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Times have changed, but God doesn't change. Neither does the moral behaviour that God expects of us. The Bible presents us with a moral code that is the best possible way to live, in my opinion. The media tries to tell us otherwise with all the emphasis on instant gratification and pleasure in every aspect of life, but the state of the world testifies, in my opinion, to the wisdom of biblical morality. There is very little that Christians are expected to do. All Christians are to do is love people and be moral. But we can't look for God in Christians, because a lot of them don't love others, but want to control others, and are a disgrace to the faith.

I do understand your viewpoint. The trouble with Christian teaching is that it is woefully incomplete when it says "all" we are expected to do is love others and be moral.

That is akin to wearing a "KICK ME!" sign on your back when you live in a multi-cultural society, where so many others belong to religions that don't teach quite the same thing. Only Christianity says that everyone else is more important than you are and if they whack you on one cheek, hey, let them whack the other, too. Not a philosophy I want to live by, anymore.

To sum up, I think that God wants us to be good (as you correctly describe) and also SMART. Smart means looking after your own feelings and interests, too. Yes, it is a razor's edge to walk on, no doubt about it!


Animals feel pain & suffering just as we do, and they value their lives as much as we value ours.