[marron]

Christianity, in stark contrast, sees morality as flowing from the order of the person; i.e., from the inside out... When we allow ourselves to be drawn by God via the Holy Spirit, we find our hearts have been changed, and we "turn around" our lives, and are born again...

Morality is thus a disposition of personal character, not servile surrender to "whimsical" rules imposed by powerful mortals, theist or atheist...

Jesus draws us; He does not "order us to do this or not to do that"... There is no coercion, nor could there ever be... The love of God cannot be coerced; the desire to live in communion with him cannot be coerced... Christians know that the imposition of religion is simply an exercise in futility.

I just thought this all deserved to be repeated.

[betty boop]

Thank you, dear marron, for your kind words!