(January 25, 2012 at 6:22 pm)padraic Wrote: The Catholic position is 'faith without works is dead". That position has some major philosophical problems. (like Christianity generally)
Just as ants cannot please or offend humans,we cannot please or offend an infinite being. The love and forgiveness of such a being must be unconditional. (another reason for no hell)
I am offended by ants in my house all the time.

How about we discount infinity a little and say some people masochistically enjoy the angst that comes from paranoia about offending a notional being that looked very large to Hebrews who had trouble counting much beyond the number of goats they fucked?