Sentences with phrase «not fear of punishment»

In his mind, it is affection and the reward of praise that trains dogs, not fear of punishment.

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The fear of the great nothing is too much for my mind to bear, and I can sleep at night by convincing myself that the absolute nothing we all face one day will instead be full of happy choirs of angels, reward for any suffering I've endured, punishment of the wicked and evil (it pains me to think those who cause so much evil will not suffer for eternity, so hell is a great comfort too), and that I'll get to see all those I currently miss since the death of friends and family are so painful.

Fear of punishment is not the way to God it is the result of rejecting God.

People who need fear of punishment and hope of reward to do the right thing are not good people — they are cowards.

It's not even a fear of punishment in this life or the life to come.

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.

Perhaps god doesn't like a bunch of mindless sheeple, and lets in only people who think for themselves and live honest and compassionate lives because they think it's a good idea, not because they fear eternal punishment.

dar — i still think xtians live out of fear of punishment, not out of grace and love they have received.

Not because I'm trying to earn brownie points or for fear of punishment, but because overall, I want to be, and I AM a good person.

When we know how much God loves us, this not only frees us from fear of punishment, but it also frees us from the desire to sin, because we know that God only wants what is best for us, and His instructions are not to destroy our joy or ruin our lives, but to increase our enjoyment of life, and help us live better, longer, healthier, happier lives.

We aren't told what Thompson believes now» and his art does not require us to place him in any doctrinal camp» but by the end of Habibi he seems to have least worked his way to a beautiful observation: «God's followers worship not out of the hope for reward nor fear of punishment but out of love.»

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?

I can speak for myself and as a former believer understand why many will not speak for themselves — fear of an imaginary eternal punishment.

There's not only the fear of displeasing God, punishment, and Hell.

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.

And it might seem that the person was not double - minded who wills the Good out of fear of that punishment, since he refers the punishment to eternity, therefore to the same place where the Good has its home.

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

It might seem that the one who wills the Good out of fear of punishment can not be said to have used the medicine, and therefore can not be said to have used it wrongly.

Next, it must be said that the man who only wills the Good out of fear of punishment does not will one thing.

Even, at times when I truly begin to feel intensely guilty for my thoughts and fear punishment, I remind myself that God even has mercy towards Satan, the very enemy of God, by not utterly and completely destroying his existence but given him free will to operate in this world and to do evil.

So you're saying the only reason you don't steal and murder is because of a fear of punishment by your sky spirit?

What a bunch of bull... Only atheists can hold true moral values, as they are not based on the fear of punishment from gods.

Discipline is not about punishment but about promoting an orderly life... But to exact compliance through fear of punishment only nurtures the lower self - consciousness, which naturally seeks to avoid painful experiences.

I try to lead an ethical and moral life to me and to those around me, and I don't need fear of punishments or an expectancy of rewards to do so.

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.

Not the fear of judgement and punishment.

No, I don't do those things because of the fear of punishment personally, but also agree with laws against those things because it hurts the society in which i belong, and would to not have those things happen to me.

I'm motivated to do good because I want to do good, not out of fear of punishment or a selfish hope for reward.

Fear of punishment and hope for reward is a flimsy (not to mention frightening) basis for morality.

Critics of religion often claim that its adherents grovellingly obey moral laws, not for the sake of leading a good life or behaving altruistically, but for fear of eternal punishment at the hands of a vindictive God.

living according to a moral code because of the fear of punishment (i.e. going to hell, getting caught by police, etc) is not truly moral

We do not fear your made up places of reward and punishment because they do not exist.

To Ken Margo: I am totally agree with you about this evil thing going around the earth... this evil minded people is there everywhere regardless of faith... that was not what i was trying to say... my point was to be able to recognize the One True God who is Unseen and who has no partners as He is not in need of any partners but we the creation is in need of Him... thats all... I wish I could do something to stop all these taking place around the earth... I think we human fear the fed laws more than we fear the laws of our Creator, for example not to associate any partner with Him, taking the life of others, drug dealing, human trafficking, believing in hereafter and so on... I remember a story that I was talking with one of my friends... I was telling him look we all obey the law of the land so much like for example when we drive and no one moves even an inch when there is a school bus stop to pick / drop kids as it is a fed laws but when it comes to the laws of our Creator, we don't care... like having physical relationship outside of marriage and many more... then he said something nice... he said that its because we see the consequence of breaking the law of the land but we do not see the punishment of hereafter even though it is mentioned very details in Quran, it even gives pictures of hereafter....

The tradition of clergy confidentiality has allowed some people to seek help who otherwise might not do so out of fear of punishment or embarrassment.

Believers make all of the decisions based on fear of not pleasing an invisible sky fairy and facing eternal 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.

God does not want people to worship him out of fear of punishment.

And whereas, it is the duty of nations as as well as of men, to owe their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgressions, in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord: And, in so much as we know that, by His divine law, nations, like individuals, are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world, may we not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war, which now desolates the land, may be but a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole People?

«It is indeed better (as no one ever could deny) that men should be led to worship God by teaching, than that they should be driven to it by fear of punishment or pain; but it does not follow that because the former course produces the better men, therefore those who do not yield to it should be neglected.

Fear of punishment in some imagined afterlife isn't stopping people from behaving badly any more than imprisonment or a death penalty is stopping murderers from killing.

Not for any reward or fear of punishment, just because.

No reputable theologian could really defend the idea that a sincere Christian frequently committed numerous mortal sins, but a burden of personal guilt lay heavily in the sermons of the day, and people looked for an assurance, not just of absolution, but of release from the punishment that they feared they had incurred.

fred... yes fred, i have a better way — but you sir, i have no need to keep this conversation going, for you are terribly thick headed, and beyond brainwashed by religion... you claim to believe the bible and what is has to say yet allow for me to be a di - ck to god without fear of recourse or any form of punishment from god — back in the day, i would have been smoted, now you losers claim that he will just torture me forever in hell as my punishment — this implies that god has learned better ways to function as god — whoa, did anyone else just see what i said, god learned... thats rather un-godly, to learn, being he is all knowing - but your right, i am wrong... jesus christ where did i put my fuk you card, oh god - dam - nit... i must have thrown it away with all the other garbage i don't use... well too bad.

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

Shame, fear, physical punishments, or withdrawal of love to enforce good behavior in my opinion are not inspiring ways to raise a child.

He demonstrated in many ways that the law (outer governance and control through fear of punishment) was no longer to be a rigid yoke with its heavy burden of cleansing and rituals and sacrifices and punishments, but instead was to be a kingdom of the heart, of mercy not sacrifice, because the sacrifice was Himself.

When parents follow our approach, their children make smarter choices, not out of fear of punishment, but because they are less stressed, more connected, and attuned.

Republican freedom presents a vision of society whereby to be free means that your status is not dependent on anyone else's goodwill; you can meet another's gaze without fear of punishment; you do not have to look over your shoulder to appease a master; you can stand on your own two feet.