1. Respect earned through caring, patience, and doing what is right.
2. Fear due to displays of strength, wrath, and threats.
Causing fear earns nothing but contemp in my opinion.
What is your opinion?
2007-08-06 10:00:50 · 24 answers · asked by Enigma®Ragnarökin' 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Fear is only necessary for those who do not have the qualities required to earn you respect.
If you're worth respecting you don't need fear.
You should be respected because you are patient, caring, do what is right, are strong, fair and just.
2007-08-06 10:11:21 · answer #1 · answered by astryd13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is better to be respected. You can accomplish more if people respect you than to have them you fear you. I am a 26 year Military man and I have found that if people respect you they will go to the ends of the earth for you but if you rule with fear they will probably shot you in battle .
Respect is honor fear is not
2007-08-06 10:13:55 · answer #2 · answered by redrocker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Respected in most circumstances. However, sometimes fear and sometimes a combination.
If I have a gun and confront a thief in my house, he has already disrepected me, so at the moment I confront him, I want to evoke pure fear, so he will run away.
If I am leading troops attacking an enemy position, I want them all to trust and respect my decisions, based on months of working together and seeing that I will not sacrifice anyone for a meaningless cause. However, when I yell "Charge!" I want them to add to that respect some fear about what a court martial would do to them if they refuse to obey my order.
Still, in 99% of circumstances, I would vote for respect over fear.
2007-08-06 10:16:56 · answer #3 · answered by Ward 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both depending on the situation. When I'm hitting the boss up for a raise, I want to be respected. When I walk onto the court in the finals of a handball tournament, I want to be feared.
2007-08-06 10:05:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Respected.
~ Eric Putkonen
2007-08-06 10:03:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Respect does not necessitate lack of strength. A Christlike person whom is tender, caring and patient to the needs of the homeless, the poor, and the needy, will fight for, take risks, and passionately protect them, and will be filled with the love of Christ.
A guy who sits passively, afraid of taking the risk to himself and seeks only to protect his own skin, when he should stand up for someone in need, doesn't cause fear but he is not respectable either.
Hitler was feared, with good reason, and respected by Nazi followers for helping save Germany. Respect isn't always justified.
I knew a girl who had a eccentric teacher. He established friendships with the students, never gave them a hard time, he never disciplined them even when they mixed dangerous chemicals without informing him. The kids liked him a great deal but she told me they didn't really respect him.
I agree with you that fear can cause contempt, though I believe it need not always (ie. Christlike warrior, we fear our parents as children when we misbehave but we respect them as well).
2007-08-06 10:14:43 · answer #6 · answered by bleu 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think a mix of both is the best recipe. Respected by most, feared by the rest.
2007-08-06 10:03:27 · answer #7 · answered by NONAME 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People don't necessarily respect those who have earned it because lots of people just aren't very good. Even those not very good people will still be scared, though, so fear is more reliable. What, you asked!
2007-08-06 10:05:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better to be respected for sure. You're right, fear will only lead to resentment.
2007-08-06 10:03:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right, of course. Fear, which is the driving force behind many religions, is not what I'd want a god to project.
2007-08-06 10:09:33 · answer #10 · answered by t_rex_is_mad 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋