Does AB allow questions from one member to make a mockery of other members faiths? It is a constant barrage of insulting questions and I find it offensive.
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I know exactly what you are talking about. Its a free for all for mocking christians it seems...Unfortunately, the staff doesn't do too much about it. I've flagged a few questions that I felt personally offended by, a long time ago, and the flags got rejected...So I just don't pay much attention to religious questions any longer.
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Nope, it's not allowed. But that's why we have the "offensive" flag. And then the question will be deleted! - plus there's always the DR button :)
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Good question. Because there is a certain member I can think of that continually asks the same 3 or 4 questions over and over and over and they are most definitely in a mocking tone and meant to incite argument. If he only knew that this place doesn't generally get like that.
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It does and it should stop. I mean we should respect everyone on here. I won't even ridicule the Satanists on here. It's not worth it. This is supposed to be fun.
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I haven't noticed a lot of that, personally. I have noticed the questioning of faith though. And, I don't find there to be anything wrong with that. It's good for people to question their faith. And, to be questioned about their faith. If a question like that offends them, it makes me think that they really don't want to question anything and instead just blindly want to believe.
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It is not good that that happens members should downrate those questions and downrate answers that bash or belittle other members or groups of people.
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I don't believe it is allowed, no. I contacted AB yesterday due to some questions that started off 'innocent enough', but led to hateful Anti-semitic rants in the comments. I, too, find those kinds of questions offensive. It is counterproductive and hate mongering, in my opinion.
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If it's really over-the-top, you can flag it. But this sort of thing has always happened on AB, and someone who is persistent isn't going to be deterred by a few flagged questions. You can complain to the staff (admin@answerbag.com), and they may pbox the user if the case is egregious. But the best response is to either ignore this person or take the high road in your responses. If you can let go of your indignation a minute, and realize that this is a person who has problems in their life, doesn't quite know who they are, and lacks the clarity of mind and integrity of values that you have, that can give you a different perspective on the attack. If you respond to them from that perspective, you can do your religious tradition much more good than if you react angrily and get upset. Remember that others are watching and reading -- what kind of response speaks well of your spiritual discipline: treating the attacker with undeserved respect while correcting their misconceptions, or lashing out angrily that they had the nerve to be rude to your beliefs?
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I don't think so. No. Most of AB is based on common sense and just plain good manners. Maybe you are being too sensitive or maybe you are dishing it out and not willing to take anything back..I don't know. It's hard to answer a question like this without specifics.
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don't take it personal
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