Why do people become so hateful and intolerant when they are asked to defend and give proof outside?
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Because we have a conscience.  Unfortunately the Christians just don't understand it.  It is that sick feeling you get in your stomach when you are buying a bunch of stuff that you have no evidence for.  And, when anyone comes around and tries to talk to them about it, that sick feeling gets bigger and instead of re-evaluating their position they blame the sick feeling on your Satanic influence.
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people are haters thats why
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longhornkjm,\n\nThose responses on Yahoo! Answers are people who would never have the courage to act like that to your face. I have witnessed door-to-door, and I have preached with a PA system in the street, and I have rarely run into the type of responses that you often see here. The anonymity produces courage on both sides. Many Christians don’t have the courage to openly express their faith publicly either.\n\nPlease forget the idea that this forum represents real people. Many of the very vocal people are cowards similar to the men who beat up women behind closed doors but are mousy in public. Ignore them, and ask your questions, and enjoy the Christian and open minded non-Christian answers from others that you seek.\n\nGod bless.
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It's called projecting, it's a psychological defense mechanism.\n\nThey see something they don't like about themselfs in others (rather justified or not) and lash out at it.
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people are scared of that they do not understand\n\nThey would rather someone tell them what they want to hear instead of learning the truth and be shown they are wrong
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The more fear-based someone is... the more likely they are to subscribe to a strict religious belief.  If you threaten that belief, you receive the anger and hatred that comes from fear.  Keep playing in Y!A and ignore the words of frightened people.
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Ah, that is a very good question and has been asked since very old times. To answer it is very difficult but I shall try my best. \nPerhaps it is because we are not perfect. In second place, people love themselves more than their neighbor, but they trick themselves into believing that what they do is correct because it is them who are doing it ( here is a matter of EGO ). NOBODY, not even the most ferocious criminals think of themselves as being bad people. They justify themselves, let's say, like Hitler did. Hitler created an indeology to justify what he said and did. The curious thing is that in Nurenberg, when the top nazis were on trial, not one of them used Hitler's teachings to defend themselves
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well its sometimes difficult to keep our mouth shut when we have certain angers. We just pick on who we think is an easy target while the target should be the one who caused that anger. So no its not right. There's a lot of "social cowardness" going on and the easyest people are usually the victims. Granted its not always easy to address why we do it, but usually a feeling of not having something or a situation under control is the source.
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You did right,\nthe reason these people treat others like a**holes is because they don't get a taste of their own medicine, they think others are too scared. good on you, it proves that.....REVENGE IS A DISH, BEST SERVED COLD!!
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Good question, I guess those who are on the losing end of an argument get all mad and take it out on others the only way they can. I have recieved several violation notices which I reply and argue my side. These people will try using the race card and name calling when they know that they are wrong. They have no other form of defense and they think we will back down. I will not. I am for my country enforcing it's soveriegn laws and policies.
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This is how I see it,  and it is very obvious what is happening, some behave like little kids, they do it as a form of retaliation because they feel angered that you just did not share the same belief,  or better yet the  question was challengig  their belief and proved a point so they report it.\nA product of ignorance, and stupidity.\n\nedit: that happens also with the thumbs down , the question maybe a great question or answer, but because it did not refect their belief  they thumb it down. It is very obvious why they are doing it.
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I'm the type of person who truly believes in people respecting the privacy of others, and in minding their own business.\n\nI, too, have read negative comments on various cultures and religions, and some of them are very cruel.  I would  prefer to learn about the activities of others, rather than go with negative thoughts about things which I have no knowledge.\n\nWhat's making it hard for people on this site, is that they are made to feel that they have to "defend themselves" from all the negative, and bigoted questions and answers.
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People tend to fear what they don't understand. Personally, I believe it is fear that is manifesting itself rather than hate.\n\nThat doesn't justify their actions which are often times displayed by hateful acts. Most have never seen our benevolent side. \n\nWith the onslaught of natural disasters, many of these people have witnessed first hand how quickly we, as a nation, have responded to their peril. \n\nI have read accounts of how these people were absolutely shocked that we would respond faster and with more resouces than their own government. They had previously thought we were a selfish nation... taking things that don't belong to us... forcing other to conform to our vision for their lives... They fear that they might become our next victim.\n\nThe answer is not Iraq as suggested above. There are way too many people here on Yahoo answers that want to be the first to answer a question and give no regard to it's accuracy. Their misinformation is a blithe on an otherwise great site. You deserve an answer not an opinion that isn't even backed up with the flemsiest of evidence. \n\nPardon my distain. Back to the topic...\n\nYour anticipated response would be, what can we do about it? How do we let them know that we want them to be happy, prosperous and free to enjoy life under their own terms? Well, there's not much an individual can accomplish on an international scale. \n\nTrue, there are some amazing people that have a calling it would appear and these people have proven how much good or bad one person can accomplish internationally. As for you and me, we need to take the time to examine our leaders. We need to look beyond party lines and select officials that represent our country for what it really is. A melting pot of ideas and people. A place where their way of life is acceptable as long as it doesn't infringe on another person's way of life. A nation that loves it's soldiers and can hardly bear the thought of placing them in harms way. And if we do send them into battle, there is no reasonable doubt that they are dying for a worthy cause. A cause that is international in scope rather than that of the privileged few that seem to have far too much control.\n\nWe must calm their fears.
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You hit the nail on the head.\n\nMany people think that they have a chance of being wrong, so they defend with ideas that result in the destruction of their own beliefs.\n\nLikewise people dont want to admit they belong to a certain group so they pretend they are not religious, when in relaity they are.\n\nSo the cause?\nPRIDE\n\nPride will always bring down mankind, it is what causes problems in every aspect of our lives, religion being only one of them.
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Because religion is a big social club and subsequently its members are subject to the mental conditioning of their leaders.  If leaders preach hate, their followers will become hateful.  Within a congregation people are given the right to be prejudiced against other groups who are not "saved".  Members are also lulled into thinking that their sins are forgiven, so a license to do evil is handed out to all who solidly believe.  We are all prejudice in the privacy of our homes, even if we do not admit it.  Religion just brings it out of people.
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because its a nature in us as people to invite other people into a misery they them selves are in. Sometimes its funny and interesting to be a coward and talk about somebody else behind there back. I feel if you do something to someone that you yourself would hate if it was happening to you, your a fool!!!
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Its because they know almost nothing about a group of people, people who don't understand people either try to understand people or choose the easier rout and simply hate them.  Mostly they don't want to understand these people because even before they know anything about these people, they feel threatened or scared.  Whether it be because the threat of lost jobs, terrorism, or something else.  Hate is just the easier path despite it not being the better one, and as for War its the larger scale of that hate.