Wk1-Q1- "Doing Good and Being Happy"

"moralistic therapeutic deism"—the belief that religion is about doing good and being happy, watched over by a distant and benign Creator whose purpose is largely to help us feel better about ourselves.

[Compliant But Confused, Christianity Today, April 2005]

• Is this what you believe?
• Is this the "Christianity" you run into among youth groups, at concerts and other youth events?
• Can you explain what's wrong with this kind of belief?