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Why are there people on Yahoo Answers who just want to hurt others as my sister who asked a sincere question?

I have a sister Barbara. A few days ago, she went on this Yahoo & asked a question in the Religion & Spirituality Section about why she is having trouble trying to pray. She told of her husbands money troubles & of how much she loves her baby boy. She told of how they have to move by 4/1/07 & her husband was not saving money & she was worrying. She told of her panic attacks & how she can't leave the house. She got a few nice answers. Mostly she got people telling her she was lazy & to get a job. She works 4 nights a week at home doing medical transcription. One woman told her that child services would take the baby and she was an unfit mother only worrying about her husband & not the baby. We grew up in an unfit household but my sister is the best mom & wife & would not even smoke a cigarette. She has no friends, I don't know what she wanted from this yahoo. She cried showing me what people wrote. She cut her wrists but she'll live. She is in the hospital now. Think.

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That's bad.....I will continue to pray for her. If I contributed to that in any way.....please forgive me. There are some rotten people on this forum......
There's a lot of Americans here so you have to expect crass and thoughtless responses. Edit-To the thumbs downers in advance- get your cheeks round my middle finger and spin.
Yes, welcome to modern society. It serves only to burden, supress, hate, and destroy. I shall pray for your sister.
Sounds like she needs Dr phill
We will pray for her.
lol. I'm sorry but this kinda funny. It is unbelievable that someone would try to commit suicide based on yahoo answers. You get an A for creativity here.
1. If she was so unstable that she slit her wrists, she should be in a hospital, not on Y!A. 2. Care to post the documentation? This stinks of a Christian guilt-trip fable.
Instead of blaming everyone on this site, maybe she should take some personal responsibility. Nobody was threatening her with anything, they were valid warnings of what could happen if she didn't take action. When a situation is that dire, people need the TRUTH, not a pat on the head.
Get her some real help. Don't have her come here for serious advice. This place is not a mental health center.
I'm sorry that this happened. Your sister and her family will be in my prayers.
You ask a valid question. Not all non-believers who post to this Forum are hate-mongers. And some self-professed Christians seem to have left the love reservation when judging some of their responses. I will confine my remarks below only to those that act badly. For both of these types of persons, it is interesting and sad to see how some persons will behave when hiding behind the anonymity of the computer. As an "old guy" I have occasionally acted irresponsibly in my youth, so I can relate, but only up to a point. It is also readily apparent these persons would be ashamed if they knew their parents, husband, wife, children, etc., learned of what they write herein. They do their loved ones a disservice and dishonor them with such behavior. The questions and answers one sees in this forum all too often represent a triumph of superficiality over seriousness. These flippant persons that post ad hominem, obnoxious, vitriolic items obviously have not formally studied the matters being asked for several years. Rather they enjoy mockery and proving that they really have no value to add to the answer and too much wasted time on their hands. (This is one of the reasons I moderate an advanced theology forum on the internet so I can filter out the nonsensical.) The scriptures speak of such persons: 2Ti 3:1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2Ti 3:2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 2Ti 3:3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 2Ti 3:4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 2Ti 3:5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. For these reasons "...God gave them up to dishonorable passions." (Rom 1:26) The best solution I can recommend for you and others is to ignore their vapid questions or comments. It is very easy to scan past them and focus your eyes on the substantive and cogent items. If you spend enough time in this Forum the persons prone to ill manners become known quickly, enabling the ignoring of their wasted efforts even easier. Just keep asking questions in an objective manner and you will sometimes get useful responses. I try to answer questions so structured with reasoned theological, philsophical, and logical responses. I will pray for your sister.
If she cut her wrists over some comments people she's never met with cartoon faces next to their names made, then she has a bigger problem you should be glad you have found in time.
She doesn't care about the kid or her husband much if she would sink that low.
I actually remember that posting. I was one person who responded....and wasnt mean to her (but was truthful, which can be construed as being mean...) Im sorry to hear others have caused her to think of suicide, and certainly hope my response didnt contribute. As for others...people are a**holes.
There are many evil people that have taken over the Yahoo! "religion and spirituality" answers section. So many that Yahoo! no longer moderates properly. This is why I no longer frequent Yahoo answers as I used to. I just got sick of it of the base remarks and adolescent attitudes. I am afraid she looked in the wrong place for answers while she was in such a vulnerable state. I will pray for Barbera today. - Schneb
Think yourself. If you'd wanted honest answers to her problems, you'd both gone to her pastor or someone who could actually help and advise her. Instead, you chose a public forum known for negativity to air the difficulties.
I'm so sorry to hear about the problems your sister is going through. You are right that there are people on here that don't really care about others or just make remarks to be plain hateful. I don't understand it either. This should be a forum where people can ask questions and get legitimate answers in a rational way without being ripped apart. It does sound like your sister needs a lot of love, support, and probably some counseling as well. If they are having money problems, hopefully there are some free counseling services that the hospital can recommend for her. If she belongs to a church, maybe the church can also help out, either financially, with some counseling, assisting with childcare, or something to help relieve her and her husband's burdens. Just try to be there for her now, and as her sister, do your best to research some options for her to find help. I don't know the circumstances of her situation, but maybe her husband can try to save some money if he has any extra. If not, hopefully he can either try to see if he can get a raise, work extra hours, or maybe get a second job or a job that pays better to help. Please know that not everyone on here is hateful. There are some of us that really do want to help others and try to give the best answers we can. I pray for you, your sister and her family.
Sorry, but what did she expect? This is not a support center for troubled people as reading the response to many questions will clearly show. Not only that, this is clearly not a prayer request forum, which I'm sure exist elsewhere. My heart goes out to her, but I can not concieve of anyone being so misinformed, that they would expect any good advice from a bunch of strangers that they know nothing about.
I am sorry to hear about your sister, hopefully she will get the help she needs, she shouldn't be taking what others think to the point of harming herself and putting her family in an even worse spot than they are in. A lot of people on hear are just looking for a quick 2 points and don't take the questions seriously. It is a lot quicker to throw out a criticism than to actually take time to think about the question and give your best answer. Good Luck, my prayers are with you and your family
You and your sister and families have my prayers. Iam truly sorry this happened to her. As you know some people are just too selfish to think of someone else and think only of themselves and hurt others on purpose. My prayers to you all and may God Bless you all and bring your sister healing and wellness of both mind body and soul.
If you email me your and your sister's problems, then I promise I will give you a true answer.
Not everyone can handle the cruelty that people seem intent upon displaying on this site. God is watching, however. God hears her prayers and he knows what is in her heart. He knows what she needs before she asks for it. Tell her to have faith in Jesus and to ignore the various and sundry idiots on this site that like to mess with people's heads. God answers all prayers. God does not judge the quality of a prayer by how long it is or by how fancy the words used, but by the heart that is behind the prayer. A beautiful heart will automatically create a beautiful prayer. We should never judge our praying by human standards----we should just offer them up the best way we know how and have faith that God has received them and has fulfilled them in his time and in a way that will benefit us the best according to the wisdom of God. I pray that your sister fully recover from her ordeal and I have faith that her prayers have been answered in the kingdom of heaven and that they will soon manifest in this realm. God bless you both. Jesus loves you both.
I am sorry to here that.Some people don't care here on yahoo answers.they just answer questions in the way they want it to be. But for real Christians, if they answer, you can count on it. Colossians 4:6 Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.
She can't be a terribly good wife/mom if she tried to kill herself. Especially if she tried to kill herself because of what people said on the internet. The whole affair is pretty sad actually. Sad as in pathetic, I do not mourn stupidity. P.S. That Mr. Religion Man or whatever copy and pastes his responses, that's just sad. For proof see my question on bible usage and compare to his response here. G'day.
Hello Jessica.. My heart goes out to your sister..you are all in my prayers.. I am here for you sweet Jessica..please tell your sister that though we have never met, that I Love her.. Please tell Barbara that she must seek the Lord first..some people will only discourage her..but the Lord will lift her up, during this her hour of great turmoil.. I pray this has touched the hearts of the ones that did not reach out to your sister..but rather added fuel to the fire that was brewing within her life..for when she was truly looking for hope, she received discouragement.. In Jesus Most Precious Name.. With Love..In Christ.. :)
I believed you up until I read the part about the wrist slitting. If it is all true, then she's got deeper issues than worrying about what a pack to total strangers think of her. For that matter, shouldn't you be with her or her baby instead of here berating us total strangers?
There are some very nasty people on here. I find it very sad.
I'm sorry for your sister and her situation but if she cut her wrists due to a few rude answers from anonymous strangers she truly needs professional mental health help.
People should take this site seriously because someone out there really needs help and don't know how to come foward about it so they use this website for advice. Real talk, this site can save people from damnation or hurt. You really don't know what's going on with people's mentality and emotions so don't play with them. I even made that same mistake of joking with someone and they took it personal and probably thinks all black dudes are like this. My prayers go out to Barbara. Really its no one's fault. This world has been contradicting and insensitive since the beginning.
Sorry dear, but I don't believe a word of either post. My sister and I are both on Y!A and we don't happen to have identical avatars. That's just too coincidental... I smell multiple accounts...
first of all let me express my sympathy to you, your sister, and your family. As someone who has delt with depression and attempted suicide in his family I understand that the smallest seeming thing can start a chain reaction that leads to this result. What she needs now is compassion, understanding and counseling and I am sure she will be able to get these things. If your sister has any questions please let her know that she can email me and I will try my best to answer her questions. May YAHWEH the Bright, lord above all nations, grant you peace and comfort. May he send his servants to you to and your sister to councel and advise you and may you know happiness, joy, and prosperity the rest of your days. Amen
Oh God !! I m realy sorry to hear this all, Ahh she should not come to this place for help, this place does has some peoples who only know to hurt others.they take things for fun.......and do not realise that sometimes peoples come here for serious help......Wish your sis all the luck And May she get well soon, I would advise you to get her cheeck up done by some psycologist we well, she needs a mentle help, as reacting to this thing to that extend could be more dangrous .....i think she need some rest and good friends around her to tell her that life is still very beautiful and there are much more in it.......hard times come but everything get settled at the end.......thats for sure ! Good luck to her !
They're called "trolls". Ever since the Yahoo News discussion boards shut down, all of the trolls are over here on Y!A now. These are the assholes who have nothing better to do with their lives but to troll around looking for random people to insult. The Religion & Spirituality topic tends to attract more than its fair share of trolls, and self-righteous poseurs. Y!A is not for the overly sensitive.