The latter, for sure.
Fellow man has no ability to damn you to eternal suffering; you help your fellow man without promise or fear of postmortem reward or punishment.
You do it because it's the right thing to do, not because some celestial dictator tells you to.
“You do it because it’s the right thing to do, not because some celestial dictator tells you to.”
Years ago I was discussing the concept of limbo with a middle aged Italian/American catholic, and a recent immigrant German catholic. For those who don’t know, my understanding is that limbo is it is a place where unbaptized babies go without ever being able to go to heaven.
The Italian/American catholic said,”Well, I just don’t know, but the priest says that’s the way it is, so I guess that’s the way it is.”
The German catholic said, “If God would do that to little unbaptized babies, I might believe in him, but I would not WORSHIP him.” I’m with her.