WHY do people have to leave mean and insulting answers on here?

Question

Does it make you feel better to insult another person.....if you can't say something nice,don't say anything at all.....do you hear that "ROOR ?

Answer 1

They just pricks I reckon.

Answer 2

Religion is a very serious topic to people, whether they are Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Pagan, etc. All take their beliefs seriously, and there is true emotion behind those religions. When confronted with an opposing or opposite view, some people react lovingly, some do not. Religion is a very sensitive subject. Etiquette is a good thing to have when approaching the topic, but sometimes people fail in this area, forsaking politeness and allowing their zeal to take over. It's a delicate subject, and we all have to be extra careful to be delicate with others. It's easy to make mistakes, I know, but all should keep trying to be nicer (including me).

Answer 3

because of fact they're small minded people who can't reply to a serious question. some persons are in simple terms like that. i think of it makes them sense extra advantageous or extra suitable. some are in simple terms of course propose and insulting. Their lives are like that. they don't comprehend that the comments they make in simple terms lead them to look silly. I had a flare up previously at present with some nut's answer, yet that doesn't take place very frequently. terrific to easily take a deep breath and enable it bypass. Why get ulcers over somebody else's situation.

Answer 4

First time I joined this community I was actually shocked. Never thought people in a Religion and Spirituality section would behave that way. Atheists are not the only ones. Christians are no different. Shouldn't we be models of our religious affiliation?
Have a great day!

Answer 5

Ask a stupid question and you're just begging to be insulted. Ask a question that's only a masked insult and people will return the favour. Really, you can control the type of answers you for the most part get by modifying the way you ask your questions and not being rude to others.

Answer 6

Well, a good principal to live by and especially appropriate in Kindergarten but...on an international, open debate forum - good luck with that.

Just avoid the ppl that are full of insults. You're not going to mommy them into sharing their toys.

Answer 7

You're going to run into that no matter where you go. There's no point in letting it upset you because things aren't apt to change any time soon.

Just be confident in yourself and let the insults roll off your shoulders. You know you're doing the right thing by treating people with respect, and that's all that counts.

Answer 8

Yes you are right there are alot of mean insulting people on here
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But it's yahoo answers and questions and maybe this is how they get out the ignorance.
Don't let it bother you honey....just ignore such Jack a**'s

Answer 9

Because we cannot inflict physical injury online. This is a safe and fun alternative to getting in trouble on the street.

Answer 10

Does it make me feel better? Yes, why yes it does.

If you don't have a thick enough skin to tolerate computer people you don't even know and who don't know you, how in the world do you sensitive people deal with life?

Answer 11

You ask a valid question.

Not all non-believers who post to this Forum are hate-mongers. Likewise, some self-professed Christians seem to have wandered away from the “love thy neighbor” reservation judging by some of their written words. I will confine my remarks below only to those in both camps that act badly.

For both of these types of persons, it is interesting and sad to see how some persons will behave when hiding behind the anonymity of the computer. As an "old guy" I have occasionally acted irresponsibly in my youth, so I can relate, but only up to a point. I suspect that these persons would be truly ashamed if they knew their parents, husband, wife, children, etc., learned of some of the things they write herein. If their loved ones have departed this earth they may even be looking down on these persons from above and weeping at their actions. Clearly they do their loved ones a disservice and dishonor them with such behavior.

In answer to your question, I would argue that Christians and non-believers are just like other folks; some are overly sensitive, insensitive, kind of spirit or not easily ruffled. In short, we are all imperfect people in an imperfect world just trying to get through the day. I believe charity of spirit is the most important quality one should strive to obtain. Such a benevolent goodwill toward or love of humanity will enable a person to peacefully co-exist with everyone and make this imperfect world just a little bit more tolerable. We all have our inherent biases and flaws, but there is no reason we cannot strive to be better, no matter what our personal circumstances may be.

Intellectually, Christians and non-believers, like all of us, fall into the standard bell curve of intelligence, with the usual statistical distributions. I am a member of MENSA and a Christian, so I am at least one data point indicating that any assertion of inferior intelligence on the part of Christians might be flawed. Statistically speaking, there should be a few more of MENSA level persons that exist at the upper 2% of intelligence distributions of the population. Nevertheless, if anyone has some empirical data that supports an assertion about intelligence and belief or non-belief I would be interested in reviewing it for use in a conference paper I am authoring.

The scriptures speak of persons who are vitriolic and flippant:

2Ti 3:1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.
2Ti 3:2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
2Ti 3:3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good,
2Ti 3:4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
2Ti 3:5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

Rom 1:26 For these reasons "...God gave them up to dishonorable passions."
(ESV translation)

The best solution I can recommend for you is to ignore the vapid questions or comments of believers and non-believers. It is very easy to scan past them and focus your eyes on the substantive and cogent items. If you spend enough time in this Forum the persons prone to ill manners become known quickly, enabling the ignoring of their wasted efforts even easier.

Likewise, the questions are sometimes poorly formed or are laden with underlying bias that tells the reader that no cogent and rigorous answer will satisfy the asker.

In fairness, I am frequently embarrassed by other Christians' answers. I feel a sense of dismay over the obvious lack of deeper learning that is evident by many of the responses. Most seem to want to just fire off whatever pops into their heads, streams of consciousness, etc., with no evidence of reasoned arguments, proper hermeneutics, and cogent synthesis of the issues. Some of the questions are often shallow or just asked for point-accumulation.

Unfortunately, many very good Christians have not spent enough time trying to learn and understand the theologies of the faith. Many also lack formal training in biblical hermeneutics, so they may misunderstand the full meanings of the texts they frequently quote.

Please do not misunderstand me as I am not advocating that everyone get degrees in theology, only that they spend some time studying materials outside the scriptures so that their faith will be solidly grounded.

Some groups non-believer's may be interested in:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Non-Believers/
http://groups.google.com/group/talk.origins/topics?hl=en

Non-believers should read this account:
http://www.ex-atheist.com/from-skepticism-to-worship.html

Just keep asking questions in an objective manner and you will sometimes get useful responses. As a formally trained theologian with a Ph.D. in engineering, I try to answer questions so structured with a reasoned theological and philosophical response.