Brainwashing? Christianity seems to be taking weird steps, here at least.

[Mooks]

What's important is whether or not they live a righteous life gladly. One message conveyed throughout the Bible is the need for rules to guide people who may be less experienced in the faith. It's all about God transforming you, at first you may struggle to follow the rules, but if you persevere then you will come to live a righteous life without having to check you are following the rules.

So if you follow the doctrine long enough it will eventually become 2nd nature? Makes sense.

Your brother clearly has not read his Bible, Jesus has a name for such a one, Hypocrite, and he pretty much damns them. They live for outward praise, and so recieve nothing inwardly because they do not give inwardly.

I look foward to seeing the majority of the clergy in hell when I arrive there. .

Also this is why Pascal's Wager doesnt work. Never seen the common rebuttal (your quoted post) from a theist though.

[Rhyfelwyr]

So if you follow the doctrine long enough it will eventually become 2nd nature? Makes sense.

Living your life by the rules is hardly enough to be an effective witness to others, Jesus himself said he was filling in the gaps left by the 'rules'. You can't honestly look at Jesus and say that he was simply following rules which he had ingrained into his head.