So would there be any chance that the reward might also be found in either the satisfaction of helping someone else or in the greater pleasure or comfort lived by the individual?
One can find a reward in being kind. But one does not believe a doctrine because one thinks it will make them kind. At least one ought not, in my view.
One ought not believe in God simply because it has an affect on the "greater pleasure or comfort lived by the individual."
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