A Tippling Philosopher
8) Why follow the commands?
Why should we follow such commands? Only to get into heaven and avoid hell? If so, that is not really a reason to be good. If it is because they are good things to do based on moral reasoning, then again, the framework fails. In this way, there is no reason to accept DCT, even if it is true!
I have talked about how heaven and hell are the ultimate emotional blackmailing techniques and they don’t allow us to be free moral agents in the manner that Christians themselves would want and argue for. I wrote about this in the piece “Heaven & Hell Stop You From Genuinely Morally Evaluating“.
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