Question:
Spiritually speaking, Why was the following question deleted and upheld as a violation?
LIam Carter
2013-09-26 00:24:49 UTC
I asked "When a religious Christian tells me I must forgive others does that mean even people who want to kill me?"

then I added

Do Christians believe that we have to forgive others even if they aren't sorry for what they did? What about a child who has been abused, does he have to forgive his abuser? What about a woman who was raped? What about a man who saw his wife murdered? Do they all have to forgive that before God will forgive them?

Why or why not? Explain what Jesus meant in the Lord's Prayer to you.

It was deleted and the violation was upheld and there was never any reason given and I didn't even get to read the answers.

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The violation notice said

This answer has been removed and 10 points have been deducted from your account. You may not have realized this, but all answers submitted on Yahoo! Answers must comply with the Answers Community Guidelines. Violating the Community Guidelines or TOS may result in the deletion of the content, deduction of points or termination of your Answers account without warning. In extreme cases, violations may result in the termination of your Yahoo! ID, and consequently, access to all other Yahoo! services.
If you believe that your answer does not violate the Answers Community Guidelines or TOS, and would like to appeal the removal of your answer, you can have your case reviewed by Answers Customer Care. You have 7 days to submit your appeal. Please be aware that if your appeal is rejected, an additional 10 points will be removed from your account.


then I appealed and received this
Hello,

Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Answers.

We have reviewed your appeal request. Upon review we found that your
content was indeed in violation of the Yahoo! Answers Community
Guidelines, Yahoo! Community Guidelines or the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
As a result, your content will remain removed from Yahoo! Answers.

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Reading there I see no violation in the question I asked.

No where in either of those things does it say what I violated. I'm afraid if I wrote the customer care they'd delete my account. Can any of you help me with my spiritual dilemma?
Eight answers:
anonymous
2013-09-26 00:28:37 UTC
Fundies don't like questions they cannot answer. It was a good question.
The Collector
2013-09-26 00:34:49 UTC
You just received 2 bot mails from the YA team

They won't actually state anything tangible as to why your Q/A is

in violation of the TOS/CG, the same applies when your account gets

suspended, I've quite a treasure trove experiences of this kind



Bottom line, it's a waste of time & effort to appeal if you're gonna get

bots answering you back



Btw most appeals aren't even looked into, and on the rare occasion you

do get a violation overturned, you should be careful, within the next few

violations you'll get suspended (apparently you get flagged for being

a wisecrack troll, that breaks the rules regularly but wants justice on

each and every violation)



Peace
david
2013-09-26 00:42:56 UTC
We wished that we knew why some are deleted for these reasons which are non reasons as such merely the whim at that time of the one who so reads you question who can tell with any form of religious questions as to ones own beliefs coming into play...you are in good old USA and that says an awful lot to many of us...time to move on though we say that you were quoting form the good books so why indeed...try another approach and see what comes of it. I made a wee joke and that went down like a lead balloon. but we give a wry smile and say move on World you are way behind the times etc. Amen and God bless you for being a soul on earth.
barbara
2013-09-26 00:32:05 UTC
Spiritually speaking, I would be more concerned about why it bothers you so much. If you feel you didn't violate your own principles, how does the opinion of a lot of yahoos matter?

Once a cook asked about using paper vs. foil cupcake liners and I answered "I think oil would leak through and spoil your presentation". I was reported and the answer deleted? Stupid, no BFD, someone has a bug up their butt, OK.

Just move on.
anonymous
2013-09-26 00:58:18 UTC
Tell the Yahoo community they have violated your right to freedom to speak what you will
Nekoni
2013-09-26 00:27:21 UTC
It's a little extreme for a 13 year old to read, imo.
Polytheist
2013-09-26 00:26:37 UTC
The person who denied your appeal was a Christian.
anonymous
2013-09-26 00:37:56 UTC
No it must have been one of the yahoo atheists team trolls that mass report any question.


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