Reply To: Theological Conundrum (read at your own risk)

Avram:

In your first paragraph, what is the benefit if not the pleasure?

In your second paragraph, you don’t explain what the benefit of following the command was.

My point from the terrorist is that as long as you think you are fulfilling your purpose, you have the same “good feeling” regardless of whether you fulfilled your actual purpose. (This is based on your assumption that the terrorist feels good.)