When I get thumbs down, which I often do, I never assume if it was an atheist or christian. Do you and if so,

Question

wouldn't that be smug to assume all with your faith or lack of faith is going to like your answer so therefore it must be the Christian or the Atheist?

Zero, I have to disagree with you on this...lol Not because I am Christian, but, it simply is not always the case.

an smell: I did not give the thumbs down. And as you see I am the only Christian here right now. So I prove my point

Zero: forgive me...lol
Even to say USUally aren't you saying MOST, which is pretty darn close to ALWAYS....lol(just giving you a hard time),,,,,,,,

Novangel: I don't see this as a faith reflection as much as a behavior problem of people regardless of faith or lack of. To assume it is Christians is foolish thinking on your part and not to mention alittle paranoid. (no offense)

Answer 1

Some people thumbs down perfectly innocuous honest opinions. They lack reasoned judgment and simple courtesy... not necessarily faith.

Answer 2

Well alot of thumbs down just mean people disagree rather than bad answer so I don't pay attention really, although i do give thumbs up myself when I see an answer I think is good whether by christian or atheist and if I see an answer that I totally disagree with I don't give thumbs down unless I think it's a really bad answer that offers dangerous advice such as "Do what your pastor tells you to do" and stuff that takes the onus off the individual to think for themselves

Answer 3

I see how you could consider it smug to assume that someone who gives a thumbs down holds the opposite opinion. However, I've seen plenty of intelligent, well thought-out answers, or even simple opinions, get a thumbs-down, so I don't think it's that unfair of an assumption. As much as I read answers I don't like and think to myself, "You're an idiot," I don't give a bad rating to answers unless I see them as clearly wrong (as in what you should or shouldn't feed your parakeet for example, not just perspective) or completely disrespectful and/or ignorant. But that's what *I* do. Doesn't mean everyone does the same.

Answer 4

I assume that I have a Christian thumbs down troll group when I start getting followed to science and mathematics where my answers get two or three thumbs down and someone else with the same answer doesn't get a thumbs down. Equations are a good control. We know the worst stalker here calls himself Christian.

Answer 5

I am pretty sure I get the thumbs down from both equally. I am a Christian and I tend to be hard on error within the Christian world so they don't dig me rocking the boat of tradition.

Answer 6

Thumbs up or down is just whether a person agrees or disagrees.

In todays modern world it would be so great if we were all pasturised, past your eyes, homogenised, homo gene eyesed and squeaky clean free from the worries and foybles of prejudice discrimination and prejudging folk, kinda spooky the way we come back to vote on our own questions and go, whooo dude, thats totally awesome karubunga you are shafted thats way too good???

OMG! What have I done? Given the game away, how shameless?

Laughing out loud, lol. Perhaps when we lose our sense of humour and realise yahoo answers is a game, where our fears, insecurities, hopes. motivations, and opinions matter, as a fact. The reality is they dont.

As a Christian, I fear nothing but the wrath of God, some call it shameless, it is not fearless, simply because God's wrath is His discipline, the love, the hope, the inspiration so many beautiful Christians seek as a companionship.

I truly believe Christ completed the best book on psychology ever written the bible, there are a myriad of sources within where the human existance is explored. Personally my journey of faith started age 8 were, I prayed to God with the demand he show me where my shoes were hidden and I would believe, this kind of childish naivety did not last as a faith, it would be another 14 years before, I realised I had lost my shoes and ya just aint gonna get anywhere with God demanding he do stuff for you, or phrenomena, during this time, I studied much psychology, even went on to university and became a student of science whilst working, then my whole world came tumbling down, not because I had been an agnostic holding an open mind, not a broad mind, but sought proof as a respectful prayer seeking Godly wisdom, faith and hope for what God wanted from me, not what I wanted from Him?

Bazaar as it seems, you would think in the heathern towers of academia, one would be bright enough to understand the principles of being born again and not wanting to sin, knowing the price Christ paid for those who would hate him, clearly even though I did not?

No, not me, it was a further 21 years before I would accept the principle of not wanting to do bad stuff, trying verhemently to not sin, just because it made sense not to, you see, my journey of faith was a stealing resolve of tempering where God moulded me to the shape he wanted before searing me in the full submersion baptism, I had been born again this Februrary 2007 simply because on January 29th at 9.35pm at Ric and Tina's place, a Wednesday night, what if I got hit by a bus and did not make it to Sunday to say or do what was needed to dilberately not being prevocative or in denial?

At that date and time, I said the sinners prayer. you can ask most churches what it means to be born again to want to not sin again and to prevent backsliding, just have faith and pray.

Does choices make us who and what we are? Does being a Science Graduate make us any less Christian? Certainly 1 Corinthians as a whole book highlights brilliantly the tall poppy syndrome associated with not under standing ignorance, and Romans too, explains understanding righteousness, but living, breathing, breaking bread, and being a part of Gods people is more important. Just as it means some moral folk are aethiest and agnostic, it also means being christian is no mark of decency, the requirement I believe is to acknowledge you are a sinner and you stop sinning, for twenty one years, this with me, was clearly not the case, for I kept sinning, whilst I still sin now, it is mostly unintentionally also, I in this life on earth do not know what my worst sin will be, I hope it is now what some here regard as blamsphamy and the rebuking includes chapter and verse from the bible not some doctrine.

Having a science degree, I can tell you it is also not a requirement you have to be either scientist or christian, some of the most beautiful folk, genuine, sincere, loving, gracious and kind I have met as fellow christians treating the body God gave them as a temple where their consience is stamped into the world of academia amongst absolute genius, it really is a work of the devil to allow ignorant folk to use condemnation as a tool of the jezzebeel to mislead folk.

Simply put, whether you give this the thumbs up or down is not a right, wrong, or even relative, how can wellness, sickness or even prejudice, presonal bias, or even experience dictate whether you like an answer and it is judged by the piers who chose to look for marking as either fair or reasonable, when the answer comes back, to be chose even as a thumbs down is a privellege for you have pricked the conscience of a person whom strongly disagrees, but to give an honour you believe someone is worthy is a privellege wherein the creator has endowed the creature, that we are all created equal in the sight of God.

Answer 7

I don't assume it's either/ro. cause Iknow I annoy people of all aiths, and lack thereof. The only time it bothers me is when people are asking for support due to death of a loved one, and people sharing their stories get a thumbs down. What the hell is up with that?

Answer 8

Only if I answer in R&S, and only on certain answers, do I assume the religious identity of the "thumbs downer". That's usually because there's nothing technically wrong with my answers and the only reason to give them thumbs down is of the "thumbs downer" simply didn't agree with what I said... and those people are generally Christians.

*edit* I'm not saying it's ALWAYS the case. I'm saying it's USUALLY the case. Notice I used that exact wording in my original response up ^there^.

Answer 9

Tonight I had a question with a comic of a orchestra leader changing people because he mistakenly brought his magic wand deleted by someone flagging it. No clue who didn't like this innocent comic :(
I won't loose any sleep, but my faith in humanity took another hit, again.
No telling what a human would do. Sorry.
Peace.

Answer 10

I prefer thumbs downs to thumbs up. I operate under the premise that the percentage of people intelligent enough to understand complicated ideas is extremely low, and thus thumb downs to my response are a method of determining how well I employed deeper than normal thoughts and ideas.
Idiots far and out outnumber intelligent people, so if I were to get, say, 7 thumbs up and 3 thumbs down, I know I have to seriously reconsider my views on that subject.