acrionx opened this issue on Oct 05, 2010 · 394 posts
ShawnDriscoll posted Sat, 09 October 2010 at 1:27 AM
Quote - So is that the only reason Christians ever act morally, out of fear of punishment, or avarice for reward in some after life? They would indeed be a shallow and deplorable lot if that were the case. I am not a Christian, but neither can I stand by and see such a foul accusation levelled against them.
The only reason Christians ever act morally? That is not the only reason they do, of course, if they choose to act morally. Just as everybody else (including Christians) don't all act morally just because there is a cop around. There's good Christians and bad ones. Ask Hitler when the Pope kicked him out and he started killing Catholics (not for that reason though).
Would you call atheists that only ever acted morally out of fear of being arrested/imprisoned a shallow and deplorable lot?