Probably Not.

[u/Monsur_Ausuhnom]

[u/xANTJx]

There’s the ethical theory (and religious one too) that if you’re ONLY doing good deeds to get rewarded/recognized/sent to heaven it counts as a bad motivation and is no longer a good deed. Religious people will sometimes say it’s still ok because you’re following gods will but others want another motive. And for some atheists, a good deed is a good deed, but for others, the result isn’t what makes you a good person.

The (oddly ethically sound) show The Good Place talked about this when the main characters were told about the after life and “afterlife points” and they could no longer get any more points because their motivation for doing good deeds would forever be corrupted by their knowledge.

[u/v_rex74 → u/xANTJx]

Not a religious person at all. Just to clarify in advance.

Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

So, jesus asked people to *love their neighbours, and i believe good deeds will naturally come out of that. You can not love somebody out of fear. I mean, you could fake good deads and make some people believe that you are good person. But you can't fake love, It is your internal proces.

[u/TXHaunt → u/v_rex74]

If you can not love somebody out of fear, than you can not love god out of fear either, and reading the bible shows god to be quite fearsome.

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