• hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 months ago

    Why be good if there is no hell?

    Erm… If you need to be threathened with eternal torture in order to be a good person, then chances are you are not good person.

    • froh42@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Exactly this thought made made me understand “god is irrelevant” a long time ago and I became an agnosticist.

      I really can not understand people who are only “good” because they fear an ultimate judgment, and not be good just because they want to out of their own volition.

      In case there are gods, I’ll be judged for who I am, anyways. It doesn’t matter if I play “good child”. If there are no gods, I’m still happier if I’m not an asshole.

  • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
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    8 months ago

    This person is openly telling you that the only thing stopping them from being a shitty person is some myth about otherworldly punishment after they die.

    Which, of course, means they’ll be juuuust as shitty as they believe they can get away with.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPM
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      8 months ago

      Yeah, the “why be good if there’s no God/Hell” is a disturbing as fuck argument, because it essentially says that if they decide that their god wants them to start killing, they’ll do it.

      I’m good because if I do something bad, I feel bad about it. It’s pretty simple.