From my theology class, I remember the priest exposing three possible ways of deciding to make a good action : -You do it because you fear that if you don’t, God will punish you and send you to Hell. -You do it because you hope that God will reward you in paradise for it. -You do it because it’s right.
He then explained that the last reason was a better reason than the first two.
Therefore, according to the dogma, I should seek good for the purpose of goodness : I should not need God’s command to do what is right (although using Hell and Heaven as incentives is still better than being evil altogether). As it turns out, it means that the most efficient way to avoid Hell and go to Heaven is not to have these as end goals, but it’s no concern to me since I seek good first and foremost anyway. Let God make bets and tests, if I follow my religion faithfully, I will still abide by his usual commands.
From my theology class, I remember the priest exposing three possible ways of deciding to make a good action :
-You do it because you fear that if you don’t, God will punish you and send you to Hell.
-You do it because you hope that God will reward you in paradise for it.
-You do it because it’s right.
He then explained that the last reason was a better reason than the first two.
Therefore, according to the dogma, I should seek good for the purpose of goodness : I should not need God’s command to do what is right (although using Hell and Heaven as incentives is still better than being evil altogether).
As it turns out, it means that the most efficient way to avoid Hell and go to Heaven is not to have these as end goals, but it’s no concern to me since I seek good first and foremost anyway. Let God make bets and tests, if I follow my religion faithfully, I will still abide by his usual commands.