Christianity and its effect on self-worth

[dyresand]

While many may not know who Newton was in relation to this song, they can still connect with it, not because they are 18th century slave traders, but because at their core they know they need attonement for whatever they did. Like I said it is the broken who seek redemption. If one sees himself as being outside even the bounds of man's morality they can identify with this song.

I unfortunately am in agreement with everything else you said.

The problem with that, is the standard in which you find 'moral' does not meet the requirement of God.

God is amoral he shouldn't be the spokesman for morality not even Christianity or any abrahamic religion at that.
Because the idea for a person to do good they have to do good for god. And a person who does good just to be good
and not for god they are sinners. Wow god is a hypocrite sending the actual good people to hell for being a more moral uptight
person and well rounded. While the selfish people who only do good for him go to heaven. guess i'm going to hell because
i don't do good for god i do good for my family friends and over all humanity. I don't need a god to tell me to do good i just know to
do good things.