being good through desire or fear...

joko | 03:44 Sat 26th Nov 2011 | Religion & Spirituality

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does being good only because your religion tells you to because you wont get to heaven etc if you dont - and therefore is through fear rather than actually wanting to be good - count as genuine goodness...?

are some religious people therefore not 'truly' good in the heart and soul, seeing as theyre just following orders...?

so are the people who are not at all religious yet good of heart and soul because they want to be, the real saints iin the world?

obviously i mean SOME, not all...

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RATTER15

I think it is instinctive to those brought up with decent moral standards.

naomi24

If you think of the way in which most people instinctively protect children, I suppose you could say it's an extension of that same compassion. I would imagine very few do that with thought of personal reward or gratification.

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