As some have pointed out here, it is dangerous to go extreme, and become unbalanced with egalitarianism. Men are created equal in a matter of justice, but not equal in all ways. People are born with different inherited positives or negatives, some even born with a birth defect. It seems better to think of equality before God as Paul wrote:
"But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject to a disciplinarian, for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith. As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to the promise." (Gal 3:25-29 NRSV)
Even Christians differ according to the various gifts allotted to them. Then there is the passage that is an embarrassment to the religious "speech/thought police":
"It was one of them, their very own prophet, who said, “Cretans are always liars, vicious brutes, lazy gluttons.” That testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply, so that they may become sound in the faith, not paying attention to Jewish myths or to commandments of those who reject the truth." (Titus 1:12-14 NRSV)
"Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on Mount Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their husbands, 'Bring something to drink!'” (Amos 4:1 NRSV)
Try calling a dominating, nagging wife an old cow in this day and you'll get burned at the stake!
Then again the wise man wrote:
"See, this alone I found, that God made human beings straightforward, but they have devised many schemes." (Eccl 7:29 NRSV)
Blanket statements can so often trip us up, and yet on the other side, living by the 'exception to the rule' can also be dangerous.
Everything God made was good . TILL INQUITY BE FOUND IN IT .
AKA , THEY CHOSE WRONG .
Lets examine what is evil .
Evil is not PUTTING GOD FIRST ABOVE EVERYTHING .
OH , i guess you would like an example .
Well lets examine the first one to fall . LUCIFER .
It was not evil for GOD to give gifts
It was not evil for GOD to give choice
IT was not evil for GOD TO DESIRE TO BE EXALTED
BUT IT IS EVIL FOR THE CREATED TO DESIRE TO BE EXALTED .
THE SOONER we learn this , many questions would have quickly been answered .
HOW SO you might ask .
WELL we were created in the image of GOD . AND WHILE ITS NOT EVIL FOR GOD WHO CREATED ,
Take a peek at that word , WHO CREATED creation to DESIRE TO BE PUT FIRST above ALL THAT IS CREATED
ITS EVIL AS HELL for us or anything created to desire pre eminence .
THE SOONER WE LEARN THIS the better off many will be .
Calvin , the popes , vatican , and much of the protestant realm will fast be proved in error .
Many argue over free will verses non free will . many leaders have led us astray .
Many think or say WELL GOD created lucifer , he must have created the evil in him . WRONG AGAIN .
GOD DID CREATE lucifer , AND GOD BEING GOD has the right to do as HE pleases and thus Gave him
free will choice . NOT ALL OF HEAVEN FELL EITHER . One third did .
LUCIFER became as many become . enamoured with .................................forgive the dots but that represent a drum roll
WITH SELF . SELF . SELF ..........................................SELF ..........................................SELF
YA PREACHERS HAVE DUPED YA . calvin was a spawn of satan and if you would like me to continue the list
of who else has decieved the church as well as who is decieving the church today
THEN INVENT a time machine , take me back to the century one thousand AD
and i will begin to type and i dont think i would be able to finish the typing . IN OTHER WORDS
we got far too many to name that are and have been leading the church astray .
AND THE REASON i mockingly asked for a time machine is , the list is so long it would
probably take we a thousand years to type that number . WE GOT PROBLEMS . BIG TIME TOO .
THE POPULATION of earth is estimated between seven and nine billion . EVERY RELIGION be false .
CEPT true biblical christanity . SO that is a huge number right there . The number within christanity ITSELF that is
already to some degree influenced by an all inclusive lie , under the guise it is love , SOARS to numbers i cannot count .
THINK OF LOTT , THINK OF NOAH , NOT many were following GOD in those days and NOT MANY ARE TODAY .