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Isn't a person that is only kept from doing evil by being threatened with damnation ... just an evil person?
I think if we're going to categorize people as "good" or "evil", we should distinguish between their thoughts and actions. Otherwise, we're playing Thought Police.
In other words, I think a good answer to your question is, "Potentially." or "Quite possibly, but we will never know for sure, because things played out differently."
Well, evil oriented, perhaps then.
It's a really weird argument. I never even thought about murdering anyone, and never needed a sky wizard to tell me so. Imagine thinking about strangling your neighbour every day if it weren't for that pesky bible.