Kris Aquino said we should treat all as equals because God will bless us

And if we don't, we'll get something bad in return.

I thought we should treat all as equals because we all are essentially equal.

Kris' statement is similar to saying, do good (treat all as equals/be kind/be nice) because you'll get something good and nice in return.

If I keep that in mind everytime I help a senior citizen cross the road;

feed  the hungry;

clothe the naked;

give drink to the thirsty;

visit the sick,


then I should expect something in return for my "good" works?

So if I know I will get nothing in return for doing X, I wont' do it then?

So if I give a homeless child a house, I'm doing it because -- well -- I don't really care about the child. It's because I care about the blessings I'll get when I do something "good".

I care about what I'll get not on what I'm giving or who I'm giving it to.

I thought if I help an old woman cross the road, I'm doing it to help the old woman cross the road because I want her to cross the road safe and reach the other side sound. Not because I have an agenda at the back of my mind that I'd get something in return; or that God will smile at me or pat me on the head or make the sky rain with money.

Should you do good because you'll get something in return?

Isn't that similar to buying your way to "heaven"?

Your bribing God to bless you because, see what I did here see. I did X, Y, Z.

So you do good things because you think you'll get good things too,


then you don't do bad things because you don't want to get bad karma.


So you  don't punch someone not because you don't want that someone to get hurt, cry or suffer - it's because you don't want anything bad to happen to you.

Then it's all about You.

It's all about what YOU can and don't want to GET.

It's not because you want the old woman to be safe, or the child to be happy,

it's because you want something in return.

It's not because you don't want to cause pain, sadness or suffering thus your preference to  turn the other cheek, it's because YOU're afraid to be in pain, sad or suffer.

You don't care that others get hurt, you only care that YOU don't get hurt.

Since when did God become a bank manager or a businessman that keeps score of your good deeds then gives out equivalent blessings for it? Did your Christian Living teacher/Religious Education teacher/friendly neighborhood priest taught you this?

If this is how God works, I'll always be looking over my shoulder for treats because I did a "good" job today, and Kris Aquino says you should too.

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