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Boy, WeAllDie1Day, you make a compelling argument.
ART -- I can't really give a full answer, but the meat of it is that justice requires that good be rewarded and evil punished. Even if 'goodness is its own reward', it's pretty clear that a lot of evil goes unpunished by the temporal authorities and society. And few people are really good until late in life, since it takes a lot of practice to be good. So how long does one get to enjoy being good? 10 years, maybe 20? Is that enough of a 'reward'?
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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