Do Christians have better morals than atheists?

Answer 1

not that i've seen!

Answer 2

No. Not if you take into consideration that supposedly the world has more believers than nonbelievers. Morality is relative. The same moral guidlines do not apply to everyone. The most important ones are kindness and honesty. These two pretty much cover all of it

Answer 3

I doubt it. However, Christians are humble enough to admit they need help from another entity whether it be God or a complete stranger.

Atheists, in general, want to pride themselves in needing no help from anyone, not even from God. "I am a self made man, I never got help from anyone, and I don't need help from anyone."

Since the Atheist needs no help from God, he pretends that God does not exist. (This is like working without a safety net.)

How does this relate to morals? The Christian has been trained to care about other people. Whether he does it or not depends on the individual Christian.

The Atheist has trained himself to believe others don't really care about him, so he doesn't have an obligation to care about them.

Christians are people too. The most selfish people I have ever seen were Bubba Preachers building empires for their own glorification.

Answer 4

How can we define morals. How about if heterosexuals morals are better than some Christians. It is as we should all know, it depends on the person them self. A category of person does not deem their personality. It is who they are and how they act in society.

Answer 5

the answer is, what is the source of the atheist morals, and what is the source of the Christians? Knowing that my Bible gives very high standards to live by, I would say its a no brainer, the Christians win!

Answer 6

Hey Jonathan Edwards (a historic Calvinist minister) answered this pretty well. He said something like "Where does the morality of the Atheist come from?" and he concluded it comes from the whispers of the Holy Spirit, which, although it has not indwelt them, that it still tries to govern them. He explained it really well (and very deeply too).

Answer 7

Depends on your definition of morals. To me, to have morals is to care about the well-being and feelings of others. In that case, then no, they don't. To some (radical)Christians, they consider it having high morals to criticize and condemn people who's beliefs and/or lifestyle they don't approve of. Some can be exceedingly cruel in doing this. (Like those whack jobs from Georgia who are going around to soldier's funerals holding up signs that say things like "God Hates F*gs" and "Thank God For Dead Soldiers" because they say that we're at war with Iraq because God is punishing us for allowing homosexuality.) Then there are also atheists who can be very cruel in their condemnation of those who do believe in God, and choose to worship peacefully. Those who believe don't need to hear atheists calling them stupid every minute. I think those who choose to simply show some kindness are the ones with the highest morals.

Answer 8

Not necessarily. Christians just have a different motivation for being moral.

Christians are moral because they believe God and the Bible tell them to.

Atheists are moral because they think it is the right thing to do for themselves and their society.

Answer 9

Alledged christian morality comes from the fear of eternal damnation, whereas atheist morality arises from an independent, unadulterated choice to participate amongst the swirling of the spheres in a positive manner.....

Answer 10

No. And if prison population is any indicator, the atheists are very under represented by percentages. (5-10% of the population 0.5-1% in prison) So I would have to say the atheists would take it.

Answer 11

No not really. Both do, but a lot of christians like to make you feel bad about certain things you do, unlike a lot of atheists.