[The Avon Lady]

Originally Posted by Skybird

And I thought obeying commands, no matter if by a general or a god, is the easiest way to go: no thinking, no finding out ourselves, no responsebility for the consequences of what we do: we just did what we are ordered and what is written down by our ancestors, we are not guilty, we just followed orders. Like lemmings.

Au contraire!

You have decisions to make day in and day out. Who says it's easy? Maybe there's a built-in inclination in you that says do your own thing and that's where the struggle takes place?

You are responsible and maybe not just to yourself but to others and must set an example.

It's not so simple. Not at all. Or at least possibly not at all.

And even if we mess it up, when we did so by following the ancient orders, we will nevertheless be saved, for gods will twist and bend all universe just for us.

Not in my manual. Lot of catastrophic failures.

We are still the navel of all universe.

That you are!

That's why I talked of religious experience. Which is antagonistic to the existence of any gods invented and declared by mankind, imo. Religion has no place for idols, only for immediate, direct life.

Not sure what you're saying in this last paragraph.