(December 22, 2015 at 12:14 pm)athrock Wrote: If there is no heaven, no hell and life ends at the grave, then does it really matter whether one chooses to live one's life as a Stalin or as a St. Francis?These are the options? Really?
Why or why not?
And yes how you behave in this life (the only one we have any evidence of) matters because it makes a difference in this life. Do you really think many people consider possible punishment in an afterlife when deciding whether to feed the squirrels, visit grandma, or have premarital sex?
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.