Be honest, if the Religion and Spirituality section only contained sincere questions on R&S?
If the Religion and Spirituality forum was to become a dry and straightforward question and answer format, would you be more or less likely to want to come here?
What keeps you coming back? What makes you irritated about being here? What types of questions do you enjoy reading but don't answer? What types of questions do you ignore? What types of questions do you wish would stop being asked? What questions are your favorite questions? Besides the Q&A itself what other factors bring you back here?
2008-04-12T19:15:12Z
If that was a specific but separate forum, I'd agree with Savatage.
turtles all the way down2008-04-12T19:15:15Z
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I like the general atmosphere. I think there are a lot of interesting people here. There are also a lot of interesting questions and answers.
I think the most irritating thing is how many people here make false generalizations.
I usually answer any question that I enjoyed reading unless I don't have a good answer.
I ignore questions directed to religions that have nothing to do with me. For example, if somebody asks Catholics something about mass, I'll ignore the question because I wouldn't be able to give a worthwhile answer. (I might read it if I'm interested in the answers though.)
I don't mind people asking questions over and over again. I just skip the ones I've read several times.
I don't know if I have a specific type of favorite question. I like the funny ones, but I like the ones that require a lot of thought too.
The whole 'debate' is what is a serious question? How do you gage someone's sincerity? Once you start trying to answer questions like that then you start getting into censorship and whilst there are some areas (to me) that are open and shut no go areas in a public forum there are more grey areas then you realise. At the end of the day it is easy enough to skip questions that you do not like, in fact if more people did that then there would be less room for some of the idiots/trolls who infect Yahoo Answers in general. I enjoy spiritual more open ended questions where there is some room for debate or opinion. I keep coming back, because I still find it fascinating how all these people from different walks and ages of life actually come together and start communicatings ideas and beliefs.
This is my first time to this forum and i think once I can tear myself away I probably won't come back.
What keeps me here right now? It's like a train wreck and I can't look away. The ignorance is fascinating/scary.
I was hoping it would be more serious debate type of stuff, not dry or straightforward, but meaningful and interesting. I like different opinions because I believe that it helps all people grow to be exposed to lots of different beliefs.
The intolerance is also really intense. Maybe it's just kids or something or people saying things for the shock value of ridiculousness, but atheists filled with demons? If you're not with jesus you're against him?
so, I imagine this is the norm for this board. I'll stick with science and gardening from now on. Obviously people serious about spirituality are not so much round these here parts.
1) The great members in this forum keep me coming back. 2) "Bashing" questions of any type irritate me. (I ignore these) 3) I read every question my contacts ask. If I have an answer that I feel applies, I answer.
My favorite questions are the silly ones...also like the insightful questions that make me think.
Once again, it is the wonderful members in this forum. Many are like family. The only time I take a break is when the atmosphere gets nasty or if I am neglecting my home and family.