A fellow YA Q&A person set up a hypothetical situation where a person would have to convince another person (Louie) that his or her own belief system was wrong. (In other words, an atheist would have to claim that atheism was wrong, in order to spare Louie’s life.)
These are the results:
0 out of 1 agnostic would let Louie die (0%)
1 out of 6 atheists would let Louie die (17%)
12 out of 13 Christians would let Louie die (92%)
0 out of 1 Jew would let Louie die (0%)
0 out of 1 Muslim would let Louie die (0%)
0 out of 2 pagans would let Louie die (0%)
1 out of 7 non-theists would let Louie die (14%)
12 out of 17 theists would let Louie die (71%)
I’ve provided a link to the original question, if you’d like more info.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoEpXX0iLpOPSt6jD.qyhk7sy6IX?qid=20061107202625AAfJneA
What do these results mean to you?
2006-11-09 12:16:07 · 5 answers · asked by Kathryn™ 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It make perfect sense to me. I would imagine that more non-theists would save Louie. Since they believe that this is all we've got, why would they just let him die? They truly understand the vaule of life since they believe we're only going to experience it once and then that's all there is.
Bright blessings!
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2006-11-09 12:55:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is interesting... I won't deny that the results seem to point to non-theists as being more likely to be in favor of "Louie" living.
I'm an Atheist and I think I would have been willing to let ole Louie live on, too, but this is hardly a definitive way to sort out the attitudes of any particular group.
When it comes down to it, we all care for one another about the same, don't we?
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2006-11-09 20:34:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I honestly dont see what that has to to with valuing life.
why would an atheist care if he lied about his beliefs? He dose not believe in an afterlife so lieing would not give him any consequences while a theist could say that their will be consequences to my actions.
The playing field is not level
as for myself I could not bear to be in any way responsible for a innocent persons death if I could have prevented it. I would lie though my teeth. If it were my own life on the line though I would not lie.
2006-11-09 20:23:04 · answer #3 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, Christians do not claim that Christianity is wrong, because then, we would be going back on our beliefs. Obviously the person who posted the question knew this, and therefore is trying to make Christianity look bad.
2006-11-09 20:19:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it doesn't say a whole lot since people knew their answer was not anything more than hypothetical.
2006-11-09 20:20:11 · answer #5 · answered by maybe 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋