Resentment

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8. Christianity (and many other religions)

REQUIRE that people give up what others might have. I am convinced that the reason there are so many religious people who are anti so many things is because Christianity requires that they give up virtually all sensual and pleasurable behaviors. They have "been forced" (by choice - at least some of them could leave their religion) to forgo the "sins of the flesh" and they HATE, HATE, HATE that people who do not believe the same way don't "have" to forgo the same things. This is part of why they hate non-restrictive sexuality and why the prosperity gospel hooks them in so effectively. The irony of "just ask and you shall be forgiven" is that not matter how much they sacrifice and "suffer" on earth to gain their earthly reward, all those people who've indulged can still get that heavenly reward by asking for forgiveness. They want to force everyone to suffer the way they do. Their BIGGEST fear is that we WON'T be "left behind" - in which case, what was their sacrifice for?