A question was asked if being a Christian makes an individual a better person.

Does it MAKE you?

SHOULD it make you?

WHY WOULD it make you?

HOW COULD it make you?

Here is another question:

Another question was asked if being a skeptic makes you an evil person.

Does it MAKE you?

SHOULD it make you?

WHY WOULD it make you?

HOW COULD it make you?

Any thoughts?

Quote: › Another question was asked if being a skeptic makes you an evil person. Does it MAKE you? SHOULD it make you? WHY WOULD it make you? HOW COULD it make you?

I can only answer from this point of view.

1. Does being a skeptic make you an evil person?
No. Being a skeptic has no effect on whether or not a person is good or evil. Being good or evil boils down to individual choices, and it is the responsibility of the individual to make those choices.

2. Should being a skeptic make you evil?
No. Being a skeptic should not make you evil. Being a skeptic should give you the realization that you are ultimately responsible for any and all decisions you make. There are no second chances after this life, which should make all the decisions of greater import to the individual.

3. Why would being a skeptic make you evil?
For some, I guess the loss of oversight could lead to being evil. But that is just a guess.

4. How could being a skeptic make you evil?
Some people require constant oversight or fear of oversight in order to behave appropriately. For those who lose faith and have this need, the freedom of skeptical beliefs could conceivably make you evil. However, the same freedom could make you good. It is impossible to say on a grand scale, but only on the individual level.

Looking forward to other comments.

well actuealy the same could be said for being a beliver makeing you good.

Bieing a beliver does not nessearly make you good, I have met plentey of ppl that say that they are saved and yet act totaly inappropriately and disrespectfull twards others.

I have seen skeptics that are kind and giveing ppl.

I have allso seen this go the other way around as well, so I agree that being good or evil is a matter of choice.

I don't know if it would be a matter of oversite as much as a matter of foresite the abilty to see a least a few of the possible outcomes to ones actions.

No beng a beliver dosen't make one good.

the only real diffrence between belivers and nonbelivers is that belivers are saved not perfect

Lightning,

Quote: › the only real diffrence between belivers and nonbelivers is that belivers are saved not perfect

Well said.