A Matter of Trust

Who do you trust? Well, first and foremost, I would hope that you would say yourselves. You would then very likely expand out to imagine a list of people that include close family and friends. As that list continues to expand most will usually come to a point of including people holding certain position; Doctors, Police officers, Fireman and finally religious leaders.

It seems most Americans believe that diversity is fine, as long as every one shares a common ‘core’ of values.

You might agree or disagree with the specific positions I have described, but leave it to say that you will have a list similar to this. Now being a priest, nun, rabbi or other religious leader inherently garners you trust. Why? Because any person who has willfully given themselves to doing the work of God can surely be trusted.

Now what of the people who have willfully chosen to ignore the existence of a God? Can we summarily conclude that these people who reject God, or atheists, are not trust worthy? It would seem a study revealed just that. A person’s faith or lack thereof is no indication of their trustworthiness.

I, personally, wouldn’t consider myself an atheist, but I wouldn’t consider myself to be religious either. I think I largely don’t care to wonder if a God exists, or worry that He doesn’t exist. To say that there is some set of common values that we all have to share to be considered American is ludicrous at best. Accepting diversity means not having to lay down restrictions on it.

I think the set of common ‘core’ values should be comprised rather of more basic things such as acceptance, respect and so on that makes us different yet one.

Cheers

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