Whay are some poeple so mean when others have an honest question about God?
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People have always used 'God' as a reason to be cruel.  It's just a way of making others small so you can feel big.  You have to make someone else so wrong in order to feel that you actually exist, or at least so you don't feel totally insignificant.  I don't know if you can give an answer to why.  It just is that way, people are hurt and angry and who knows what experiences they have had with so called 'religion'.  Why take it personally?  It's not about you.
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I read it....plus when you ask Questions about Jesus or God, what do you expect? Christians not to quote the Bible? Do you expect people not to defend themselves?\nChristians beleive in the word of God. \nSo the will stand by that word.\n\nWhen I post a question, that is not even about Atheism, Atheists post their opinion anyway, and it dosent bother me, I still read their contrbution and often apreciate it, when it is constructive. Everybody is entitled to their opinion whatever it may be.
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I have trouble trying to tell people on Answers! my beliefs, even after they ask about them.\n\nMost often it is Christians. They ask a question, then I answer it honestly and they either report me to Yahoo, or they send me email, saying that I'm going to Hell and I don't belong in their world.\n\nI never say anything specificlly to offend people, I, along with most others on Answers just answer truthfully.\n\nI don't think my statements are taken out of context, however, I just think that they don't like to hear the Truth!!
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Its no different than the questions I get asked from day to day in my line of work. Some of the questions seem silly but many people are dead serious when they ask em.  People without God or a limited sense of God have these goofy ideas about him.  All you can do is answer em and hope like heck that they get an understanding.\nNow you do get some smart mouth fools just trying to get a rise, so they ask really dumb insincere questions.  When you get these you just gotta answer em as if they are real questions.
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Nope, it's not just you.\n\nFrom what I've seen, the ppl replying that way are the ones who are "holier than thou" and like to quote scriptures as a way to back up their self-righteous behavior.\n\nOpinions are great, until someone tries to trample all over someone else's!\n\nI imagine I'm like many, in that if someone tries to shove their opinion down my throat it usually makes me stand that much more firm in my own belief.  My opinion is my truth and not that of anyone else's.
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It's very amusing how SO many of the answers you've gotten reflect the "You're right!  They're so closed-minded to the truth!  No one should question 'god!'"  Which highlights your point beautifully.  It's exactly those people who answered that way that ask these questions and don't want any answer other than affirmation of theit beliefs.  \n\nIt's usually pretty obvious who's genuinely asking a question, who's just preaching, and who's looking for a fight.  But sometimes you get taken by surprise.  It's very frustrating when you answer a question directed at people of your faith (Like 'why are there atheists on the R&S section?' or 'why does "x" religion believe that "x"?"), only to have the asker pick "Because those people are dumb" as an answer.  Then you wondered why you bothered taking the time to answer.  The asker obviously didn't want a real answer anyway.  \n\nAnyway, it can't be helped. *shrugs*  There will always be idiots out there.
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i just wish i was more informative to my 6 yearold when she asks me questions about God. Im not harsh at all to people who ask about God. Shoot i would like to know more than what i do about God and if someone wants to give me additude for asking about god then they can KISS MY A*S.
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For some people, it's sheer ignorance.  That ignorance, for the most part; is willful.  They choose not to learn from others, rather they wish to stick to their "I know what you believe and you don't" attitude.  If I want to know about a Christian concept, I'll ask a Christian. If they show me that I'm wrong in what I originally thought, I'll glady accept that.  I won't continue to argue the point once a follower of any particular faith has offered me knowlege on the sujbect.  I see a great deal of that here. It's like logical reasoning jumps right out the window as soon as a concept which is different is brought up.  They simply don't want to learn, plain and simple.\n\nOther people are just so hateful that they get great joy out of being smug and holier than thou.  It's almost like they think they are God on Earth or the only chosen person of God.  If they aren't playing a constant game of "My god can beat up your God", they aren't happy.  \n\nFinally, some people like to set themselves up as martyrs. They love to enter discussions which have nothing to do with their faith, spout a bunch of scripture, throw around some brimstone and then complain about how unfair other people are when they're told to mind their own business. They also really enjoy complaining when people enter their conversations doing the same thing.  \n\nI generally don't become angry or beligerant unless I'm having someone else's beliefs shoved on me 8 ways to Sunday.  Trying to discuss anything here without being told to find Jesus is impossible.  I mean it, try to get advice on mundane things like diet or health issues and you're told the same thing.  Honestly, It's very annoying.  I know, I know if I don't like it I can leave.  Just airing my view on the subject.
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For a self-descrivbed atheist, you seem to have a lot of questions about God and religion...even so far as to use the expression, 'honest to god'.  \n\nI wonder, if you do not believe in god, of what difference can it make to your life if others do?   Just think what you can do with the time you spend questioning how others live their lives.  \n\nIf you learn to be gracious, and realize that god-based comments from others are not meant with any evil intent (except the occasional directions to a certain perceived, very hot location), everyone will be happier, especially you.\n\nGood luck.
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People like answers, not questions.  Answers make sense of something unstable and bring order to that instability.  If you question something, you are doing so for your own sake, but at the same time you are necessarily (though probably not intentionally) challenging someone else's sense of stability/security (since that other person would see no reason for his/her belief system to be questioned).  You're not meaning to hurt anybody else, but it's just that too many people cannot easily face a disturbance to their beliefs; they view the one who asks the question as the problem.
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Here is what I would say to God if I had a direct line to God.\n\nDear God,\n\nWhy are some children beaten, abused and tortured to death?  Why does it seem that the nicer a person is, the weaker the person is perceived and subsequently taken advantage of?  Why do you allow bad things to happen to good people?  Why is EVIL so powerful?  Why are religious leaders so very evil sometimes?  How can you allow certain people to use religion and faith in YOU as a tool to inflict major pain, suffering and humiliation on so many innocent people?\n\nGod, please tell me why I am still alive?\n\nThanks,\nMr. Lou Zerr
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coz they doubt God's existence n ask stupid questions just 2 prove themselves rite!!or mayb they hav gone thru bad times n think God didnt help 'em..but mayb they dont hav full faith in Jesus.
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Why is it that you have to question others beliefs?
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I'm hearing you!!!\n\nI ask several questions which are of interest to me as they seem to be contradictory to Christian teachings.\n\nI'm not trying to offend, I'm just asking for a little outside the box thinking.\n\nMy questions are met with rudeness and vitriol and are normally answered by way of hurling quotes from the bible at me endlessly - no autonomous thought - just sermons.\n\nGggrrrr - that's why my last few "questions for Christians" have been more of a sarcastic nature.\n\nI figure if I'm not getting any straight answers and am persecuted for my interest, then I may as well just play it for the comic relief
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most of the time people dont take such questions personally , but some people do and as far as i thing those r the person who have some inferiority complex. so stop worrying and keep having fun until u dont want to hurt anyone
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I agree that it's very tiresome when people ask a reasonable, civilised question and get a rant in reponse (e.g. Noor's response to this question).\n\nBut on the other hand some people do ask questions that seem designed to wind up people of other faiths, and it's not surprising when people get wound up as a result.\n\nI think people's idea of what constitutes a challenging question and what constitutes a deliberate insult often differ.\n\nBut I think we should all try to get over this - after all this forum could be a really good place to build some real understanding among people of different faiths and no faith at all.
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WOW!!!! People are crazy and very rude when they apply their beliefs to how they judge others. \n\nWe (atheist) are not sad, lonely imoral people. We did not chose to become atheists because we were angered or felt abandoned by a god. We became atheists through years of thought and understanding. We do not get worried when you say it's our stubborn choice to not believe in your god and that we are going to burn in hell.\n\nPlease quit thinking this.