Please put in order of your thoughts.....?

Question

Please put these beliefs in the order you would choose as being the most benifitial to mankind.

Person #1 - Someone who beleived there is no God at all and kept that to themselves.

Person #2 - Someone who also beleived in a God/Higher Power but also made that pure belief/faith into a religion sharing it with the rest of the world.

Person #3 - Someone that believed in a God/Higher Power and kept that belief/faith to themseves.

Person #4 - Someone who believed there is no God and made a mockery of people who they new did.

(also, these were typed in no peticular order)

Looking forward to your answers.... feel free to elaborate on your choices if you like.

Your Right JP..... can't please everyone all the time but here you go..... :)

#5 - Someone who believes there is no god and shares their reasons why while respecting others rights to believe as their conscience requires them"

#6 - "Someone who believes there is a god and shares their reasons why while respecting others rights to believe as their conscience requires them."

Answer 1

I don't think it's possible or right to rate people like that...

Edit: While you have the mean non believer as #4, where is the mean believer to others that don't believe?

Answer 2

Person #1 - Someone who beleived there is no God at all and kept that to themselves.

Person #3 - Someone that believed in a God/Higher Power and kept that belief/faith to themseves.

Person #4 - Someone who believed there is no God and made a mockery of people who they new did.

Person #2 - Someone who also beleived in a God/Higher Power but also made that pure belief/faith into a religion sharing it with the rest of the world.

Answer 3

How these are beneficial to mankind?

I'd say in this order:

#4 is the most beneficial because those people, tend to cause the people who keep their opinions to themselves to come forward and make their beliefs known to others.

#2 is the next most beneficial because they offer an opinion to others, that causes them to think and gives them a choice for another idea.

#1 & #3 tie for last place.
I don't know really......this is a tough question, but basically I think the people who talk about their belief, regardless of whether they believe in a Higher Power or not, are doing more to educate others than the people who say nothing.

Answer 4

You know those internet quiz things that ask you about your opinions and stuff? They usually have the following question, and this is how I answer it:

-Your Opinions-

...other stuff...
Religion? PUT THAT BACK IN YOUR PANTS


To answer your question properly, though, it would be as follows: 3, 1, 2, 4

I put three before one simply because people who have something to believe are usually more psychologically whole (USUALLY) and are therefore more prone to being content with their lives. OBviously this is a generalization, as there's plenty of religious fanatics who think it's okay to kill in the name of their god and all that stuff, but... still. I think everybody needs something to believe in, or they would go crazy. We have to have SOMEBODY to blame all the suck on. Imagine how people would snap if they realized it was all their own fault, and they couldn't lay it at the feet of their deity of choice!

And one should always keep one's religion to thyself, unless asked about it, and being asked about it shouldn't be an invitation to preach.

I put number four last because those who mock others are pretty much just immature dolts looking for an ego boost. It's like, "You've just insulted someone. Congratulations. Feel free to puff out your chest and feel smug at any time now." It's like schoolyard bullies, it's something done to cover up a psychological deficiency.

Answer 5

I'm bothered by the lack of "Someone who believes there is no god and shares their reasons why while respecting others rights to believe as their conscience requires them" and "Someone who believes there is a god and shares their reasons why while respecting others rights to believe as their conscience requires them."

You create the false dichtomy that one either prosetylizes agressively or one keeps their mouth shut. It is possible to have respectful dialog without trying to spread one's beliefs.

It's also a telling bias that you allow the theists to prosetylized without being maligned, but the atheists who spread it are presented as maligning the theists.

When you can restate your question without such obvious bias, it will merit an answer.

Answer 6

None of the above.

Person # 1- Someone who believes that there is no god and at every opportunity tries his or her best to open the minds of others.

Answer 7

keeping quiet is never any benefit no one hears and no one learns personally i think not believing in God is vary closed minded to be satisfied with born grow old then become worm food end of story denies what is in our hearts if all we are is part of the food chain then how can a heart be broken why do we yearn for something more how is it possible that we can know right from wrong?

Answer 8

I'm going to go with Person #5; someone who could spell, believed there was no God, mocked those who did, then went out for pizza and beer. And salad, of course, for the roughage. All whilst also puffing out their chest. Smugly.

Answer 9

i'd take number 4 among the choises you give for the best of the world.1 and 3 together and last #2

Answer 10

i beilieve in a singularity--whether you call it god or the big bang at one time there was one. we are trying desperately to figure this out, with telescopes,sattelites,landings on other planets, ect.but ,in my experience, it comes down to the point if you have faith or not. regardless of your faith or non faith it does not give you the right to kill anybody. this has been going on for centuries,is'tn time to stop? we're all on a small planet, that is rapidly changing. we need to be one again.