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Phoenix:
1 year ago
HI bellydncr, we have looked at his content but have found no violations with the community guidelines. Users are welcome to ask religious questions as long as they fit within the CGs. If another user would like to ask questions about other religions, they are more than welcome to. Ask.com does not discriminate against different religions. If someone asked a dozen questions about different cars, it would not be an issue.
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Does it really matter? Nobody likes a tattletale.. we all know most of these moderators are conservative christians anyways, why r u surprised?
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bellydncr:
1 year ago
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Are you in kindergarten? I haven't heard an adult ever use that word.
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bellydncr:
1 year ago
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Phoenix did you notice the name calling?
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bellydncr:
1 year ago
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So Phoenix when you feel someone is offending you- you address it. However when it is an Ask user we are told to ignore it. I don't like the scolding nature of your comment.
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Phoenix:
1 year ago
I didn't find that offensive, just plain incorrect. Making a statement like that about the mod team would possibly skew other user's ideas of the mods, and we are not religiously biased at all. I have endured a lot more than being called "tattletale" on this site. Again, as an adult, I can move past that. There is really nothing else to add to this, I hope you can move on and have a great day.
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bellydncr:
1 year ago
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I don't think that it would" skew" ideas that aren't already evident to the users.
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Bellydancer, if ur gonna act like a child i will refer to u as such.
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bellydncr:
1 year ago
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Why was shbiqqs comment not removed. I will launch a formal complaint. The attacks on this site are unwarranted and one sided. How do the moderators allow a member to tell me he will now " treat me like a child" ?
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shhhmoonbeam:
1 year ago
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The moderators don't care when the uncivilized non Christians are attacked.
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Oh yes since Christianity has been so civilized throughout history(refer to the crusades for just one of many examples). U don't surprise me ignorance and judgementality, are the staples of any good Christian.
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CoolMom44:
1 year ago
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Hey, bellydncr, did you also try going to "report a problem" on the site about this? I've found that doing often gets more action. As for the comments you've gotten about community guidelines, I've seen an awful lot of nonreligious questions that are of the polling variety that stay up, even after I've flagged them as being against the guidelines. Good luck, I really hope someone takes you seriously on this one. When I want a bible study, I usually look in my church bulletin for a time & place, not online!
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bellydncr:
1 year ago
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Thanks coolmom, I do plan on it. I truly have no problem with different belief systems, I would feel the same with anyone else constantly using the site inappropriately.
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momo004:
1 year ago
Freedom of speech!!!
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bellydncr:
1 year ago
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Interesting considering our disagreement on whether women need to be veiled or not.
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bellydncr:
1 year ago
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Pray to whenever you like. It will bd a cold day in hades when American women succumb to veils.
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shhhmoonbeam:
1 year ago
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Women must be veiled? That's ludicrous.
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bellydncr:
1 year ago
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Shhhmoonbeam, thank u. I'm glad you came here.
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TammyLaVonne:
1 year ago
ignor it, don't get into it, do things you enjoy not whine about what you don't like no one wants to listen to your little sermons, sorry.
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Sore loser!!!
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Sincerity:
2 months ago
ShayJay-wasn't that interesting reading something from a whole year ago from this site??!! I could have sworn it was from an hour ago except that Bobby does not get on like he used to, so that part had me confused .
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bellydncr:
2 months ago
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Seriously shayjay, why would you comment on a question that is 18 mos old? Ridiculous. The problem of prostletizing continues but most of the old Ask preachers have left.
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bellydncr:
2 months ago
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Because it Emma's originally my question and I was checking to see why someone would answer a question so old. Now that I see its nonsense it is of no importance. Carry on.
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Sincerity:
2 months ago
@bellydancer-it was just interesting to see the community before I was here. I didn't think anything about anybody. There's got to be some light times once in ...oh forget it. It's not worth explaining.
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And I disagree just a little...I've seen questions make it through like "Did anyone like the movie...?" or "What's the best chick flick?", which is purely asking for an opinion, though I've participated in answering those myself ;)
If something is up on the site that bothers you, you can click report and it will be sent to the mods, or you can write into customer service and ask about it. Or... ignore it. If it's against the CGs it will be removed, and yes sometimes we can miss things so that's when our awesome community members can come in and report it so it gets flagged for us, however if it is something you simply disagree with, as I think it is in this case, just try to ignore it.
It's like in Bambi. "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all" :)
@bellydncr, I agree that I often find myself rewording questions I have simply because I'm afraid they may be removed for one reason or another...whether it's because I'm looking for guidance on a subject (deemed opinion by some) or for some reason a little red flag goes off in my head while I'm typing saying "Ooooo, that's not going to be liked"...I try to be a good question asker and answerer in an effort to help combat some of the dumb questions/comments I see.
Practically all my questions & comments speaking about Pastafarianism has been removed. So, yes, this site is discriminatory against religions, apparently as long as they're not of Christian association. I also emailed Ask about it, since it is a legal religion, & they flat out ignored me.
@bellydncr what I'm saying is you are making an issue out of a non issue. The content you are complaining about is not in violation of the CGs.
Here's a lovely BBC story about one of his believers.
AUSTRIAN DRIVER ALLOWED PASTAFARIAN HEADGEAR PHOTO
An Austrian atheist has won the right to be shown on his driving-licence photo wearing a pasta strainer as "religious headgear".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14135523
You always have a gift for expanding the subject matter that makes for interesting and informative reading.
Great job! :)
Had you used Google's "define woftam" you'd have got it.
For me, I haven't seen any religious intolerance preached on the site, if I had, I would have removed it. If you see such a thing, you can and should definitely click report and or send it into customer service and we'll take a look into it. We do not allow inappropriate content on the site from anyone, we are not religiously biased. I am sorry that you think that Ask.com only allows Christianity, but it looks like the people asking questions about that are more frequent than other religious questions. Let me remind you all that you only see what does make it onto the site, you don't know what we have already removed, so to say that we allow only a certain type of content or not is highly inaccurate.
I think there is a difference between asking religious questions and "preaching intolerance" so far I would actually say that you guys sitting here not wanting people to ask some questions about the bible is more religiously intolerant than anything I have seen on the site thus far.
Let me also say that personally, I am not even religious so I take no part or sides on any religion, and none of our mods moderate biased on personal feelings or opinions, so to say that Ask.com is slanted towards one religion is completely untrue, it is simply that the user base appears to have some christian members that are more vocal than others.
Sieves & pasta for everyone!
Most of the time.
There are too many inconsistencies (for very human reasons) for me to approve all decisions.
OK, we'll bury my answer there. Thanks for taking the trouble to explain in such detail. It's appreciated.
in the life& society category you're going to find different opinions and points of view on religion because that's what it is for is to have a forum for a question and answer session on any topic. I go into education category or science category or even pets/dog category and its the same. it is like an opinion pole. if you don't like that category then go into a different one and stay out of the religion category. you need to remember it's the web and those are other peoples opinions like it or not. It's kind of like television, if you don't like a program then change the channel. Besides this is AMERICA and everyone is entitled to their opinion whether you agree with them or not. that is why so many men and women died, so that we could have the freedom to speak out and present opinions and differences. i'm pretty sure that this isn't what you wanted to hear but it is my opinion. if i don't like a question asked i just skip it and the same goes with a category.
This isn't about who is more monotheistic. It's about how most people who believe in one god seem to forget there are other religions besides them. Like polytheistic religions. Pagan, Wiccan. Then there is Buddhism. Hinduism. Jainism. Etc.
I'm extremely annoyed at the fact that if you don't believe in one mighty, powerful god, it is assumed you believe there is no god at all. People constantly assume I'm an Atheist. I'm really not.