tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448378901591621575.post2163266183559665202..comments2023-10-31T03:44:21.678-07:00Comments on Mount and Mountain: Mike: Response to Rami's 2/12 PostMike Smith and Rami Shapirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12797108504119005047noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448378901591621575.post-49627567579145609522008-12-12T05:37:00.000-08:002008-12-12T05:37:00.000-08:00The part of this passage that always stops me dead...The part of this passage that always stops me dead in my tracks is the word reward, mentioned five times in this short passage. I am left wondering about authentic altruism, religion and human nature. Why, even in this passage about humility, is there such focus on what we will get? It would seem to me that reciprocity would not be a godly attribute that should concern us. We should be doing good, praying well, be faithful – because it is the right thing to do, not because of what we get from God or man.Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06099273924537238106noreply@blogger.com