I have modified my behavior in the short time I have been on YAHOO Q&A to try to answer questions that I really feel I have something to add, even if it is an attempt at humor. I have tried to curb my sometimes caustic tongue, and enjoy thoughtful questions and answers. I also love a good laugh. I am trying to resist the cutting barbs that are usually not very funny anyhow.
2007-06-26 18:50:34 · 16 answers · asked by One Wing Eagle Woman 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thank you for your answers, even those who are too cynical to believe I am asking this question with a heart to listen. I am seeking an honest response, and have not mocked any but the intolerant and the racist for some time. I sunk to their level in the past, and publicly apologized. I ask for nothing that I am not willing to give.
2007-06-26 19:43:09 · update #1
I am guilty of the same activity Eagle Woman. It is, at times, difficult not to give a smarty cat answer.
I have a tendency to give answers in relation to the type of question. If I feel that the asker is clowning around then I tend to clown back. If they are here to attack, then i can be offensive also, in return.
I believe there is an elemint of intertainmint here !
dave
2007-06-27 05:52:15 · answer #1 · answered by dave777 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was originally drawn into the R&S section by questions about atheism. Since I came to atheism entirely on my own and haven't really discussed it with anyone before my participation here, I wasn't sure whether my take on it was unique or run-of-the-mill.
The forum has provided several useful functions for me. It's good to have a sounding board with so many voices in it--it's like the difference between a piano and a ukulele. I wondered to how much I had in common with other atheists, and I have been able to get a sense of that. And my writing here has helped me to focus and clearly define my point of view.
As for growing spiritually, let me put it this way: When I was young, I didn't worry about growing tall. It just happened. Nor did I worry much about my intellectual growth, and the seems to have happened, too, despite my lack of formal education. I certainly never intended to become wise, but that, too, seems to be following a process that requires only that I continue to move through my days with my eyes wide open. Likewise, spiritual growth seems to occur whether I will it or not, and that which nourishes that growth is ever-present and comes from the most surprising places, including this forum.
I've come the long way round the bend to do it, but I do believe that I've answered your question.
2007-06-27 02:20:45 · answer #2 · answered by nightserf 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
number 1
2007-06-27 01:52:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What??? I can't do both? ; )
I, personally, am here to grow...maybe not as you would define 'spiritually', but to grow, nonetheless.
But, I'm also here to have fun. The only people I "mock" are the "Bullwinkles" that write as though they "know-it-all" and/or condemn / defend entire groups as if one issue makes all of that select group unworthy or worthy of some form of respect. I don't play favorites...I mock each side equally as neither "side" is any better than the other...the only differences are in what they choose to believe. I am far from perfect myself, but those that express some form of superiority over another person or group based on a belief, deserve the same respect they (don't) show to others...and I do it without calling them names, or hanging labels on them or their beliefs.
No, it doesn't make me better than them, just different.
2007-06-27 02:13:12 · answer #4 · answered by Always Curious 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
“Whenever people are certain they understand our peculiar situation here on this planet, it is because they have accepted a religious Faith or a secular Ideology (Ideologies are the modern form of Faiths) and just stopped thinking.”
In my own small way I try to shake the pillars of your faith and let you see what falls out. My mind is open to all ways to grow spiritually but I can't help but question ways to stagnate spiritually. The only thing I can't tolerate is intolerance. The only people I hate are bigots.
"They [the clergy] believe that any portion of power confided to me, will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe rightly; for I have sworn upon the altar of god, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. "
-Thomas Jefferson to Dr. Benjamin Rush, Sept. 23, 1800
2007-06-27 02:03:20 · answer #5 · answered by hairypotto 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you are referring to religious (supernatural believes) I don't think mocking will do any good.. but what do you expect?
Tolerance in the face of irrationality? Sarcasm is just a natural response.
2007-06-27 15:03:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Grow Spiritually and share... I to try to be nice and not caustic... I too enjoy some humour and thoughtful qns and ans.
2007-06-27 01:55:53 · answer #7 · answered by Abbasangel 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not here for either, I just come here for the entertainment, but I do ask and answer serious questions for people who really want real opinions.
2007-06-27 01:55:26 · answer #8 · answered by Moxie! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm open. The only time I get peeved is when people are speaking and have no knowlege behind the ignorance. Its really hard to bite my tounge then lol.
BB )o(
2007-06-27 01:58:34 · answer #9 · answered by rhaevyn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well ive always been christian and never plan to change that. HOWEVER i'm very interested in what others believe......religions are top on my list. i also never put down someone for what they believe or how they live their life. i respect them for it and never push my religion on them......that being said I do believe in God and I do believe in a judgment day.....I'm not the one ppl have to answer to, so its not my place to redicule someones beliefs:)
2007-06-27 01:56:09 · answer #10 · answered by kentuckygurl24 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋