I'm helping a student with a paper on stereotypes and if you can provide examples -- or rebuttal -- that would be great. Thanks.
2007-12-27 05:41:02 · 49 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sounds pretty self-explanatory. What exactly are you asking? Are you looking for a definition of "ignorant" "stupid" or "unintelligent"
Ignorant - A person without a great deal of knowlege
Stupid - A person without a great deal of intelligence
Unintelligent - You should get the idea by now
2007-12-27 05:43:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 12⤊ 1⤋
Some Christians judge we atheist on how we live our life- how we think about life. In a way they can be hypocritical- you say one thing to us but you can do it yourselves e.g. 'tho shall not judge' however they preach that we are going hell because we don't believe. So there have made an assumption that we suffer because how we choose to live.
Christians are supposed to pass the 'good word'. If a person doesn't wanna hear it, then leave them.
We don't need to thank God every day we're alive by 'grace'. We are alive because we look after ourselves and work hard for our earnings.
Many Christians I have meet haven't been approachable. They preach to me in the middle of the street when I have clearly said 'I'm not interested'. I have heard it all before, my dad was a Priest.
I have met some kind hearted Christians and I always keep a memory of them. Not all are ignorant, stupid or unintelligent- that is a generalisation we have to be careful about
2007-12-27 05:58:20 · answer #2 · answered by bluestar 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This seems to be a rather resent thing. At first I was hurt. (Sometimes I still am). I can not tell you how many times I have been called "ignorant," "stupid" or "unintelligent," on this forum. This is all based on the fact that I am a Christian. How can someone judge me solely on my beliefs, with out knowing a thing about me?
2007-12-27 05:50:23 · answer #3 · answered by PROBLEM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that those people feel that Christians may not think outside their religion and don't try to understand other religions. They may also feel that Christians base everyone elses religious beliefs off of their Bible. Almost like a wall placed around a Christian person. Nothing else can come into the wall but his Christian beliefs are protected. I believe that's where those insults come from. Other people of different religions as well as Christians who understand that there are exclusive, extreme Christians who never think outside the box....or the book in this case.
Also from an Atheist point of view............wait they don't have one because they aren't religious and think any religion is "stupid".
2007-12-27 05:50:02 · answer #4 · answered by Bryan F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Often those who disagree on an emotional point will resort to name-calling - i.e. ignorant, stupid or unintelligent or uninformed.
It does not mean it is true, just a difference of opinion.
It really says more about the name-caller than anything.
2007-12-27 05:52:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I say Christians are ignorant, I'm referring to the fact that they are so close-minded, and 'ignorant' of other's beliefs. I don't know any Christian that takes anyone else's beliefs seriously, and doesn't look down upon everyone else. They say they are the undeniable truth, and if you're not Christian, then you're not right. That, to me, is ignorance.
Stupid and unintelligent, I wouldn't necessarily say. There are stupid people in all the world's religions. Who of us can truly say that they AREN'T unintelligent in some matter or degree? I admit, I often accuse Christians of being stupid, but that's because I find they tend to shy away for facts that can argue an Atheist's arguement. Christians try to use scriptures from the Bible to battle Atheists in debates, which is useless, because Atheists couldn't care less what the Bible says. Atheists also many atimes call them stupid for just their belief in God. There are many reasons.
2007-12-27 05:49:50 · answer #6 · answered by Dream Awake 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Stupidity is the quality or condition of lacking intelligence, as opposed to being merely ignorant or uneducated. This quality can be attributed to both an individual or a person's actions, words or beliefs, or those of a group.
As an English word, it implies that the attributed party is not mentally retarded but rather is willfully ignorant and/or unintelligent, and displays poor use of judgement or insensitivity to nuances.
---Yes. That's a Christian
2007-12-27 05:47:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
They mean that they are feeling frustrated for whatever reason. Resorting to name calling is a sign of weakness from the name caller. A weakness that everybody has. I have been called many names. I have been called a "social outcast", a "horrible excuse for a mother"...the list goes on. I try not to take it personally but at times it does hurt. When it does effect me I sometimes retaliate with hasty words of my own. It's wrong but it's human.
2007-12-27 05:49:56 · answer #8 · answered by Blame Amy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do they mean???? They mean that THEY are ignorant, stupid and unintelligent!
People who do NOT know what they are talking about try to fit others into THEIR stereotypes, but it just shows that they really do not know what they are talking about!
2007-12-27 05:49:00 · answer #9 · answered by MBlessed (SOC) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If someone can read past the middle of the second chapter of Genesis, with all of the ways it contradicts chapter one, and still believe, they are either dangerously conditioned (i.e., brainwashed) or stupid. Note, this is not a stereotype, but a universal assertion based on evidence.
2007-12-27 05:47:43 · answer #10 · answered by neil s 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋