There's a difference between following the philosophy espoused in the Bible (or one of them -- is it ``an eye for an eye'' or ``turn the other cheek''?) and begin caught up in the religiosity. If you believe that you're doing these things because it'll make you (or the rest of us) happy, then that's one thing. But if you're doing it because it's what your master says, that's something else altogether.

It's the difference between teacher and master and it's significant. I'm not judging which you consider God to be. However, much of the rhetoric used by religious folks in general tends toward viewing Him as master, regardless of the speaker's actual intent.