Would the world be better run by Athiests or Religious nuts?

Question

Atheists always think they are right. They refuse to even entertain others thoughts or ideas. They are closed minded, and very hostile.

Religious nuts always think they are right. They refuse to even entertain others thoughts or ideas. They are closed minded, and very hostile.

So who would better run the world? The pushy arrogant pricks or the other pushy arrogant pricks?

Answer 1

The world would be better off if people put more energy in talking care of their own lives.

Answer 2

Atheists are willing to readily change their minds in light of new evidence. Even most atheists (including the most prominent like Richard Dawkins) will almost never claim with certainty there is no god, but rather that god is really, very improbable - so drastically unlikely that it's best to assume there isn't one.

Every atheist I know is open minded but critical and skeptical - there is a difference between skeptical and close minded. Skeptical will accept something only if it's supported by facts, reality or reason, close minded will refuse to accept anything no matter what.

Anyway, to answer your question more directly... let's consider statistics for a moment... The most atheistic countries (Sweden, Japan, Norway, Holland, etc.) do have higher standards of living than our own, and atheistic societies have far, far lower rates of crime, violence, rape, murder, stds, abortion, teen pregnancy, divorce, and other social problems.(1 and 5) Indeed the average atheist is 300x less likely to have an std(2) and 70% less likely to become a pregnant teen than the average theist(3)! Also consider that Atheists are about 10-14% of the US population and yet only comprise 0.209% of the Prison population(4). Further, of 43 studies conducted on the matter, 39 have demonstrated that atheists on average have higher IQs and better education.

America by contrast is uniquely religious, but also uniquely dysfunctional, boasting the highest rates of crime, murder, rape, teen pregnancy, abortion and all the others by a huge and undeniable margin (1+5 again). In fact, if you were to look at the most christian and religious cities in the US, you'd also see proportionally higher rates of crime, rape, and the other problems.

So all the evidence (and there is a LOT more than just the sources I've posted) points conclusively and incontrovertibly towards the fact that we'd be a better world if atheists ran it.

Answer 3

I don't think an atheist can be classed as 'close minded'. The entire nature of what atheists choose to accept as the true is based on the evidence found around us - science.

And even when it comes to science, we're not close-minded about that either, any new theory needs as much proof as possible before it is accepted.

If God suddenly waved from the sky and spoke in a big booming voice for all of us to hear, no-one would be able to deny that God was real and every person (of any belief) would accept that. Since that hasn't happened, atheists accept the most plausible arguement available. You can't really say fairer than that.

Second, I don't think fundamentalist belief in anything (unrelenting religion, or unwavering atheism) is a good way to run the world. A reasonable middle ground that considers everyone's opinions and has all the facts from both side..

[note: you are assuming that religion is the most important factor when it comes to running a country]

..is the best way of making the most informed decisions and running the world properly.

Answer 4

Everything thinks they are right. Why would anyone follow a religious belief that they thought was wrong?

Not nearly all atheists are closeminded or hostile. I know many that aren't. So I would definitely say the world would be better off run by atheists than religious nuts.

If the question was hostile atheists to religious nuts, I would still vote atheist, but I'd be much more glum about it. I've never known even an obnoxious and hostile atheist to become violent over religion. Religious nuts often are (terrorists, abortion clinic bombers, end-of-day cults like David Koresh's group, etc.)

Answer 5

I resent your opinion of atheists. We are just misunderstood. We will entertain any thoughts or beliefs as long as they have solid, logical arguments. Why is this criticized. All of our progress as humans is achieved by our use of logic and reason. However, it is so hurriedly abandoned when issues of God and religion are applied to it. Why is this? Why is religion exempt from being evaluated in terms of its rationality. We are crusaders for truth. Truth is useful. Truth allows the easiest path for the betterment of mankind. Therefore, an atheist would be an ideal candidate for political office. However, we are such a minority and face even more prejudice than people of color and homosexuals. A poll recently asked people if they would vote for an otherwise qualified candidate who was 1)black 2) a woman 3) homosexual and 4) an atheist. Guess who had the lowest percentage. That's right - the atheist.

Answer 6

I'm an atheist, and I by no means think I'm always right. If science proves me wrong, I'll go with that. As it stands, there is no proof of a god or gods, so I go with that. Note, I am not saying I KNOW I'm right, I'm saying that with the given information, I'm making the best decision. But I like the generalization.

To answer your actual question, i would prefer that the country or world be run by atheists. At least they will look for reason to answer their questions, and not an imaginary friend in the sky.

Answer 7

Sometimes I feel like a nut... sometimes I don't.
Well I'm a christian and yet, I do not want the country run by a religious nut, nor an atheist if I had my choice it would be someone who believes in God and has his wits about him and is somewhat moderate like Rudy Guliani ... I like him and I think he's somewhat moderate, but when I have to choose I have to look at experience, and my views on issues and how close they are, the countries security and just tons of issues and weigh the pros and the cons of each candidate and see who I favor in the end.

Answer 8

Since atheism is not a system of beliefs, the atheists in charage cannot push their religious beliefs on anyone. At most, they can tell people to lose their superstitions.


Still, the problem with making atheism a requirement for government is that there are more theists, and they would revolt.

If there were more atheists today, we would revolt, because today open atheists are pretty much banned from the U.S. government.

Answer 9

Again, I am not religious. I am a born-again, spirit-filled, tongues speaking, Jesus loving , satan rebuking child of God, a Christian. I've never called you ugly words and I never will, but I will shoot straight with you because that 's the way the Lord is with us. Yes. I am narrow-minded. You have to be. The road to heaven is narrow, and few there be that find it. The road to destruction is wide, and many there are that fall therein ( Matthew 7:14 ). So I will never apologize for being narrow minded and I will never change paths. So get over your insecurity and jealousy. There's room for you too.

Answer 10

Most atheists are quite willing to change their views. You just have to provide a sensible reason for them to do so.


Most fundamentalists will not change their views despite all the current evidence against them. Never mind any new evidence in the future.


But aside from that. Who do you want to have their finger on the nuclear button?

Someone who thinks that pushing the button will cause the death an end of billions of people and the end of humanity.

Or someone who thinks that it will send everyone (deserving) to eternal happiness in heaven.

I will take the atheist.

Answer 11

Atheists, because although being arrogant pricks, we don't push religion and God on people. We would be able to stick to the job at hand.