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outside of theism and Atheism there's
another group called The
agnostics those who say I don't know if
there's a God or
not some say also I don't
care not only don't I know I don't care
doesn't matter it's not important
of course people in that stage is very
difficult for you to reach them if they
don't
care very
difficult the bottom line though is of
course uh people often times say it's
enough for us just to be
good just being good why can't I just be
good why isn't that enough why do I have
to believe in God and why do I have to
join this religion and all this other
thing that comes with
it why can't I just be good well the
question is how do you define
good what you consider good today you
might consider bad
tomorrow and the opposite or what you
consider good I might consider bad so
what really is
good how do we determine
good and this is where we come back to
the idea that it has to be somebody
Beyond us if it's left up to us
then we can't find what is really good
sometimes we hit on it but many times
we'll miss it because we are influenced
by our own desires so what is good will
be what is good and pleasing to us
that is what people will normally fall
into and even if you know something is
good you might do it for a while but if
you find that it is not beneficial in
the end it's going to hurt you to do
that good
then what is going to motivate you to
continue to do the good when it's no
longer advantageous or at least
neutral if not harmful to
you nothing because your Criterion is
the world what benefits you and what
harms you if it's no longer beneficial
then you won't want to do it anymore so
the belief in God is what motivates
people to do good even when it's not
beneficial to
them so belief in God is
important knowing our purpose is
important so for the agnostic we say the
agnostic is really a lazy
atheist he's just lazy he's an atheist
but he's lazy doesn't really want to
deal with the implications of