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Consider the situation. You have a business to run and are faced with the choice of employing one of two candidates for a position of great responsibility. Both have similar credentials, present themselves equally well, but, for whatever reason, you know that one is an atheist, and one is a Christian with values similar to yours.
How significantly would religious background figure into your choice between those two candidates?
NO brainer--hire the atheist so your works can be a "witness"
If you love those who love you...
I think I may agree that may sometimes be the "right" choice of action, depending on circumstances.
With all honesty, however, when entrusting tasks of great responsibility when your business needs the best in probity you can afford, can you hand on heart say that you will do this?
Which verifies a survey from three years earlier implying that atheists are distrusted as much as rapists, and that said distrust even extends between atheists.
I do not consider anyone's personal beliefs when I am looking for an employee, I look at qualifications, experience, work ethic, etc.
I need someone who can do the job properly all the time, has all of the legal requirements that I am required they have, who does not call in sick all the time who I like as a person overall.
Their Religion or lack of means nothing when it comes to being an employee for my company.
1. I as a business owner have a fiduciary responsibility to uphold in maintaining the business with the best and most reliable I have available.
2. I held to the belief that atheists are less reliable than fellow believers.
I have to be honest here and say yes.
I agree with some of the sentiments above about setting works as a witness, but if I have a responsibility to family, shareholders, community ties etc. in putting the most reliable people in positions of authority, then that duty takes precedence.
There are a multitude of other ways in which you can set your works to bear witness.
1. I as a business owner have a fiduciary responsibility to uphold in maintaining the business with the best and most reliable I have available.
2. I held to the belief that atheists are less reliable than fellow believers.
I have to be honest here and say yes.
I agree with some of the sentiments above about setting works as a witness, but if I have a responsibility to family, shareholders, community ties etc. in putting the most reliable people in positions of authority, then that duty takes precedence.
There are a multitude of other ways in which you can set your works to bear witness.
2. I held to the belief that atheists are less reliable than fellow believers.
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Originally Posted by DUMBONyc
Do you believe this is true yourself?
Seems like the answer to that would rely on if the only reason you, as a believer, are ethical and trustworthy is because you believe that God is watching you and will either reward you for whatever good you do, or punish you for whatever you do that is wrong. If that is the case, then you will assume this is true of everyone else, as well. You will assume that someone without a belief in God cannot be trustworthy because you, yourself, couldn't be.
In that case, I suppose the more important question is, should an atheist put themselves at risk by becoming your employee?
Seems like the answer to that would rely on if the only reason you, as a believer, are ethical and trustworthy is because you believe that God is watching you and will either reward you for whatever good you do, or punish you for whatever you do that is wrong. If that is the case, then you will assume this is true of everyone else, as well. You will assume that someone without a belief in God cannot be trustworthy because you, yourself, couldn't be.
In that case, I suppose the more important question is, should an atheist put themselves at risk by becoming your employee?
Seems like the answer to that would rely on if the only reason you, as a believer, are ethical and trustworthy is because you believe that God is watching you and will either reward you for whatever good you do, or punish you for whatever you do that is wrong. If that is the case, then you will assume this is true of everyone else, as well. You will assume that someone without a belief in God cannot be trustworthy because you, yourself, couldn't be.
In that case, I suppose the more important question is, should an atheist put themselves at risk by becoming your employee?
told a story before about teh chrstian writer Harold Smith and how he said he would never deal with a christian publisher again because at least when you dealt with a secular business you expected them to try and cheat you--the christian business not only cheated you, but felt entilted...and that you should be good with them cheating you.. LOL
Seems like the answer to that would rely on if the only reason you, as a believer, are ethical and trustworthy is because you believe that God is watching you and will either reward you for whatever good you do, or punish you for whatever you do that is wrong. If that is the case, then you will assume this is true of everyone else, as well. You will assume that someone without a belief in God cannot be trustworthy because you, yourself, couldn't be.
In that case, I suppose the more important question is, should an atheist put themselves at risk by becoming your employee?
You've neglected a number of more plausible reasons why they might think this way. A believer can actually observe the behavior of fellow believers and compare them to the behavior of non believers to come to a decision, without the need for any of this contorted metacognitive reasoning.
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