(September 23, 2013 at 9:10 pm)Drich Wrote:(September 23, 2013 at 7:17 pm)sarcasticgeographer Wrote: Christians do the right thing for fear of hell.
I do the right thing because I don't fear hell.
How can christians be "moral" if their only reason to do something is out of fear? When did fear justify good behavior? When did fear justify righteousness?
Discuss.
May I submit that there is no 'right thing.'
What you do is based on your fear soceity's wrath if you do not adopt its morality as your own.
And yet often doing the "right" thing incurs the wrath of those around us. I'll give you an example: I just got a text from a friend requesting that I help them cheat on a school test. I often get these requests regarding assignments and tests, of course, worded less bluntly. I always turn them down. Trust me, they aren't happy. I'm doing what I believe is the right thing, you may disagree, but I'm not doing it because of others' opinions, I'm doing it in spite of their opinions.
