Dennis PragerFounder, PragerU · Founder of PragerU | NYT best-selling author

My Belief in a Judging God

1 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker reflects on the theological concept of a judging God during the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. He explains that believing in divine judgment—where God punishes the wicked and rewards the good—serves as a "sanity keeper" that provides him personal peace of mind. The speaker argues that without such belief, the world would seem despicable and his happiness would diminish, emphasizing how this conviction underpins his emotional well‑being and sense of moral order.

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God judges the world these 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. That bothers a lot of people, and to me it is the sanity keeper. If I didn't believe God judged people, which brings me to the death issue, I would be a less happy human being. A lot of my peace of mind rests on my belief that God judges, punishes, and rewards. If the, if the evil get away with what they do and the good are who suffer are not compensated in the afterlife, God has made a very despicable world, and I don't believe he has. So it is my sanity keeper, my belief in a judging God.