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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (21919)	3/3/2012 7:36:37 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (2) of 69300

"Someone who saves a drowning child, for example, only because he was offered a reward or was physically threatened does not deserve much praise. Thus, if one's only reason for performing good actions is his/her desire to go to heaven or his/her fear of going to hell - if all his/her actions are motivated purely by self interest - then ideally it should not qualify him/her for heaven because he/she acted out of pure self-interest and hence not a good person worth the reward, since heaven is for truly good people, who would be selfless. Thus the the religious concept of heaven/hell and morality leads to a contradiction. Besides, the threat of divine punishment cannot impose a moral obligation, for might does not make right. Threats extort; they do not create a moral duty." My family and friends should even consider defining our morality on the basis of sub-human cultures in pre-scientific (stuperstitious) times?? NOT! HA!! Great article, btw. I would offer this ebook to supplement that--as the only errors relate to the understandable absence of completely modern information. GREAT INSIGHT! positiveatheism.org

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