Are You Asking These Rhetorical Questions?

Let’s take a closer look at some of them.

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We hear them all the time. Rhetorical questions. Theoretically, they require no answer, but sometimes I feel compelled to examine the questions and provide an answer. Not necessarily a good answer, but an answer, nevertheless. Let’s take a look at some of these questions.

1: Is the Pope Catholic?

I’m guessing it’s probably part of the job description, but the Catholic church is becoming more liberal. The real question is how Catholic is the Pope. How does he feel about pre-marital sex, birth control and homosexuality?

2: Does a bear poop in the woods?

Obviously, it depends on where the bear is. If he’s in the woods, he’ll poop in the woods. Basically, he’ll poop wherever he wants to. Who’s going to stop him.

3: Who cares?

This can actually take a lot of research. We really need to refine the search to something more manageable like, “Do you care?” Or “Who in the building cares?” Beyond that, it’s pretty much an unmanageable question.

4: How are you?

That might come across as an actual question, but if the asker doesn’t listen for a response, it’s actually a rhetorical…