# Do you think Christians look down on non-Christians? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 16, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-christians-look-down-on-non-christians/517731 "2009-11-16T03:06:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-christians-look-down-on-non-christians/517731/101 "2009-11-18T18:42:32Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Belief (or disbelief) doesn’t enter into it, for atheists. There isn’t anything to believe or not believe in. That’s a foolish argument and you know it. You’re arguing that it’s incorrect to talk about belief or disbelief because these folks don’t think there’s any such thing to believe in. Do you honestly not see the problem with that statement? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-christians-look-down-on-non-christians/517731/102 "2009-11-18T18:50:59Z")
Yes a lot of Christians think they are on the right path. Therefore you are not. A lot of Jews think they are the chosen people. A lot of Muslims think they are the only ones with real answers .Etc.Etc,.Etc. It is a characteristic of religion. If you are a believer that you are on the right road, then every one who is not in your religion, must be wrong. Why don’t they just understand the absolute truth that you have managed to obtain? What is wrong with these people who are just so wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-christians-look-down-on-non-christians/517731/103 "2009-11-18T19:25:59Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > That’s a foolish argument and you know it. You’re arguing that it’s incorrect to talk about belief or disbelief because these folks don’t think there’s any such thing to believe in. Do you honestly not see the problem with that statement? It isn’t a foolish argument at all. It’s really just a statement of fact. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-christians-look-down-on-non-christians/517731/104 "2009-11-18T19:45:02Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > It isn’t a foolish argument at all. It’s really just a statement of fact. As an atheist, I am dubious about any assertion that means that “I don’t believe in that” is an impossible statement to correctly make. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-christians-look-down-on-non-christians/517731/105 "2009-11-18T19:46:39Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > It isn’t a foolish argument at all. It’s really just a statement of fact. Put simply, saying that something doesn’t exist _is a statement of disbelief_. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-christians-look-down-on-non-christians/517731/106 "2009-11-18T22:07:54Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Sure. Look at how warmly Democrats view their Republican cousins. And how willing Republicans are to ascribe to Democrats only the best motives. But how much of that comes from actual differences in politcal thought as opposed to how much comes from having religion deeply involved in the politcial thought in America? ---
**Author:** ![blinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@blinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkie)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-christians-look-down-on-non-christians/517731/107 "2009-11-18T22:14:48Z")
Yes “Christians” look down at others, people who practice christianity don’t. But it’s a two way street. Many Atheists and Agnostics look down at anyone who believes anything. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-christians-look-down-on-non-christians/517731/108 "2009-11-19T21:44:33Z")
> [@blinkie](#): > > Yes “Christians” look down at others, people who practice christianity don’t. But it’s a two way street. Many Atheists and Agnostics look down at anyone who believes anything. There always have been “Christians” and “people who practise”, certainly if Chaucer’s any kind of a recorder. Among all the frauds, fakers and humbugs in the Canterbury Tales there was the honest Vicar, who “Christ his lore and his apostles twelve/He taught; but first he followed it himself”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-christians-look-down-on-non-christians/517731.md?page=5)