re: #274 Blind Frog Belly White

My perennial reply to this is that there if you only act “moral” out of fear of punishment or desire for a reward, you’re no more moral than a toddler, or a slightly trained animal.

It is said that your true ethics are how you behave when nobody’s watching. But if you believe in an omnipresent god, there’s NEVER ‘nobody watching’, is there?

Better question for them: What if I’m granted absolution before I die? If the only thing preventing me from being an amoral psychopath is the supposed fear of eternal damnation, then what if I find a priest willing to grant me absolution on my death bed? I rape, murder, and pillage for years…but find forgiveness before I croak. Am I still supposed to face an eternity of punishment if God’s Earthly middle man says the slate’s been wiped clean?