Firstly, Drich, thank you for answering my question. I understand now why, from your perspective, this is an important issue to clarify.
Secondly, I think it is important for you to remember that what you see as judgement of God is actually judgement of your willingness to self-deprecate by accepting a doctrine that relegates you to a being with such character flaws that you must beg your God not to send you to a tortuous realm for all eternity. It is judgement of your acceptance of a doctrine that says you were created specifically to fall short of a standard for which you must attone yourself, and the acceptance that you were created with absolutely no sovereignty over your own existence.
Secondly, I think it is important for you to remember that what you see as judgement of God is actually judgement of your willingness to self-deprecate by accepting a doctrine that relegates you to a being with such character flaws that you must beg your God not to send you to a tortuous realm for all eternity. It is judgement of your acceptance of a doctrine that says you were created specifically to fall short of a standard for which you must attone yourself, and the acceptance that you were created with absolutely no sovereignty over your own existence.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
