Do you get mad when people ask questions to you about your faith?

Question

I never have understood why people get offended. We are commanded to be ready to give an answer. All answers come from questions.

1Pe 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

Why do many "Christians" take offense to questions?

I can tell you, I don't. Thank-you for your input.

Answer 1

I absolutely adore it when people ask me about my faith. Its my favorite topic of discussion. The key is to be prepared and knowledgeable. I think most people get offended and defensive when they are posed questions they can't answer. I don't like insulting rhetorical questions..where the person is merely attempting to find fault by drawing attention to their spin on a passage or verse..but even those I welcome. The key to the whole verse your provided was to "be ready" with meekness and fear. I believe that...love in Christ, ~J~ <><

Answer 2

I don't. I really like having religious discussions w/ ppl. I find other cultures interesting and other religions come with that. I know that in my own power I can not persuade or talk someone into being a Christian, God and his Holy Spirit convict the person. Even if the person does not come to Christ right then and there it is still an awesome experiences for me and for those that I've talked to.

Answer 3

Do I get mad when people ask me questions about my religion? If they are total strangers, I put up my guard. I was taught that it is very rude to ask a stranger point-blank about their beliefs, and that religion is not discussed in polite company. I wish that more people had this restraint, but this is a different world.

Ultimately, it depends on how the question is asked. If the questioner is open and friendly, I have no problem with answering questions about my beliefs.

I do get my guard up when the questions are hostile or of the aggressive 'probe-trap' sort. It seems that the people who ask such rude questions are very insecure in their own faith, or are afraid of someone who has a different set of beliefs than their own. When I get such hostile questions, I scold them about their horrid manners, and then leave.

Answer 4

Because when people start asking you about your religion it's usually followed up by a big "God lecture" and "what God wants". It's none of anyone's business what someone else is doing "faith-wise" and it is presumptuous to assume anyone wants to talk with ANYONE ELSE about God or religion. It's the same with the nationality question. That's another one I'm sick of. No one needs to make an inquiry about anyone's race or "nationality". It has nothing to do with anything and you won't get diarrhea because you don't know what someone else is.

Answer 5

I don't get mad I just answer them and that tends to make me ask them a q. about thiers. I like talking about religion. It is one of my favorite things to talk about. I just enjoy hearing other peoples points of view. I also know when to back off though. If someone is tense with thier religion I just change the subject. So all in all I don't take offense. Just thought I might pipe up.

Answer 6

I don't get angry with rational questions, but i do get annoyed and sometimes offended by people who are purposely being cruel or hateful with questions.
I know that's the wrong way to handle it though.
i think we should be ready and able to answer, especially for someone curious or in need.
some people, especially on here like to be really disrespectful to others religions.
I am Christian, by the way.

Answer 7

Maybe, because faith is the one thing that they can base on, and if you question it, then they would question it too, and maybe they'll find out, that the place in where they are standing isn't as they think it is.

I don't get mad when that happens. I am not only christian, I belive in many religions.

Answer 8

It doesn't matter if you get mad or what, when you're faith is questioned. Religion is hipocracy, based on political propaganda used to keep the masses in line.

Christianity is a hybrid religion of Catholism and Paganism created to make everybody united. I mean, really. Where do you think the the Christmas tree came from?

If the Bible were, at one point, a factual document, then I would assume that there were writings of the beginning of time. This is when God supposedly created the world and man was made to live in his world, which He was happy with. There may have also been an explanation of what the purpose of life was. However, there might not have been any reason for existence and the Bible recorded this. The reasons why this information may not have ever been shared will be discussed later.

There may not have been prophecies of there ever being a Son of God sent to Earth to die and wash the world’s inhabitants of their sins. This would leave the original Bible, in its entirety to be only the Old Testament with no reference to a Son of God. If there in fact were prophecies made about the Son of God they may not be those that we read today in our Bibles. These thoughts will be discussed more as our conspiracy is unveiled.

If in fact there were prophecies of the Son of God in the original Bible then there would either be a longer Bible with New Testament information attached onto the end of the Old Testament, or a Bible divided into two testaments. The latter is that which you will see today. If the New Testament writings were included in the original Bible than we can also assume that there was a Son of God and his life and teachings are recorded there.

According the Old Testament, there were prophecies that God would send his Son to earth to die on a cross and his blood, being the ultimate sacrifice, would wash the sins away from man.

In the New Testament it is recorded that Jesus was born according to these prophecies and lead the life discussed in these prophecies. However, there was only a limited number of copies of the Bible. And only fragments at that. With a society so easily influenced, and a small area to cover (in comparison to the world) would it not be easy to change all known information about the Bible?

Firstly you must assume that Jesus was simply a very intelligent person for his time. You must also assume that he might plan to alter past documents of the Bible to give publicity to him and his family and further conform a large group of the future’s world. For one to decide to do this one would only need to look at the current influence of this belief, Christianity.

Maybe the prophecies were true and Jesus changed information so that he fit them and lead his life accordingly.

Maybe Jesus traveled to places known to have written documents of the Old Testament and altered them, with the help of his disciples, while he stayed in that town for the night.

Maybe Jesus’ parents planned to make him do either of the above.

My theory is that there may have been an Old Testament written, or Jesus wrote one, and Jesus went through all written copies of it and altered it to predict his life. He then shared false evidence to prove his being the Son of God.

Now, assuming that there was an Old Testament that Jesus went and altered to fit his life, he plotted to have people write the New Testament further proving his life was that of the Son of God’s.

As far a miracles go, Jesus and his disciples could have been simple magicians. The crippled people and such could have been planted throughout the area and dressed accordingly with ready supplies to make Jesus’ miracles on the spot seem real.

I mean come on. up until a couple of hundred years ago we still thought witches actually existed...

Now Jesus has set the stage for his death, which fits into the prophecies of the Old Testament, either already written or altered to fit his life.

To finalize his work and prevent future people from discovering his plans, Jesus made attempts to alter the beginning and end of the Bible.

The beginning now states that man ate from a tree and is now born with sin and will no longer live forever on earth and all other punishments for eating from the tree. One must now wonder, why in the first place God would make man to live forever on earth and never die? Eventually, humans would over fill the world and conditions would be frightening. Something like this can only be explained by the following:

The Bible is true and the world was originally meant to have humans be born and die as they do now. Jesus altered this to include that all humans are born with sin and will go to hell if they die before confessing that Jesus Christ was the Son of God.

This would be a scary thought and would make plenty of people come to this religion in a time where people are so easily influenced. This would force people to believe that he was the Son of God and that his teachings, and altered writings, were true. Stating that he would come again and take up His believers is another instance of Him cementing his religion. Also, his writings on the building of the early church and how the future church was supposed to function keep his writings true.

Revelations was written to cement the teachings of Jesus. It in fact says not to believe anyone that comes along and does exactly what he could have done. This is pretend to be the second coming of the Son of God. These people are referred to as the antichrist.

In conclusion, today’s belief in Christianity is possibly based on a storybook altered by one person to include him in the future of the world. Jesus possibly had more ulterior motives but, if this is true, it is clear that Jesus was a deep philosopher setting something up to be solved or pondered by those who eat bad bread.

WAKE UP Earthicans.

I mean, seriously. If you believe that there's a god, then you'll believe anything! LOL!!!

Answer 9

No, I don't get mad. Like you said, we are commanded to be ready to give an answer. It's just one way of spreading God's word.

Answer 10

Sometimes... It ticks me off that people question everything around them. It also ticks me off when people ask a question where they're wanting to get a certain answer so it'll make them feel better or for moral support. On the other hand, you aren't obligated to answer their question. God bless you.