re: #14 Obdicut

No, it is not as simple as that at all. I have no idea why you think there is. There are churches that promise fire and brimstone if you rebel against god, but also infinite forgiveness from him if you truly accept him. That is, in fact, the main trope of churches; without the prospect of forgiveness, they wouldn’t have anything to sell. I have no idea why you think churches simply slot into punishing or forgiving.

The largest sect, Catholicism, certainly isn’t so easily parsed.

Obdi, we are getting off track here, but I expect no less.

If I read you correctly, this entire study is bunk because the premise doesn’t exist; namely that there are believers tending towards one perspective or the other.

If that is what you think, feel free to say so, specifically.