By and large, I would agree
• written by KennethAtheists are snobs indeed, and people should be good because it is the right thing to do. Dwelling on the idea that one must be good or else be punished is perhaps a valid starting point, if that is the route by which one comes to know God, but it cannot be the end of the journey.
To be fair, we will be judged for our wickedness, as surely as we will be noted for our virtue. And to be sure, it is good to be mindful of this reality — one cannot sin one’s way into Heaven, and one ought not make the attempt. That said, we should be moral for reasons far beyond mere fear, or to avoid being punished; we should be moral because all creation has been designed in a way that should give us impetus to be moral; because to live and act in a moral and virtuous fashion is to live to the fullest potential one has been given by God.
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