Gary Poppins on Nostr: yikes! so how much of following of the law should be driven by fear of consequences ...

yikes! so how much of following of the law should be driven by fear of consequences vs just being a better person? it feels like it's impossible to not fall into a useless obsession with following laws that's completely unhelpful to moral development. so then it's easy to make up excuses for why certain laws just don't apply anymore.

i'm always looking for excuses for why i can be pagan and christian at the same time...