After a couple of questions I asked last night, it became evident that Christians/religious people pray and worship primarily because they want God to view them as being ‘a good person’, and therefore let them into heaven when they die. (It was established that praying for someone doesn’t actually achieve any benefit from God, as He will treat everybody equally – believer or not). Judgement only comes at death.
So an atheist (or secularist, etc) will go through life being a perfectly good person, on the understanding that they won’t be rewarded for it at the end. Their good behaviour is unconditional.
A Christian/Muslim/any other God-believer however, will expect that they will be ultimately granted a heavenly reward.
Who is the more virtuous?
Please do not quote text, as I am not asking a book. I am asking for your opinion.
2006-11-08
04:12:15
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