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Re: Heads up, atheists
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 19 Sep 2005 01:23:11 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Timothy Gould wrote:
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I would think that doing good for religious people is more about personal
gain than for atheists. Theists always believe that their good deeds will go
rewarded by God or Karma or some other external system whereas atheists care
only about their self-respect and the respect of others.
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Hey Tim-
I knew this would come up:-) Actually, doing good for religious people is more
of a response rather than an attempt to curry favor. Christian doctrine is
that we are saved by grace alone; God’s love is unconditional. One cannot
earn what one already has been given.
The response to the God’s love is to act in gratitude; to love as we have been
first loved.
JOHN
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| --SNIP-- (...) I would think that doing good for religious people is more about personal gain than for atheists. Theists always believe that their good deeds will go rewarded by God or Karma or some other external system whereas atheists care only (...) (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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