Why Does God Judge on the Basis of Good and Evil? by John M. Grondelski

As the liturgical year comes to an end, the Church’s readings become decidedly eschatological, focusing on the Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell.  A recent Sunday reading from Daniel tells us, “Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake; some shall live forever, others shall be an everlasting horror and disgrace.” (12:2)

Why does God judge on the basis of good and evil?

In a world overdosed on the dictatorship of relativism and allergic to objective moral standards, perhaps some think even God needs to explain, “Who am I to judge?”  Presuming, however, that we recognize a fundamental distinction between God and man, why does God judge by criteria of good and evil? …

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