Is there any evidence whatsoever to suggest that christians (or people of any religion) are more moral than...

Question

non religious people by the standards of society?

And I do mean evidence, not anecdotes or belief.

Facts are exactly what I want.

However facetious and satirical some of my questions may be, I really want to know the truth on this question.

One should consider the relative proportions of non-believers and Christians in society and those that are criminals.
if 2% of each group is criminal then it,s a wash.

What more objective standard is there than the standards of society, which is largely based on law, which is largely based on christian ethic.

Answer 1

Yes. Apparently crashing planes into towers and the crusades are very moral activities.

Answer 2

"By the standards of society?" Ah, there's a sly qualification.


Hannah

ADDITIONAL: Forgive please, the length.

“What more objective standard is there than the standards of society, which is largely based on law, which is largely based on Christian ethic”?

It may be true that the standards of society are largely based on law and that this law is largely based on Christian ethic, but the morals of true Christians are wholly based on the laws and principles of God. And you cannot get as objective as God. To illustrate the superiority of Christian morals: From the mid-1500’s to the mid-1700’s, what began as a mere trickle of shipping slaves across the Atlantic became a flood—about 60,000 captives each year. The main European nations directly involved in the transatlantic trade were Britain, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. Of these nations, such ones as France and Spain professed to be Christians – indeed their kings were said to be anointed by God.

For the European and African traders, and for those colonists in the Americas, this trade in what they called “live cargo” meant a means by which to make some serious money. For the slaves, however - husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, sons and daughters — it meant brutality and horror. How many of God’s principles and commands did this violate? The command at Hebrews 13:5 for Christians to let their lives be free of the love of money. What principle? 1 Timothy 6:10 which states that the love of money is a root of all sorts of injurious things. What other command? Matthew 22:39 which instructs Christians to love their neighbor as themselves. The principles? Romans 13:10: Love does not work evil to one’s neighbor. And Acts 17:26: God made out of one man every nation. We are all of a common stock and equal in God’s eyes.

To be sure, according to Romans 2:14, 15, “Whenever people of the nations that do not have law do by nature the things of the law, these people, although not having law, are a law to themselves. They are the very ones who demonstrate the matter of the law to be written in their hearts, while their conscience is bearing witness with them and, between their own thoughts, they are being accused or even excused.” Thus, humans have an innate conscience which serves to guide them into what is right. Conscience has not been wiped out. However, if the standards of society had truly and wholly been based on Christian morals – that is to say God’s standards, as outlined above, the African slave trade would never have come to pass. And for those who feel compelled to mention slavery under the Mosaic Law Covenant, that is a subject for another discussion but let it be stated unequivocally that there is absolutely no comparison between slavery regulated under the Mosaic law and African slavery which was an institution peculiar and diabolically unique unto itself.

Hannah

Answer 3

There's evidense against that idea, in the bible, if you consider that evidence. For a christian to think he/she is better than a non-christian sure has some mixed up ideas. That's pride, and it's one of the most dangerouse things for a person's spiritual life. Isaiah in the bible was quite the man of god, but he once saw christ sitting on his high throne in a vision, and realized how much like the rest of the world he was.

Answer 4

sadly the opposite seems to be true if the prison system is anything to go by
i believe that Christian on entering prison hold the majority , whilst atheists are between 2 and 5 %
dont hate me for stating fact though

Answer 5

Christians aren't any more moral the the next guy, but rather, we have the moral giver, which is God, to contend with. His objective standards of morality trump any subjective morality of the world!

Answer 6

I believe that we have the same capacity toward morality as non believers. The difference is, we are forgiven when we sin and have someone continuously placing us back on the right path when we wander off.

Answer 7

evidence will tell you otherwise.

IF YOU GIVE COLLECTIVE GUILT-which IS STUPID,

youll conclude that christians are responsible for two genocides (native americans and Holocaust), slavery, two world wars, and the list goes on.

Answer 8

Statistics:2006, USA

Church membership -- UP

Crime -- UP

Answer 9

The list of crimes done in the name of religion is long indeed and grows longer every day.

Answer 10

What are the statistics? Many criminals believe in God.