August 13th, 2015, 07:37 PM
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Um... Why am I a moderator?
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Join Date: September 20, 2011
Location: USA - IL - Peoria
Posts: 1,056
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Re: Are the 10th Bad Guys?
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Originally Posted by kolakoski
Well met!
Earlier, Owlman states that, absent a belief in the Divine "anything goes," and any selfish act can be justified since there are no afterlife consequences. This ignores the concept of Enlightened Self Interest. That is, people are better off and happier when they act "morally," even without the threat of eternal damnation.
There is a description of the difference between Heaven and Hell where, in Hell, everyone is chained such that they cannot eat the food in front of them, and everyone goes hungry. In Heaven, the same conditions exist, but everyone feeds the person next to them, and no one starves.
It does not take a belief in "God," in whatever belief system, for one to feel outrage at injustice, love for a son, or pity for those less fortunate.
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Owlman actually just said it could be argued from an atheist standpoint. He didn't state it as fact.
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