Who agrees with this statement someone on here made. "This site is for questions and answers, not to ....?

Question

..... state our opinions."

I thought it was for all 3?

Answer 1

Answers and questions are opinions......

you do not have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out!

Answer 2

On R&S, all we have are our opinions, since none of the great religious questions has any conclusive answer. Of course, if your particular opinion happens to offend enough people with contrary opinions, your content gets deleted anyway.

If a "religious" question actually does have a conclusive answer, it's only trivia - e.g. if somebody asks what the most popular religion is in America, there's only one "correct" answer, but who really cares. Or, you know, you could ask what the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism are, and there would be a general consensus as to the answer; but as soon as you get into the interpretation of those "Truths" - and interpretation is everything - you're in opinion country again.

Answer 3

If your opinion happens to be an appropriate answer, then its fine. I would guess that the person was objecting to:

Questions that aren't really questions. The writer isn't looking for answers. He's just looking for a vehicle for his opinions. For example. "You all know you're going to hell, right?" Or the even more rediculous "Catholics suck...?"

Opinionated answers when the question is clearly asking for a fact or Opinionated answers that don't answer the question: "Q: What does the theory of evolution really say? A: Evolution is wrong."

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Answer 4

according to the community guidlines - it's a question and answer board. Stating your opinion is often construed as "ranting" or "chatting". To avoid a violation for either, it's critical to formulate your questions and answers carefully.

I agree completely that - especially in R&S and also in several other categories (Politics, parenting etc) - answers are especially based on opinion.
According to a good and trusted friend of mine who is purposefully following the yahoo Answers blog and forum, Yahoo moderators are NOT responsible for giving violations - we are. This means that people who are giving out violation notices for mild infractions such as "who here is an atheist" and "can I ask for prayer" and the like either has a bee in their bonnet about strictly following the rules, or has a personal vendetta against members they don't particularly care for. Any and all violations can be appealed of course, but that's a crap shoot.
There are obvious flaws in the system, and it looks as though yahoo is not in any great hurry to address them.

The bottom line is, in a question, it would be unwise to post an opinion without carefully wording it as a question. And be careful in wording the additional details added, as they can be interpretted as "ranting" or "chatting" by anyone viewing them.

blessings on your day.

Answer 5

Generally, when you ask a question, you get (at least in part) the respondent's opinion, unless you're asking a question that is purely fact-based, like "What is the total of 2 + 2?" Very few questions in R&S are looking for a purely fact-based answer.

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Answer 6

I understand the format, but I think it is enforced selectively, arbitrarily, and tyrannically. Lighten up, people. What's wrong with a little chatting or ranting every once in a while? This is, after all, the Internet. I just had a friendly and non-offensive question removed for "chatting," but it was one of those "why can't we all get along" things. Yahoo seems pretty heavy-handed this week. Who are the report nazis?

Answer 7

I think most answers would be the opinion of the member answering. I would much rather have an "opinion" than a full page answer copied directly from a web site.

Cheers!

Answer 8

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Answer 9

In a forum about religion, you can't answer a question without stating your opinion. Whoever said that isn't the brightest crayon in the box.

Answer 10

Well, according to Y!A, the person quoted is correct. Although how you could answer a religion/spirituality question without your opinion is beyond me.