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JA B incognito asked in Society & CultureReligion & Spirituality · 10 years ago

Do you ask questions in order to give or to receive an answer?

This is kind of a survey for people who also ask questions. It's interesting to guess which answer an asker will choose, especially when the subject is religion. Sometimes a person's question suggests they will choose the answer that agrees best with what they already believe. Other times the question seems to be asked by a true seeker.

I'm hoping to start a discussion here. What about you? Why do you ask?

Update:

Hmmm... I thought I added something to this already. I probably just clicked the wrong button again which is just as well because I forgot what I said already so it would likely waste your time to read it too. I did think of something different to say, though.

I wrote this because I find it annoying when somebody asks a question and then summarily closes discussion by picking a "best answer" as soon as they find one they agree with. What if somebody else has given an answer I find interesting and I hope to get them to expand on that thought, or clarify what they mean? I can't do it because "the truth" has already been found.

Oh, right. That's what I said. By true seeker, I don't mean someone who is seeking anything like a true God. I mean someone who is truly open to finding the unexpected.

"Jesus loves the little children." I believe all children are born true seekers. They don't know anything, but they want to understand. "Not all who wander are lost."

Note to self: C

Update 2:

Hmmm... Now that *is* strange. The gray line said I had thousands of characters left, and yet it cut my last comment off. That was: Note to self: Click COPY, then submit.

Update 3:

...Then verify original copy was posted. OK, then.

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  • Logic / Reason / Evidence
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    Both. Yes sometimes I ask a question which can only have one sensible answer. e.g. I asked

    'If someone states that an issue is a fact & not simply a 'belief' should they be able to demonstrate it IS true?'

    In the second box I ask 'if God is a fact where is your evidence of this?'

    Now we all know nobody can supply proof of God's existence. That's fine if you are only saying God is a BELIEF rather than a fact, but people want to have their cake & eat it too by insisting God is fact -despite a lack of evidence to demonstrate this.

    However if I AM wrong about this they have every opportunity to explain (not claim) why I'm wrong. If no one can, I've made my point while opening myself up for correction.

    When you say 'true seeker' you didn't say WHAT is to be sought. I seek truth, are you seeking God? If so what makes you so sure God is a fact? If I seek truth BEFORE God I'll ought to find God anyway. Assumptions can be very misleading.

  • Not a Member
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    Most people here ask questions to make a point... Not because they really desire an answer. This suggests that ones opinion is more highly valued than those of others without regard to actual facts.

  • azfreehiker
    Lv 5
    10 years ago

    I have not yet asked a question. Haven't been able to trick myself to "not know"

    some good answers to the question I would ask. So I just answer questions so

    far...

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