Agnostics

I am so accustomed to derision, and cruelty on christian forums
that i’m sitting here expecting it soon in response to this post… those who do not know me personally to jump in to accuse and correct me and tell me I am evil.


So be it.

Let me set your mind at ease, because what you described above is not going to happen here. That's the whole purpose for this forum. Our main goal is to lift up Christ and treat each other decently with love and respect.

Treating others with respect isn’t complicated and doesn’t take a huge amount of effort. Start with yourself and then show others the respect they deserve. 29 simple ways below;

Treat Yourself With Respect: Respect starts at home. If we respect ourselves we will be able to show others what it looks like. Things like being able to say no and setting boundaries are all good ways of showing how respect works

Build Your Knowledge: Learning about different people, walks of life and cultures will all put you in good stead for understanding how respect works for others

Have Respect As a Value: Make it part of your core make-up to treat others with due respect

Empathy: Understand and appreciate other’s life situations. Everyone is fighting their own battle. Don”t become more of a burden or treat others badly

Don’t Control: Allow people to make their own choices. Don’t attempt to control what other people think or do

Don’t Discriminate: Treat people equally. No matter who they are. Don’t discriminate based on colour, race, creed, religion etc etc. We are all human.

Don’t Judge: Don’t judge people. You don’t know what circumstances have brought them to where they are in life

Don’t Put People Down: It is unnecessary and frankly, not very nice. Be happy for what you have. Don’t ever try to make yourself look good by making some else look bad

Don’t Look Down on People: There is no one who is beneath you. Again, we are all human

Treat Others As You Wish to be Treated: People mirror the behaviour they are shown. Treat people with respect so that they treat you and others they come across with respect

Build A Better Future: Provide people with the support they need to make a better way in life

Support People in Making Their Own Decisions: Don’t tell them what to do but help them to work out a way forward

Encourage Other People’s Input & Opinions: Help people to contribute. Plus a different take on a situation may be just the one you’re looking for

Acknowledge People’s Value: Understand that every human has a basic intrinsic value and respect that

Respect Boundaries: Don’t try to pressure people into things that they don’t want to do

Stop Looking at your Phone: When people are talking to you, put down the phone and concentrate on what they are saying

Listen to People: Really listen and respond to what people are saying

Be Genuine: Don’t try to put on a front with people. Just be you. People will respect you for it

Accept & Acknowledge When You Are Wrong: Pretty self explanatory. Don’t try and worm your way out of things. Show people the respect they deserve and admit when you have done something wrong

Let Other People Talk: Don’t suck the oxygen out of the room. Let other people’s voice be heard

Help People With Their Emotions: If you know that someone is struggling, lend them an ear. You might just change someone’s world

Show Gratitude: When someone does something for you, say please or thank you. No matter who they and why they are doing it, they have taken a little bit of their short life to help you. Show them the gratitude and respect they deserve

Don’t Invade People’s Space: Self explanatory, let people have their space!

Don’t Waste People’s Time: Be on time to appointments, don’t spend hours talking about things that don’t matter etc We don’t get much time so respect other people’s time

Don’t Talk About People Behind Their Back: Aside from the total lack of respect when you do, you wouldn’t like it either

Clear Up After Yourself: It doesn’t take long and don’t expect someone to clear up after you

Teach Your Children: Teach your children by treating yourself, them and the people you come across with respect

Tell People When They Are Not Being Respectful: Be honest, tell them. It may change their attitude and help them treat others more respectfully in future

Stand-Up For People: When you see something happening to someone that you don’t like, stand up for them

Be the example, treat yourself and others with respect and make a better world

Great list of principles to live by odadiah

I understand what you're saying but actually it's really not that easy to be an agnostic. At true agnosticism also has nothing to do with prejudicial skepticism. A man is not an agnostic simply because he rejects certain religious dogmas which he finds unappealing or distasteful.

Agnosticism is never so easy, so simple, nor so self-serving as that. The true doubter is one who, hearing news reports, or the expert opinions which rain down on us as the ashes of Vesuvius rained upon Pompeii, says, “Is this fact? or opinion? or prejudice? or propaganda?”

In short, the agnostic greets every pronouncement, from no matter how official or awesomely professional a source, with three questions: Is this the truth? Is it all the truth? Is it more than the truth? An agnostic is not so much a man who doesn’t believe in Santa Claus as one who doesn’t believe in oracles. It's way beyond skepticism.

Agnostics didn’t know whether there is a God or not. That sounds like some fertile soil ready to plant some seeds. I found working in recovery of alcoholism and drug addiction that by the time an addict reaches 30 the world has beaten them up bad enough to where they're ready to find out if there really is a God. The Bible tells us that if we draw close to him he'll draw close to us.

So what I do is find out what's going on in their life And then pray over it with him. It's amazing how many times God has moved and showed himself to be real. I've heard countless stories.

I can respect that!