This story got me thinking about life after death

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by onelifecrisis

Reminds me of a discussion I had with a Canadian man. In a nutshell: who is truly the "moral" person - the man who does good because he fears God's wrath, or the man who does good because he desires God's love, or the atheist who does good simply because it is good?

(he was saying that without fear of God one has no reason to behave morally... which I found rather disturbing)

Other than the reason that behaving morally makes you feel good. One of lifes greatest pleasures for me is to bring pleasure to others. Taking your kids somewhere wonderous, let's say The Grand Canyon or the top of the Eifel Tower, for the first time, is a perfect example of "doing good" for no other reason than it makes you feel good to see them feeling good.

The same goes for work and I find most things in life. I do a good job because I feel proud of the achivement when I do good work and really love the feeling I get when someone compliments me on it.

The Golden Rule is really are about making you feel good as much as making the world a better place, because the better you feel the better your world becomes.