@Chosen Daughter
When I was growing up,the one that pissed me off the most were the Sunday Blue Laws.
Later,as an adult,I was threatened with arrest in Virginia when I moved in with a woman I wasn't married to . One of the Moral Moron neighbors reported us to the police,and the cops came by to give me a warning. I either had to get out,get married,or be arrested.
I don't know which,if any I would be violating today,and at my age I don't really give a damn. I'm going to continue breaking them.
Oh, I was going to get back to this. Almost forgot. I lived with my husband before we married too. I did a lot of things that I wasn't supposed to do. Most of us have, I am sure. I had never heard of Sunday Blue Laws. I heard of the Bible Belt. I doubt laws like that are effective. Probably makes everyone do the opposite.
I only wish that people who don't know God could really experience true life in Christ. There was a time when I went to a church that preached hellfire. They were so missing life. I didn't have much of a father growing up. He was gone most of the time. It was hard for me to understand Father figure. Once I really delved into who Jesus Christ is and how he cares for me I found love. My idea's of having to go to church just because I didn't want to go to hell were over.
God is really a loving Father. Anyone that had a loving Father should be easily able to see those same qualities in God. Shelter, love, caring, and guidance. The rules are not to make us miserable, but to keep us from trouble. I think that most people can admit that sin, or wrong doing leads to trouble.
If you ever want to talk we can do that.
Chosen