(May 26, 2015 at 7:29 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: If there is no God, then there is no hell; and if there is no hell, then there are no ultimate, eternal repercussions, good or bad, for how we live out our mortal lives. Of course, atheists insist that people should be "good without God."
But why? If God does not exist, why be good?
Both empathy and practicality.
A normal, well-balanced human vicariously feels pain at the suffering of another, and therefore tends to avoid inflicting it.
Practically, being a nice guy keeps one in the good graces of other humans with whom one must live and work.
Karma is not a metaphysical process, to me; it's a material phenomenon, and it can be summed up in three words: assholes make enemies.
