2006-09-16 10:09:21 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thank you, Jim Darwin. I see you have the spirit of murder in you.
Good, you're the ape, your evolutionists believe you to be.
2006-09-16 10:20:01 · update #1
Rev Trask, you're brilliant today! Yes, they actually do, but I would never have thought of it that way.
2006-09-18 07:12:22 · answer #1 · answered by Brigid O' Somebody 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah, usually they just help me measure how fast my right foot can ask.
Actually, I think if someone has said something which one finds offensive, that sense of it being offensive derives either from your own innate values OR a fear of being ostractized from a group unless you demonstrate disgust at the question. Often what we really find offensive is behaviour which in some way threatens our own security. For instance, most people who demonstrate disgust at an apparently racist statement or question are often afraid of the same prejudice being turned upon them. They sense the divisivness which the racism or sexism etc demonstrates and are afraid of being on the wrong end of created divisions.
Certainly, offensive questioners may help some people clarify their values, but it rather depends on a capacity for insight into the self which not all of us have or want to practice. Especially when the root of our offendedness comes from fear of peer pressure or something less altruistic than we'd like.
2006-09-16 17:15:57 · answer #2 · answered by Feather_Pillow 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. The offensive people in this forum tend to be so extreme as to be a bit ridiculous. I can't imagine giving them the time of day, let alone any serious thought.
2006-09-16 17:13:24 · answer #3 · answered by functionary01 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They're not offensive if they speak the truth. Faith destroys logical sensibility. I'm all for believing in God just not man-made religions. Make believe is for the herd not the individual.
2006-09-16 17:11:42 · answer #4 · answered by Xo 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes definately. But its not just the questions, most of the time its the ridiculous and uniformed answers that enforce what I am thinking. It shows, most of the time, the the answerers know nothing about what they are answering.
2006-09-16 17:17:21 · answer #5 · answered by wilchy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Offensive questions, no. I stand firm in my beliefs whether they agree with others beliefs or not.
But all questions help me learn about things I wouldn't have thought about before. So it interests me to know what others are thinking and feeling.
2006-09-16 17:18:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In short, yes they do. They reinforce the fact that I can never be a racist bigot or a political conservative. They reinforce the importance of loving all people regardless of origin, race, colour, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs and gender.
2006-09-16 17:12:11 · answer #7 · answered by Perplexed Music Lover 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No
I'm with God and I'm sticking with him
Don't pound the shlt out of people because they ain't bapist pray for them
(I'm Pentacost sorry if I offended you)
2006-09-22 13:38:04 · answer #8 · answered by Alberto Inestine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At times, yes. Even when they anger me, it makes me think deeper and helps me focus my thoughts about what I do believe in.
2006-09-16 17:14:50 · answer #9 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have been crystalizing people for years.
2006-09-19 11:28:19 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋