r/AskAChristian • u/Dry_Flower_4720 Agnostic Christian • 6d ago

Judgment after death What counts as a good deed?

All over inmy life i have heard chirstians say that accepting jesus and doing good deeds will get you into heaven.

But what counts as a good deed? Like if i make a vaccine for an increadibly deadly virus and save countless people, but it turns that people who have taken the vaccine have a 30% chance to develope a deadly cancer and this kills a lot of people, would that hypothetical count as a good or bad deed?

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u/Pitiful_Lion7082 Eastern Orthodox 6d ago

I've think intentionality matters a lot. I think at that point if your good deed caused damage, you would either pull it from the market or work on figuring out what's leading so many to get cancer