09/02/2026
WHY DO WE GET SO ANGRY WHEN GUILTY PEOPLE WALK FREE?
The first objection people raise is that hell is unjust. If hell is real, it's too heavy handed. The punishment doesn't fit the crime, and it goes on for far too long.
That question has pushed Christians toward alternative solutions, like universalism, the idea that everyone goes to heaven in the end. It can feel good to think and to say.
Universalism requires a Western worldview from people who haven't been subjected to terrible injustices. Much of the world watches injustice and atrocity happen daily and concludes that a just God must mean hell exists.
When you witness murder, abduction, genocide, invasion, or torture that goes unpunished, you're far more likely to conclude that divine judgment is exactly what justice requires.
Miroslav Volf, a Christian theologian who witnessed death and destruction in his home country of Croatia, wrote that the thesis of God's refusal to judge is born in the quiet of a suburban home, and that in a scorched land soaked with the blood of the innocent, it invariably dies.
We've been hardwired to cry out for justice and against injustice. That's why when somebody gets off from a serious crime because of a loophole, their wealth, or a pardon, it incites us.
Deep in us is a yearning that says injustice is wrong and it should be paid for. That's what hell is about. God is good because He is just, which means He judges impartially and fairly, with real consequences for evil.
Our cultural moment isn't the decider of what's right and wrong and just for the world and for all time. So, if God is love and evil is never answered for, why would anyone worship a God who fails to uphold justice?
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