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How do religions inspire people to be good?

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How do religions inspire people to be good?
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RE: How do religions inspire people to be good?
January 17, 2017 at 3:23 pm
(January 16, 2017 at 12:45 am)robvalue Wrote: This is something that is puzzling me. How does this work? What is it about religions that could inspire someone to be a better person than they were before?

If anyone could explain it, that would be great. Thanks!

[Edited after consideration]

The carrot at the end of the stick.
The carrot being heaven. 
Where as atheists do good just for the sake of doing good because doing good makes you feel good.
Where as theists see atheists doing good as a form of bad and evil because they don't believe the all carrot giver.
Atheism is a non-prophet organization join today. 


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How do religions inspire people to be good?

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How do religions inspire people to be good? - by robvalue - January 16, 2017 at 12:45 am
RE: How do religions inspire people to be good? - by Jesster - January 16, 2017 at 1:27 am
RE: How do religions inspire people to be good? - by vorlon13 - January 16, 2017 at 12:04 pm
RE: How do religions inspire people to be good? - by brewer - January 16, 2017 at 4:05 pm
RE: How do religions inspire people to be good? - by Cecelia - January 16, 2017 at 9:23 pm
RE: How do religions inspire people to be good? - by dyresand - January 17, 2017 at 3:23 pm
RE: How do religions inspire people to be good? - by robvalue - January 17, 2017 at 10:39 pm

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