2007-04-04 01:58:05 · 21 answers · asked by socmum16 ♪ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
From an atheist.
For me creating a beautiful life involves living by 3 principles: charity, honesty and courage.
I guess that charity would be = to good works? Helping others ( for example, recently I paid for a blind Amazon native girl to come to the US and have corneal transplant surgery which restored sight in one eye) gives one a great sense of fulfillment.
2007-04-04 02:03:35 · answer #1 · answered by Dendronbat Crocoduck 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
While it's true that you can only be saved by grace, good works are a result of the decision to accept Christ. Some people think if you do enough good works, that somehow you'll earn God's love or favor.
But the truth is, good works are the result of Christ working on the inside of you and now all that great stuff is simply showing up on the outside.
When you make the decision to do good works, it's out of gratitude and love for all God's done for you.
Just remember that God looks at the motive in every thing you do. So all your good works need to start with the right attitude on the inside.
2007-04-04 09:12:50 · answer #2 · answered by Karen W 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Four Noble Truths
Whilst seated beneath the Bodhi tree the Buddha experienced the four noble truths:
Dukkha: All existence is unsatisfactory and filled with suffering.
Trsna: The root of suffering can be defined as a craving or clinging to the wrong things; searching to find stability in a shifting world is the wrong way.
Nirvana: It is possible to find an end to suffering.
The Noble Eightfold Path is the way to finding the solution to suffering and bring it to an end.
2007-04-04 09:02:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even before I believed in God I did good works. I think it is just part of being a decent person. Anyone with a kind heart will just do good things for the sake of humanity.
2007-04-04 09:07:28 · answer #4 · answered by ♥ terry g ♥ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have always been a good person, and always been good to others. Not saying I dont have my moments of frustration toward people. I believe when one is saved then it is not hard to do good works, but good works dont get you to heaven. Only by the blood of Jesus can we enter.
2007-04-04 09:05:26 · answer #5 · answered by iwant_u2_wantme2000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is an altruistic motivation as well as an egoistical one:
Altruistic : good things I do for somebody can help him/her. Generosity can be the motivating factor, pure , unconditional, uninterested generosity.
Egoistic: I want to brag, show off with my good deeds. I want the others to admire me. I feel better after helping someone.
2007-04-04 09:02:25 · answer #6 · answered by albastra 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Simple: Doing good deeds feels good. I was helped a lot when I was a kid when my dad got sick. I choose to give back so that I can help another child who may be in the same boat that I was.
2007-04-04 09:03:47 · answer #7 · answered by glitterkittyy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Doing 'good works' won't get anyone to heaven.
Its by grace through faith, the Bible says, not of works lest any man should boast. However, the fruit that we are saved, is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, patience, perseverance etc.
2007-04-04 09:02:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because we have the capacity to improve our lot in life. We are the most advanced species on the planet and are capable of so much, it is a complete waste of ourselves to spend it warring.
2007-04-04 09:02:01 · answer #9 · answered by poseidenneptune 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Satisfaction.
gw
2007-04-04 12:54:00 · answer #10 · answered by georgewallace78 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋