Do you find this an interesting phenomenon?

Question

One protestant fundamentalist a few weeks ago commented to someone that he was proud of the MANY thumbs downs he got, since that showed that he was speaking the truth to heathens here on R & S and they hated the truth. Yesterday another protestant fundamentalist "proved" to us that he was in the right because his answer had more thumbs up from the good Christians here on R & S.

Do you find it interesting that with some people here on R & S, no matter what feedback they get, they interpret things in the way that support their ideas, regardless of the facts? Is this perhaps the sign of a closed mind and a closed heart?

Answer 1

absolutely correct...

bad response, "thats just me casting out the devil"

good response, "look at all the good xians who agree with me"

Answer 2

I've written what I believe to be some excellent responses stating my position as a Christian, but from a non-fundamentalist view point only to get bunches of thumbs down.

Frankly, I've given up on that system all together. I can write the best answer in the world and still get a bazillion thumbs down because I don't have the "correct perspective."

It really points back to something I'm working on in my own faith life which is "assume nothing."

Answer 3

I think people interpret it however they want to--since there's no way to say why you are thumbing someone up or down, you never know whether they thought you were factually incorrect, being a wise@$$, or what.

Sometimes I give what is obviously the most moderate answer possible, and still get thumbed down. I never thumb anyone down--I'm a conscientious objector. If their answer is that bad, someone else will report it, I'm sure.

Answer 4

Is this surprising? Atheist fundamentalists "prove" that they are right by the number of Christians they make mad at them. It's interesting that all the atheist drones on here jump on the bandwagon without ever stopping to think - pretty typical, of course - that their position is subject to the same evaluation.

But as for the two you mention, I see no contradiction. One was glorying in his thumbs-down by unbelievers; the other was glorying in his thumbs-ups by believers. It's a different question whether they should be doing that or not; but there's no contradiction there. Surely everybody who is open-minded sees the difference.

Answer 5

Why do you think it fun that Christians do that, when all people do it. Most people do not want to hear something that is against their belief and not just the religious. Man is vain, he thinks he know everything and when someone shows him up. He gets angry because they don't know what they are talking about, he is right. I have seen more Christians with open minds then nonbeliever. Fact or fiction, you tell me?

Answer 6

That sounds eerily similar to those who post questions in this section for atheists, then others who claim atheists are here because they are actually believers, they just don't know it yet.

Or those on here who reject "pop" science as just that and believe there is a mass conspiracy to disprove god, yet will jump on any sort of scientific study that backs them up or list the number of scientists who don't "question" evolution.

Answer 7

A closed mind, definitely. Or at least a very selective interpretation of the world.

Answer 8

if I were to take pride from anything I do on Yahoo it would be that I got my cribbage rating up to 1800 once.


Of course, pride cometh before a fall, and now my rating is wallowing in the low 1400s.

Answer 9

I feel that it could be that they're looking for some sort of 'evidence' that validates their faith.

I don't know if that's projecting too much... but people do that. It's psychology, people would rather interpret a situation in a way that makes them feel better than see it truthfully.

[sigh]

Answer 10

Could you remove that paper from your face please.

Answer 11

Interesting but not surprising. How else would people like CJ justify their false teachings.