(May 28, 2015 at 10:48 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: But more importantly, if you have read the posts, you will have seen many people question me regarding whether I am "good" simply because of fear of judgment of God. It's a fair question, but I want to turn it back now to ask: how many people drive under the speed limit to avoid the ticket? Quite a few. How many people do not shoplift to avoid being arrested? A lot. So, it seems to me, Jenny, that when a Christian points out that we behave in a manner that we believe is pleasing to God, atheists mock us for being afraid of hell. But atheists behave in a similar manner when they are motivated by the "consequences for bad behavior" as you call it.
Atheists are motivated by the consequences for bad behavior such as a speeding ticket because we know that it is a real thing.
I'm not concerned about make believe consequences for make believe sins.
