Why do Christians Shut Down when they are asked to think of other Possibilities?

Question

If you tell them you are trying to help them see a better way they just freak out, yet they go door to door doing the same thing.

Is this Ironic to you that they want you to listen to them but the don't have any time to listen to you? And I mean really listen with an open mind.

NO, NO. I have listened to Christians my whole life and I came here to Y/A and listened some more. And the more Christians contradicted each other and kept saying "Because the Bible says so" to tough questions, the more I couldn't in my rational and educated mind accept your answers. I mean they REALLY don't make any sense.

Answer 1

got a point there

Answer 2

First of all not all Christians go door to door, actually a VERY SMALL minority do this.

Next, why do you expect them to listen with an open mind when you are not doing the same? When was the last time you "really listened with an open mind" or even read a pro-Christian book?

While I do not go door to door, bothering people on their days off of work, I love to discuss Religion, and have many Atheist friends. I am not threatened by them and they are not threatened by me.

Peace!

Answer 3

Well, so far you haven't said much on the constructive side of anything.

You just keep beating a dead horse and if it doesn't stop soon I'll report to the SPCA.

Why not show a better way, or don't you have one.

And I'll give you a hint, better ways don't ELIMINATE things, the EXPAND upon them.

You tell us, like Marx did, you have to give up religion, then WE'LL ALL COME TO YOUR HOUSE and bring along a few ATHEISTS as well, and DECIDE WHAT YOU NEED TO GIVE UP TO BE BETTER

Everyone has something they have to give up, because others preceive it as not beneficial to the world.

So, you don't tell us what we have to give up, you tell us something that expends and builds upon what we are and if it makes sense people will do it.

My religious views are vastly different. If I were put in charge I wouldn't be all that concerned with abortions and stuff like that.

I'd eliminate the car. The auto. I preceive THAT to be the biggest downfall of the planet.

I'd have every car impouned. Tell OPEC they can eat their damn oil we aren't buying it anymore and in 10 years the air would be clean again.

And you'd be healtheir because you'd have to walk to the store and walk to work or take a bicycle.

Automatic aerobic excercise.

But people would oppose me, so it can't be done.

Answer 4

How do you see "nothing" as a better way. What are you trying to save us from? Nothing? In my opinion, believing in something is better than nothing. In this big, huge universe, there has to be something bigger and greater than me and you. What do you want us to listen to? A lecture about science? Science is interesting, but my God gave men the intellligence to study, understand and implement science to help this world. The thing of it is that when people post, I DO listen to them with an open mind. I just do not agree at all. What is good for the goose is good for the gander.............. atheists are the worst when it comes to having an open mind about christianity or religion. They completely shut down when it is the topic of discussion except for to belittle it or claim that it is supid and the person professing it is ignorant. So why can't we feel the same way?

Answer 5

Honestly, I thought it over and tried to imagine life without what I believe (and have verified). For me, it would be like someone suggesting, "What if you were to fill the bathtub with water and drop a live electrical wire into it and then climb in"... if that same person asked me to consider OTHER possibilities besides being electrocuted. Maybe you WON'T get electrocuted? Sorry... there are no options outside of the Truth once a person has genuinely done the due diligence to find the Truth.

Just curious-- when you go looking for an item (say a specific pair of sox), and you succeed in finding them--- do you ever just go ahead and continue looking for them? Or realizing that you've obtained your goal- is it not utterly logical to stop looking?

Answer 6

Your circle is too small. Many Christians will listen, yes really objectively listen to you, especially if you are being sincere. (Even if sincerely wrong) True Christians have a mandate to be prepared to give an answer for your querries. How can that be if they don't listen?

What many Christians do is turn off (idiots). They don't want to enter into endless debates about things that have no relevance to Salvation. The possibilities of extra-terrestrials, can God make a box that He can't get out of and the like are ridiculous.

So if you have something to say, we're listening. True seekers find Christ.

Answer 7

Well, this is what I think. I think they're just afraid. It's fear of the unknown that keeps them going back, sitting in the same pew, in the same spot, Wednesday, Sunday, Revivals, etc., and really not even knowing why they're sitting there. Heaven forbid they would break an age-old tradition of attending the same church building their forefathers help to build. I think they're comfortable with being comfortable. It's too scary to think about anything else. It's really sad. It's like being blind and standing on top of what you think is Mt. Everest and knowing if you jump, you'll be able to see again but you'll die from the fall. When in actuality, you're only 2 inches off the ground. If they actually knew where they were, they would realize they don't have to be blind anymore. I'm so glad I jumped!

Answer 8

Not all Christians do this. I have known many atheists who do the same thing. In fact, the majority of self-proclaimed atheists who get on R&S do this.

If you view the questions I have answered on here, you'll see that I don't "shut down" at these "other possibilities" you mentioned. But after 15 years of weighing many different possibilities, I am thoroughly convinced that the Bible is true and accurate. This is called conviction and it's a shame that so many people are offended by it.

Answer 9

I know 2+2=4. If you were to come along and tell me 2+2=27 do you think I'd listen? Wouldn't I be right in telling other people that 2+2=4?

Answer 10

I have thought of other possibilities. I spent 25 years as an atheist and seriously considered becoming a Buddhist. I'm now 7 years a Christian and I don't preach to people unless they ask me about my beliefs. I remember well enough from my atheist days how annoying it can be. I respect that other people don't make the same choices as me. I am happy to talk to other people about their beliefs and recently bought a book on atheist morality recommended by an atheist friend. It was very interesting.

PS It was called 'Godless Morality' by Richard Holloway if anyone is interested.

Answer 11

Think of a small box, about 8 x 11 inches, and about 4 inches high, bound in leather, that contains the entire limits of Christian thought processes.

It is sometimes called a "bible", and its outer surface is the strongest substance in the known universe. The mental energy of hundreds of millions of people cannot escape its grasp.

You have to be an exceptionally powerful individual to break free.