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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here...

Just to clarify, it was the Christians the other post that I was specifically thinking of. They seem to be the most focused on an afterlife and post-life rewards and consequences.

Of course, I include all other people in faiths that are equally focused on the afterlife that I am equally skeptical of.

I just wonder what these people would be like if they weren't promised an afterlife?[/quote]

Some people might think that’s the point! If there was no hope, no promise of an afterlife, what human would live for a purpose greater than they could achieve on earth?[/quote]
Well, that again sounds selfish. You're saying that unless there is a promise of an afterlife, what human would want to do things that God ultimately rewards - with Heaven.

My parents believe in God but not in Heaven, and I was taught that one does good things and treats people right (the Golden Rule) because that is what God wants you to do. Period. The goal is to, even a small extent, "leave the world a better place than you found it." That could mean anything from raising responsible children, to saving unwanted animals, to supporting worthy causes. There is no "reward" for doing so, other than knowing you've lived your life in such a way that God would want. That alone is incentive - and reward - enough.

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