re: #150 dog philosopher

what i’m scared of is people who think they would just go ahead and be evil if they wouldn’t suffer eternal torment for it

That’s infinitely more terrifying. That shows a lack of humanity, not to mention moral restraint.

No one should need to have a fear of eternal punishment as their motivation for doing good.

People who say, “Why shouldn’t I kill someone if there’s no God and no Hell?” are already inclined to evil, in my opinion. It’s only the fear of supernatural sanction that restrains them, not an innate sense of what is right and what is wrong.