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Originally Posted by QuasiMondo
So you're a corrupt soul destined for heaven. If there's no threat of heaven being taken away from you for sinning, I don't see the motivation for staying within moral boundaries besides claiming bragging rights to who's shit stinks the least.
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Well, the latter is probably a pretty strong motivation for a lot of religious (and secular!) people, actually... especially when all your actions might be on display for an entire community (church, Republicans, etc) to see and criticize. You might not be going to hell, but going to social or political hell for the rest of your earthly life might not be so fun either.
That said, for people who truly don't care about shit stinking or punishment or being an outcast, well I refer to what I said earlier...
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Originally Posted by abaya
the effort of AVOIDING sin (not because of hell, but because it causes God to weep and it corrupts the soul, etc) is one of the aims of the Christian life. In that sense, Christians are moral because they *want* to be, not because they are *afraid* of punishment. Huge difference.
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Why is it always assumed that the only reason people obey laws is out of fear?
And where the heck are the evangelicals of this forum to chime in on/correct what I'm saying?
