When you are answering a question about what you believe about God, how does being rude (insulting, deriding, mocking, etc) help your audience understand you?
How does an unwillingness to question your own faith and intolerance of another man's faith help him to see your point of view?
I'm asking this of any believers, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, etc.
2007-11-27 02:12:04 · 28 answers · asked by Acorn 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
As much as the temptation might be there at times, being rude and/or insulting never helps anything, I don't think. If anything, I really think it can actually only work to push said audience AWAY from trying to understand your point of view (if you - general "you", of course - are rude or insulting).
And I think a person being willing to question their own faith (or, at least WHY they believe what, or how they do) can actually be a good thing - I think that sometimes it may actually help strengthen faith if one sort or re-evaluates things. It's really not good to just accept everything on blind faith... trying to figure out, or at least thinking about WHY you believe what you do, is a good thing.
If one is completely unwilling to question their own faith, along with being totally intolerant of other faiths (ie - a "MY-way-is-The-Only-way" type of attitude towards things), I don't think that's good at all. If anything, I really think it actually only serves to close one off from other people and experiences that could help one grow as a person.
And, besides... if we all believed the exact same thing, as far as religion, the world would be pretty damn boring :P lol
2007-11-27 02:55:32 · answer #1 · answered by shayde 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree that a sure sign of one's faithlessness is how rude they are towards those of other faiths. Paraphrasing the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him): Never insult the god(s) of others as they will in return insult your God. Sadly not all Muslims have this knowledge or understand the religion enough, therefore present a barbaric, uncultured, unrefinded and simply ignorant representation of Islam. On their behalf, i would like to apologize and can only hope they will take steps to learning the truth about their own faith. I would like to mention, from what I've seen there are very few Muslims on Y!A that are rude. The vast majority of Muslims here seem like very intelligent and level headed people.
Peace
2007-11-27 08:10:46 · answer #2 · answered by Mustafa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First question: I can imagine that, for some people, causing a reaction in another, say from being "rude, insulting, deriding, mocking, etc." might be a form of self-expression, hoping to get the reader to personally and physically experience the distaste someone has for a belief system.
Second question: the use of the word "unwillingness" seems to suggest to me that you might be trying to judge what another person is thinking, or at least what their motivation for asking/answering questions might be. To be fair, none of us really know what motivation another person might have for asking/answering questions in a certain way. To characterize it as "unwillingness" for something or other may be to commit the same offense for which we are condemning others for their thoughtlessness and disregard for another's viewpoint.
2007-11-27 02:22:50 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As for the first sentence of your question, being rude, insulting, deriding, or mocking is a sign of ignorance and it does not help me understand anything.
I don't question my faith, I just believe. I respect what others believe and I don't try to make them believe what I believe.
2007-11-27 03:52:10 · answer #4 · answered by Spirit Dancer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
calling names is never the answer your more then likely to drive them away then anything i find showing them understanding and love that god shows us leaves them baffled be on believe most people even christians are surpised to see it some can't even see how its possible and there supose to be practicing the same thing im not saying i have it to gether all the time cause i don't but i do most of the time because god's watching people are watching i have to be an example and i can't do that if im calling people names and other childish things thats just how it is point blank intolerance is ignerant we should love and respect everyone no matter what because thats what god does for us
2007-11-27 02:49:43 · answer #5 · answered by Noah adam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can tell you, at this moment in time, I am far more willing to listen to a Hindu than Charles W.
Charles, you've just exemplified "derisive," and quite probably, proved Jon's point.
Who are you to judge what is faithful and what is not? To question is to push the envelope. To push the envelope is to grow. A growing, living faith comes from questions.
"Landlocked" faith may serve you (and I'm cool with that), but it does not me. And I'd like to see you and folks like you show respect towards that (mine and others) perspective.
with peace respects and regards
2007-11-27 02:31:14 · answer #6 · answered by Green is my Favorite Color 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesnt help much, PEOPLE, put your faith to the test, if its the real deal like you believe then you shouldnt find any discrepancies. If you find any question that cant be answered by your book or gospel or whatever you follow, then maybe you need to reconsider if what you believe is in fact truth.
2007-11-27 02:17:49 · answer #7 · answered by layn da smckdwn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The children are taught from their childhood not to question about the superiority of their faith and that all other religions are inferior.This is made by the followers who did not go in depth in their religion (language problems ? ) and misinterpreted their religion to suit their own interest .
2007-11-27 04:31:01 · answer #8 · answered by TARBA 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I compleatly couldent agree with you more.... I am an Athiest, and even people who do not beleive should be questioning this if they have the chance....
How can you truley understand what you beleive or think if you do not question it... How can you beleive it with your whole heart if you do not give it a chance to go the other way? People should listen, and speak without insulting one another to get there point across, and when you say you are listening you should really listen, not just think about what you are going to say back in robbuttle.....
xxx
2007-11-27 02:16:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
I read lots of people here who are very vocal and proud about being completely unwilling to question their faith. It is clear to me that they are afraid that if they do question it, it will fall apart. What kind of faith is that?
Being rude or arrogant never helps. It just feeds dissention.
2007-11-27 02:31:10 · answer #10 · answered by Bearcub 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋