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Originally Posted by Erin Pavlina  Do you believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God born of a virgin? |
Even though this is a loaded question, it is still a yes or no question. We got the safe cable news answer. Are you running for president? Talk for 90 seconds about American values until the reporter gets bored and moves on to the next question that will be avoided.
If you say "yes", you alienate the non-Christian readers.
If you say "no", you offend the Christian readers because you are attacking the core of their beliefs. If there is no Jesus, there is no Christianity.
By leaving the door open, you get responses like "beautiful" and "thoughtful" because people are just turning the answer into what they want it to be. But, I guess that makes some people feel good. I just find this interesting, because this pattern is repeated quite a bit in the media, popular blogs, books, etc.