RE: Christians, prove your minds aren't molested by fear.
March 7, 2014 at 6:25 am
(This post was last modified: March 7, 2014 at 7:27 am by Sinbad.)
(March 6, 2014 at 3:23 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:(March 6, 2014 at 6:46 am)Sinbad Wrote: Why do you need 'fear of god' to respect what's right and good, when everybody knows instinctively what is right and good.
That instinct is what Christians refer to as your God spot.
You completely misunderstood what I wrote, as short as it was. I'm inspired by God. I would do good from that inspiration where ordinarily I would have no reason to.
Fear, as you mean it, plays no part in my Christian experience at all. It's awe. It's freedom. I'm not restricted by thinking that negativity forms part of my freedom. Negativity is imprisonment.
Whatever sugar coated version christianity has evolved into, it has always been built on fear. Fear of what happens to you when youre dead, fear of what god will do to non believers, not to mention the vile things the church have done to people throughout history to instill fear.
But ok, so its not fear that motivates you. Lets remove that for a moment.
Why would you need something external, whether real or not, to make you into a good person.
