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by mike_70 on December 10th, 2011

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Do you base a person's trustworthiness merely on his/her belief in God or on their moral character?

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  • by Kenz the Frenz on December 10th, 2011
    voted: Moral character

    Kenz the Frenz

    Moral character, definitely. I don't believe in God myself so why should I base somebody else's trustworthiness on that?

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  • by FireFtw on December 10th, 2011
    voted: Moral character

    FireFtw

    Even when I was a die hard Catholic I still cared more about someone's character than their belief in God.

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  • by Ombliss22 on December 10th, 2011
    voted: Moral character

    Ombliss22

    I did a poll as there wasn't a box for my choice. Basing an opinion on a thing doesn't say which way I do base more of an opinion on if someone believes in god, and it is a trustworthiness opinion but it isn't positive.

    Do you trust non-tennis players more than tennis players?
    Atheism isn't a thing it's a ridiculous weasel word that theists made up to label everyone else.

    http://www.answerbag.com/polls/trust-distrust-atheists-theists_2630358

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  • by Mike Astill on December 10th, 2011

    Mike Astill

    I would base it on neither.

    "Moral character" is a relative term. My morals are not necessarily your morals. And obviously just because someone believes in God, that does not make them honest or trustworthy. I'm sure some Atheists might even argue it makes them LESS trustworthy.

    I trust or distrust a person based solely on their behavior and their actions.

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  • by Thadeus Quintus Lesbotron on December 10th, 2011
    voted: Moral character

    Thadeus Quintus Lesbotron

    A belief in any deity does not imbue one with any kind of moral or intellectual superiority, combined with the fact that I've been most egregiously screwed over by believers and non-believers alike, I prefer to rely upon evidence over faith, it's safer that way.

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  • by (^_^) on December 10th, 2011
    voted: Moral character

    (^_^)

    Moral and Character and Conduct. religion thing is not much big thing for me.
    good question.

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  • by aldonoir on December 10th, 2011
    voted: Moral character

    aldonoir

    How d'ya know they believe in God? I do not have much reason to trust clergy people let alone the church congregation people.
    Belief in God or not I'd like to get an intuitive feel for a person before I seriously would trust them.

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  • by Beans on December 10th, 2011
    voted: Moral character

    Beans

    I would be more convinced in the way a person lives their life instead of what they told me they believed in...

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  • by HasntBeen on December 10th, 2011
    voted: Moral character

    HasntBeen

    I don't think that any correlation has been shown between belief in God and levels of trustworthiness. I would be interested in any study which showed that.

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  • by Isaac on December 10th, 2011
    voted: Moral character

    Isaac

    There are loads of people who believe in god or gods and are some of the most evil people on the planet, while some of the most trustworthy people on the planet are atheists. I would certainly trust someone who would think of calling an ambulance before praying to gods if something had happened to me, I know some theists would be wise enough to do the right thing, but you just wouldn't know until the situation actually happened and by then it's too late.

    Moral character is highly superior to belief in any gods.

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  • by trueservantminn on December 10th, 2011
    voted: Belief in God

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    Just to show you how hard up", and demented the following of Satan can really be? Can you believe they tried to assume, that I was less a a true Believer in Christ, due to my driving record?? HOW CRAZY IS THAT! But; Romans 7:15,16,17,18,19,20, The bible refers to this as (The inward struggle) And although I'm sealed 3 times over, and HAVE "AN APPROVED RAPTURE STATUS" I still have a sign hanging on my back that says; "I'M STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION"..

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