VoodooChild

The major religions that I have come across seem to be based on Reward and Punishment. Do this and I will be sent to heaven, do it not and I will be sent to hell; this to me, is a very poor and superficial way to live. It seems rather disingenuous for a person to do the moral thing when all they are doing is looking for a reward or trying to avoid a punishment. I've seen people train their dogs this way, roll over and you'll get this treat; pee on the carpet and you'll get a spanking.

The Early church was founded on this principle of fear. It's really easy to get people to do what you want, with that cosmic threat of everlasting punishment being preached to them. The Crusades, the witch hunts and the inquisition were the fruits of this foundation.

I was a Christian for most of my life, but now I see that being GENUINLY moral is inconsistant with Religion.

KenLynch

The human race is just one big Pavlov's dog experiment, God rings a bell and Christians dribble.

Jehanne

Within Christianity, in general, and Catholicism, in particular, the “standard�? keeps changing. Today’s Church embraces universalism, an idea condemned as being heretical in centuries past. You will find the “answers�? to your questions not in theology but in economics, the laws of “supply and demand�?.