For instance robots or the weather?
2007-10-06 14:54:21 · 22 answers · asked by Yahoo Sucks 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nope. I act in a moral, ethical, compassionate fashion because it makes me happy and enriches my life, not because I'm afraid that some being, somewhere, will punish me if I don't.
I feel sorry for people whose main motivation to do/be good is fear.
Ask yourself this: if somehow tomorrow you were convinced beyond any shadow of a doubt that God didn't exist, would you change your behavior? If someone convinced me tomorrow categorically that God does exist, I wouldn't need to change mine.
"If we're to be damned, let us be damned for what we are, not what others would have us be." Or something like that.
2007-10-06 15:02:14 · answer #1 · answered by edthespartan 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Almighty Tyrannical Government of the United States. Nuff said.
2007-10-06 22:04:02 · answer #2 · answered by Becca 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Depends on what you mean by "higher power".
There are certain people in power who I fear might do something stupid that will affect me. If you're talking about power, as in energy, I have a healthy respect for things that could, for example, electrocute me.
2007-10-06 21:56:35 · answer #3 · answered by nondescript 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, there are both what you'd call higher powers and natural phenomena that I respect but do not fear ie: secular law that governs the people, tornadoes, etc....
2007-10-06 22:04:49 · answer #4 · answered by genaddt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK. If you put it that way...though I don't consider the weather to be a "higher power", I can sometimes be afraid of the weather. I have a mild tornado paranoia. (Considering I live in New England, it's sort of silly, but I have it nonetheless.)
2007-10-06 21:59:00 · answer #5 · answered by Jess H 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I'd fear the guy next door if he had a gun aimed at me. I'd fear my boss if he threatened to fire me. I'd fear the weather if I were powerless against it. And I'd fear myself if I didn't live up to my standards. And I do fear death though it makes no difference.
2007-10-06 21:59:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The government.
2007-10-06 22:00:40 · answer #7 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I fear the ignorant, especially when they achieve positions of power.
2007-10-06 22:06:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am just like Ben Dewberry. He didn't have no fear.
2007-10-06 21:58:01 · answer #9 · answered by What? Me Worry? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many atheists have higher values which they strive for, but are not afraid of.
2007-10-06 21:58:00 · answer #10 · answered by NONAME 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋