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Pope George Ringo II

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12. I would take issue with "doing the right thing."

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sat Jan 19, 2019, 10:31 PM

Jan 2019

Rules for beating your slaves, for beating your wives, for killing your wives, for not eating bacon or shellfish...

If it ever happened to produce moral behavior, this has to be taken purely as an accident. Moral behavior really should be the goal in its own right, though. Religion isn't even a means to the end, and it clearly never has been.

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Do religions NEED Heaven and Hell? [View all] Soph0571 Jan 2019 OP

Don't know about this Sherman A1 Jan 2019 #1

For most religious nuts I know, they follow the nonsense because they are afraid of 3Hotdogs Jan 2019 #2

If I take Jesus literally Cartoonist Jan 2019 #3

If there is a heaven, what do you do there everyday? Funtatlaguy Jan 2019 #4

Most religions rely on fear to control members liberal N proud Jan 2019 #5

Hi Soph0571 - thank you for starting this discussion. Pendrench Jan 2019 #6

Thank you for that. SoFlaDem Jan 2019 #10

Hi SoFlaDem - You are very welcome - and thank you for replying to my post. Pendrench Jan 2019 #11

Do governments need jails and rewards to keep their citizens in line? Igel Jan 2019 #7

I don't think religion needs heaven or hell because some don't have it marylandblue Jan 2019 #8

Do humans need reward and punishment? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #9

I would take issue with "doing the right thing." Pope George Ringo II Jan 2019 #12