OK.If you have not read part 1 of this I would recommend that you start there and then come back here.
Discovering My Faithless Religion
So we are working under the terms that there is no heaven and there is no hell. We are also working under the impression that the vast majority of us accept the 10 commandments as the basis of right and wrong.I guess the next question would be; Why do the right thing for no reward?
Quite frankly I don't know! I have discussed here in these posts that I feel all of our decisions are based in fear. Without a heaven or a hell though what are we afraid of? What makes a true atheist, (if there is such a thing), do right from wrong? Is it respect of his fellow man that he is striving for? I just don't know. This might be something everyone has to come to their own answers about. I don't know what my answer is.
I am trying to be good for the sake of being good, but as always there is some motive there. There is always something. There is always a reward either real or supposed. I may not even know what it is but I know its there somewhere. Even if I receive nothing physical for my actions I still receive a positive feeling and that is a reward.
I think the best we as humans can do to be better human beings is to consider self fulfillment as the ONLY reward. I mean you can “hope” for your heavenly reward, but I can not personally believe
that any entity so benevolent as these gods seem to be would be so petty that they feel a need to hear their own names. I guess a good question here is whether or not our Gods believe that good deeds are enough or whether advertising is the goal.
Also I have to believe that our Gods know when we are doing good and also know when we need help without our prayers. I would hope that they know right from wrong. As usually though I am more than willing to be taught facts to disprove my truths, so if you have any other evidence that would lead me to believe that our gods need these things than I am happy to hear them.
For now though I have to go with what makes me fulfilled because that the only reward I have faith in.
I'm sure Ill write more on this as more comes to me.
