Redeemer Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I wanted information on what to do about my landlord, so I asked Yahoo answers. While waiting for replies, I began to answer other people's questions, out of boredom. I saw one on evolution, and went in to read and have my say, but the poor bugger that asked the question was getting totally ripped apart by Christians for believing in evolution. He was obviously just a kid, and wanted to know why how we were related to monkey because his teacher had asked his class to go home and think about how similar people and monkeys are. He made a very good list of similarities, like the shape of the hands, the body shape, and how "they all hang out together and play". Yet he was attacked by various people for believing in something that is perfectly logical. I felt angry but knew that if I replied, I would just make people more angry, so I left to search for another question. And holy shit did I find one. I remember it word for word, and it was in caps:"IF EVOLUTION IS REAL THEN WHY DO SNOWMEN NOT GROW LEGS AND WALK? THEY JUST SIT THERE WITH THEIR CARROT NOSE! I BELIEVE IN THE SCIENCE OF THE BIBLE!!".........So after I had absorbed how stupid the question was, I replied and said to the woman:"Snowmen are not made of living tissue. They are made of frozen water. Water is not living tissue. Try better next time."And that was me being nice. Anyway, I had to RAGE QUIT because I was getting aggressive, nasty complaints from other Christians. Apparently I was like the snowman, because I turned into a pile of dirty mush, I was going to hell because I was mocking a follower of god, etc. I reported some of the comments, like the mush one, because it was just a nasty dig at someone who has chosen not to follow religion.So I ask you all, why did this happen? Surely the person asking the snowman question should have known that she made no sense at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of the Shrooms Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 i would like you to know that in my opinion, there are 3 kinds of christians in this worldthe first are the ones who care enough to follow there bible, but would not attempt in overbearing anyone, if you ask me about it i'll tell you but other wise i keep to myself about itthe second kind are a step up, they can be kinda overbearing but they wont shove it down your throat , and they can be pleasant about other topics to.the final kind are the ones who give Christianity the bad rep it seems to have nowadays, the ones who will shove it down your throut and proclaim in public if you do ANYTHING wrong, you WILL go to hell.the people you encountered were probably of the third kind mentioned above, and you were right to leave the situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"User" Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Some of the questions people ask there just make me want to think half of those guys are trolls... People can't be THAT stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CrypticQuery Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I saw one of those kinds of people in the subway today; standing there yelling about how "GAWD IS YOUR SAVIOR". Most everyone ignored him I'm going to basically agree with what King of the Shrooms said; there are multiple types of religious people, most are quite nice, but others are ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox1235 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I saw one of those kinds of people in the subway today; standing there yelling about how "GAWD IS YOUR SAVIOR". Most everyone ignored him I'm going to basically agree with what King of the Shrooms said; there are multiple types of religious people, most are quite nice, but others are ridiculous. Some guy with a megaphone does at hockey games in front of the arena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZComposer Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Red, sorry to say this, but you got seriously f'ing trolled. There are a well-known subset of trolls that post things like that, and Yahoo Answers is one of their favorite bridges to live under. They pretend to be psycho-Christians to piss off atheists to get batshit responses to the atheists out of real batshit Christians. The responses of both the atheists and the Christians give them many lulz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redeemer Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 Red, sorry to say this, but you got seriously f'ing trolled. There are a well-known subset of trolls that post things like that, and Yahoo Answers is one of their favorite bridges to live under. They pretend to be psycho-Christians to piss off atheists to get batshit responses to the atheists out of real batshit Christians. The responses of both the atheists and the Christians give them many lulz. Really? Fffffffffffffffffffffff. Touche, 4chan, touche.BUT. I now feel better knowing I was trolled rather than attacked by religious extremists. Don't get me wrong, I have no issue with Christians as long as they respect the choices of others, but I'm so glad they were just trolls. *sigh of relief* I just feel more comfortable knowing I wasn't actually slandered for my beliefs. I just got trolled. I can't believe how relieved I'm feeling right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZComposer Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I forgot about Poe's Law, though. It describes what you went through:"Without a winking smilie or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of fundamentalism that someone won't mistake for the real thing."This is why trolls love religion. The converse is that sometimes it is difficult to tell if it really is a fundie rather than just a troll.That said, I find it hard to believe that a fundie is batshit enough to believe that atheists think snowmen are real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redeemer Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 I forgot about Poe's Law, though. It describes what you went through:"Without a winking smilie or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of fundamentalism that someone won't mistake for the real thing."This is why trolls love religion. The converse is that sometimes it is difficult to tell if it really is a fundie rather than just a troll.That said, I find it hard to believe that a fundie is batshit enough to believe that atheists think snowmen are real.Poe's Law makes so much sense regarding this. So funny... I'm sort of giggling right now, can't believe I never saw the troll behind the fundie. But as you said, both can be so extreme, it can be hard to tell the difference. They got me good. XDI just thought that it was a fundie challenging believers in evolution, by presenting them with what they thought was proof that evolution didn't happen. I thought she was just trying to be smart by using the snowman example to ultimately win. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arashikage Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Just at that last question you saw on yahoo, personally, I think it's just because the person was making a comment on how absurd the idea of evolution seemed to her. I mean, when people do that they normally mean to put down the other belief, yeah, you got trolled, but that may have been what the question was there for, bait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Krystal Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Yahoo Answers is a well known place for having no answers, and often doesn't have good questions either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 There was a website/blog of the stupidest facebook and yahoo answers posts. I forget the link. Stuff like "I won $10 today. Friend bet I couldn't eat a raw chicken" Also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedFox8 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 An event that made my day: You know those "level three" Christians mentioned above. They claim that Harry Potter, Pokemon, Dungeons and Dragons and such are all "works of the devil" Well, I have something to say to those people... One of the gaming sessions I was in, we had a priest. That's right. A priest. Collar, robes, everything. He was actually a great guy too. The only thing different was that we kept our usual "guy" jokes to a minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sluggsnipa Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 I wanted information on what to do about my landlord, so I asked Yahoo answers. While waiting for replies, I began to answer other people's questions, out of boredom. I saw one on evolution, and went in to read and have my say, but the poor bugger that asked the question was getting totally ripped apart by Christians for believing in evolution. He was obviously just a kid, and wanted to know why how we were related to monkey because his teacher had asked his class to go home and think about how similar people and monkeys are. He made a very good list of similarities, like the shape of the hands, the body shape, and how "they all hang out together and play". Yet he was attacked by various people for believing in something that is perfectly logical. I felt angry but knew that if I replied, I would just make people more angry, so I left to search for another question. And holy shit did I find one. I remember it word for word, and it was in caps: "IF EVOLUTION IS REAL THEN WHY DO SNOWMEN NOT GROW LEGS AND WALK? THEY JUST SIT THERE WITH THEIR CARROT NOSE! I BELIEVE IN THE SCIENCE OF THE BIBLE!!" ... ... ... So after I had absorbed how stupid the question was, I replied and said to the woman: "Snowmen are not made of living tissue. They are made of frozen water. Water is not living tissue. Try better next time." And that was me being nice. Anyway, I had to RAGE QUIT because I was getting aggressive, nasty complaints from other Christians. Apparently I was like the snowman, because I turned into a pile of dirty mush, I was going to hell because I was mocking a follower of god, etc. I reported some of the comments, like the mush one, because it was just a nasty dig at someone who has chosen not to follow religion. So I ask you all, why did this happen? Surely the person asking the snowman question should have known that she made no sense at all. I'm Catholic,there's a difference...Christians are more biased. Either that or I go to church to little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"User" Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 I'm Catholic,there's a difference...Christians are more biased. Either that or I go to church to little. You must go to church too little then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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