(October 11, 2017 at 1:20 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: This wasn't meant to have anything to do with religion one way or the other. It was more supposed to be a self reflection type thing.
I have to admit I was and have thought about the way religion warps morality. To think you will be judged by Someone who watches over your every act seemingly must affect you. Some of the religious people here (but not yourself) seem to think this situation improves morality, that it can motivate the reluctant. But as Rev. Rye illustrated it can also confuse your sense of self, essentially alienating you rather than grounding you.
It isn't that I negatively judge religious people for dwelling on pleasing while fearing to displease their tireless observer. Really I feel sorry for those who find themselves in that trap. Think of MysticKnight and how much he suffers because of this. But to the degree that charity and kindness are motivated by the desire to please the judge rather than the needy it does throw things off in a way that bothers me.
