Is there such thing as a good atheist.?

Question

- The Good Atheist -

Answer 1

I am not a Christian. I am a Nurse. I work at a Presbyterian hospital. I do Meals on Wheels and various other charity work. I have been given awards for My participation in community activities. I am an Atheist. So what do My beliefs have to do with My willingness to be of help to others? NOTHING!

Answer 2

Is there such a thing as a good atheist? Is there such a thing as a bad christian, good doctor, or bad parent? The answer is yes....people are allowed to believe what they believe....that is what makes us individuals. Being atheist does not make you wrong or a bad person. It just states your view. Going to a garage doesn't make you a car....so why would going to church make you a christian....or an atheist for that matter. My son is an atheist....but he was raised by a christian, pagan, Buddhist, Hindu....that would be me. My parents let me find god the way I chose to....and I let my children find him the way they will....its a personal choice that we should keep and hold. We should not force our beliefs or non beliefs on anyone else...that is baaaaad.....

Answer 3

Well... sure... there are good atheists. As a rule, atheists that I have known live far more ethical lives, and behave much more 'morally' than most so-called 'Christians' that I have known. In other words (behavior-wise), the atheists, in general, are more 'christian' than the Christians.

It is very sad (and scary) to find out that there are people incapable of behaving ethically as a matter of self-realization... and need some imaginary supernatural force to ensure your proper behavior, for rear of some kind of eternal supernatural punishment. I dread to think of what their life will be like... and the lives of everyone around... should they come to realize that all of their controlling beliefs are the product of the myths, superstitions, fairy tales and fantastical delusions of an ignorant bunch of Bronze Age fishermen and wandering goat herders.

Cooperation and altruism are inate properties of human existence... a more sophisticated version of the social organization that you can see among pods of orcas, packs of wolves, lion prides and troops of chimpanzees. Moral consensus, moral conscience and mutual empathy are evolved survival traits. These are social constructs... the social lubrication that allows people to exist together. People come away with the misconception that they don't exist, absent religion. The religious puppet masters try to perpetuate that idea, in order to protect their conduits to wealth and power... but that is a canard. This has to do entirely with human nature.

People who don't agree with that should chew on THIS for a little while. Christians make up about 75% of the US population and 75% of the US prison population. No big surprise there.

Atheists, on the other hand, make up about 10% of the US population... but they only make up 0.2% of the US prison population. Now, isn't THAT a surprise? That means that on a per-capita basis, atheists are FIFTY (50) times LESS LIKELY to be incarcerated than Christians. Pretty strange, huh, for a group that has no god-given guiding moral principals?

I can only think of two possibilities that might reasonably be said to account for this discrepancy:

1. Atheists are of a higher ethical and moral caliber than Christians, and thus are less prone to do the same kinds of nasty things that land so many Christians in the slammer;

OR,

2. Atheists are, overall, a lot smarter than Christians and thus, they are less likely to get caught in the course of their transgressions.

It's GOT to be one or the other... take your pick.

(Statistics from US Bureau of Prisons, 1997)
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Answer 4

Yes there is a such thing a "Good Atheist" just like there are some "Bad Christians" both are human you know!

Answer 5

You might as well ask if there is such a thing as a bad blade of grass.

We are what we are!

We are loved.

Answer 6

Yes.

Is there such thing as a good religious person, who is good b/c it's in his character - and not b/c he's only afraid of going to hell ?

Answer 7

there is a such thing as good people as well but examine the prison population-did you know that christans populate more than 90%? Hmmm, makes you wonder.


makes you wonder

Answer 8

Of course there are good atheists. Most of us would do anything in the world for you, to make things easier on you.

Answer 9

Well belief in religion/Christ does not define one as automatically being good.. does it!
So on that logic yes I'm sure that there are millions who are good atheist

Answer 10

Yes, there is. I hope I am an example.

Is there such thing as a good christian?