Why is so hard to get an actual personal opinion from some christians.....?

Question

when I ask a question, I want a personal opinion, not quoted scripture that means nothing to me.

Answer 1

Then do as I do. When you ask a question that you feel may generate a lot of scripture or copy/paste, request that the answerers refrain from using it. Works like a charm. I also seek their personal perspectives.

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Answer 2

Do you specifically ask for a personal opinion in your questions? If you are asking a religious question, since this IS the religion section, you know, religious people will quote from a recognized source of religious authority in order to explain what and why they believe. Christians will quote from the Bible or their favorite author, Muslims will quote the Qu'ran, etc. What did you really expect? Ask a lawyer about the law, and he will quote from a law book to prove that he is not just making stuff up based on his own personal bias or prejudice.

Why would you or anyone else want someone's personal "guess" about God's opinions anyway? I am nobody, so what I think about God or religion is just as irrelevant as your own rantings about the same. If you want to know what God thinks, then you need to consult someone who has claimed to have spoken with him. Otherwise, we are just assuming random things about God (and you should have learned by now from life itself that it is often pointless to ASSUME things about a person that you have never met.).

Several reasons to give a quote:

1) I am trying to follow the teachings of Jesus, not start my own religion;

2) 1) I want to prove that my response is not just my own idiosyncratic belief based on my personal prejudices, but is a typical belief of Christians in general, so that you won't think that I am giving off-the-wall advice (2 billion Christians are probably right);

3) Another author probably said something more equivalently than I could word it, so why reinvent the wheel?

Answer 3

Quoting the scritures at you tells you nothing at all. What a lot of Christians do not realise (in all innocence) is that a lot of the New Testament was "doctored" by later scribes to make it fulfil the prophecies laid down in the Old Testament. The term "Gospel truth " is by definition, an oxymoron.

Answer 4

because most christians think in a very black and white manner and thus to think correctly they must quote the scriptures to make sure they are correct in what they say reguardless if what they say is correct or not. they believe in good or evil, black white, salt pepper, no in between. now of course that is not always the case there are some who do not think this way and so the reason they quote the bible is to make sure the info they give you is correct according to there religion. the best person to ask reguarding religion is your self, your heart and what you believe is proper.

Answer 5

Looking back over your questions, I don't see any questions specifically asked to Christians...even more, there are very few questions asked in the R & S section period. I think you must have schizophrenia. Little people talking to you in your head honey?

Answer 6

Being a Christian is all about God's Will, not ours. A true Christian will give you scripture because we are to do His Will, not our own.

If all you who think your opinion is so great, remember this.

Take up your cross, and follow Jesus. It's His story, not ours, that is important.

Answer 7

Ask away. I am a believe and full of practical advice about God that has no scripture laid into it.

Answer 8

You tend to get scriptural quotes from people who want to prove how well they can memorize as opposed to how well they can think.

Answer 9

Ask me. I'm strong christian who rarely uses biblical references in conversation. Like the Bible says: there's a time for everything.

Answer 10

So, Whats the question?