Why is it, if I start a thread with a sentence like this. “If you were given a choice of having all the buildings in the world painted the same single primary or secondary color, what color would you choose?”, I am guaranteed to get the following types of responses:
“Invisible”
“Red and blue”
“Rainbow”
“Paisley”
“I would let everyone choose their own favorite color”
“I once saw this house that was painted a cross between pink and puce-I’d pick that color”
“Could you define ‘color’?”
“Could you define ‘Building’?”
And so on, ad nauseum, ad infinitum.
What is it about the need of some people to game the system, no matter what they are doing? If I ask a simple question, I’d like an answer that pertains to that same question, not some sort of “clever” workaround or rewording of the question.
Is that too much to ask?
Ralph: (Whispering) Lisa, what’s the answer to number seven?
Lisa: (Whispering) Sorry, Ralph. That would defeat the purpose of testing as a means of student evaluation.
Ralph: (After a pause) My cat’s name is Mittens.
Your question in that thread was particularly badly phrased, hence the need for people to get further clarification. That the discussion didn’t go in the direction you intended because you didn’t define the question properly isn’t the fault of other people.
The question you pose in this thread is straightforward enough to understand and can be answered, the other one wasn’t (what does “to make any already established religion reality for the rest of time” even mean?) and I don’t think it’s a fair comparison.
Sounds kind of like that “Think outside the box” shit gone wild. Almost every single day I call one of parts drivers and ask “How long before you get to so and so?” And I’ll hear “Well I’m on Sahara and Las Vegas Blvd”. I just shake my head and call them back “Could you be a little more specific, you know like " LOOK AT A FUCKING CLOCK, DUMBASS!!!”. O.K., so that’s what I want to say but you get the picture. It wastes both of our times by the other person being a dork. I’m really quite patient with the drivers for the most part. Yelling at workers is uncalled for at the least and unproductive at the worst. God, I’m glad we have a pit here so I can vent!
Surely the whole point of a religion is that you believe that its tenets ARE truth - if not why are you supporting it? And wouldn’t the obvious answer be “the religion that I follow”? And if you don’t follow one, why would you pick one?
IMO, you’re gaming the system. I think his intent was clear-- you don’t have to think too much about it. No excess thought needed. Just. pick. a. religion.
Here’s what I would say: it’s a reaction against the arbitrariness of the hypothetical question. Why only one color, for example? Yeah, yeah, I know, it’s your question and you should get to dictatorially define the parameters. Still, there’s a natural counterreaction that says, “Who died and made you king?”
Yes, he originated Blitz painting, where the exterior paint was dropped by dive bomber. And later the interior was done by paint balls and paint grenades.
You didn’t exact say which established religion you would pick that would fulfill your need to destroy everything, though. Other than that, I’ve got no problem with your answer-I’m trying to conduct a poll of sorts, not a debate.
I think it’s as simple as people getting far away from the question in their head and then typing their thoughts.
I’ve typed long thoughtful responses about what I would do in the situation described in an OP, only to reread the OP and recognize that it doesn’t ask what we would do, only if we would do what’s described.
It could also be that it’s a kneejerk reaction to the idea that a thread that just read:
…One color
[ul]
[li]Red[/li][li]Orange[/li][li]Blue, naturally[/li][li]Red[/li][QUOTE]
Orange
[/QUOTE]
+1
[li]Purple[/li][li]Yellow[/li][/ul]
doesn’t tell the whole story. People want to tell you WHY they want Yellow, or why your parameters are too limiting.
As for your other thread, I am very religious, and do in fact suspect that many people would be a lot happier if they were to embrace my particular faith. You didn’t ask about individual religions or faiths, though. The God to whom I pray is the “God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers…” and therefore the same God as that of a whole lot of monotheistic religions. I figured my answer wouldn’t be interesting, or add much to the discussion.
Well, I don’t actually know of any religion with that set of beliefs. Can I make one up, and give it a name?
Um, everybody believes in logic and the application of scientific principlesto problem solving, there is no god or afterlife, and life’s meaning is whatever we make of it here on earth.
I don’t really get this. It’s natural to get defensive and change the parameters to any question? Wouldn’t that kind of make this place useless? It already makes it frustrating sometimes. I think, as it was stated earlier, that it’s all about people wanting to be clever and “deep”. Pfffffft. Just answer the question as posed.
