Why do people keep asking the wrong questions on yahoo answers?

Question

Every day Theists ask Atheists, "How did the Universe start from nothing?" There are people who go to school for years to learn how to learn about that, and all we've ever come up with is theories, and never anything definitive, so how can anyone give a credible answer in a yahoo answers box.

And everyday I see someone ask religious people who created God. Why? Do you honestly think someone is going to say - heh your right I guess I don't believe in God cause I can't answer that one.

Most of the people who are regular askers and answers are very smart.

Some, when you start asking the question, and it shows up as having been asked 600 times, don't ask it anymore, ok,

no one is ever going to give you a good answer about how they believe the world was created on accident, and no one is ever going to give you a good enough answers on who created god if you don't believe in god.

Why do people ask the wrong questions trying to score points of people who belief differently?

Answer 1

You answered your own question - "trying to score points", not just Y!A points, but trying to gather more for their cause. Some want everyone to believe the same things they do so they can justify their own beliefs. Others truly believe what they preach and feel all others are damned or stupid if they don't.

Keep in mind that those that truly feel the same way you and I do, will not give in to these taunts. This is an age-old issue that has been asked far more often than a mere 600 times. It is a question that will continue to be asked until we all die or a true definitive answer is found. I believe we will all die first.

I do not know whether there is a god or not. I do not know how we got here or why we are here. It really does not matter. What are we going to do now that we are here? Fight over unanswerable questions? Not for me, dude.

Answer 2

I noticed that pretty early, that the same questions get asked again and again. That's why I stopped asking (well, other than that question a few mins ago) I do have questions, I'm just still working on the wording =)

But hey, you never know, you might get an answer that changes your mind. Would it count if I stopped calling myself an atheist and switched to agnostic? I have no proof that god doesn't exist. Or am I still an atheist because I think it's highly unlikely that god does exist?

Sorry, another tangent. Maybe they're asking again because they like to argue. Some people join a debate club just for a good fight. Some people get married just for a good fight, LOL.

Answer 3

no, no, no...
They don't ask in order to get a good answer or points!

I don't believe that way at all....

maybe I can say it better in this analogy:

one of my buddies was talking to me about a convesation she was having with someone who liked her but she didn't like him back...

She ask me "why is he always saying things like 'cooking is a womans job,' 'washing clothes is a womans job,' 'cleaning the house is a womans job,' etc...?" she said "I laugh at him because he believes that."
I said "no he doesn't."
"What," she asked.
"He's saying those things for a very specific purpose."
Again, she ask "What?"
"He is looking for something that fits his predjuice instead of alternative explainations of the truth."
"Really, how do you mean?"
I said "after he gives up on you, why don't you wait and see who he finds?"
She did.
This time I was right..
Kept on until he found a woman that thought the same as him. Also, she thought that she should bring him a beer while he watched tv as she cleaned the house, among other things.


There are those that make a fine enough living leaving things just like they are, without "change" causing them to have to earn an honest one.

They're asking their questions and when some else answers it "right" then do you have a word for what they have found?

So, is the question "wrong," if they find the answer that they want?
May be selfish, but is the question wrong?

Answer 4

The question of religion needs to be asked over and over again until everyone "gets it" that it's false and the people advocating it are guilty of fraud. And I do think that, yes, people can be turned off to god with a few simple facts.

As I have repeatedly stripped these religious people down the bare facts of their "faith" and it always boils down to one stupid thing: they've had some weird dream/heard voices/noticed a string of coincidences/have had a mysterious healing event. All explained away simply by the fact that many people from every religion have and continue to have hallucinations and combined with imagination, wishful thinking, and a non-critical mind, lead one down the dark path to ignorance and religiosity.

If I save one person it's worth it.

Years ago I got one very religious girl to finally admit that the entire Bible and all it's characters and stories were simply metaphors for how to live life.

Answer 5

All I can hope is that people start learning the difference between Faith (Religion) and Evidence (Science).


If everyone truly understood the difference, the would know that these two things need not conflict, except in pretty remarkable cases.


And if everyone could distinguish between what they take on Faith and what can be proven with Evidence, then we wouldn't have as much conflict here.

For instance, the theist would never talk about proof/evidence of god, but rather would just speak of faith.
And the atheists wouldn't speak of proving the nonexistance of god, but would speak of their faith.

and then agnostic scientists, such as myself, wouldn't feel obliged to smack either of these groups down when they twist, distort, or outright life about evidence as a way of bolstering arguments based on faith (evidence and faith are apples an oranges anyway, so it's pointless to try this)

Answer 6

When talking to religious people I am sometimes guilty of getting the idea in the back of my mind -- "I can make them not believe anymore." It is a foolish notion, and I know it's incorrect, but I still have a hard time making it go away. There is something about the nature of arguing that makes the person believe they can change other peoples' minds. Or maybe it's just me. I don't know that it's escapable. But we need to take a step back once in a while and smile about it.

Answer 7

I know its like a broken record. I left for while cuz I kept seeing the same questions over and over. Then the same sarcastic, smart aleky, bashing responses from both sides. Then there are some that ask stupid questions to get a rise out of a certain group, when people are really here to have an adult, civil debate.

Answer 8

They are giving you opinion and interpetation, do not look other poeples answers, read it for your self, get out of it what God wants you to here then you will be OK. Find simiular beliefs and the ask guestions to help you. Why is a concept. The Bible will help along the way but the almighty also gave you other things to do and think about so those are more importent you also intertpet and have opinions and you will be OK.

Answer 9

When I get confused, I try to go bowling, and the beer helps me to become really confused about simpler things. That way some of these really vexing questions don't bother me as much. One time, on the way home, I saw a burning bush, and it began to speak to me. I tried to p e e it out, because I didn't like what it was saying... (and because I really had to go) - but boy, did that homeless guy who was on fire not appreciate my help. Some people.

Now, what was the question?

Answer 10

Hey, you're right.

But then, I do not believe that people are so non judgemental, be they religious or not, that they would say, "Yes, I hear what you are saying" , but I still believe in God.
What really happens is that they retaliate by spewing biblical quotations, judging and casting negative behavior to their fellow man. Finally they end their verbal diarrhea with a condescending flavor of 'I am better than thou' attitude.

That's what I see.