Talk:Gods/@comment-72.233.174.166-20141017162448/@comment-25035274-20141017203240

I never said you don't enjoy the setting. Didn't even think it, really. I just thought this was a discussion where differing points of view were welcome. After all, you did ask what we thought.

Now, with that said, and to get back to my original point (and I'll apologize for the fact that I ~know~ other points have been made that I'm not responding to, but the fact is I've got other stuff going so I'm not really following the thread closely); fair enough, murder and theft aren't the best examples, so I'll throw out a couple of examples that fit in with your statements better; specifically, your statement about things we know are bad for us:

In many nations, there are rules requiring us to wear seat belts and/or safety helmets when using and/or riding the appropriate devices/vehicles. You can choose not to comply with the laws, but in the case of seat belts, you will be prohibited from driving through revocation of your drivers' license. In the other cases, you will be forced to pay criminal fines. Why? For our own good and the good of society as a whole.

Similarly, we are prohibited in most nations from partaking in certain proscribed substances either until a certain age or in total. If we do not comply, ourselves, we are forced to comply through imprisonment. Why? For our own good and the good of society as a whole.

These days, in certain areas we are prohibited from eating or drinking certain specific foods. Why? For our own good and the good of society as a whole.

It does not matter if you want to follow the above rules or not; you are forced to.

That's just the way it is. You do not always get to choose. Sometimes the choice is simply made for you.