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Originally Posted by The Member Formerly Known As Andre  ... while I fear God, I embrace him as sort of a giant parent... |
This, I think, is the part that's always bugged me most about Christianity and similar religions. I can't help but worry over people who often seem to need someone threatening to punish them if they do 'bad' in order to avoid wronging other people intentionally. Most people outgrow having parents telling them not to do things 'because it's wrong' or 'because I said so', and the idea of still having a parent forever, whose best reason for me not to do bad things is that I'll get punished later, grates on me a bit. I guess I have a bit of trouble with authority (for which you can thank my father's method of... well... pretty much everything) when I have no actual reason for doing as the authority advises or directs.
Yeah, I'm one of those people who won't change what they do without a 'good reason'.
Anyway, it always seemed to me that there are better reasons for doing good than 'you'll be in so much trouble if you don't'. In fact, I've always been a bit surprised that more Christians aren't utter *******s simply for the sake of rejecting authority, on account of that the moral dogma has little to do with the actual effects of what you do and tons to do with God saying not to do it.
I have no idea how to end this post, so I'll just