[Forest Keeper]

FK: "But the next person is abused by her father, who faked a Christian faith, and she is scarred for life, never coming to belief based on her experience. How does God compensate for this?"

Doesn't all this go with what was given to each and what we did with it?

I was trying to confirm whether or not God gives equally to all for salvation in your view. If He does, then it certainly appears that He does not give all of us much. :)

[P-Marlowe]

I was trying to confirm whether or not God gives equally to all for salvation in your view.

If I read Kosta's prior posts correctly, it would appear that what God gives everyone equally is "an excuse".

[kosta50]

I was trying to confirm whether or not God gives equally to all for salvation in your view. If He does, then it certainly appears that He does not give all of us much

The standard answer is that God gives to each what He knows they are capable of (the talents). The failure to realize the talents given is to our condemnation because we are to give to others what was freely given to us and because we must not love the world. We cannot serve two masters, and money is the source of all evil.

That's why it will be harder for the rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle (which is a mistranslation, by the way).

If you make $500K a year, have no kids, or debt, a $50 ticket you get for illegal parking is pocket change. But if you make $25K a year, have four kids and mortgage and credit card payments, a $50 ticket is a big deal. In order for the fine to be "just" the rich man needs to pay more. Otherwise the punishment is unequal and unequal punishment is unequal justice.

So, when God gives 'equally' to everyone, it is "equal" in the just way, affecting each equally, not quantity-wise.