Every time I ask one, I get people saying "That would never happen". Whether it would happen is irrelevant - it probably won't. The point is that hypothetical questions cause you to think about your views in new ways. It makes you examine your belief system to see if it holds up even in odd situations.
2007-07-31 03:29:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
88keys: No, it's not hypothetical at all.
2007-07-31 03:44:18 · update #1
88keys: like "Would I obey God if He told me to rob the convenience store?"...because that wouldn't be the God we know talking.
-- So if it happened you'd think you were hallucinationg, or you'd think God is not who you thought he was and leave the faith, right? That's a good answer to that question, not "that wouldn't happen".
2007-07-31 03:46:47 · update #2
AdoreHim: That would be hypocritical, yes. I don't do that though.
2007-07-31 03:47:32 · update #3
Whoa!!!!!!! Is that ANOTHER hypothetical question? Cuz if it is...then I could be absolutely INcapable of answering.
On a serious note, I think some hypothetical question might be good, but it really depends...I'm not sure what kind of "hypotheticals" you're talking about, but if you mean questions like "Would I believe in God if I lost everything I own and know?" or "Do I believe in God just cuz I was brought up this way or because it's my own faith?", then I think those are probably good questions to ask.
Some hypotheticals are crazy though, and I'm not sure anyone should have to answer them (they're questions based on entirely wrong premises)....like "Would I obey God if He told me to rob the convenience store?"...because that wouldn't be the God we know talking. That would be the person posing the hypothetical trying to confuse us.
EDIT: Meatbot: Actually, with that last hypothetical, I wouldn't rob the convenience store because I would KNOW it wasn't God talking because he says "Thou shalt not steal." ...God does not lie or change his mind.
The question assumes a false premise. It's a case of when a hypothetical is impossible.
EDIT 2:
suppose you know something for sure ...let's have another hypothetical...
a blue sky always mean good weather.
suppose you see a blue sky,
then you get bad weather,
you'd have to assume it was something wrong with your perceptions (like you said, delusions or hallucinations) rather than the sky "being wrong."
2007-07-31 03:42:55 · answer #1 · answered by 88Keys 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
:-) ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION:
Absolutely not. That is a general judgment of Christians. I am a Christian, and I am perfectly capable. I answer hypothetical questions all the time. (Doesn't mean I actually change what I believe.) But, I don't mind looking at things from another point of view. Especially my beliefs. (It just convinces me even more.) But thanks for putting me in a category, that I don't belong! Nice...
Now, obviously you already have a pre-conceived judgment about Christians, so my answer won't really matter. But I hope that you take this into consideration and avoid ignorance.
(We get the same type of answers you are referring to when we ask questions such as, "What if God does exist?" We receive answers such as "Well he doesn't." See now, your broad generalization is based on perhaps a mere percent of actual Christians. Which could also be said about those who do not believe.)
2007-07-31 03:35:34 · answer #2 · answered by TRV 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting , I have asked this same question in reverse- like "what if there was a God?" and do you know the majority of atheists say, There is no God, so I cannot answer that. HMM! Double standard, I guess once again
2007-07-31 03:37:41 · answer #3 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
People here seem to be too defensive too answer this kind of question. Once I asked atheists too answer a hypothetical question, the result was exacltly the same you described
Paz de Cristo
2007-07-31 03:39:00 · answer #4 · answered by Emiliano M. 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A great many won't attempt to answer the question because they think they are being tricked. For me, that is answer enough about their belief and the person avoiding answering.
2007-07-31 03:33:48 · answer #5 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
love your question, and hypothetical senerios, I strive for the ability to see all angles of each event that crosses my path. It is a job just to maintain openmindedness, we are taught at such a young age to just accept what is and do not question, especially do not question your faith and that is exactly what we should always be questioning.
2007-07-31 03:58:00 · answer #6 · answered by happy_kko 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, Hypothetically speaking.....
If to think the sin is the same as the sin, then to hypothetically think of something that outside to scope of their faith is also wrong.
Thinking is dangerous, that is why it is discouraged.
2007-07-31 08:19:16 · answer #7 · answered by Atrum Animus AM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians are supposed to be Christ-like, and with Jesus there is one way, and that is the truth. There is nothing else. There are no gray areas....only truth and light.
2007-07-31 03:34:05 · answer #8 · answered by Jennspur 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians are taught from little on that it is Satan that challenges them to question their belief and that examining those beliefs is succumbing to Satan's trap.
Why would you expect a Christian to consciously follow Satan?
2007-07-31 03:36:34 · answer #9 · answered by lunatic 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some appear to have great difficulty with them, yes
2007-07-31 03:34:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋