Do you discuss your beliefs as openly with your friends at home as you do with your friends here on Yahoo?
Question:
How about you guys? Are you guys more open here...or is it just me?
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At my job there are people from various beliefs- from Catholic to Agnostic to Jehovah's Witnesses to undecided. What I like about them is the way we can discuss our differing views without hostility. They bring literature about their different views and everybody is really relaxed about the whole thing - no sarcasm or name calling. Personally I have learned a lot from these discussions. From how to calm down when clients call in.- to how to feel hopeful about people ( that is that there are still decent people out there who want a better world) I have learned about how to find scripture from the Witness, about tradition from the Catholic, about how and why people have become agnostic, but that not all Agnostics are closed minded. From the undecided I have learned that search is a good thing. There are often more questions than answers, but there are more answers that many of us realize.
I sometimes find a lot of hostility, sarcasm and closed-mindedness on Yahoo; but I have seen some whose questions and answers are genuine and sincere and sometimes funny without being disrespectful.
I don't have any friends
Yeah... but actually more so in real life, because I can talk faster than I can type ;)
I'm just as outspoken in person as I am here.
Only if the topic comes up. I don't push my atheism on anybody, though I don't hide it either.
I do advertise my atheism with bumper stickers and such, because I feel we are otherwise overlooked too easily. It's much easier to hate atheists if you don't know any.
People are more honest about who they are in an anonymous forum. None of us have to live together.
Where I live in the UK religion is pretty much a side issue and I don't discuss my beliefs with many people. As an atheist who has family members that are involved in the church I also feel it's better to avoid upsetting anyone by challenging their beliefs.
may be not face to face talk with a close friend is better.
I'm much more open here than in real life. One of the reasons I started coming here was to learn how to be more open to discussing my beliefs with "real" people. I know... it's weird, right? A Mormon who needs to be MORE out going? But I honestly don't share my beliefs with anyone in the real world, not even my non-member parents, unless I'm asked a direct question about my faith.
I don't really discuss my beliefs around my friends in the real but I don't have a problem discussing to a bunch of people I don't know.
I don't want to stir problems with the people I see everyday.
I am more open at home and in person with discussing my beliefs, I find it is easier face to face
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Yes actually I do. What you read is who I am.
I am open with my husband and daughter, more guarded with my parents and I carefully avoid the topic with other people. I suppose that is why I am here. I look for debate to strengthen my beliefs but without getting punched in the nose!
Yeah, but I'm nicer here. If one of my friends asked some of the questions i see daily, I'd probably give them a piece of my mind. I'm nicer here because I don't know anyone.
I can say alot more on Yahoo. Many of my friends are Christians, and I do not have a high opinion of Christianity. So, I keep my mouth shut when with friends, but, I say what I think here.
I still have an easier time talking to my friends in person than over the Internet. I don't really have a any Yahoo friends, partly because I'm still learning how to do that and figure out how the Yahoo 360 page works.
No one else in my life cares much about religion.
I don't know if it's better or worse to be more open online. There is really no accountability in anonymity. But then again. I think people lie about their religion or lack thereof on this site. I see alot of members here that seem to waver back and forth. I have seen one person here claim three different faiths at different times.
I pretty much will talk to anyone who cares to listen about my religious beliefs online or offline. I think most people are that way.
No, I'm much more open in person...it's hard to have an honest sharing dialogue through the computer, not to mention those who don't really want to share but simply want to rant..I've always enjoyed debate and discussion and my friends and family and I engage respectfully in our sessions!
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