Sentences with phrase «fear of punishment if»

Human beings are to be obedient to God's laws at least partly out of fear of punishment if they are not.

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If the morality is motivated merely by a fear of eternal punishment, which many religions are, then you are not truly moral - you are simply under duress.

If a person needs the fear of eternal punishment by a make believe god to deter them from killing, stealing or any other sort of malevolence, they are not decent human beings to begin with.

Well, ignoring your childish ad hominem, why would you kowtow before a shallow, vain and unjust god if it were not out of fear of punishment or greed for the afterlife?

If we behaved for no other reason than fear of punishment by an invisible being, we'd be in bad shape.

Some preachers believe that the only way people of today are going to come to God is if they fear eternal punishment in the afterlife.

So, too, with one who wishes to do good out of fear of punishment, if indeed it can be done in that fashion, if it is not as when the fear - ridden person turns his whole life into nothing but illness, out of fear of becoming ill.

However, a man does not in truth will the Good if he only wills it out of fear of punishment, and hence is only in a state of slavery to the Good.

Even if it happened to be a good man who in the agony of fear preserved a certain slavish blamelessness out of fear of punishment: still he is double - minded.

If the only thing keeping you from doing wrong is fear of punishment from your deity then you are obviously doing something wrong.

If the only reason you do the right thing is the fear of punishment or because an imaginary sky wizard told you to, you're not really that good a person.

Yet he asserts that it is better if corporal punishment is never used, for it «drives children to hate their teachers and parents, causes them to perform good actions only out of fear, and even creates in them an aversion to «true piety.»»

My experience is that once you stand outside the system, you can see the fear for the first time... It's what got you in, it's what keeps you in... If you begin to ask, what would this look like if there is no fear of punishmenIf you begin to ask, what would this look like if there is no fear of punishmenif there is no fear of punishment?

This approach to the human being only creates fear of failure and punishment and leads to arrogance if one succeeds or condemnation if one fails to live up to the instructions.

But if we come to Christ and He does a work in us then by our heart we start to walk according to the law without the fear of punishment.

Seems to me, if God wanted us to live in fear of an eternal punishment, God would have spoken out earlier, and not waited'til Jesus came.

Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hopes of reward after death.»

Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day.»

Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

If it starts to measure its food waste, its staff may not track it accurately out of fear of punishment from managers.

This method removes you from the punishment in the kitten's mind, which is desirable for two reasons: The kitten doesn't begin to fear you as a source of punishment (as it would if you spank!)

If you love your Chi so much, you want to challenge her by teaching her new tricks and skills, train her to have manners using positive reinforcement — not fear, pain or punishment — you're one of us.

If you have a dog that suffers from a more severe behavioral issue, the best thing you can do is to avoid the use of any confrontational or punishment - based training methods, as this can exacerbate aggression, fear, and anxiety - based issues.

In other words, if the child isn't subject to too much parental control, it is more likely that their «good» behavior will stem from their own inner motivation rather than being motivated by external rewards or because of fearing punishments.