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What is the point of morality if you're a theist?

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What is the point of morality if you're a theist?
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RE: What is the point of morality if you're a theist?
October 20, 2013 at 12:22 pm
(October 20, 2013 at 12:14 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: It has always struck me that moral/ethical actions have more value if there is no punishment or reward involved - 'virtue for virtue's sake', so to speak.
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Boru

Kinda.

But there is a reward in saving the child.
The same reward you get for returning a lost wallet or for picking up some litter or anything that gives you that warm fuzzy feeling of being a member of a social group.

A chemical pat on the brain for not being a socio/psychopath.

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The MEANING of life is the experience of living ... (from Frank Herbert)
The VALUE of life is the legacy we leave behind ..... (from observation)
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RE: What is the point of morality if you're a theist? - by DLJ - October 20, 2013 at 12:22 pm

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