Wednesday, January 21, 2026

He bears a resemblance to Jack Kevorkian in his theological perspective, attempting to depict a God who, rather than being purely benevolent, enforces His justice through destruction—destroying His own creation as a form of punishment. He envisions a deity that transitions from a creator who brings life into existence before judgment to one who ultimately annihilates humanity. In his view, God, as judge, declares that human beings will cease to exist as a disciplinary measure, a means of punishment rather than mercy. He passionately argues about human free will prior to judgment, emphasizing human autonomy, yet paradoxically dismisses the very respect for life that true free will entails. According to him, God functions like a celestial health inspector, evaluating whether human will has been thwarted or fulfilled, effectively reducing human existence to a matter of divine approval or rejection. This teacher even advocates that a wicked individual who desires to end his own life should be permitted to do so, because, in his reasoning, God will ultimately wipe out humanity anyway. He seems to endorse a kind of license—similar to Kevorkian’s—to justify euthanasia or self-destruction. If God's role is primarily destructive, he asks, then shouldn’t humans have the same liberty? Why, he wonders, is what Hitler did wrong? His implication is that if God's will involves thwarting life, then humans acting in alignment with divine will could imitate divine destruction. However, we hold that God created humans as free moral agents, with the purpose that they enjoy their freedom both in this life and beyond. Our understanding of free will aligns with God's character—never endorsing the annihilation of humanity as an act of kindness, but recognizing it as contrary to God's gracious design. These ideas, in his view, are a perversion of truth. Even within our Calvinist community, we do not see suicide as acceptable. Our consistent view of free will is demonstrated in God's allowance for people to receive what they desire—whether good or evil—without endorsing destruction or self-harm as permissible.

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