If Christians stopped answering their absurd questions, since all the answers are give by other atheists anyway. How long would the high-fiving go on before anyone noticed? Hours? Days?
2006-09-25 15:05:29 · 18 answers · asked by BABY 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sorry to be unclear. Questions posted by atheists are often meant to bait Christians or make fun of them. A few answer, but most answers are actually other atheists saying "yea, those idiots." Then the rest come through and thumbs up all the obnoxious answers and thumbs down all the sincere Christian replies. This is what I call "high-fiving." So, would anyone notice if Christians stopped answering those question?
2006-09-25 15:12:02 · update #1
Yoda, 13 year old laugh at adults, but that doesn't mean they know more.
2006-09-25 15:15:25 · update #2
1 Timothy 6:20Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,
2006-09-25 15:09:48 · answer #1 · answered by K 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'd notice if the ones who give thoughtful answers to well-meant questions didn't answer any more. I'm an atheist, and I hope I have never posted a question that was interpreted as volatile. There will always be a few who behave as you describe, and the best choice is to ignore. There are also Christians who post inflammatory anti-atheist/agnostic statements to see how much reaction they can get. There's always someone prowling around, looking to start a fight instead of a debate. Atheists and agnostics who do it are no better than Christians who do it -- who are no better than pagans who do it -- who are no better than Jews who... Well, you get the idea.
When I ask a question to people who have different beliefs than I do, it is because I want to know how they feel and what they think, not because I want to make fun of them.
*BUT* no matter what their faith, if their answer is ridiculous, full of misspellings, grammatical errors and attacks, I *will* make fun.
I can't help myself!
2006-09-25 15:28:59 · answer #2 · answered by Chickyn in a Handbasket 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The issue is that if the spiritual, non-fundamentalist christians dominated and were more vocal, people wouldn't react to christianity the way they do. If the fundamentalists would stop focusing on a deity that was a projection of the negative ego thought system and used to justify hatred against gays, marginalization of science and medical research, and a desire for a theocracy, then the negative responses would not be there. Take away the fundamentalism and you take away the reason for attack. I don't think people should attack christians but I do see how the dynamic thrives.
2006-09-25 15:19:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes I get a majority of Christian replies and sometimes a majority of atheist replies. It depends on how you word your question's title. Christians like debating as much as the next person though, so this wouldn't be likely to happen. If all Christians left Yahoo answers, I don't think that the atheists would continue to ask as many questions. There would be no point because there would be no one to convince.
2006-09-25 15:47:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
See, the thing is, most answers by christians to questions by atheists are asinine in the extreme.
We come here for the entertainment value. Heck some of us talk to each other by MSN and laugh at your answers!
2006-09-25 15:11:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the person who asks the question would notice, as the answers from christians are quite distinct.
2006-09-25 15:07:34 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in case you dance with the dancers, cry with the criers, comedian tale with the jokers, and argue with the arguers, i think of that is being respectful. faith has consistently been a first-rate source of bigotry. yet as Atheism is a faith, (and that they are going to argue approximately that) i haven't discovered them to be an exception. some are respectful, some are actually not. Christians are the comparable. And in case you want to talk tolerance, the satanists have been given us all beat!
2016-10-17 23:43:59 · answer #7 · answered by delcampo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting questions...although personally, I'm not so quick as to call all questions posed by atheists as "absurd".
2006-09-25 15:08:52 · answer #8 · answered by chipper35_1999 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Years. Decades. Maybe Centuries. Christians give them such good ammo.
2006-09-25 15:08:40 · answer #9 · answered by bardoi 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I personally would take it as an affirmation that what we say makes sense to you, and you finally realize that your beliefs are illogical. It will be a great day for me =)
2006-09-25 15:20:11 · answer #10 · answered by ♥Mira♥ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋