my first violation here!--can someone explain pls?

Question

just got this from yahoo

You have posted content to Yahoo! Answers in violation of our Community Guidelines. As a result, your content has been deleted.

Question: From God's viewpoint--What kinds of sexual conduct should we avoid ?

Question Details: are you sure god has a viewpoint?

Deleted Answer: are you sure god has a viewpoint?

Reason of Violation:Not a Question or Answer

My question, of course, is, is it no longer acceptable to question the questioner's assumptions?

Answer 1

sweetheart dont worry and get used to it
if someone doesnt like what you say , they will just use any reason to delete it
i have lost 3 lovely questions today because they said i was chatting ... i only answered a question from someone

Answer 2

My guess is that you were reported for answering a question with another question. I imagine had you phrased it differently, you would not have been in violation. For example: I don't know about you, but I am pretty sure God does not have a viewpoint on that.

Yes, it somewhat changes the meaning when you phrase it like that, but it also keeps it from being a question. You will notice that the reason for your violation was that it was not an answer. I think it has nothing to do with questioning someone's assumptions, and everything to do with someone playing word games. Technically, you did not offer an answer (a declaratory statement), so technically they can report you (but shame on them for being petty.)

Answer 3

I've had this happen a few times. Be careful not to answer a question with a question, they don't consider it an answer. A better wording would have been something like, "Your question assumes that God has a viewpoint. My opinion is..."

Answer 4

That happens easily when you answer a question with a question. It is pretty random

You would have had less chance if you had just said god doesn't have a viewpoint.

Answer 5

What I've learned is to pose my objection to the asker's assumption in a more declarative form. For example in your case I might have answered:
I would not assume God has a "viewpoint" on such matters. And it's not clear why you do either.

Answer 6

While I academically disagree with what I assume to be your underlying presupposition (that God doesn't exist in the first place to have an opinion), the American in me can't help but advocate your asking this question of the questioner as a matter of non-harmful free speech. If you were to ask this question politely in my theology class, I'd politely respond. No harm, no foul.

Answer 7

All someone has to do is complain. This kid asked half a dozen questions "I need this kind of poem," "I need that kind of poem." 5 or 6 like that.

I said "how much are you paying for someone else to do your homework?" and got deleted. It's total BS. Some people have very thin skins.

Answer 8

Honestly. I have no idea why they would delete something like that. There is nothing wrong with the question. And freedom of speech covers you being able to speak your mind about reliegion.

Answer 9

Heh. You "insulted" someone's beliefs and they caught you on a technicality. Assume that questioning the questioner's assumptions is telling the emperor that he has no clothes and that they will be offended.

Answer 10

It sucks when person or persons in our society try to tell someone what to say , how to think, and how to tell if something is politically correct . Bush , Falwell, and the Republicans do this all the time . Just keep on keepin' on .