Do you read the details of a question?

Question

It appears many people answer the main question without reading the details.

Example: Do you believe in God?
Details: Since Jesus' miracles testify to His existence.
Answer: No, because there is no evidence that He exists.

In the above example it would seem that such an answer should address why Jesus miracles do not testify to God if they had read the details.

The example was not a real question or answer, and bears no relevance to the question being asked.

Answer 1

Yes.

I do see some answers that seem to veer from what was being asked and can only assume that folks were in too much of a hurry to read all of the details.

I guess that good advice would be, If you don't have time to read it all, then skip it.

Answer 2

Many of the believers claim that Jesus and God are identical, which means the full question was answered.
There is not the slightest bit of evidence that Jesus was real or did any miracles either.
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EDIT: LOL
Yes I read the details. No I did not answer the main question.

Answer 3

I try to always read the details, but sometimes people add more information or clarify themselves after I have answered.

In regard to your example, what makes it a miracle? How do we know it was a miracle? If it was in fact a "miracle," how do we know Jesus was the one made it? Maybe it was the moon god. See my point.

Answer 4

Yes, I read the details because I want to give a good answer and often times the real question is in the details and not what you see at first before clicking on the question.

Answer 5

There is no evidence that he exists pretty much says it. If you believe that the christian god doesn't exist, you certainly don't believe that Jesus existed, so the details about nonexistent miracles are meaningless. Therefore, the question was answered.

Answer 6

I try to read the details but if it's very long...or sometimes worded poorly, I'll skim it.

I have noticed though that often people read into questions what they think the asker is looking for and then answer based on their judgment and not really on the question.

Answer 7

I do most times. Just sometimes the question gets to long and can turn people away from reading it after just looking at it from being too long.

Answer 8

Good example... Why didn't the idiot questioner simply ask:
"Do you believe in God since Jesus' miracles testify to His existence?"
( See... Problem solved. ... And that answer's not so bad. )

Re Add. Dtls.: "bears no relevance to the question"... OF COURSE it does... For this example the fix is OBVIOUS!

Answer 9

... And what it is that testifies to the miracles that testify to God's existence?

Answer 10

It drives me nuts when people don't read the details. Many times, they don't read the question very carefully either.