According to Christians, we are god's children, and he is our father. He loves us, & wants the best for us, so he created rules for us to follow. He gave us freedom to obey or disobey these rules, knowing that each of us will disobey sometimes because we are not perfect. He also gave us a means of redeeming ourselves, no matter how bad we are. There is never an "ultimate consequence", so long as you are willing to ask god to forgive you.
In a sense, instead of learning right from wrong, people simply learn how to say, "I'm sorry."
God once spoke directly to people. He no longer does this. Nor does he send prophets to speak for him. He just left us with a book, and told us that we have to teach each other, and we must interpret his "rewards and punishments" each in our own way.
Would you teach your children this way? Wouldn't you expect them to grow up confused & wildly irresponsible, knowing they could always get away with anything as long as they said, "I'm sorry."?
I wouldn't.
2007-11-05
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