, Christians should never presume to say who is excluded from God's grace.
Do you believe in luck? Is it bad to be unlucky? Does this reveal a fundamental unfairness about life?
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Coherence is defined as the logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts.
So trying to make a connection between luck and justice only impunes justice. The question should be "If a justice system depends on luck is it really a justice system?" The question is about right and wrong, not about being lucky or unlucky. There is no connection between luck and justice.
There were over 34,000 deaths due to traffic accidents in 2008 and 32% of those deaths were caused by drunk drivers. Lot's of bad luck goin' on out der!
Again, the question is not about luck, but about right and wrong. Driving while drunk is immoral. There is no connection between luck and morality. Consequently, there is no connection between luck and justice.
And that whether Christians believe in a God (with the capitial "G" of reverence, not the small "g" of disrespect) who can judge things rightly has a big fat nothing to do with a legal system that incorporates luck.
What we have here is a post that is totally incoherent.
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! He hasn't the foggiest idea what he's talking about.
One word....karma. Another is don't drive after drinking and expect your belief in God make it all good.
i do believe that i can be a bit unlucky at times but God makes up for it