I was reading a free on line book “The Authoritarians” by Robert Altemeyer
one of his many findings of studying fundamentalists authoritarian follower types is that many deal with the guilt of doing some thing morally wrong by asking God for forgiveness
and then feel closer to “Much less guilty” then “Appreciably less guilty”
it may not be a wire in the head but it should keep one from some suffering.
I also very much like Dan Gilbert’s Ted talk on synthesizing happiness I use it all the time
because “it really is not so bad” and “it turned out for the best”
I was reading a free on line book “The Authoritarians” by Robert Altemeyer one of his many findings of studying fundamentalists authoritarian follower types is that many deal with the guilt of doing some thing morally wrong by asking God for forgiveness and then feel closer to “Much less guilty” then “Appreciably less guilty” it may not be a wire in the head but it should keep one from some suffering.
I also very much like Dan Gilbert’s Ted talk on synthesizing happiness I use it all the time because “it really is not so bad” and “it turned out for the best”