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Originally posted by IROC
You should help others because it's the right thing to do - not because you fear retribution from a supreme being.
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But why? What purpose would that serve ME in the long run? IE: without a motivating factor like a divine being, what would cause me to do right?
Now I'm not saying I would overnight turn into a hardened criminal, but if there is no God, what purpose would it serve me to help others? Why should I bother? There is that "hopefully they will help me in my time of need," factor, but that's not a very strong reason. And if you argue, "It's for the good of all mankind," I would retort by saying, "Who really cares about the good of all mankind - in 80 or so years, it certainly won't give me warm fuzzies as I get eaten by worms..."
-Z-man.