by spending a lot of time here on yahoo?
2007-09-21 08:46:14 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
YES , but how did they change?
2007-09-21 08:51:42 · update #1
ME!
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If you check out my questions, you'll see that when I first started here, I had a bad habit of offending the atheists without meaning to. I quickly realized how much of a douche bag I looked like. I felt prompted to start reading and searching out resources to back up my beliefs... which I couldn't find. So, the time came to change my beliefs to what seems reasonable. Believing in a big sky daddy who gives a crap about whether or not I masturbate just didn't seem believable to me (and this is not even mentioning the zillion contradictions I discovered within my own religion --Christianity).
2007-09-21 08:50:34 · answer #1 · answered by Linz ♥ VT 4 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, no. I think It takes more than just a few randomly asked/answered questions to changes a person's beliefs. I would say it usually takes some serious effort or major event to changes ones beliefs about almost anything...
Mind you that I'm speaking of a persons beliefs (i.e. religion, politics, etc...), that isn't quite the same as an opinion (i.e. a favorite sports team, band etc...). I do think that a person's opinion of certain things can be altered slightly by Y!A. Once someone has read so many of the same answers to a question a person may rethink their opinion, however a person's beliefs, as I see it, are almost ingrained in to a person's being and aren't lightly changed or altered.
2007-09-21 08:52:38 · answer #2 · answered by American Girl 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, I changed my mind but it was a long time ago when my aunt in California enrolled me in the Science Fiction Book Club. But no, I really don't think anyone really changes their mind about basic belief systems after around the age of 10 to 12.
2007-09-21 08:56:43 · answer #3 · answered by charlesdclimer 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sure. I used to think that people were interested in unifying and working together for the best interests of the nation. I now realize that people are only interested in winning immediate arguments even if that means that we'll all lose in the end. Also, people are a lot less educated and a lot more ignorant than I ever thought possible. Basically, my hope for the future has been dashed. Thanks Yahoo answers.
2007-09-21 08:54:05 · answer #4 · answered by I'm back...and this still sucks. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no. If you mean just in general and not just about religion, then I know several that changed their mind about a situation due to advice they got. If you mean about religion, I don't know any off hand, but then again, I don't talk to a whole lot of people on here either.
2007-09-21 08:55:18 · answer #5 · answered by One Odd Duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I changed my beliefs several times before I came here by debating with people in person.
2007-09-21 08:53:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know anyone who has changed his/her mind, but I certainly changed my point of view on certain aspects, but I didn't change my religion per say. I think I've got conclusions that I've never got before Yahoo Answers. Good conclusions and bad conclusions. People I thought that was nice, I found out to be very rude, and people I thought that would be rude, came out to be brilliant and intelligent ones.
Peace!
2007-09-21 09:06:27 · answer #7 · answered by Janet Reincarnated 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Changed their mind...yes, me
by spending a lot of time here on yahoo...No, long before that.
2007-09-21 08:51:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have had many friends on here and have been in contact with them for months now. 4 of them changed their minds(reverted). It's not something very abnormal.
2007-09-21 08:51:51 · answer #9 · answered by Zifikos 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I used to believe that people were generally quite smart and only a fraction were hard-of-thinking.
Having spent some time here- I not so sure.
2007-09-21 08:50:16 · answer #10 · answered by Yosemite Sam 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋