Jesus + Plato = Universalism
Jesus commanded the Father to forgive sinners who don’t know
that they’re sinning: “Father forgive them; for they do not know what they are
doing” (Lk. 23:34). Plato held
that anyone who sins is such that she doesn’t know what she’s doing. It follows
from these two thoughts that all sinners are forgiven. Perhaps Plato’s wrong. But perhaps he’s
not. I can’t question the other guy.
Somewhat formally:
(J) For any x, if x unknowingly sins, then x is forgiven.
(P) For any x, if x sins, then x unknowingly sins.
Therefore,
(JP) For any x, if x sins, then x is forgiven.
Somewhat formally:
(J) For any x, if x unknowingly sins, then x is forgiven.
(P) For any x, if x sins, then x unknowingly sins.
Therefore,
(JP) For any x, if x sins, then x is forgiven.
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