Which statement lacks humility? "There is no god and we're not sure where everything came from." or "There is a god whom I talk to regularly. He cares for me and is very concerned with what goes on in my bedroom."
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MrJosh
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The first one, how can you say there is no God but yet you're not sure?.
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I think it is far more humble to say that we're not sure than to think that there is an almight creater of everything that listens to my prayers and cares about me.
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That's a tough one because saying there is no god would sound arrogant to some people.
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Obviously the first one.
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the later.+3
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Humility: the defining characteristic of an unpretentious and modest person,someone who does not think that he or she is better or more important than others. In my personal opinion, neither per se implies that either one is better than the other, and both can be carried out in the right person with the utmost in humility. The first statement implies knowing something (there is no god) and not knowing something at the same time, the second statement implies knowing something as well (there is a god who cares). Knowledge or in this case perhaps beliefs are not enough to make somebody proud, rather it's somebody's attitude towards having those beliefs that does.
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I think the former shows humility by admitting ignorance. The latter shows arrogence by assuming that the absolute almighty is concerned with your puny human life.
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