The war involves guilt and shame-based demands that we “do it right” so no one can accuse our motives or deeds, including God. We think, If I obey the rules, then not only can I not be accused, but I win the self-righteous “reward” of boasting in my rightness. We may not exercise that right, but in our perspective, we can at least store up our self-righteousness in an account to be withdrawn to pay the daily incurring debts of failure. We hate the demand of rules; we refuse the freedom of parameters that allow us nearly infinite room to play.
