do christians generally moralise more than atheists or agnostics?

Question

what do u recon. They're more judgmental?

Answer 1

I have found that Atheists or agnostics are generaly more introspective. They think about their place in the world, and how their actions now affect their place in that world. IMO Christians tend to think about how other people should be more moral, they are concerned more about other people, then they are about them selves.
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Answer 2

Mister Webster defines "moralize" as:

1)--To think about or express moral judgments or reflections.
2)--To interpret or explain the moral meaning of.
3)--To improve the morals of; reform.

I would say the three definitions above fit many Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, atheists and agnostics... as well as a host of members of other belief systems. Please note that none of the above definitions contain the word, "judgmental."... judgements, but not judgmental.

What you're asking in your question is for >>US<< to "moralize" (i.e. your interpetation of the word)... be judgmental about others based primarily on our own personal expereriences and prejudices.

The concept of judgement (good -- evil / saved -- lost / heaven -- hell) is present in Christianity. To some degree or another it is present in most other belief systems as well. How it is interpretted differs among Christians as much as among the various religious groups outside of Christianity.

Atheists and many agnostics might not believe in any afterlife but I've still heard some of these folks utter judgements such as "He got what he deserved!" or "What goes around comes around."

It's a rare human being who does not judge others at least some of the time... Christian or otherwise. Asking us about the hypocritical moralizing of people who hold some sort of religious belief over those who don't is just an exercise in seeing how many of us who answer this question are guilty of doing this ourselves, whether believer or non-believer.

Bill

Answer 3

Isn't the answer obvious? As Christians we have a leg to stand on-- the morals we have we believe are written as such by God. What does an atheist have to back up any claims of morality? I'd wager most everyone is equally judgmental but atheists like to point it out in Christians as a weapon to claim that they are being hypocritical when they do it.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

If you are a true follower of Jesus and use the whole Bible as your guideline as to how YOUR life should be lived then you are a Christian. If you pick out bits and pieces of the Bible to Judge other people's behavior then you are a moralist. But everybody judges everybody. It's part of our nature. People who are obiedient to Christ should use judgement as to the way THEY LIVE first. Then love and accept people who's beliefs, or decisions differ from what Jesus has laid down for believers

Answer 6

DEFINITELY. The atheists I've known have been ethical people, because they relaize that it depends on US whether we live in a habitable world. But Christians are MORALISTIC, and have this ingrained idea that the world is evil and hopeless, so they aren't as apt to try to improve it.

Answer 7

You know it really is frustrating when people generalize. not all Christians are judgemental. Some of us are actually more liberal than we are given credit for. Yes there are Christians that are legalistic more than they should be and in essence are living in bodage. Christ did not die on the cross to put us in bondage but to free us from it.

Answer 8

What do you think nevertheless you have a conscious don't you and you are still doing the wrong thing then is only fair to have someone remind you at times!!!!

Don't you think.. perhaps you get intimidated and turn your ways

its not judgmental its a Friendly Reminder !!!!

Answer 9

Whatever faith you believe in but failing act on it,is like mockery.
So you are atheists you are not atleast involved in Mockery.

If an atheist act (without accepting faith) on the path guided by faith he is worshipping God,without pretending to be a faithful.

Answer 10

if a person is moral or immoral does not depend upon the factor that whether he is a christian or atheists or agnostics. it depends on various psychobiosocial factors like how he was brought up and his beliefs in morality.