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Originally Posted by FireFly
You're absolutely right that if I do good deeds to only benefit myself, my God will know I'm faking it.
But if there's no god, why should I bother wasting my time doing good deeds at all when I could be raking in the cash and getting intoxicated and having much sex? I mean really, which is the more preferred lifestyle? Sweaty sex with hot men, or toiling under the sun building houses for the homeless?
The question isn't about the deeds at all. The point is that someone is WRONG. Whether that's the Christians or Catholics or Muslims or Athiests, someone is WRONG and they are toiling towards their eternity or lack thereof by doing the wrong thing. IF there really is no God, I would rather be having a lot of sex and such. Because I believe in God, I don't. However, if it turns out that there isn't a God at all, I've just wasted a lot of good 'having sex years' for naught.
As an example which has nothing to do with the amount of sex I actually do or do not have.
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??? You shouldn't be doing good deeds with the hope of getting in heaven or because of the fear of damnnation. You should be doing them because it's the right thing to do. God or no god, saviour or no saviour.
Toil, challenge, and helping others is part of life and makes the word a better place.
Wouldn't that mean that an athiest or someone who doesn't believe in a heaven or god like yours would be an even better person for doing good deeds? There's lots of them out there. Lots of people don't need a god or religion to tel them what to do or why to do it. They do it because they are good compassionate people.
I also don't like all these comments (not just you) about 'someone' being right or 'someone' being wrong. It's assumptions like this that divide us. Besides it's more than probable we're all a little right, and we're all mostly incorrect. (Notice I didn't use the word wrong, because I don't see how beliefs should be judged wrong) It's a wonderous universe and we've barely scracthed the surface.