(January 22, 2018 at 12:42 pm)KevinM1 Wrote:(January 22, 2018 at 12:36 pm)Whateverist Wrote: But if "God" is understood as the greater good, then the fear of God (fear of isolation) would just be a way of amping up conscience to help the poor sinner stay in the fold .. yada, yada, yada.
Still incredibly inefficient, and backwards thinking. But, you know that, so I'm preaching to the secular choir here.
As a programmer, I just shake my head. Continually patching problems is a surefire sign of bad design.
I know what you mean. That's why we got out. Maybe some poor bastards who are still in the myth really do feel the need for the fear of god. I think my older brother did, he was real bastard.