Do the unfortunate have a moral right to be saved by miraculous events?
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Let's imagine a hypothetical scenario in which a person is being captured by a criminal, and a powerful invisible entity is lurking nearby, watching what's happening. He has the ability to make this criminal disappear, being capable of saving the person's life. But he doesn't intervene, because he's on a neutral position and doesn't feel the need to intervene in a situation where a criminal is committing an evil act. He's just watching and taking note of all of that, not caring about the fate of this person. <br><br>Is it morally correct to let this person be a victim of this criminal? He may be a victim of violence, a victim of kidnapping, or even a victim of death. This person has no power to defend himself against this criminal and he's vulnerable against him. The power of this criminal is far greater than his own strength. <br><br>This invisible entity has the full power to save this person, just by using his magic. Just a simple action can save this person and keep him safe. A simple action that is easy for this entity, and that he can do it with no costs. But he doesn't do it. He doesn't use his powers to save this person, preferring to keep the status quo as his main priority. <br><br>It's obvious that this person has no responsibility in the situation. He is being captured by a criminal, and he was being naive enough to think that nothing will happen to him. He doesn't have the means to defend himself, and he's forced to surrender. <br><br>So he must be saved. Not only he must be saved, but he also has the right to be saved. And this right is fundamental, universal and inalienable. Every person that is vulnerable against an evil criminal has the right to be saved, regardless of their beliefs and their conduct in the past. <br><br>The person being captured by the criminal has the moral right to be saved by this invisible entity, but unfortunately he doesn't have the power to force him to save him. But at least this entity has a moral obligation to help him, and this obligation is transparent and easy to know, even to a child. <br><br>In other words, when a person is vulnerable and is being a victim of the evil, then he has the moral right to be saved by a miraculous event, being this miraculous event the intervention of an invisible entity with the power of saving him. <br><br>This miraculous event is a right, not a privilege. It's a right that is fundamental, universal and inalienable, and that every person must have, regardless of being a saint or a sinner, being a believer or an atheist, being a nice person or being an annoyance. <br><br>But what happens if this entity is God? A person being captured by a criminal has the moral right to be saved by a miraculous event, independently of being a saint or a sinner? Does he have the moral right to be saved by God, having this right being fundamental, universal and inalienable? <br><br>What does a person have to do to be saved by God? What exactly does God demand from us in order to save us from the evil? Does he demand from us to be good persons, being good with everybody and being generous with the poor? Or does he demand from us to be a member of a specific religion, being a good Christian for example, or being a devout Muslim? <br><br>Is it fair to demand a certain conduct from us, in order to have the right to be saved by God? Or we don't need a certain conduct to have this right, being the right to be saved an inalienable right, that is our right by default? <br><br>Is it morally correct to demand from us something in order to have this right, or it's morally corrupt to demand from us that? Isn't better to be saved by God not by fulfilling a certain conduct, but by being vulnerable against the evil, which is something that we can't avoid?
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