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Originally Posted by StormBerlin
I did a quick search and didn't find anything. Just a quick question:
Do motives determine the validity of actions?
Like, if you saw a little kid drowning in a river and you knew his father was rich and would offer a reward and that is your only motive for saving him, does your good deed still count to you? What about God?
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Alright, how about this take? You see the kid drowning in a river and you stand there and let him drown, because you kNOW that kid is Hitler and you know what he will be come? If the deed still pure? "Purity" of motive is meaningless. The only thing that matters is do you think what you are doing is right in the end, and are you willing to take responsiblity for your action, or lack there of. Do what you feel is right, do what what you feel is just, and understand that what you do will not always look good to others. About the best you can do. And thoughts of God should never motivate and action. If you are doing something just to earn brownie points in the afterlife, you are doing them for the wrong reason.