Trivializing The Gospel

That something is not of the utmost importance does not mean that it is not of great significance.  Some things that are not of the highest importance are trivial or meaningless in themselves, and it is not these I refer to.  Other things depend on truths greater than themselves and still possess immense depth or value.  The gospel of Christianity is in this other category, by necessity not the most central aspect of reality even if Christianity is true (reason, the uncaused cause, and moral obligations that exist are prerequisites for redemption even being needed or possible) and still very crucial all the same.  The issue of Christ's death and resurrection overlaps with mercy, justice, the Biblical afterlife, and God's nature, though the Bible teaches that absolutely none of these things are what the typical person thinks they are in Christianity.

It is possible to accept that the Christian gospel is very likely true on the basis of historical evidence, realize that it is of great importance if true, know that matters of pure reason and of morality are still far more significant, and wind up trivializing the gospel's rightful status by actively treating it with neglect.  It is objectively less important than reason, justice, and the other core metaphysics that mercy is contingent on, but it would still merit great attention and could be ignored across long periods of time.  This is different than merely embracing the greater, more foundational nature of logical axioms, justice, and the grounding of morality in the nature of the uncaused cause (if it has a moral nature), as it goes beyond this to disregard the gospel and its place in Christianity.

There cannot be mercy without moral obligation, a failure to uphold it, and justice, though morality is obligatory irregardless of mercy.  Of course, the even more important laws of logic,without which nothing is true, possible, or knowable, are deeper and more supreme than mercy, and it nonetheless remains an incredibly significant part of Christian philosophy.  The non-obligatory offer of mercy is required if any sinful human is to receive eternal life as part of salvation from being brought to nonexistence in hell (Matthew 10:28, John 3:16).  As something that reflects God's nature (Luke 6:36) even though it is as optional for him as it is for humans, and even though it could never possibly be immoral to withhold all mercy, it is still morally good when expressed without errors of emotionalism.

Mercy is not good because God mistakenly thinks that mercy is morally mandatory, which is impossible, but because it is his desire to extend it even though it means situationally forgoing the justice that is grounded in his nature.  God would rather his enemies be reconciled to him than sink into the oblivion that otherwise awaits them (2 Peter 2:6).  Apart from mercy, there is no redemption, and it is the Biblical deity's wish that every single fallen person would be saved (2 Peter 3:9).  With a mercy that far eclipses that of many people, who might only show mercy because of its subjective appeal to them or desire to receive mercy because of the benefit to them, God does not need to be shown mercy and still is eager to allow the wicked to turn to him in repentance (Jonah 4:10-11).