We humans have a notorious knack for minimizing our faults. We know we should behave better than we do but rather than appealing to a higher standard we use our fellow-man as a yardstick. Acutely aware of our own faults we temper our disappointment by scrutinizing the behavior of our neighbor and concluding we aren’t so bad…..
Many people object to Christianity because they believe it has too many rules. They cannot in good conscience shackle their freedom to the capricious rules of a judgmental deity. We’ve all heard this argument before, but let’s take a closer look; what exactly are the rules they find so oppressive? I suspect that most people think that don’t murder, don’t commit…..