This makes me think of the quote by Annie Dillard .......
Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell ?"
Priest: "No, not if you did not know"
Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me ?"
People know about good and bad, right and wrong ..... religions don't suddenly make you a better, more moral person ..... heck, some of the worst atrocities in human history have been carried out in a Gods name and then the people who carried out the acts "absolved" of their "Sins" ..... very convenient this ..... surely a "Sin" is a "Sin" ? ..... or is it not, just when it suits an agenda ...... hmmm
Mistakes are made in life, intentionally or not, but to label them as "Sins" and heap on dire consequences (even of the hell fire type) if you don't "repent" to this God or that, is what religions have been doing for way too long now.
True also is that there is lots of money to be made pushing this message still, even though spiritually we are trying to move forward as a species. It's time to stop all the fear and guilt heaped upon people ..... there is nothing to reap.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
