(February 10, 2018 at 2:00 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(February 10, 2018 at 1:46 pm)purplepurpose Wrote: Many people rape, steal and kill because they don't care about anything, be it this life or afterlife. Strong theists at least function well in society, even if they are obsessed with Heaven and eternity and want to convert others in to their goal.
I think you give them too much credit. The ones that are certain they're being judged continuously are also the ones that believe that God sees things pretty much as they do.
True story: a Jesus freak in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina accepted hush money from a wealthy rapist to keep quiet about a rape he had witnessed. He was convinced that "God gave him that money," and therefore felt no obligation to report what he'd seen to the authorities.
