Why God is Good

Dr. Weston: In the New Testament, God is always portrayed as being good and wickedness and evil is a human thing, a human problem. Actually, it's one of the things that's helped Christianity to spread very quickly. Can you... can you think, why?

Sophie: Because people like to feel shitty about themselves?

Dr. Weston: That's it. Exactly. We prefer to live in a world where, where God is good and man is bad, rather than a world where God is bad. So, an evil authority, an unfair government, neglectful parents, that's a pretty scary concept. Makes your whole life seem... kind of scary and meaningless. It is one of the reasons why children will blame themselves before their parents.

In Treatment, Season 1, Episode 38, min. 12:56