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[–]Masterblaster 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think you are conflating the control structure of the Church (any church) and divinity itself. To be aligned with God is to be aligned with what is true and good, and this leads to happiness. To deny these things is to create your own hell.

Look at all the insanity around us. Does God really need to punish anyone, or are people perfectly willing to throw away their own dignity and freedom? Aren’t the lies and craziness around us visibly “evil” just by nature of their being irrational and anti-human?

If God is truth and sanity, how could denying Him lead anywhere good?