Why is it that religious fanatics are so easily offended, are they just afraid that they might be wrong?

Answer 1

Yes and no. They feel so strongly about their views and beleifs, that they hold them as the truth and no one can say other wise. To make a mockery of what the hold true in their hearts is like pissing on thier leg.

Answer 2

Religious fanatics as you call them, are no different than non-religious fanatics whether you want to admit it or not. Your question is proof of that. Think about it, you went to yahoo answers and clicked on the R&S section just to ask a question to stir things a little. Maybe someone ticked you off about religion, I',m not sure. But your smart, and criticizing remarks will draw a response from those you oppose. It's life, so get used to it. And besides, I'll bet there are things you believe in strongly that others think your an idiot about too. And am I afraid that I might be wrong?,,,,,,,,,Not on your life.

Answer 3

The foundation and common denominator of all religion is ignorance and the fuel that runs the machine is fear. People are afraid of things they do not understand and that are beyond their control. Today’s dominant religions are relics of a pre-scientific, pre-industrial, and, essentially pre-literate world.

Organized religions not only allow the fear and ignorance to continue, they encourage it because without it they cease to be necessary and have no reason to exist. And, just for added measure, the high-priests always make sure that their God is just mean enough to keep the believers scared even if things in the real world cease to be fearful.

Look at the preposterous Noah-Flood story. Ignoring the fact that such an event is physically impossible, what kind of God (the perfect and all-knowing supreme being) would create humans (and plants and animals) just so he could kill almost every last one of everything. That is not just mean and sadistic – it is insane and evil. And, there is nothing like a temperamental and unstable supreme being to put a little fear in people and keep them off balance.
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bonsai bobby –

So only the reality-based atheists survive and those living in an imaginary world of denial perish? You could just as easily save yourself and pray to God to save the others – but since he is not real, that would not be of much help either.

Answer 4

Religious fanatics have abandoned (and condemn!) critical thought and any form of reason. It is how they came to that stance in the first place. They live in a very black-and-white view of the world... it is either "their way or the wrong way". There is a giant monster of doubt that they do not want to be awakened within them, for they know that their worldview will be destroyed once it does.

When people like me respond to their preachy tirades with nothing more than logical arguments and simple refutations, they read it as an attack on their person, when it really isn't, and they backlash with the same emotion that they felt when they read/heard my responses.

I pity those who have reached such a state of mental disorder.

Answer 5

Probably because we have manners and do not like the vulgarity of some of the Q & As. It has nothing to do with a lack of faith, there are just a lots of strange people on Yahoo. I would be ashamed of them even if I were an atheist. Christians don't talk like some of these folks and to us it is just plain rude.

Answer 6

Christians are commanded to be in defense of the Gospel.
There exists in the Bible mention of a"righteous anger".

Two notable biblical examples are: Jesus, and the Apostle Paul.
Often times also, it is very frustrating to be able to see things and want desperately to share with others..only to be met with disbelief and mocking.

Imagine this scenario: You awake to the smell of smoke in a burning building..you immediately jump into action and try to rouse sleeping tenants and alert them to an impending doom.. only to be brushed off......no one believes in the existance of fire.

You end up saving only a few skeptics. the rest die ... it is sad.

Answer 7

You might want to clarify what you want to know and give some background information on why you asked the question in the first place.

Answer 8

No, I believe that they are acting on inner beliefs, not realizing that they are offending those of us that don't share the same beliefs. It is a 'defense' mechanism to stand up for what you believe in, especially when you can't 'prove it'.

Answer 9

the leaders are to be blamed. good scholars are decreasing in numbers, and those who claim to be a scholar misguide & brainwash ignorant with hatred

Answer 10

Its not so much as being offended as it is being afraid that you're not reaching someone.