In one of my answers, I mentioned that the subject of the question was discussed in The God Delusion, and I received a violation notice for "spam and advertisement".
If suggesting that people read a book constitutes 'spam and advertisement', should we start reporting whenever somebody suggests reading any religious text?
2007-01-27 03:22:29 · 7 answers · asked by eldad9 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Any book should be read with a critical mind. that is, considering at each point whether this or that claim is or is not true, and is supported by demonstrable evidence and rational argument. The problem with the abuse of the Bible is that Protestant fundies often do not read the Bible with a critical mind. They approach it like goldfish with open mouths just taking in and swallowing uncritically whatever floats by. They have made up their minds that it is conveying facts even before they open the book. If more people would read the Bible with the same critical approach that works so well in reading other books, such as Darwin's beautifully-written "Origin of Species", it would cure a lot of fundamentalist ignorance. Reading the Bible as a book, not a talisman or magical object, can make readers into atheists faster than reading Dawkins can. When foolish people imagine that the Bible possesses unique supernatural characteristics they are falling into idolatry, no longer following a man but worshipping a book. Recommending that people read a book, any book, Bible, Dawkins, whatever, should not be considered spam or advertising by Yahoo, when it is just done in a normal polite conversational way.
2007-01-27 03:46:19 · answer #1 · answered by fra59e 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Telling people to read the Bible does fall into the category of spam and advertisement. Report it.
2007-01-27 03:38:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you linked a site where the book could be purchased (like Amazon), it wasn't spam OR advertisement. You were attacked by a troll. Sorry. No, we shouldn't report everyone who quotes a religious text. This IS the RELIGION & Spirituality section.
2007-01-27 03:30:07 · answer #3 · answered by teeney1116 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm a huge asshole atheist but I would have to agree with you, that's pretty childish and seeing as how you are not profitting off the sale of bibles and anyone can find scripture on the internet for free, it certainly does not hold up legally. There's a way to fight a warning so contact yahoo.
2007-01-27 03:30:35 · answer #4 · answered by Marty has his hand up 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The religious fanatics do seem to push toward that limit. They want freedom of religion and the right to preach but can't accept other peoples' right to free speech.
2007-01-27 03:31:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Atheists are just angry and report us because they don't like what we say... don't take their persecution personally... they are just trying to sensor us so that they can push their beliefs on everyone more easily
2007-01-27 03:28:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Should and do.
One of my most frequent complaints is 'not question and answer' with the explanation 'preaching'
2007-01-27 03:27:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋