Righteousness has little to do with being right all the time.
"righteous (rīˈchəs)► adj. Morally upright; without guilt or sin: a righteous parishioner. adj. In accordance with virtue or morality: a righteous judgment. adj. Morally justifiable: righteous anger. See...
I think you didn't understand me, but now that you mention it guilt can cause to activate the part of the brain which activates at physical pain and so an originally emotional feeling can be like physical pain.
Three observations
Passive aggressive behaviour comes from unhappiness
Sarcasm is passive aggressive
Atheists are most often sarcastic about religion.
Is this because they are unhappy with the religion - which they almost always say they simply "don't care about" and are different to - or is...
Take away the priest and it could be any other Abrahamic religion. If it needs to be limited to Christianity to be evaluated then it is useless from a spiritual point of view.
Sin has a vider meaning as a word. Besides, it's just an excuse to separate it from any other wrong doing.
How does Christianity teach a person who rejects Christianity is damned?