[split] Are Questions About God Important?

[Belacqua]

Doesn't this presume that there is a correct moral thing, and that it can be known?  

Yes, I think that being a Christian means presuming that there is a correct answer to each moral question. Whether we can know it or not is a more difficult question. 

The point of Jesus is that he knew the answer in each circumstance. This seems to be true of certain saints as well (depending on what flavor of Christian is speaking). 

At the top of Purgatory, after Dante has had all his personality flaws corrected, his guide tells him that from now on he should do whatever he wants. Because with undistorted moral vision, you will unfailingly want what is best. 

This is only available to Catholics after one dies and gets purged. Extreme Antinomians, however, think it is possible in this life if your heart is in the right place. I am skeptical of this. 

And loving each other can lead to terrible behaviours, as the road to hell is paved with good intentions.  And too much empathy can lead to paralysis and ineffective choices.

I understand the appeal of the sentimental aesthetic christ-myth, but the usage of it as a moral exemplar is more harm than good, I feel.

Too much love or empathy can be dangerous, I suppose. I don't think that the difficulties we are dealing with now generally result from those causes, however. We can still do with far more of both.

Whether casting Jesus as a role model improves things I suppose depends on how people imagine Jesus. There's a lot of variation.