I’m good. I just don’t believe I’ll be rewarded for it in heaven. My reward is here and now. It’s knowing that I try to do the right thing. That I lived a good life. And that’s where spirituality really lost its way. When it became a stick to beat people with. ‘Do this or you’ll burn in hell.’

You won’t burn in hell. But be nice anyway.

“Ricky Gervais: Why I’m An Atheist,” Wall Street Journal, May 2012 (via carolakacoggie)

(Source: The Wall Street Journal)

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