A scientific analysis

[Wren57]

Originally posted by pdiggitydogg
Sorry, but thats exactly what I HATE about most religious (actually christian) people. Its always gotta come down to threats of damnation and eternal suffering. I'll never get why it has to be that way...

I actually agree with you. Note where I cited preconventional thinking (a psychology term) to describe this. Steve doesn't understand faith at a high level (no offense), so I took the meaning and purpose of faith down to the very basic primal level (I also cited this). Higher reasoning failed, so I went with basic positive/negative reinforcement and punishment explanations in an attempt to explain on his level of understanding of faith.