bible bites - john 9,31

'now we know that god heareth not sinners; but if any man be a worshipper of god, and doeth his will, him he heareth. '

this is the classic cite trying to tell churchgoers to follow god and do his will.
well, brought up catholic, however, i started wondering why something this simple had to be written down at all. to me its common sense - so i thought - that if you do things out of the norm you won't be accepted.

having that in writing somehow undermined my practical intelligence.
a manual for moral behavior and - to make sure you stick to it - a note of the consequences, if anyone may step out of line.

Christianity is a perfect concept for individuals who need guidance in their life.
But what does this mean for people who are quite happy using their own life experiences to guide them through life?

citations like the one above encourage ignorance.
and that's - to me - the opposite of teaching love and unity.

who determines 'gods will'? the priest? vicar? reverend?
the congregation?

local communities are more likely to just accept to co-exist with other cultures.
their lives merely take coherent paths - side by side, but not together, in unity.

those paths naturally cross from time to time.
at work, in shops, public amenities...

but each 'culture' vehemently follows their own set of rules, and presumes that the other will have entirely different ideologies to their own.
which, having just analyzed the cite above, makes no sense at all.
as all worldly manuals simply inherit the common sense universally.
that's at least to my understanding, having read about some of the major religions and cultures.

to me it borders to amusement that we all follow the same basic principals, but each of us by themselves, thinking the others must be wrong. won't that make us wrong too?

thank you for reading...