I was thinking about this for a while, and I thought I'd get some other people's opinions on this. Note that this is not meant to offecnd anyone, but if it does, I apologize in advance.

In many religeons, there is a Heaven or other goal which practicing the religeon will guide you to (i.e. Christianity/Judeism have "Heaven", where everything you could ever want is given to you, Hinduism has "enlightenment," which is very similar, etc.). Also in many religeons (at least in Christianity and Judeism), material greed is a sin, which denies you the right to this "heavenly goal", as I'll call it from now on here.

But, why do people practice religeon? Because their "God" or simply their religeon tells them to. And why listen to him/her/it? To get to the heavenly goal, where everything you want is given to you. Isn't that greedy in the first place? Therefore, isn't practicing religeon to get to the heavenly goal denying just that access?

I think it is, but what are your ideas?

-IMP ;) :)

Not being relgious, I'd have to say the last option, only if they are done for the reason of getting into heaven. If their done because you think they are the right thing, because it helps your fellow man, heck, even because you think your creator wants you to, that fine. If you get rewarded for your actions, thats fine to. If you are working for a payoff....ehh, seem hypocritial.

For your quesiton, no, but there are other ways to look at your question.

Some people play church, which isn't exactly a sin it's just a waste of time if you're just a pew warmer.

It's not a sin to want to go to Heaven and not Hell. That's not like greed or selfishness, it's like getting out of a buring building to safety because if you don't it's not going to be a good thing.

In the Bible, it seems to be an incentive for following God's rules.

I haven't read any specific verses that say it's not okay to want worldly things though, but I know some religions do teach this.