Quote Originally Posted by BDC
Surely it is superior to be nice to people out of your own personal feelings, rather than out of fear of retribution from a god?
Neither of these ways is it supposed to work if you are a christian, it's more like you develop into the first kind because if you love God, you will automatically and by your free will try to act as he wants you to act and that will change you as a person over time so that your own personal feelings will be nice.