Why do people always ask questions on R&S if they aren't actually looking for knowledge?

It's called "confirmation bias." A good explanation is on Wikipedia. Now you can ignore my answer.

It's not just in R & S but throughout Yahoo Answers. However, when I first started posting/answering, it really annoyed me when researched and sought out helpful information, gave a very detailed answer only to find what you described in your question: a quest for agreeable opinions rather than quest for answers or possible solutions--some are simply playing around--some are soapboxing.

There's no restriction on who asks those type questions: folks from any religions/faiths or none at all and from all walks of life.

Again, it used to "annoy" me a bit. Now, not really because I know it's a possibility.

Best to you.

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I think maybe it's because they think they already have all the answers and have life all figured out, and if you don't agree with them you're just wrong. Differing opinions are not well tolerated (goes both ways too). As a Christian, I really don't expect to have all the answers. That's why some degree of faith is always required, whether you choose to accept God or not. I hope nobody on R&S (theist or atheist) feels they have such compelling proof of their opinion that can not appreciate the doubts of others. Either way you go, you're going on faith, not absolute proof.

They're pushing their views. Some of them are, anyway. In their minds, the right answers are those that are their type of answers.

Then again, they're not truly searching for knowledge (or stupidity), but trying to spread "it".

Way too many of these questions happen here, from both sides (or all sides).

Just because you're intelligent doesn't mean everyone else is...

It's because they're not looking for information or opinions, they're trying to make a statement and broadcast their own opinion. They're treating Y!A as their personal soapbox. In any public forum, you're bound to get some people who will abuse it in order to vocalize their (often bigoted) opinions, especially with a subject matter as subjective, ambiguous and personal as religion. Y!A tries to regulate it to some degree, but there's no way that they can keep anyone out for good, and not much benefit for Yahoo! to police the forum extensively, since they're not making any significant profit on it.

If i direct questions at a specific group of people, it's usually because i'm attempting to cause that particular group to have the inclination to overlook the differences between that and a different group.

Note; I aim only for the inclination, i am not trying to force people to do anything.

Otherwise, i enjoy throwing random bits of bizarre conceptualism for no good reason.

P.S: Conceptualism should DEFINATELY be a word.

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There's safety in numbers.

It makes believing what you believe easier when you have others telling you that you are right.

What makes Christians different is that as they walk with God there will come a time when God removes all those who pat them on the back and tell them they're right. They then have to go to the bible and pray and find out for themselves if they are right.

I felt I should include this in my answer so that people understand there is a difference between knowing God and rejecting God.

The purpose of R&S is ideally for gaining knowledge, but since this not monitored for factual Q&A what you pointed out will continue to occur. Seperate yourself from the herd and make use of integrety. Be true to thy self?

I totally agree with you. Every time I check out the R/S section it makes me really sad. It seems like people are just venting their anger and frustrations. But it doesn't do anyone any good to be arguing with complete strangers over the internet.

I used to ask serious questions. And I always got a few stupid answers or answers that didn't really relate to what I asked.

So now I will occasionally ask stupid questions instead, and get an abundance of serious answers. Go figure :\