God the Father, endowed with infinite wisdom and compassion, and who might be trying just a little bit harder

If you read Andrew Sullivan’s blog, as I often do, you may find yourself reading more about gay marriage and whether old guys should be allowed to wander around the locker room in the nude more than you care to, but you will also find yourself reading a lot about “God.” Well, I’m not much of a God guy, so I usually give these items a pass, but for whatever reason I didn’t get past this one, which includes compassionate conservative and Eastern Orthodox Christian dude Rod Dreher ruminating as follows: “My view is that God may save anyone, but that if anyone is saved, it is through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and through the mercy of God the Father, who, in his infinite wisdom and compassion, may choose to extend it to those who confessed Christ imperfectly, or who didn’t confess him at all.”

Well, I think it’s sporting of God to “choose,” from time to time, to give a break to some poor schmuck who hasn’t been getting with the program, but since God is packing “infinite wisdom and compassion,” why doesn’t he cut us all a break and save us all right now, quitting this vale of wrath and tears that, after all, he created for us. I mean, heaven would be nice right now, wouldn’t it? Without all the suffering. So let’s have it!

Afterwords
Andrew takes this ball and runs with it, one-upping Rod’s ecumenical spirit by speculating that Jesus was a son of God rather than the son of God, which doesn’t seem terribly Catholic to me, but if you’re a smells and bells guy, go for it. Knock yourself out. Andy puts it this way: “Have other sons of God existed? Surely. Saints have always existed. We probably meet them now and again and have no idea. Is faith in Jesus essential to being saved now and for ever? Yes and no. Yes, because he exemplified the way and the truth and the life. No, because he wasn’t the only human being to have done so. But can those who affirmatively reject Jesus’ message be saved? I don’t see how.” Which kind of sounds like we save ourselves through our belief. So what’s God doing? Keeping a low profile, it seems. And maybe that’s for the best.