Tyler Laird
APU Panel Debate
“Is There Such a Thing as Social Justice?”
7:00-8:30 PM, UTCC
In going to the debate I did not exactly know what to expect. I had never really taken the time to think about the definition of social justice. I had most certainly heard the term used in conversation, but I never took time to understand what the term was describing. Because of this I was looking forward to a discussion/dialogue on the issue. And, in fact, that is what the moderator, Dr Musa suggested was supposed to be. Although the event was designed to be more of a dialogue and was entitled “Is There Such a Thing as Social Justice?”, I was surprised by how many students came to the dialogue already having chose an answer. This turned the dialogue into a debate. I unexpectedly saw a friend of mine at this event and asked him why he was going. His answer was that he went in order to support a his particular side of the debate. Because of instances like this, the event was more a debate fueled by political ideals than a discussion about the definition of social justice.…show more content… Because this is a Christian school and because Jesus seems to suggest the redistibument of wealth to the poor I began to wrestle with the question: How far are we as a Christians supposed to go in order to impose Christ like morals on others?Scripture clearly shows that Jesus demanded that the wealthy give their money to the poor. However, does that mean as followers of Christ we are called to impose these demands on those who do not want to voluntarily act in a Christ like manner by imposing political programs that do
