Turn about is fair play, since they make fun of religion all the time. Perhaps most of them can't take what they dish out. Pretty pathetic.
2006-12-20 00:33:46 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You're just being a bit naughty today aren't you?
2006-12-20 00:36:20 · answer #1 · answered by i have no idea 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's all about the individual. It doesn't matter what you believe in or even all the facts you have. Many people have problems with anything that is different from how they were raised or conditioned to. I've been in multiple countries and have visited multiple religious and scientific arenas. Truth is that when you are surrounded by a majority of people saying the same thing, there is a bit of human nature to want to belong regardless. Same reason many kids with poor self esteem gets into a gang etc. Adults do the same thing. Think about a typical pyramid scheme or even the Amway business.... or others... go to a workshop.... they spread folks around nodding their head yes or even make you answer yes to things everyone would.... yes we all want money and yes we all want more time..... you get the idea.
The question one must answer is if they truly believe what they say or is it because they were conditioned by society. The more we learn the more we realize we don't know anything. Lots of science of the past has been found to be wrong and lots of religious material that seemed fiction has become more fact. I think that is what makes life fun. We don't know everything. Our challenge is to be strong to our morals but be open minded to others as well. Find your own place in the circle of life and do your best.... Have fun! Next time go into an elevator and face the people instead of the numbers and see how conditioned everyone is... That's culture...conditioning....
How much of all of us is simply that....... so think for yourself!
best of luck!
Merry CHRISTmas! *smiles*
Sensei
2006-12-20 00:47:42 · answer #2 · answered by eastern NC Sensei 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most of the time, people's arguments against evolution aren't good arguments, just ignorant ones. That is what is so upsetting. When I see and argument, that is fundamentally flawed because it is ignorant, it makes me sad that the public school systems failed so badly. I think that is where evolutionists (atheists is a whole different thing) have problem with creationists.
Do you know how many times I've heard the argument "evolution is false because there are still monkeys around and why didn't they evolve?" When it is ignorant because we didn't evolve from monkeys, we share a common ancestor. So they did evolve from the same ancestor, just in a different environment.
So good, intelligent debate doesn't get people bent out of shape.
2006-12-20 03:06:36 · answer #3 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It seems you have more in common with atheists than you might think?
Why do religious people get all bent out of shape when others make fun of, or point out the inconsistencies with, biblical passages or doctrine? God created Adam and Eve but he didn't know that they would eat the forbidden fruit? Some all-powerful, all-knowing deity that sounds like.
And actually, there is a way to reconcile the story of genesis with evolution, but that would mean the extreme religiously-minded making concessions. I honestly see the 'divine' hand in evolution, the same way I see the 'divine' hand in mathematics, but that doesn't mean I accept every doctrine of the church as fact.
2006-12-20 00:42:05 · answer #4 · answered by Khnopff71 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not atheist and asking ridiculous questions about evolution, something that no educated person would refute, or denying science in a religion and spirituality forum only makes you look like a friggin' idiot. It's not funny. Now, if you were to say something funny about christians, athetists or evolution then I might just respond with a 'nice comment'.
A typical requirement of 'poking fun' would be humour. Get some or stfu.
2006-12-20 00:39:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't get bent all out of shape. In fact, science welcomes challenge to any of its theories. It is essential. This is called the scientific process. The good thing is that scientific theories are not fixed, they change with greater knowledge and I'm sure that same will happen with evolution but as it stands, Darwinism is a good explanation of the process of natural selection due to environmental pressure.
2006-12-20 00:47:22 · answer #6 · answered by heidavey 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Firstly, not all athiest believe in evolution just as not all people who believe in a religion also believe in creationalism.
Secondly, evolution was in doubt about four years ago and the creationalist movement really began to advance. In recent years the evidence for evolution that was missing has been found, casting undenyable proof that evolution occured and that creationalism didn't.
So, when a creationalist pokes fun at evolution, people who believe in evolution get frustrated at the lack of understanding they see. Frustration and aggrovation leads to a reaction that you might interpret as them being 'bent out of shape'.
PS, evolutionalist shouldn't be poking fun at religion and if they do it isn't the evolutionalist movement to blame, it is the small-minded individuals.
2006-12-20 00:38:46 · answer #7 · answered by Mawkish 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Apparantly, you get all bent out of shape when someone pokes fun at your religion. Turn about is fair play.
not an atheist
2006-12-20 00:35:39 · answer #8 · answered by iamnoone 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is because the level of questions makes it really hard to tell rather people are trying to have fun, or just plain dumb.
I personally find that you are right way more often if you just assume dumb. If your last question was really just an attempt at humor, that is fine. But I really have had stupider questions that were serious.
2006-12-20 00:53:14 · answer #9 · answered by Alex 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not an Atheist. And I poke fun back at anyone who askes silly questions.
2006-12-20 00:37:08 · answer #10 · answered by Stephen 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Are you really poking fun at it or is it what you really think? Every single Christian I have ever confronted, Face to face did not even know the true definition of Evolution...Nor did they have any concept of what it really ment...that is something to make fun of.
2006-12-20 00:48:55 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋