A Day without Christians in Y/A? who's with me?

Question

we will not answer any questions from atheists, non-believer and evolutionist to see how they react!1

I think they need us, they can't live without us jajaja

Answer 1

:)

Well, yeah...but see, the problem is - if Christians weren't around, Y/A? would likely blow up or be destroyed!!!

Don't you see?!?

As soon as Lot and his family were out of Sodom and Gomorrah, the Lord destroyed those cities!

And as soon as the raputure occurs and Christians are taken out of the world, then it will be the end of the world...and only destruction will come to those who remain!

...it is always like this...

We are the salt of the earth...salt, as in a perservative. Without the salt, nothing remains but the wrath and judegment of God in glorious display of His power, might, and justice!

So, I don't know about your suggestion...

Without us, the whole thing would likely come crashing to the ground...never to be seen or heard of again...the very memory of it would fade to oblivion...!

;)

Answer 2

I would respectfully suggest an alternative.

I have taken a position that if a question is explicitly targeting "atheists", "non-believers" or something similar, that I will not answer (but may read for my own edification) the question since I obviously do not fit these labels.

Likewise, if a question is labeled "believers", "theists", “Muslims”, “Jehovah’s Witnesses”, etc., it would be polite if persons not fitting the question’s label would not respond. Persons that do so seem to me to be very desperate for attention or the paltry two points. I also ignore questions that obviously violate the new community guidelines posted at http://answers.yahoo.com/info/community_guidelines.php, and especially those that are vulgar, hate-mongering, vapid preaching, or are just chatty.

So it seems to me, outside of responding to questions that fit one’s identity, only if a question is non-specific as to some target population should responses be expected from “any and all” persons.

We all learned this behavior in kindergarten but seem to have forgotten how to play nice with one another. We were taught to not speak unless spoken to, answer the question asked, and be polite. Yet, even when a question is marked unequivocally for, say, “Pro-Choice Women”, you will find males posting answers. Apparently some have never learned, as George Elliot noted, "Blessed is the person who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact."

Yet why is it that when some are older they feel they can reject all semblances of politeness hiding behind shallow and strained arguments for free speech, “I’m just having fun”, etc? In truth, these are not really the salient issues, but only excuses for bad behavior.

What enables these forums? The answer should be clear--it is the question posed. The questioner is the driving force in these forums and should be able to designate a specific population for the responses they are seeking. For if there are no questions, there is no reason for a Q&A type of forum. Thus, the focus for any of my responses is on what the asker may think of my answer. If the asker doesn’t like my answer I usually hear about it and learn from them. Nevertheless, I try to write cogent responses in hopes they are useful to others who may take the time to read them.

I create my answers from an academic theologian’s perspective, as this is my “day job”. Yes, my answers are often wordy; to honor the questioner with enough details to help them learn more. I believe that what a person sets into writing is a greater act of consciousness than what a person speaks from their mouths. So, when a person writes some of the vitriol that we see in this Forum, especially from self-professed believers, this person is demonstrating the real nature of the state of their faith to others. In short, some may know the Word of the Lord, but they demonstrate by their actions that they do not know the Lord of the Word.

If we respect the questioner’s desires for specificity (if any), adhere to the community guidelines, and remember what we learned when we were six years old, spending time in this forum will be worth our precious time.

Answer 3

What you truly want is a day without atheist, but if you can drum up the Christians to follow you, we will miss nothing.

Answer 4

O sweet! That would probably be the greatest day on Y!A ever!

Answer 5

Just leave the cool Christians here. We may get something accomplished! =0P

Answer 6

A day without stupidity? Ya with me?

Answer 7

yes!

Let's add to the ignorance and isolation of christians!

If you just ignore the rest of the world maybe your religion won't seem so silly and unintelligent!

Answer 8

who would the atheists argue with then? Muslims? That's no fun...

Answer 9

Ok, good luck lol

Answer 10

cool