I'm a nonbeliever. Does that make me evil or a bad person?

Question

I mean, seriously! I'm a caring person who loves, no, lives to help others. When a friend or family member (or, on one occasion, an enemy) were/are sick, I nurse them back to health. My parents are getting on in their years and I've become their caretaker. ("Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother" - got to a nursing home and ask how many of the tenants' families are "devout catholic" or "christian" or whatever - most of them, that's who). When I see someone in a stalled car on the side of the road, or even someone walking down the side of the road (I live in a rural area, so anyone walking anywhere would have to have a damn good reason to do so), then I pull over and offer to help them or give them a ride. I tutor local kids in their academic studies. I help out (sometimes even working with churches) with food drives, clothing drives, soup kitchens, etc... But I don't believe in God. Does that make me an evil or bad person?

Maybe I should have clariified something::: I'm NOT seeking your approval, I'm just trying to make the point that, contrary to the popular misconception that atheists and their ilk are evil people damned to an eternity in Hell because they don't believe in God, that does NOT mean that they are bad people. I help people out. Why? Because I enjoy knowing that someone's life is better (at least for now) and that I helped it get better, even if it was just making someone smile. But I (and others like me) are being constantly treated as if we're agents of the nonexistant devil
JUST
BECAUSE
WE
DON'T
BELIEVE
IN
GOD.
I'm only asking this because I want some believers to give me a reason OUTSIDE of "because God/the Bible said so" for assuming that we're bad people.

Answer 1

No - that just makes you a nonbeliever, and nothing more, nothing less. You're a person like the rest of us, you just don't happen to believe what I believe. However, given Christianity's history, (which, as a Christian, I must admit - we screwed up big time on certain things) you're probably more moral and tolerant than some of my Christian brethren are.

Answer 2

I applaud you on all your "good works"!!!!!!!
Being a nonbeliever does not make you "bad", or "evil". You are clearly a very "good" person. But being "good" will never get anyone into Heaven. The Bible says that this is so not one person can boast that they are better then anyone else. My parents are two of the best people I have ever met. But up until two and a half years ago they were bound for a place called Hell, which is an eternal separation from God. Then I had the great pleasure of introducing them to my very best friend, and my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Now they are bound for a place called Heaven, where they will be in Gods presence for all eternity when they pass from this Earth.

Answer 3

You claim to be a caring person, helping others, and you even quote from one of God's Commandments. Yet you say that you DON'T BELIEVE in God.

So by WHO's MORAL CODE are you living your life then??

Why do you have to "honor thy father and thy mother"? What sense do you make of being "good and caring" to other people then? Surely it cannot be out of personal guilt or being pressured by society at large, could it?

You either follow The Law or you don't. You can't simply pick and choose which parts of The Law you want to do, and forget the rest of it... That's not how it works, amigo.

And, besides, it's too late now since you can no longer claim IGNORANCE OF THE LAW!

Peace be with you...

Answer 4

Personally I don’t care what anyone believes.
Besides being told im evil if I don’t believe in the one true god. Pfft…

I do NOT belive it makes you evil not having a faith or beliving in what others want you too believe in.
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By the sounds of it you do so much for society, you give so much.
There isn’t enough people out there that give as much, but there sure are a lot of people out there pointing the finger. Or as they say.. casting the first stone.

You can believe in anything you want too believe in, anything at all.
You can be an atheist, and not believe in anything (religious I mean).

If you are good to other people that’s all that matters.
And by the sound so of it. Your pretty dam Good.

Answer 5

I am a Christian who just got one big house with my husband ,my sister, her husband our children, and my mother. Why does that matter? We did it to take care of our mother in her last days here (she is dying from aids) so not all Christians disobey God at least I try not to anyway.

Now to answer your question if you truly do what you say you do no I can not honestly say you are an evil or bad person. Your beliefs are yours to have I can not and will not judge you, my sister was an Atheist until she saw what she needed to see from God in order to trust him, so who here can say that God will not do the same for you? You truly should not have anything to prove to any one here God Bless you.

My opinion on this why do Christians do this and that thing is simple.... You have parents right? Now before you were born they had a plan for your life... rather it was to be a judge, a Priest, or a corner boy they had a plan. Now I don't know about you but I did not do every thing my parents thought I would do, and I broke allot of their rules, now the only difference here in being a disobedient child and a disobedient Christian is I am willing to admit I was not always a good kid. I don't know very many Christians who will admit to be bad at living like Christ....

Answer 6

No is does not make you a bad person. To a religous person it would just make you a lonely person with out god in your life. But that is what they believe and you at no time have to believe what they believe.

You have no one to explain yourself to you. You are who you are and should not be sorry about it.

You do know that your part about Honor thy father and mother does come from the bible.?

Try not to look down on others that have there parents in a nursing home. just cause they have them there does not make them bad children or less godly. It is very hard for some children to take care of an elderly parent. I know I could not have taken care of mine and I loved them very much.

Answer 7

Contrary to what you Think, You obviously is looking for acceptance and approval or you wouldn't of pose a question in a religious section knowing that believers are here and are going to answer. These are not assumptions nor misconceptions. Not one person in this world are good. Jesus, himself, asked his disciples "Why do YOU call me Good?" No one is righteous not one not even the pope! We are all sinners born into sin and our human nature is sinful. Some religious people view some atheists as evil or bad because it seems that everything that religious believe in or protest unbelievers are against or protest the opposite such as abortion,homosexuality,death penalty, and religious rights in education etc.. Think about it!

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Answer 8

I do not believe that you are either a bad person or evil. However, it sounds as if you do not have any faith which I do not believe. If you shop for groceries, you have faith that if a label says it contains corn for an example, you believe it. The other thing is that if you don't believe in God, you better be right. As a believer, I believe that I will be rewarded by God. Keep on helping people as you are doing. May God Bless you and lead you to Him.

Answer 9

OK, so you say you're a pretty good person, and frankly I believe you. But by whose standards do you consider yourself good.
If you consider yourself a morally good person then there must be a moral standard or moral law if you will. And if there is a moral law then there must be a moral law giver. Now you don't accept God, so then where do you get you morals from. So far you have only dealt with standards that come from the Judeo-Christian Bible. What logic says you can pick and choose?

Actually none. So basically you're in rebellion.
No problem, Jesus still loves you.
I Cr 13;8a, Love never fails!!!!!
11-19-6

Answer 10

no. not at all. in fact, im agnostic myself. and i went to catholic school my whole life. i had a teacher once who said it so simply "leave this world knowing you left it better than when you entered it" if you know you do what you can for others, thats all that mattes. there is a school of thought known as "the imperfect contrition" my spelling sucks and im so lazy for spell check so sorry.. but basically.. if someone is a good person only because they fear hell and want to get into heaven and so basically do good for the ultimate goal of helping themselves (by avoiding eternal damnation) than they are no better than someone who just steals right now cuz they want that car...both people are just doing what they think will help them...(just the christian is thnking more long term) and so for you, who does good things with the belief of no reward at the end other than just knowing you did good, one could argue your even better because your acts are TRUELY selfless...
hope that helps :)