When it comes right down to it dose beleving in some thing any thing make you a better person?

Question

Looking higher makes you better just for trying to attain some thing better. And history shows us those not converted to there own religion are the most dangerous of all
Thanks thats my point esoreeinna!

Thanks Zenbudda I agree

Answer 1

i would say that believing helps make you human. as long as you belive not matter what it is that you belive, atleast you know where you stand. better to believe even if it goes against the norm then to be empty in that way.

Answer 2

Looking higher makes you better just for trying to attain some thing better. And history shows us those not converted to there own religion are the most dangerous of all

Answer 3

I think it is quite the opposite, considering these statistics. Christians make up about 75% of the US population and 75% of the US prison population. No big surprise there.

Atheists, on the other hand, make up about 10% of the US population... but they make up only 0.2% of the US prison population. Now, isn't THAT a surprise? That means that atheists are FIFTY (50) times LESS LIKELY to be incarcerated than Christians. Pretty strange, huh, for a group that has no god-given guiding moral principals?

I can think of only two possibilities that might reasonably be said to account for this discrepancy:

1. Atheists are of a higher ethical and moral caliber than Christians, and thus are less prone to do the same kinds of nasty things that land so many Christians in the slammer;

OR,

2. Atheists are, overall, a lot smarter than Christians and thus, they are less likely to get caught in the course of their transgressions.

It's GOT to be one or the other... take your pick.

Answer 4

No. There are good and evil believers and good and evil non-believers. If anything, being a believer seems to lead some people to commit outrages (such as the Danish cartoon flap or the murders of Catholics/Protestants in Northern Ireland) that non-believers have no reason to commit. If belief leads to tolerance and humility, it might make a person better. Also might not. But if it leads to arrogance and bigotry, then it certainly makes a person less good.

Answer 5

No. History has shown time and time again that it makes most people worse.

It gives an excuse to dehumanize those who don't believe the same. It gives a dogma to follow instead of encouraging rational and meaningful discourse. It stiffles innovation It gives believers a false sense of superiority.

Beliefs are bad. People should just have a good idea.

Answer 6

No! You need to believe in the correct thing; Jesus Christ

You can believe in a hamburber, but the hamburger wont make a blind man see, it wont make a deaf man hear or a lame man walk. There's actually a REAL god and He's not a hamburger or anything stupid like that.He's not man He's not woman (we at times refer to Him as a he, but thats cuase we show Him respect (remember man is over the woman)), He's a spirit.

Answer 7

Nope!

A lot of serial killers and terrorist believe in something and even in the Old Testament you had people who believed in other Gods but they were still doing it wrong and that was counted against them. God will come back to this earth some day and not everyone who believes in something anything will be saved, only those who believe on his son Jesus Christ.

Answer 8

Believing doesn't make you anything more than a believer. Your actions are what make you a good person.
Love & Light
Sharon
One Planet = One People

Answer 9

I believe in chocolate chip cookies, rubber duckys and humor. I don't know if that makes me a better person, but I'm all right with myself.

Answer 10

Yes. I've seen many people take on Christianity and Jesus as their Lord and in doing so they have left many wretched lives behind and have become loose of many bad habits.