Why Do So Many anti-Religion messagers come to a Religion board?
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THIS - IS - NOT - A - RELIGION - BOARD - EXCLUSIVELY - FOR - THE - RELIGIOUS.\n\nWhy must people be reminded of this fact every day??\n\nNow LISTEN... this is a place in which question -PERTAINING- to religion may be asked.  You don't have to adhere to a religion in order to ask a question ABOUT religion.  GET IT??
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Sometimes immature questions lead to mature discussions. \n\nI've found that although some people on here can be awfully immature, you can find so many others who actually have something worthwhile to say. I think keeping religion and politics on here is a must, nevertheless, people will continue to ask religious and political questions--- but just have no where to put them. \n\nThey may be 'hot buttons' or some such, but they are some of the biggest and most necessary topics to discuss, it would be doing a disservice to everyone to remove the categories simply because of a few morons who add nothing to the forum. I think it's helped out a lot of people who find solace in others who have the same ideals, or others who have good advice for them to get through a tough time or understand a certian verse a little better. And although there is a lot of hatred around here, just think that maybe one person will change their mind because of something someone else said (although unlikely haha). I'm just out here to be the logical, unbelieving voice in a sea of very religious people. And if I can make just one person realize that atheisim is just as viable a choice as Christianity, Islam, what have you, then I've done my job. And if I can help stick up for the Muslims or whomever else continuously being put down by ignorant or misled people, then I feel that I have done some service. \n\nIt's a necessary evil to trudge through the junk to get to the real jewels of the forum, but that can be said for everything. Let's not get rid of something only because we're afraid it may offend someone. :)
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Josh, I can understand your reaction and plea. It's sort of like having a bunch of mosquitos buggin' you and you can't get away from them, and you don't have any "RAID". Religious arguments are useless. Many Christians are trying to do God's work for him, rather than just focusing on their own walk with God, and letting God do his own work. They get pushy in their zeal to get everybody "saved". Some of them mean well, but some are really not mentally or spiritually well, and they'll give RELIGIOUS answers to everthing, including NON RELIGIOUS questions. I know that you can delete your own answer to a question, but sometimes I think it would be a good idea if people asking a question could delete answers that offended them. That way the pushy ones (and other people who give offensive answers)would get their answers deleted quite often, and they would soon learn that what they were doing wasn't appreciated and wasn't doing any good. And it would filter the answers for other readers who want to read relevant answers and cast a vote etc. You might want to suggest that to Yahoo. By the way, I am a Christian too.
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it's mostly because other belief systems ( beside islam, but their presence in yahoo answers is rare ) do not find the need to defend their faith so overwhelming\n\ni.e: buddhism, hinduism, zen ( if you can consider it to be a religion ), shinto, etc etc\n\nsome atheists are basically just poking fun at the most aggressive religions, in this case; christians ( the islams aren't very numerous here ) - because the targets can be relied upon to to act defensively\n\nothers are actually hostile, probably a response to their previous negative experience with religion\n\nchristians are just... responding - they can't help it, it's their programmed response. although some are doing a lot more than just responding and has started their own crusade
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Some people just feel the need to be vulgar without any real reason for it.  I have found that there isn't really a lot of religious tolerance demonstrated on this forum.  I am a Christian, I believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, but I also try to respect the views and beliefs of the other religions of this forum.  Someone else on this site asked once, "why can't we just agree to disagree?"  The foul language isn't necessary.
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Because they have too much spare time besides coming here to tell you "Oh my God, don't you have anything else better to do than come here and making this kinda comments about God?!?!"\n\n.. or tell you you will go to hell after you die, come on, I mean.. who cares?!?!
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Because the die hards are the only ones passionate enough to come here and argue about their religion?  If they weren't fundementalists, they wouldn't care enough either way to post.
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Some may do it for the same reason religious people send missionaries out.  They want to share their perception of the truth with those who they see as lost.  Maybe you should look past the annoyance, and be grateful they care.\n\nOthers may do it because they find it unbelievable that people can believe in something so simplistic.  These athiests may be disdainful of people who believes something just because it feels good, and they (religious people) refuse to see things as a rational person would because they don't want to rock the boat in which their beliefs are floating.\n\nOthers may be tired of all the religious people who think that whatever the higher being is running everything (if there is a higher being) belongs to christians/muslims/etc.. just because these people have named it/him and have outlined all his characteristics, etc.\n\nAnd maybe people are bored on a Saturday night and they have found there is more action in the religion & Spirituality section than in the household cleaning section (if there is even such a section).
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a lot of people seem to view those questions as opportunities to proselytize and condemn every religion but their own.
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sounds like you are annoyed from ppl trying to convert you...\n\nhehe... \nthats just the nature of all religions... they try to invite people.. but alot of people do not know how to do this and they tend to offend or persecute...
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Primarily it's because there are many people across the entire religious and non-religious spectrum that cannot accept that people are different and for whatever reason feel the need to attack those who are different then they are.\n\nAlso, those who have been attacked seem to enjoy attacking others in turn.\n\nAll we can really do though is to support and defend those who are reasonible, respectful and kind and report any and all who want to disrespect, attack and redicule them.\n\nSuch a pity, such a pity.
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Why is this posted in a religion board? What group are you talking about? We can't really give you an answer if you haven't fully asked the question.
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ppl should respect each other, if they are not showing your religion respect then they dont deserve your respect\n\ntraditionally, most internet messageboards have 'trolls' or people who feed off attention and usually of any kind (negative or postive)\n\nthe people doing this are the 'troll's of yahoo answers and there is a general saying on internet messageboards\n\ndont feed the trolls,\n\n then they will get bored and give up
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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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Why are you trying to sow dissent here?  There are people on here trying to keep it less like a battlefield and more like a place for important questions on faith, and questions like this don't help.
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Just like the first answer said. "They are offended by people shoving religion down their throat."\nNow that's funny. If you don't want to hear about religion, why are you in the R&S category?
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Maybe because Spirituality and Religion are not meant to be together?  Looks like "religious" folk are not so open to other people opinion while "spiritual" people are willing to talk to anyone.