Which man is better? The man that only does good for fear of punishment in hell or reward in heaven or the man that does good becouse it is the right thing to do? Christianity is based on fear and punishment to get the masses to fall in line. It works on children as it does on grown people. Religion is simply a crutch for simple minded folks who never grew out of its bedtime stories.Wake up people! As soon as you relized that this is it you will begin living life to the fullest. Besides if you really beleive in a heaven they we don't you kill yourself to get there? Oh wait, those that hold the strings thought about that one and penciled in "suicide is a sin". Anything to keep the workers breaking their backs for the rich and powerful.Religion was created to give hope to people living cruel grueling lives. Something to look forward to when you die. "Be a good boy and do what I say and you will be rewarded after you die. What? how do you know that is true? Have faith and do not listen to those bad people that tell you otherwise". What you feel in your "heart" was planted their to keep you in check.

I think you should research Christianity before you start making claims on it. I don't know if you watched Saints and Soldiers or not, but remind me of the atheist in it. Where in the bible does it say a good persons deeds get them into heaven, I'll give ya the answer, no where. People go to heaven because they accept the free gift of salvation that Jesus provided by taking our sins upon the cross and there in becoming sin. There are good people in heaven, but there are also good people in hell. It's not about what you do, it's about what Jesus did for you. I would like to know how an atheist determines what is good and what is bad though.As for the "rules and regulations" in The Bible. They're there so we don't harm ourselves, because God cares about us and wants us to live life to it's fullest. Not a lot of people find lasting fulfillment in murdering stealing, and commiting adultery among other things.I hope that makes sense to you and hope that your heart isn't so hardened that you'll just reject everything because it doesn't line up with what you believe. I'd hope that truth would determine what your beliefs are and not your beliefs determine what truth is. Wish ya the best.

Amen Jck84, Amen

Jck84 .. although I have no right to say what you believe is wrong, but on the same-hand neither do you. To do good because its the right thing to do is simply a stand point of "right" and "wrong" and sometimes that depends on who's side your on. I believe when we are born we are either good or bad life is only a reflection of who we are and what we have chosen to accept. Even the most evil man has the ability to be a saint if only he can fight....this is the eternal struggle. Besides this is frikk'n movie site not a change your beliefs or enlightened the damned....God is love.

lzdifjzpdo, Christianity isn't based on fear and punishment, Catholicism is. I can understand how you would confuse the two, but the fact that you did shows that your statements are mostly speculation and second-hand knowledge.To utterly refute the existence of a higher being and adhere to that is religion in itself, where you have faith in your faithlessness. To demand that anyone be bound by a set of preconceived notions (There is a God vs There is no God) smacks of hypocrisy.Why not accept that gray areas exist and stop demanding that people take sides?My choices aren't motivated by fear of divine repirsal, or hope of an eternal reward (regardless of who grants them). Yet, I believe in God. I make no claim to one religion or another, because to do so, yet live the life I do, would make me a hypocrite, one who only adheres to tenets of my faith that are convinient to me.What bothers me most is people, on either "side" of the schism, so fiercely judge, oppose, and criticize each other. I have the right to live how I wish. If you're going to weigh in on how I do it, at least be educated enough on the subject to discuss it.