One can be good without God. Myself I prefer to be good for the sake of good, rather than in response to an extortion threat (Be good or suffer eternal damnation and hell).
Moreover given the false wager of Pascal, I prefer Marcus Aurelius comment about that (pretty darned good considering he wrote the rejoinder to Pascal over 1000 years before). "Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones." To me that sounds pretty good. On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 3:54 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why do you do it? > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Most do it because they feel they have to. Some do it thinking that they >> will get into heaven as a result. >> >> ------------------------------------ >> Three Ravens Consulting >> Eric Roberts >> Owner/Developer >> [email protected] >> tel: 630-486-5255 >> fax: 630-310-8531 >> http://www.threeravensconsulting.com >> ------------------------------------ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: GMoney [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 9:35 AM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: Why Israel Doesn't Trust Obama >> >> >> What would you call it? >> >> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Eric Roberts < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > Yeah...I wouldn't consider tithing a altruistic contribution... >> > >> > ------------------------------------ >> > Three Ravens Consulting >> > Eric Roberts >> > Owner/Developer >> > [email protected] >> > tel: 630-486-5255 >> > fax: 630-310-8531 >> > http://www.threeravensconsulting.com >> > ------------------------------------ >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] >> > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 8:57 AM >> > To: cf-community >> > Subject: Re: Why Israel Doesn't Trust Obama >> > >> > >> > As usual Faux Snooze was very selective in its reporting. You need to >> > read the actual Pew Charitable Trust report than depending on Fox. The >> > data also showed that the same red states contributed the lowest >> > amount to non-religious charities. >> > >> > So your trumpeting of the so-called red state generosity it as usual a >> > fake story. >> > >> > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > >> > > Study: Red states more charitable, but religion more a factor than >> > > wealth >> > > >> > > Read more: >> > > http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/20/study-red-states-more-cha >> > > ri table-but-religion-more-factor-than-wealth/#ixzz25bNec2mt >> > > >> > > . >> > > >> > > On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> He also instructed us to feed the poor, and care for the widows and >> > orphans. >> > >> >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:354475 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
