[QUOTE=Afeefa;83731]Apart from academic concerns, I would discuss the reason based picture of religions and their impact on humanity.
Helping people purely out of concern for their happiness and suffering seems rather more noble than helping them because you think the Creator of the universe wants you to do it, will reward you for doing it, or will punish you for not doing it.

Miss Afeefa: All you wrote was a good piece to be read. But, I want to say that if you do moral deeds for reward and punishment only, then it is obvious that you have not understood the depth of this philosophy. God is not in need of our good deeds for Himself; He want us to do this for our own happiness. He is the Creator of all, and He can create others who will be better than us. The only point in doing good deeds is to attain His gratitude (raza).

Think over it.

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