It's annoying when the leader of a Bible study rejects questions and tangent discussions "because we don't have time for that".  Why the heck not?  Isn't the purpose of a Bible study to learn more about the Bible and Christianity?  Who cares if we deviate from the schedule?  Who cares if we learn something outside of your lesson plan? 

Granted, this type of thing happens mostly with certain types of Bible study leaders ("Must cover a certain amount of material in a certain amount of time!") when certain types of people are in attendance (people who are incapable of staying on any one topic for any amount of time).  Surprisingly, I'm not the type of leader who feels the need to stick to a schedule.  I'm ok with going on a tangent because I find that people are more interested and involved in topics that come straight from their brains, instead of topics that come from me.  And as a leader, I understand that certain people can't stay focused on one thing for any amount of time, and it'll hurt the rest of the Bible study group if we only talk about one person's ideas.  However, I don't feel that a proper response to a legitimately curious person's question is, "We don't have time to talk about that now.  If you'd like, we can talk about that another night."  Not only is it a cop-out, it's a cheap cop-out because you know that person (a) won't be there another night and/or (b) will forget to bring the topic up again. #religion