RE: Where do we go when we die and are you afraid?
July 22, 2020 at 7:50 am
(This post was last modified: July 22, 2020 at 7:51 am by polymath257.)
(July 22, 2020 at 7:47 am)Shazzalovesnovels Wrote:(July 22, 2020 at 7:43 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Are you saying you wouldn't be able to distinguish between good and evil without threat of punishment or promise of reward?
I was wondering why we bother to be good, if we'll all just end up in the same boat in the end. I could be completely horrid to people and not suffer 'eternal damnation'.
Being horrible to people isn't beneficial in the long run: people will not trust you, not help you, and fight against you. Your life will be worse off than if you are nice and good to people.
We are *social* creatures. No one can live solely on their own. it helps to have other people to help. And to get that, you have to help others.
It always scares me when a theist asks questions like this. Is the only reason they aren't 'horrible' because they are afraid of hell or wanting heaven? Really? How fundamentally immoral can you be?
Wait, don't answer that.
