Christians - What do you learn on Yahoo answers that you couldn't in a normal Bible study?

How atheists and others think. Their opinions of Christians and what they perceive of Christians. Its not only entertaining but very educational. Y!A has taught me a lot about how to approach non believers, especially atheists, and how to defend my beliefs. Oh and also what not to say/do. Some may not see it, but it has strengthened our faith and made us think more and resolve why we believe what we believe, basically it put our beliefs and heads right. Good question.

Christians - What do you learn on Yahoo answers that you couldn't in a normal Bible study?
i get to hear stories from around the globe about the eternal conflict between God and satan. People tell of what God has done in their life, and others the struggles that they cannot seem to overcome. It really makes obvious the invisible battle that constantly rages in the spiritual realm.
Reply:"NORMAL" Bible study? I have studied the Bible for nearly sixty years on and off and I've come to the conclusion that such drivel could not possibly be the word of an intelligent being. It is folk lore, translated and mis interpreted in thousand different ways to suit those who want to exploit it for personal gain.
Reply:What I have learned is that there are a lot of people around who hate Christianity! It was not like this 10 years ago! At one time even people who didn't believe saw "church people" as respectable, but not anymore.





It has laid on my heart that Christians better start matching their walk to their talk if we are not going to lose this entire generation.
Reply:how atheists think! how Christians outside of my church think, anonymous and uninhibited sharing of thoughts (often in the form of a rhetorical question followed by a long lecture fitted into the description).
Reply:If you don't know by now, you have not been here long enough.


Stick around and find out. Take a leap and jump out of the box.


Rev. TomCat
Reply:That there is only one God: The Flying Spaghetti Monster.








Ramen !
Reply:Christians are keeping an eye on Yahoo answers , to know "How many more Christians have converted to Atheism.
Reply:Every once in a while I DO discover some fact I had not known or bit of reasoning I find intriguing.





However, mostly I have discovered:





1) How absolutely close minded some people are. and





2) Also how SOME Christians not only spout so much hatred, but they believe in a "God of hate.".





3) Already decide what they believe and THEN use the Bible to prove it is "truth."





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and BLESSED3 write: "There are a lot of people around who hate Christianity! It was not like this 10 years ago!"





It is NOT Christianity they hate, only the perverted twists that too many put into their "brand" of Christianity. It would seem to them that Christianity is no longer a religion of love,but one of intollerance, bigotry, and even hatred.





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DREADS wrote: "People tell of what God has done in their life, and others the struggles that they cannot seem to overcome."





This view is somewhat simplistic and naive. Most of my struggles have been in sloughing off the tyranny of the half-truths and total lies of my former religion, and with the bigotry and intolerance found in much of the “Christian” community.





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and ...ChildOfG...





I learn that the majority of (but not quite all) CHRISTIANS are self-righteous elitists who have convinced themselves beyond the shadow of a doubt that THIER RECONSTRUCTION OF God IS THE ONLY TRUTH so that they can actively HATE others and pretend they are doing good.
Reply:Not a whole lot since most of what is on here is bickering and fighting over who is more right Christan's or Atheists.
Reply:Sam nailed it. In Bible study i get only the way other brothers and sisters think. Here I get all opinions. I love it, keep it coming!
Reply:A normal Bible study's purpose is more or less "comfort the Christian", whereas here on Yahoo R %26amp; S, it's more like "kill the guy with the Bible".


Since participating in Yahoo, I've brushed up on apologetics, added a Bible search software program to my laptop, and read two books by Hank Hanegraaff and Josh McDowell.


Yahoo definitely keeps you on your toes, and although I probably haven't led anybody to the Lord on Yahoo, the hostility encountered here is good mental preparation for the world outside your front door.
Reply:people, like everything else are winding down to the grave.
Reply:all these other answers i am going with....
Reply:How many still need to know of God's purpose of creating man
Reply:Okay I am not a Christian, but I wanted to answer.





On here, usually its just regular religious dialogue, but every now and then someone will put something so succintly, so elegantly...that its like a little inspiration.





Example, on the never-settle question of free will, someone on here once said simply "whats the point of consciousness without free will?"
Reply:In a normal Bible study I have others who believe the way I do who don't challenge me. I say, "Hey Jesus is God. I'm saved. Jesus is the only way." And everyone in my circle nods their heads and say, "amen". Here I am challenged and not only that but Christians, I believe, are necessarily unaware how they come across to non-christian and they should hold themselves accountable to others why they believe what they believe.
Reply:It has really helped me in studying the Bible.I stay mostly on the RS site and when scripture is needed to answer a question you have to look it up.
Reply:What people of other religions (or non-religions) really think.





Because honestly, when I was involved with Bible studies, people would say all kinds of things about "what non-believers thought" that I discovered later weren't true.
Reply:hmm.


different perspectives.


Atheists


agnostics.


Muslims.


Mormons...


etc.
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Reply:Act 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.





Jesus said . . . . ye shall be witnesses unto Me








Isaiah 43:10 Ye are My witnesses, saith the LORD, and My servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe Me, and understand that I am he: before Me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after Me.








Jehovah is Jesus Christ, the Jehovah witnesses had been witnessing for the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ who is Jehovah and they had been wrong since 1930's when they adopted the name
Reply:There are alot of people that don't pick up a Bible because they have a hard time understanding it, so they can come here and ask, the thing is, they must not take some people serious as their are alot of athiest that come on here that do not understand it, so they put people down, but if they would see, if they could open their heart, they would have the joy they are missing.
Reply:I learn that the majority of (but not quite all) atheists are self-righteous elitists who have convinced themselves beyond the shadow of a doubt that God doesn't exist so that they can have an excuse for their low (or non-existant) moral standards.
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