Why be good?

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I don't look for brownie points from any of these.  Of course I do want to keep my wife pleased but that is very different from abiding by all her dictates (not that she might not enjoy that at least for a while).

I'm sorry you can't see the difference.  C'est la vie.

Of course. It's completely different.

You have to please others for legitimate reasons. Christians only do it for the cookie. 

Randy, you were the one who started the thread by asking why we should be good, on the basis that if there's no heaven or hell, no, and I quote, "eternal repercussions," you could not see a reason to be good. You do not get to be snarky and sarcastic about us seeing the obvious consequence of your need to ask that question, that is, that you do good because of your belief in those eternal repercussions. If you could think of other reasons to be good besides the "cookie," then you would have had no need to ask the question at all, and/or, rendered the question itself moot.