Does Christianity inspire trust?

[Mojotronica]

Say you hire a contractor and on the back of his truck is a Jesus Fish and he has the logo on his business card etc. He also gives off a "Christian vibe," if you are sensitive to a Christian vibe/aura/halo/thingy. Maybe he jokes about how he wishes he could be paid in gold, and encourages you use the home improvement he's adding to "stockpile ammo for the end times."

Does his Christian faith inspire trust? Like, if he's Christian he might live by the 10 Commandments, and if he lives by the Commandments he's less likely to steal from you or murder you? Or is it neutral or even a negative? If a negative, can you explain below?

[MRT144]

Say you hire a contractor and on the back of his truck is a Jesus Fish and he has the logo on his business card etc. He also gives off a "Christian vibe," if you are sensitive to a Christian vibe/aura/halo/thingy. Maybe he jokes about how he wishes he could be paid in gold, and encourages you use the home improvement he's adding to "stockpile ammo for the end times."

Does his Christian faith inspire trust? Like, if he's Christian he might live by the 10 Commandments, and if he lives by the Commandments he's less likely to steal from you or murder you? Or is it neutral or even a negative? If a negative, can you explain below?

No. This kind of person openly wants the world to be an awful place because he believes magic will save him from it.

[giblets]

No, he'll conveniently forget about Jesus as soon as he's tempted to rip you off.

[Al B. Sure!]

This topic really isn't about Christianity but about visible claims of moral worth. Just because someone says they're moral doesn't mean they are. However, if I know from more tangible sources that he is of high moral worth, even in seemingly irrelevant aspects, I would trust him.

For example, though posters here know relatively little about me, I would expect everyone of them would trust me not to rob or bring harm to them (I could be completely wrong in this)... just from knowledge of how I chased down that one criminal or how I'm a virgin, etc. Presented with a person with identical aspects, I would trust such a person. It's not always true but you can usually expect that if someone demonstrates high moral worth in other instances, that they consistently do so.

[Berzerker]

sure, I'd be more trusting of someone who loves the baby Jesus

[SlowwHand]

Assuming it's not a ploy.


Trust-neutral. Size up the man on his own merits.

[Combat Ingrid]

Generally trust-neutral, as long as you keep your religious beliefs (or non-beliefs for that matter) to yourself.
I once got a price quotation for an expensive piece of equipment and the sales representative (who was pretty creepy, but not that much worse than his competitors) ended his e-mail with "God bless you and your friend."
We swiftly dumped him and made the deal with another, more professional supplier who also managed to beat his price

[Elok]

If he's talking about stockpiling ammo, I distrust him on the grounds that he appears to be a loon. His Christianity is beside the point.

[Kidlicious]

I don't discrminate against nonbelievers but I might help a specific christian if they are trying to do right.

[Tuberski]

It's the same thing with them putting "veteran" in ads, business cards, etc. It doesn't make you any more trustworthy.

ACK!

[Kidlicious]

I wouldn't do business with anyone who has one of those coexist bumper stickers where the letters are religious symbols.

[Jon Miller]

If he's talking about stockpiling ammo, I distrust him on the grounds that he appears to be a loon. His Christianity is beside the point.

JM

[DaShi]

Christians must constantly lie to themselves in order to keep to their beliefs. Therefore, I'd have to rank them as somewhat less trustworthy.

[Kidlicious]

You don't maintain your beliefs by lying to yourself.

[DanS]

The way to build trust is by demonstrating that you can control yourself in the face of temptation -- this is the case even among atheists. Inasmuch as christianity sets a standard by which the contractor can control his temptation, then that would build trust. However, I don't know whether he has found the standard particularly helpful in his own life (no matter outward appearances), so can't judge his trustworthiness.