A quick survey?

Question

I was hoping I could beg a few of you to answer a general survey pertaining to this section of Answers.

Yes or no answers are fine for questions 2-6, but I would prefer you elaborate.

1. In the simplest terms possible, what do you believe?
2. Do you consider yourself to be more moral than the average person?
3. Do you consider yourself to be more intelligent than the average person?
4. Are you ever racist, sexist, ageist, and otherwise prejudiced, even unintentionally?
5. Is it fair to mock or give an angry reply to someone on this board if they insult your beliefs or otherwise bother you?
6. Are you superior in any way to people who believe something other than what you personally deem the undeniable truth?

Thanks!

Answer 1

1. I am a Catholic. As such I am a Trinitarian Christian.

2. No.

3. There will always be people who are more (or less) intelligent than myself. I am a straight-A honors student in college, but that just means that I sit for tests well. So the answer is conditional, depending upon whose intelligence my own is being compared to.

4. I really like to think that I'm not, but I may very well be, on some level. Cultural conditioning can do that to anybody.

5. I've given the occasional snide reply to someone who was opening mocking my faith, but nothing too harsh. I usually just shrug such comments off and move to the next question.

6. No.

Answer 2

1. In the simplest terms possible, what do you believe?

I believe Islam is the only accepted religion of ALLAH, that is the straight path to Heaven, and I testify that there is no God but ALLAH and that Muhammad(PBUH*) is the messenger and slave of ALLAH.

2. Do you consider yourself to be more moral than the average person?

No I don't.

3. Do you consider yourself to be more intelligent than the average person?

No everyone has some form of intelligence. No one is smarter than another person.

4. Are you ever racist, sexist, ageist, and otherwise prejudiced, even unintentionally?

I don't like the Jews so yes I am racist towards them. I believe in traditional roles for men and women.

5. Is it fair to mock or give an angry reply to someone on this board if they insult your beliefs or otherwise bother you?

No it's not fair to do that.

6. Are you superior in any way to people who believe something other than what you personally deem the undeniable truth?

No I'm not superior. No one is superior except ALLAH.

Answer 3

1. In the simplest terms possible, what do you believe? I believe only in myself and what I can achieve on this Earth.
2. Do you consider yourself to be more moral than the average person? Not at all.
3. Do you consider yourself to be more intelligent than the average person? Sometimes yes.
4. Are you ever racist, sexist, ageist, and otherwise prejudiced, even unintentionally? I am guilty of this yes, however it is unintentional.
5. Is it fair to mock or give an angry reply to someone on this board if they insult your beliefs or otherwise bother you? Whomever posts on this board has made themselves vulnerable to mocking and so forth. I personally would never give an angry reply.
6. Are you superior in any way to people who believe something other than what you personally deem the undeniable truth? To those who are not fundamentalists of their faith and are simply hypocrites ...yes I suppose I am.

Answer 4

1.. In the simplest terms possible, what do you believe?

I am a soft polytheist (Pagan) so I believe in many gods that are part of the whole. My view of God is very untraditional.

2. Do you consider yourself to be more moral than the average person?

No. Probably about the same as the average person.

3. Do you consider yourself to be more intelligent than the average person?

Maybe better read than the average person. But not more intelligent.

4. Are you ever racist, sexist, ageist, and otherwise prejudiced, even unintentionally?

Yes. I think we all lose perspective in our anger or frustration now and again.

5. Is it fair to mock or give an angry reply to someone on this board if they insult your beliefs or otherwise bother you?

It's probably not fair, but I must admit I've been guilty of it. I try to be mindful of how a question makes me feel and try to rise above those feelings. But sometimes it's not easy because the person provokes it and brings insults and mocking on themselves.

6. Are you superior in any way to people who believe something other than what you personally deem the undeniable truth?

No. My truth is my truth. Who am I to validate or invalidate someone else's impersonal truth?

This is kind of how I see it. If all of us were to take off our clothes and stand in a line, we'd be a bunch of naked people standing in a line and nothing more. No better or no worse than the person standing next to us.

Answer 5

1. In the simplest terms possible, what do you believe? I'm Ásatrú , I believe in the Norse Gods and Goddesses. It's the native religion of Northern Europe, and my ancestors are all from Northern Europe. (I'm Icelandic/Danish ancestry)

2. Do you consider yourself to be more moral than the average person? No, just average. I do however think I have a better sense of honor than most.


3. Do you consider yourself to be more intelligent than the average person? To be honest, yes I do.


4. Are you ever racist, sexist, ageist, and otherwise prejudiced, even unintentionally? No...I've been accused of such though. Some people misinterpret having pride in one's ancestry for hating others, this is not the case.


5. Is it fair to mock or give an angry reply to someone on this board if they insult your beliefs or otherwise bother you? Yeah, if they are sending me hate-mail. I treat people as they treat me.



6. Are you superior in any way to people who believe something other than what you personally deem the undeniable truth? Nope.

Answer 6

. In the simplest terms possible, what do you believe?
- I believe that God is the author and finisher of our fate.
2. Do you consider yourself to be more moral than the average person?
- Yes, I consider myself more moral than the average person.
3. Do you consider yourself to be more intelligent than the average person?
- Yes,
4. Are you ever racist, sexist, ageist, and otherwise prejudiced, even unintentionally?
- These labels can be taken many different ways, so I will say yes, to be honest.
5. Is it fair to mock or give an angry reply to someone on this board if they insult your beliefs or otherwise bother you?
- No it is not fair to treat people bad just because you feel they treated you so.
6. Are you superior in any way to people who believe something other than what you personally deem the undeniable truth?
- No, there is none superior but God (I know my place)

Answer 7

Ha, I actually have a clone, I thought that was just for people with catchy names, I feel special now :)

1. I believe in the individual, fear the group.
2. No, I think morality is not a trait we are born with, we all have the ability to change, I'd like to think I'm a more moral person than I was five years ago.
3. Yes, the average American could care less about reading books or learning history.
4. I think we all are at times, and at times things like being an 'ageist' is necessary.
5. Yes, not a very good use of time though.
6. No

Answer 8

1. I am an atheist and a pagan. I do not believe in god, but I follow the pagan path of honoring nature and the turning of the year. I regard the pagan god/desses as symbolic.

2. I do not consider myself more moral than average.

3. Going strictly by I.Q., I am statistically far more intelligent than average. However, I.Q. alone does not tell the entire story. I believe I am a bit more intelligent than average. I wish I were better educated, though. My journey isn't over.

4. I am at times prejudiced against certain people. I am not racist nor sexist -- I do not hold against people things that they have no choice over. I only fault people for stupid choices.

5. I think it is absolutely fair to give an angry reply to a someone who has deliberately insulted you. I treat people with respect as long as they show me the same consideration. If they choose not to, the gloves are off.

6. My beliefs do not make me superior. No person's *beliefs* make them superior. It is their actions by which they should be judged. I would think more highly of a theist who built houses for the poor than an atheist who does nothing to help his/her fellow man and vice versa.

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Answer 9

1. I believe I'll have another beer.... but seriously, I believe that diversity of opinions and beliefs are natural, and there is no way we can ever agree on subjective matters - nor should we. All of our theories are valid. It is more important to keep seeking questions than remaining stuck with a particular set of answers.
2. yes.
3. yes.
4. I hope not, and try not to be. But possibly, in small ways.
5. mock? yes. angry? less so. humor is sometimes the only response to some questions, and a humor keeps me sometimes from giving an angry one. Ideally, we would all give positive responses, but we're all human, and sometimes the trolls get our goats. I'm, satisfied if we all try to act our best, and I'll forgive the occassional breach.
6. not as such. but I do find people who respect multiple points of view over those who don't... not so much an issue of "superior" or not.

Answer 10

1. I believe in God
2. No, I believe I am more moral than some, but average to alot
3. No, I am average
4. Never, I try and think before I speak.
5. No it is not fair to insult anyone. Everyone has an opinion.
6. No, different people have different beliefs that is what makes the world go around.