Is it possible to get a straight answer?

Question

I asked this question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AnC2HU9z4F.5l15C7vNKD8Hzy6IX?qid=20061107001005AAR7dNp for the benefit of my own personal knowledge. So far, I have:

One real answer (thank you cathy)
One not-real answer, but it amused me at least
Two answers preaching at me based on my question

It's pretty straightforward, I think, just a request for information...

So if someone asks a question that goes against your beliefs, do you answer the question or do you tell them they are wrong? Which do you actually think is more constructive?

I'm not really mad, just frustrated at every question I ask being read into and my beliefs being interpreted incorrectly.

ETA: Sorry guys! At the time I asked this one, there were four answers and the question was 22 minutes old. Thanks to you guys too!

ETA also: I couldn't find one for the specific disease I was looking for (lupus), so I figured there might be a blanket saint. Apparently not...I wonder if a saint for AIDS might do, as it's also an auto-immune disorder...

Answer 1

on Yahoo A! some people just want to "hear" themselves talk and they have nothing meaningful to contribute. You have to filter our all the useless stuff and sometimes you find one or two good answers.

Answer 2

If someone requests information (such as your question) I would pass on the information if I had it, otherwise I'd pass the question by.

Questions that are about more opinion-oriented subjects, or that have opinions embedded in them, are fair game (as long as the answer is honestly given).

I think you are right to be frustrated at those who answered your request for information with a personal criticism about the basis of the question. They added nothing to the conversation..

btw: according to the Catholic Forum, there is no patron saint for Lupus, but they suggest that since Lupus is a rheumatoid disease, one of those patron saints might be acceptable.

Here's a list:
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/pst00607.htm

As far as a "blanket" saint. St Roque (or Roch) is the patron saint of the diseased and plague-suffering.

Answer 3

I'm not Catholic so I can't really give you a name but if I really wanted to know the answer to this question I would go to a Catholic talk to a Catholic friend, find out where they go to church, call to make an appointment with the Priest, tell them I was a friend of "Bill" who goes there and could I please ask a stupid question that I really want the answer to (phase it however you wish).
Or I would type this into the browser "Patron saint of chronic disease". I would then get a list of links, I would click on one, and discover that there are myriads of patron saints for chronic disease--each disease has it's own patron saint. For instance, for kidney disease the patron saint is Benedict plus 4 others, for AIDS it's Aloysius Gouzaga plus 2 others, for desperate situations it's Jude plus 3 others. So, not only is there a patron saint but you have an assortment to choose from.
So, select your disease then select your saint. Good luck!

Answer 4

I saw the question earlier but thought that it was not a genuine question. I thought that it was someone who was being a smartass or just silly. I would find it amusing if someone really believed in such a thing That is about as straight of an answer as I can give.

Answer 5

Have you heard of Saint Anthony the Abbot? He is a Patron Saint of a bunch of things including skin rashes. I'm not Christian, so I don't know too much about these things, but I hope this helps you.

Answer 6

Sorry, I don't know of any patron saint of chronic diseases, but I like your style. I think St. Elmo is the patron saint of sailors, so if the chronically ill person is a sailor, it could wind up on St. Elmo's desk, conceivably.

Answer 7

It's the same for every question. People are ignorant. You're always going to get answers that condemn you or contradict you.

I would really consider the religious angle incidental. People just don't know who the patron saint of chronic diseases is. They don't know how to buy a giant grasshopper either, so they just shoot off whatever comes to mind (which may happen to be crazy).

I really wouldn't worry about it.

(Please don't over-analyze my double use of the word really. It's just how I talk.)

Answer 8

Sadly most of the people on the interet at bored little people that have nothing else to do but be mean to other and pick on what they are asking or what they want to know.

Try to ignore them the best you can. I know it is hard. There are the ones that are out there that will truly have a decent conversation when you and give you an adult answer, or at least one that will amuse you.

Oh and THANK YOU!

Answer 9

Hay we live in A world where everyone DIES and when someone asks A serious question, as A Seventh Day Adventist Christian I am "very" aware that Jesus Christ the second member of The Godhead is THE ONLY WAY out of this grave we are all walking in RIGHT NOW, so I always want to provide you with a streight anwser, also with a Way to get free bible lessons www.itiswritten.com also bible questions www.bibleinfo.com EMAIL me also [e-mail] God bless

Answer 10

Alas, there are many self righteous and self bigoted people on the net. They will immediately reject any notions that are foreign to them, hiding their insecurities that they are not as firmly entrenched in their beliefs.
Personally, I prefer to present my views and see how people react to them, however, I won't pass up the chance to inject humor (i think)

Answer 11

Huh?

What about my Answer?

Took me a lot of "Searches" to get you the information. And I didn't mention all the things that I found which weren't even close!

Waaaaaaah!