1. Your definition of "the human situation" seems pretty reasonable. Any old thing shouldn't be believed unless you have some pretty solid evidence, and this applies to anything from a scientific description of gravity to a religious faith in Christ. What I mean is that, although faith does imply trusting in things that you haven't seen for yourself and may include a bit of doubt, not many people would be Christians if they didn't have at least [i]one[/i] reason that they find undeniable. I don't think that faith is always 100% unjustifiable. This applies to people living now and people living two thousand years ago, and even people before that. Hundreds of years before Christ was born, there were prophets who spoke of how He would be born, be "numbered among the transgressors", be put to death, and overcome death. These prophets never lived to see it, and had no reason to believe any of it outside of the fact that God told them such things would happen, and yet those things nevertheless came to pass. 2. I think you're caught up on the idea of "fear too much". Yes, we do and should fear God. Like I said earlier, the Lord alone has the power "to destroy both soul and body in hell". However, He also sent Christ to die for us so that we may escape this fate. If you could just stop and think about that, I believe you would be filled with joy. Although we deserve destruction, instead Christ gives us the gift of everlasting life if only we trust on Him. The fear of God is what keeps us in check with our own selves, but our joy of God is what makes us want to go and spread our joy, so that others may be filled with it as well. And yes, you will be rewarded in Heaven, but it is better when you do good to others for their sake and to please God, and not for your own benefit. However, like you said, this "sense of morality" is less reciprocal; you can't always expect people to give you kindness in return for yours, and indeed you shouldn't; in fact, don't bother expecting anyone to be kind back to you. The point is that you give out kindness freely to all, even though you have no incentive to do so, and even though your incentive would be to give kindness only to those who would give it back to you. Yes, I will admit this is very hard; but if everyone did this, I bet half of the world's problems would be gone. Even as I type this, I pray you may be blessed, and I hope you find some sort of happiness today (or tomorrow, depending on where you live), even though we are currently having this discussion and even though I have no idea who you are personally. 3. No, you don't need to apologize for simply "being human", but you can't deny that there's room for all of us to improve. It might sound like just some "list of don'ts", but that is exactly what any moral code at all is, whether made by man or by the God who decided that we should have free will, even if it meant we also had the irresistible capacity to sin. However, there's no need to guilt anyone. Like I said above, Christ gave us the gift of everlasting life. We did not deserve it one bit, but yet He loved us enough to die for us. This is the payment for all our sins, all the imperfections in our character, and it makes us free from the bondage of sin.