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.: 12.14.2006
"if two people both lead the same 'good' life, one is a theist and one an atheist - the atheist is the better person.
One could argue that a believer does the right thing due to either the threat of a smiting, or a reward in heaven. An atheist doing the same act is performing a truly altruistic act, knowing he could either have got away with the alternative and will receive nothing in return."
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// posted by geoff @ 12/14/2006 03:05:00 PM 
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those are two possible motivations for a theist. a third would be true altruism. believing in a god dosen't prevent one from being an authentic good person on the side. it just gives even more incentive to be a good person. (not that i give a shit about the after life, good or bad, but i thought that the point should be argued.)
Obviously nothing is black and white when it comes to being a good person, so it's hard to argue. I'm not sure how many people actually think about getting into heaven every time they do something nice. But we are naturally greedy and selfish, so it's probably safe to generalize that most people do more "good deeds" because it says to in the bible. Nobody does a good deed for no reason at all, even if the only reason is just that it makes them happy to help other people. They're still getting something out of it.
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