I was pondering William James observation that not only does ones belief or disbelief in God–or at least an afterlife of some form–matter, in important respects little else DOES matter, even in small matters.
And it hit me: logically, if there is no divine justice, then there is only human justice. And if there is no human justice, then there is no justice at all. The world has no moral form at all.
Would this sentiment not be quite sufficient to motivate many to make a God of “social justice”, even if they make of that God an idol?