why does it have to be a religious bashing,,some come here to ask ?"s only to start confusion and arguments,,?

Question

between religous people or non believers,, there is so many area's in q/a if they are only here to belittle others why do the come to religion?

Answer 1

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.

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.

Just keep asking questions in an objective manner and you will sometimes get useful responses. I try to answer questions so structured with a reasoned theological and philosophical response.

Answer 2

To be honest with you it is fairly representative of Yahoo Answers in general. People will post dumb or insulting answers/questions in the hope of getting people riled up. Unfortunately Religion and Spirituality is something of an 'easy' target as people know that people will have strong beliefs and exploit those feelings to start an argument.
On the other side of the coin I am a spiritual person, but not a religious person. So, I might post a question (not deliberately) that religious people might take offense to. That doesn't mean I am wrong for posting that question here or they are wrong for having those feelings toward it. It is just a difference of opinion, which is bound to happen with so many different people visiting.

Answer 3

When one has a strong belief, whether in God or not, one tends to express that belief in a defensive way and sometimes goes over the line, disregarding other's feelings, sometimes on purpose and sometimes not. If I've ever hurt anyone's feeling, I want to apologize, because I do not feel I am above anyone. I just have a very strong and secure belief in the Lord of my life, experience His love all the time, see the miracles often, feel joy and hope in this dying world and just want SO badly to share this with others so that they too can have eternal love and security that is offered to all of us. Not that I'm better, as we are all equal, but because my eyes have been opened to truth by the power of the Holy Spirit who comes to anyone who earnestly asks. Faith should never be a debate, but a sharing of the love of our Savior Jesus Christ who created us all with a spiritual hunger for Him. I think everyone is entitled to share opinions, beliefs here, but bashing is hurtful.

Answer 4

There are many who are antitheists. Such antitheists wish to fulfill their ego by belittling others. We need not generalize there are many non believers here that wish to learn why such an emphasis is placed on religion. May God soften their hearts to the gospel.

Answer 5

I think there are a lot of serious questions that are posted here that are answered by people who really dont think about an answer - they are closed minded, intellectually lazy, or simply want two points.

Answer 6

Sometimes, people think they have some sort of revelation that they must share. Most of the time, it is just hot air. There are also a lot of extreme bigots as you can see.

Answer 7

May be Yahoo needs to have a better system of flagging the trouble makers.

Answer 8

because everyone has a spiritual hunger...God satisfies His childrens hunger daily while satan feeds them nothing...for the non believers its like watering ur hunger down....they get temporary satisfaction by hating God and/or going against Him ...so they do this in many forms...a very common one being yahoo answers and yahoo Christian chat

Answer 9

The world is a mean place.<><

Answer 10

I know what you mean, that's why I stick to answering what I know, and leaving the rest aside.


Peace.