why do the masses of non christians ask so many questions about christians?

Question

I just found this section today. While I was looking through it I noticed that there are tons of “questions” about Christians. Very very few of them are legitimate questions (like this one you may say). Many of the questions are just glorified complaining.

So my question(s). Because I don’t worry myself with non-believers to the point that they aggravate me and call them all kinds of foul things on a question board, why do they?

I try like everything to be non-judgmental, polite, and helpful. Heck, I attend classes that help me with those things. Why does that type of behavior elicit such a horrible response from unlike-minded people?

Christains don't come onto the boards hammering non Christians (some but not many). Certainly there is few "topics" about it. Yet there is a ton of topics about the short commings of Christians.

Furthermore the complaints about the church is very weak at best. The church in large is rather peaceful. Heck just the building increases property values in the area. Yea there is post after post of horrible churches. If you were a non believer, it would seem to me that you couldn't muster up enough care to post on some internet message board. There something amiss that I haven't figured out yet.

Answer 1

For the same reason people visit the freak-show at the county fair

Answer 2

I've actually found that there tends to be trolling (asking inflamatory questions) on both sides. Some of the questions asked really have a legitimate way of being asked, but instead are asked in what appears to be an intentionally inflamatory manner. For instance, one Christian asked why agnostics don't just commit suicide, because clearly without a belief in God, there's no reason to exist. Nice, huh?

I think there's an awful lot of defensiveness on both sides. Aethiests and agnostics feel under attack every day from right-wing religious groups. You can't even join the boy scouts if you're agnostic or aethiest, but someone who believes in animal sacrifice can. Many Christians seem to believe that any non-Christians are completely lacking in moral fiber -- that it takes a belief in God to be a good person.

So of course, some people who feel Christian beliefs are just another form of mythology are going to strike back. They're going to attack the beliefs -- some of which appear amazingly primitive to a non-believer. "You drink the blood of your God's son? That is so gross! Doesn't that make you some sort of cannibal?"

Intelligent, mature people will respect the beliefs of others, whether you share those beliefs or not. Clearly, religious beliefs are no measure of the goodness of a person. The Dalai Lama isn't Christian, but only the most ignorant would accuse him of lacking spirituality or morality. The history books are filled with evil acts performed by men of great religious fervor. You can't use religious beliefs to judge someone's goodness.

But the truth is, many people can't get past the differences and the sense of having been under attack by members of the other group. This makes folks more defensive and likely to lash out.

It happens in both directions.

Would you vote for a non-Christian presidential candidate? Yet, what does religious affiliation have to do with being a good leader?

Answer 3

To the person who thinks my life is empty I'll say youre full of something. To the asker of this question, I agree that there's too many people just being jerks, on both sides. Look for the girl asking if athiests don't believe in air for a good example of a Christian jerk. I ask questions that may come across as me being a jerk but I don't intend them that way. I just think of questions and figure this is a good place to get a wide variety of opinions. I'm not going to blame either side individually because both are at fault. I just try to keep the peace and not take the bait. When people ask science questions and use the Bible to back it up I refute it with science, when people ask about atheism in a more or less serious way I answer. I don't try to belittle peoples beliefs, I just try to give them other options. Peace and love.

Answer 4

That is a good question...

To some degree, I think anger towards Christianity is a testimony to the power of the cross. People seem "offended" by it because it is a powerful symbol, whether they understand it fully or not, and it evokes something in them which they don't want to be evoked, so rebellion occurs. It is sad knowing that so many don't even search for truth with an open or logical mind.

"Many of the questions are just glorified complaining." Indeed, and the "Best Answers" are always people just agreeing. One who makes a logical argument is quickly dismissed.

I come here for the legitimate questions, and mostly ignore the rest.

Answer 5

People do things for strange reasons. I'm sure some of the non-Christians are just looking for fuel to start flame wars against others not of their beliefs. Some may be just honestly curious about another's religious path. I suppose you would call me a "non-believer" because I do not call myself a Christian. I do believe in Christ, but not as Christians do. I see God as a high being, *one* of the creators, but I'm polytheistic. As a witch and Druid Elder, I have explored many different paths with regard to understanding them and discerning the similarities among them. I do not "bash" others for their beliefs, because I feel if a person has "religion" at all, then they are striving to do better for themselves and for the world at large - well ok, not all of them, but most.

If you let yourself be aggravated by and respond to the questions that irk you, then you're only marking yourself as a target for those seeking that "fuel." Small minds like to gang up on and attack big, open minds just to see if they have any effect. Don't let them.

Incidentally, yes, your question is legitimate.

Bright Blessings, love. Don't let the bastards get you down.

Answer 6

From personal experience I too find these 'questions/attacks to come from predominately aethiests and Muslims. Nevre once have I seen a Jew, Buddhist, Rastifarian, etc question or attack Christianity as much as the aethiests and Muslimes.

I think the reason is two-fold - aethiests fell like they solved a puzzle in believeing that religion is a bunch od hooey. I think these particular one's actually followed Christianity literally and then started asking logical questions that they couldn't reconcile. So they want to 'prove' to everyone else that they are wasting thier time with religion.

Muslimes I believe are just in a fervor about bashing other religions. The posters here seem to want to sell you on Islam but they all come off like cheesy used car salesmen. (No offense to cheesy used car salesmen).

I don't know why either would care about Chirstianity so much except that it gives them a sense of acute purpose.

Kinda feel sad for them...but not really...

Billy!

Answer 7

probably for the same reason people can't help but look at someone in an insane asylum and just be curious about their strange behavior. I see these christian people who believe so adamantly in the bible and god, and I'm completely just curious why or how they can do it? how can someone be so duped into believing a set of stories, that they believe it to be real? It would be like a group of people all believing that Shrek is a real Ogre and actually can be seen if you go into the forest. Or believing that there really is a tooth fairy. god is nothing more than a fictious story, and it's interesting to question people who believe in it. Almost like how you'd stare at a crazy guy knitting a fake sweater, but the crazy guy really thinks there is a sweater there, but there obviously isn't. Like Hurley's "friend" in Lost - not real. god is not real.

Answer 8

Many possible reasons for this:

a) Christianophobia

b) The psychological need to defame and discredit Christianity because it teaches them things that they just don't want to hear

c) Nothing better to do with their time ("Idle hands are the devil's tools" and all that)

d) They know deep down inside that maybe we're right, or at least maybe we're on to something -- but instead of admitting that, it's more fun and more "feel good" for them to complain about us. Denial, as they say, isn't just a river in Egypt.

Answer 9

Deep down, non-believers merely prefer to uproar the believers, because of the fact they could't look to entice close the reality that this is surely less complicated to stay good than incorrect. they'll do something to disturb the peace and that they be attentive to that the #a million peacemakers are believers, they care no longer who they harm or come upon interior the main grotesque way, they only prefer to fulfill their theory purpose...to disrupt us and finally lead us to their component, yet oh no, if your faith and thought is anchored in Christ, no longer something, and that i mean no longer something can catch or hoodwink you into their lair. specific there are some "Christians" who act unseemly, yet enable he who has no longer sinned forged the 1st stone. Non-believers could bear in mind that there are lots of those with a identify which ability no longer something in comparison to the surely artwork that they are doing, yet our accessible dictionaries holds the proper identify for those form of people..."hypocrites". even with the undeniable fact that, there are a number of, many, many Christians who're yet uncomplicated and authentic and should not be stirred into the comparable pot with the others, and yet, interior the top, we heavily isn't. "don't be lured or hoodwinked via each and every desirable replace that the devil has to grant. Be and proceed to be that statue contained available available for purchase for all eyes to behold as a replicate that reflects a dull ringer for Christ..." God bless you!

Answer 10

I am a non Christian and I have not asked anything I wasn't personally curious about. Every question I have asked the Christians I have tried to be respectful of and ask because I was genuinely wanting to know. You throw all the non Christians in one group and then complain that the non Christians are doing the same thing to Christians. I don't call Christians bad names and I respect their views on things just as I would hope they would respect my views on my religion. I don't expect them to agree with them but I do expect them to respect them as I do Christianity.

Answer 11

It's because there is something in there life that is not filled and can feel it. They have heard the stories of Christ and miracles all around him. They start asking questions to see if any of this could actually be real. They would rather ask the public, people they dont know personally, than to ask their Christian friend or pastor.