(March 7, 2013 at 11:28 pm)Drich Wrote:(March 7, 2013 at 6:31 am)MysticKnight Wrote: OK...so Christians believe we are all so bad that we deserve hell, and those who are saved are saved by grace, but they are still so bad they deserve God's wrath.
Now I dunno - I hate the idea of thinking of myself as a bad/sinful person. Why do many Christians have pride and good self-esteem?
We have pride because we are still of our sin natures. We have "good self esteem" because our self worth is not tied to a morality/self righteousness that demands we do pretend to be better than what we are.
In other words we have found contentment and peace even though we know we are fundmentally flawed.
No, you have pride because of of social structure and evolution. The placebo of believing the sun was a god served the Egyptians well for 3,000 years. I am sure they were as proud of their culture and monuments to myth as you are now to yours.
