That's absolutely incorrect my friend if you will look in the New testament you will see that Jesus Christ answered a whole lot of questions with a question. He was quite fond of doing so if the Lord Jesus Christ can do it so can we
The real 'rule' is that you should LISTEN to the question and consider what the person means before you answer. Too many people don't listen, and jump in with another question instead of taking the time to understand.
Do you mean 'answer' as in provide a definitive piece of information or 'answer' as in offer a response?
Sometimes the only answer is a response - a request for a more specific question or further details - or to ask why that person is asking for that information in the first place.
e.g. Q - Where do you live? A - Why do you want to know?
That's a perfectly reasonable and probably very wise response!
"Never" is a really long time. No, that statement is not true .... there are an infinite number of scenarios where a question is appropriate. Here is one ... let's say you own two cars. Your friend at work says, what color is your car? A very normal response would be .... "which car?".
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That's absolutely incorrect my friend if you will look in the New testament you will see that Jesus Christ answered a whole lot of questions with a question. He was quite fond of doing so if the Lord Jesus Christ can do it so can we
The real 'rule' is that you should LISTEN to the question and consider what the person means before you answer. Too many people don't listen, and jump in with another question instead of taking the time to understand.
Do you think it is true? (!)
Sometimes that's the only way you CAN answer a question.
Yes.
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What exactly do you mean?
i dont see anything wrong with that
Do you mean 'answer' as in provide a definitive piece of information or 'answer' as in offer a response?
Sometimes the only answer is a response - a request for a more specific question or further details - or to ask why that person is asking for that information in the first place.
e.g. Q - Where do you live? A - Why do you want to know?
That's a perfectly reasonable and probably very wise response!
I don't believe so. Ron Swanson does so and it works out pretty well for him.
"Never" is a really long time. No, that statement is not true .... there are an infinite number of scenarios where a question is appropriate. Here is one ... let's say you own two cars. Your friend at work says, what color is your car? A very normal response would be .... "which car?".