On Wed, 23 May 2012 09:20:03 -0700, thumper wrote:

On 5/23/2012 3:31 AM, John H. wrote:
On Tue, 22 May 2012 20:02:17 -0700, wrote:

On 5/22/2012 7:29 PM, thumper wrote:

Fear of punishment or hopes of reward are unnecessary for moral behavior
and I sincerely doubt the integrity of those who require it.

That sounded pretty dickish which wasn't my intent and it certainly
wasn't directed at Tim. I apologize for the awkward tone.

Well, it may have sounded a trite dickish, depending on who and what you responded to, but I can't
see anything erroneous in what you said (for whatever that's worth - which ain't much!). And I'm
sure Tim would agree with the statement.

It was in response to Tim's biblical quotes threatening an ultimate
judgment day. They appeal to fearful immaturity (IMO).

Most folk don't take everything in the Bible literally.