18+ General Discussion Forum

It seems there are two aspects to Christianity, and monotheism in general. Worship of the deity and good behaviour based on a set of rules for that religion.

It seems to me that of the two aspects, the good behaviour that is described by the rules is the more important. Lets say that God actually exists, and two people go up to be judged.

One is a non believer who has led a life caring for other people and generally being a 'good' person.

The other is a believer who has led a life of unpleasantness, in stark contrats to the rules of that religion.

Which would get into heaven?

If it's the good non believer, then leading a good life are more important than belief.

If it's the believer that has led a bad life, then belief is all there is, and the rules mean nothing.

I prefer to think that in this hypotheitical situation, the good non believer is closer to the divine. If so, then the rules that govern our behaviour are more important. Belief is a secondary aspect of 'goodness'

So if the rules are most important, then we should make the best set of rules we can.