Christian: If Universalism is true, there is no justice for evil. I do not want that.
Believer: Hypothetically speaking, if only one person got saved in the end, but he was a very evil man prior to believing the Gospel, would there be justice for evil?
Christian: Yes, because his evil was dealt with by Christ’s death for our sins.
Believer: What if only 10% of humanity gets saved in the end? Is there justice for evil then?
Christian: Yes, because the evil of those who get saved was dealt with by Christ’s death for our sins, and everyone else’s evil is dealt with by their own eternal suffering.
Believer: What if 50% of humanity gets saved in the end? Is there justice for evil then?
Christian: Yes, because, again, their evil was dealt with by Christ‘s death for our sins. Are you going somewhere with this?
Believer: I am. I’m trying to determine what the cutoff point is, exactly. So let’s say that 99% of humanity gets saved in the end, but while the remaining 1% are actually not particularly bad people — they’re actually all quite nice people who wouldn’t hurt a fly — is there justice for evil then?
Christian: Salvation has nothing to do with one’s own actions, so it doesn’t matter how good they’ve been. All that matters is whether their evil was dealt with by Christ’s death for our sins or not. In this case, there was justice for evil because Christ’s death for our sins dealt with the evil of the 99% who got saved, and the evil of the remaining 1% is dealt with by their own eternal suffering.
Believer: Okay, so let’s say that 100% of humanity gets saved in the end. Would there be justice for evil then?
Christian: Absolutely not! If there’s nobody who misses out on salvation, how could there possibly be justice for evil?
Believer: I thought you said that evil was dealt with by Christ’s death for our sins.
Christian: Yes, but somebody other than Christ has to suffer for sins in order for evil to truly be dealt with and for there to be justice for evil, since otherwise Universalism would be true. And if Universalism is true, there is no justice for evil. I do not want that.
The preceding dialogue was inspired by this tweet.