I think the downvotes stem from his opening line that he has some special knowledge of “the word”. It implies out of the box that those who see the world differently than him just have a flaw in that they didn’t know “the word”. Nothing about his question needed the preamble that implied any other views than his are defective for lack of knowledge of “the word”. -edit for typo.


I never imagined I knew your world view. I was answering about why there’s so many down votes. Using the phrase, “the word” like there’s some special power to it is an off-putting marker for a lot of people. I did assume, like most, that when you said “the word” you were talking about Christianity. And specifically the New Testament.