Do we ask questions to which we already know the answers?

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I don't know; do you? (lol).

Minerva

I suspect it is a bit more subtle and multi-layered than that.

There are certainly people who like asking questions and then answering the question themselves.

There are other people who ask questions, and will reject any answer which isn't the one that they like.


Some people ask questions because they are curious about what other think, but have no real interest in changing their minds.

Some people ask questions, and are genuinely interested in the answers, because they have no idea what the answer may be.

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Yes. I can say always. I don't really have any questions, not that I have all the answers, but there just aren't any questions : )

I can't see someone having a question and not knowing the answer. Don't they arise at the same time? I think it is that most people think the answers are outside of them and therefore they ask others.

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I typically ask questions in order to determine what my previous question was.

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Metis,
I typically ask questions in order to determine what my previous question was.

What????

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Do you as yourself what you jut asked?

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Questions are IMO more important than Answers, so I tend to ask a lot of them.

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Instead of loving what you think is peace, love other men and women and love God above all else. Instead of hating all the people you think are warmongers, hate the appetites and disorders in your own soul which are the causes of war. - Thomas Merton

Asking questions may be a way or reassuring ourselves or getting reassurance from others...

- Art

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LightKeeper,

Generally people ask questions regarding such topics of which they are not aware of.But if we look into debates or live arguments,Scholars ask questions to which they already know the answers but they do that inorder to create awareness regarding such topic in the audience.

Asking questions and answering it is a part of learning and if a person asks a question,then it shows his or her curiosity to learn.

Even God likes such people who have curiosity of learning and when a person learns about new things,it doesnot only increases his knowledge but brings him closer to facts and figures.

Even in Qur'an God says that "whenever you get a news verify it"

You can see you get lot of news from different sources, and not all of them are true. Even the information that you get from National Geographic and Discovery Channel is mostly untrue.