Was Ted Bundy a christian?...or athiest?
2006-12-14 03:51:10 · 17 answers · asked by Please! 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm sorry to burst your bubble Maureen P. But religion does effect morality.
2006-12-14 03:56:10 · update #1
And so you know. I'm not christian or athiest. I'm just not religious.
2006-12-14 03:56:53 · update #2
angk, I dont like generalizations either. But a thing called a majority does exist.
2006-12-14 03:58:43 · update #3
Also, everyone is born with conscience. But some children are abused or are exposed to pornography or satanism, etc. So conscience can be seared and hearts hardened. Morality is also learned by parental love and discipline.
Who has the love of God in their hearts? Morality is always more true in those who love God with all their being and love others as themselves.
I watched a video about Ted Bundy & how he found hard core pornography near his home while growing up & that led to his desire to murder women.
In prison Ted talked to a Christian and told the Christian his story, because the Christian wouldn't change his message. He did try to right his wrong his way. But, I didn't see Mr. Bundy confessing Jesus Christ his Lord, so I don't think he ever converted to faith in Jesus Christ. Ted Bundy believed in God, but never confessed Jesus Christ his Lord. So he wasn't a christian or athiest.
2006-12-14 04:05:00 · answer #1 · answered by t a m i l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you inviting us to generalize? Which atheist? Which Christian?
I would say that the moral person who is moral because s/he has judged what is right independently and expects nothing in return has perhaps a claim above the moral person who acts in a moral way in the hope of getting a very, very big reward at the end of it. But it's an open question.
2006-12-14 03:55:05 · answer #2 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It depends on your morals. There is this great new christian game called "Left Behind" when you can go around trying to convert people and if the will not you kill them. Then you have to pray to refill your soul, but the message I get is that it is OK to kill and you can pray for forgiveness. A modern day crusade.
Personally I think I have a better set, but there is no authority on this, so who knows.
Oh, and on Bundy "I’m not saying it was “Leave it to Beaver”, but it was a fine, solid Christian home."
I don't think it really would have mattered how he was raised, but you never know what kind of a view he had on sex. Was it something unattainable in his mind due to his upbringing, something akin to a priest’s life? Who knows.
2006-12-14 04:00:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know about Ted Bundy, But Ted Haggard is a Christian.
Atheists are 20 times less likely to go to prison than Christians.
2006-12-14 03:57:44 · answer #4 · answered by Barabas 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'd hazard that it would depend on the individual.
The big difference would be that the Christian has a rulebook while the athiest does not.
2006-12-14 03:56:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think either has superior morality.
I don't know about Ted Bundy but Billy Graham is a Christian.
2006-12-14 03:56:07 · answer #6 · answered by me 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It certainly depends on the individual, and what you define morality as for the comparison. I think the Bible falls short of the golden rule by a mile, though.
2006-12-14 03:58:37 · answer #7 · answered by vehement_chemical 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"Life is not an eternal search for God: Life is an Eternal Expression of God."
What do you think of this statement? Moreover, the level of evolution that we have achieved so far only shows us how far we can truly reach. Existence is God experiencing God’s self through us and all of life. We are individual, unique, divine, aspects of the whole seeing itself through our different perspectives. This is the essence of life, to experience all things in all ways and to expand to undreamed of levels of awareness and creativity. So my main question is this. Should we not unleash ourselves from our own self-contained ideology and rhetoric and understand the unlimited nature of the universe which is God? This is Life! This is ever evolving evolution! We are how the Universe creates itself, that is how important we are!
Spiritualism is the broadest mind expanding adventure you can take!
2006-12-14 03:54:56 · answer #8 · answered by NoFear OnlyUnderstanding 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
God set morals with the ten commandments..which by the way our laws came about. I don't know what atheists set their standard by.
2006-12-14 04:03:09 · answer #9 · answered by B"Quotes 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Morality has nothing to do with religion or lack of. It depends on each individual person.
2006-12-14 03:54:37 · answer #10 · answered by Maureen B 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋