We answer only to ourselves. We can justify our behaviors and may convince others, but our conscience is the gauge. Ultimately you answer to yourself and the reward is inner peace now, not heaven later.
It is so simple and yet so difficult. It is what we all yearn for deep down. It drives all our thoughts and actions. To see and be seen. To hear and be heard. To love and be loved.
It is so simple and yet so difficult. It is what we all yearn for deep down. It drives all our thoughts and actions. To see and be seen. To hear and be heard. To love and be loved.
We answer only to ourselves. We can justify our behaviors and may convince others, but our conscience is the gauge. Ultimately you answer to yourself and the reward is inner peace now, not heaven later.
It's just how we're built. Biologically, we rely on each other for survival and reproduction, so from an evolutionary standpoint it's not surprising that our reward-mechanisms are highly oriented toward our fellow humans. So, we find happiness in caring for others.
My 10 year bought a copy of the Bible at a garage sale in an attempt to tease me. I encouraged her to read it and form her own opinions. I told my wife that nothing has successfully converted more people to atheism than the Bible.