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Being a good person shouldn’t be for an ulterior motive

This is a meme using a still shot of Leonardo DiCaprio playing Jordan Belfort from the film *The Wolf of Wall Street*, following the popular 'hear me out' meme format. The top text reads 'HEAR ME OUT', while the bottom text presents the argument that if someone is only a 'good' person out of desire for the reward of paradise or fear of punishment via eternal torture, their goodness does not qualify as genuine.
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HEAR ME OUT
IF YOU'RE ONLY A "GOOD" PERSON BECAUSE OF THE REWARD OF PARADISE OR THE PUNISHMENT OF ETERNAL TORTURE... IT DOESN'T REALLY COUNT

Overview

This is a meme using a still shot of Leonardo DiCaprio playing Jordan Belfort from the film The Wolf of Wall Street, following the popular 'hear me out' meme format. The top text reads 'HEAR ME OUT', while the bottom text presents the argument that if someone is only a 'good' person out of desire for the reward of paradise or fear of punishment via eternal torture, their goodness does not qualify as genuine.

Origin notes

This meme was shared via the RSS feed for Reddit's Meme community. It uses the widely circulated 'Hear me out' Wolf of Wall Street meme template, edited on the Imgflip platform as evidenced by the bottom left watermark, to convey a point about morality unconnected to religious reward or punishment.

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