Do you enjoy the feeling that they lost their faith or what they believe in and gone through some hard times? Does it makes you feel happy to ruin the spiritual joy of others? I'm just asking because, I wonder why and how can people feel happy when they insults other people's believe?
2007-10-17 13:27:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
If I can shake a persons faith in what they believe with a few well chosen words, then they had no belief to begin with. And no,
it gives me no pleasure at all.
2007-10-17 13:34:11 · answer #1 · answered by producer_vortex 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
First I feel piety for the people who let themselves fall into the spiritual traps of Christianity.
I feel pleasure when I know that I can correct a persons illogical mental status.
A status which disallows a scientific assemblage, and progression.
How so?
By influencing growing children (like myself) to uphold more than a thousand year old belief system we remain neutral in the actual onward emergence from primitive understanding.
Where has standing still ever got any one anywhere?
By simply listing my opinions just as a Christian does, I hope to influence and change the world for a better.
Some of us look back at the religions once upheld in the early A.D's and laugh, thinking to ourselves how could any man or woman fall for the god Zeus controlling the lightening (For example).
So just imagine what reactions humanity in the future will have when they look back at the religious qua for 2007. Maybe they will contemplate to themselves as some of us do now "If only they understood photon velocity a little bit more, but no they were more worried about saving themselves, and not the future of the earth."
(SIGHS)
So do I find pleasure in proving someones faith incorrect?
Yes, because I find pleasure in creating a world where we can understand each other psychologically, and scientifically with out scanning a book written by mundane philosophers, who thought the earth was flat.
I mean, they actually thought there were pillars holding up the earth.
Now philosophers believe that morality is an illusion, that to is a sad perspective.
Still if you dig deep enough, and search you start to find your own truth.
Like for example morality does exist.
On a balance there is on one side Chaos, and on the other side a code of law, when we get rid of this "law" the Chaos side wins.
There is a balance for everything that has an opposite. Rather it be a concept illusion or truth it is there.
2007-10-17 13:59:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like your question. I actually ask that of people that try to shake my atheist position. Oddly, they always admit that it would be pleasureable to shake my faith, or to make me think that I was wrong. And, like you, I wonder how they can allow themselves to be happy doing that.
Personally, I don't make fun of other beliefs, nor do I evangalize the atheist position. But I do defend mine when challenged. If during my defense I shake another persons faith, then I can't help that.
Of course I take pleasure in proving that something is wrong with facts or logic. A person who does that is called a teacher. And there are few rewards greater in life than being a teacher.
2007-10-17 13:57:09 · answer #3 · answered by freebird 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
So, your question is whether I enjoy proving that someone's wrong...honestly yes.if you are a person you do. however you should handle that proof very carefully. NO i do not go into people's faces and say "NO YOU ARE WRONG!!" and make fun of them. Also, honestly if I said something and it made you lose your faith, then have you thought of the possibillity that your faith wasn't as strong enough? don't get mad at me because you don't have faith strong enough to stand up to something I have to say. If that is the case you should be mad at yourself and not blame me. If you have FAITH from the beginning no one can take that away from you b/c faith from the beginning is something intangible and called "faith" b/c against all odds it is still something you believe in.
2007-10-17 13:36:40 · answer #4 · answered by Person 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, some people actually enjoy undermining the beliefs of others...I guess this makes them feel powerful, gives them the thought that THEIR beliefs and ideas are so strong and powerful that make those of others crumble...I think this type of behavior is quite childish, since it only shows that the person doing that is a power-thirsty, attention-seeking mentally-challenged miserable little being...In addition, it arises from a position of weakness and fear...The person feels so weak and afraid of others that he or she tries to destroy other people's beliefs in order to feel calm and safe...
But no philosophy of hatred can lead to happiness and flourishing...I think the nazis and their stupidly extreme intolerance are quite a big proof...
It's ok to dislike the beliefs of others, it's ok to reject them if they're offered to you, even to despise them...But we human beings should respect each other because in the end we're all flesh, we're all in this world, and we all crave the same thing: that which makes our life worth the effort it takes to live it...
Beliefs are like music: YOUR belief is what makes YOU and ONLY YOU dance and have a great time...
What electronic music does for me, salsa does for hispanic people...We both get the same excitement and happiness, from a different source...
BUT BEWARE !!! If your beliefs lead you to hurting others against their will (like the nazis), or manipulating them into such a state that they'd do ANYTHING to remain as faithful members of such belief, then you're asking for trouble...
No belief or cause is worth killing or dying for, but when you cross the line and threaten the freedom and lifestyle of others, be ready to encounter some who will fight back...
We have the same conservation instincts we had thousands of years ago...
2007-10-17 14:12:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love when I ruin the spiritual or joy in general of others. It makes me happy :D I am a sadist so...yeah. I like proving many a person wrong. Especially when it comes to faith.
-Ryko
2007-10-17 13:39:35 · answer #6 · answered by xxx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I take no joy in telling kids there's no Santa Clause. I would take no joy in telling someone there's no gods.
We interpret our reality through our concepts of life. Belief in greater beings help us decide how to act and behave. Getting rid of that divine figure in our minds creates a panic and sense of meaninglessness.
That being the case, I wouldn't just yank someone's faith away from them. (Try it, and you'll get your nose bloodied in most cases.)
However, if their beliefs were anti-life, anti-nature, anti-human, immoral, violent, and all around generally negative, I'd give them questions that would gnaw at their consciousness.
It's also arrogant to insult someone for having faith. (I understand the temptation.)
Hope that helps.
2007-10-17 14:45:42 · answer #7 · answered by dgrhm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe a morally bereft person would experience pleasure in that manner. I do not.
I enjoy a good debate over the issue. If, in the end, that person has a different insight with regard to their faith, I only hope that it brings them wisdom, not a loss of faith.
2007-10-17 13:34:59 · answer #8 · answered by Gee Whizdom™ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The only time that I ever comment on someone elses beliefs is when they insist that I should dhave the same ones. I don't and I won't. And, if they don't want to find out -why- I don't believe as they do, then they shouldn't have set the situation up such that I'm forced to explain why I don't believe as they do.
Doug
2007-10-17 13:41:02 · answer #9 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people ultimately make choices according to the strongest inclinations of their hearts, so in the end, one must get some satisfaction else they wouldn't do it
of course some people also think gutter water tastes better than living water from the throne of God. Go figure. It's a problem of the heart
2007-10-17 13:43:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋