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Greywolf asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 7 years ago

Is Yahoo Answers blasphemous? Do you agree?

Censoring the Bible, that'ssurely blasphemous, isn't it?

Look at this:

Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ***, and a colt the foal of an ***. And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them And brought the ***, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. Matthew 21:5-7

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  • 7 years ago

    1. Altering the Word of God has to be blasphemous ("Blasphemy is the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for a God"). The person who thinks blaspheming means "sacreligious" is missing the point.

    2. It is not relevant what other Bibles say. The direct quote, and the way YA treated it, is what was asked about.

    3. Since none of the answers dealt with the question as asked, I shall not be awarding Best Answer.

  • 7 years ago

    It isn't a word that is allowed here, and in the bible the word is Donkey

    It is an Americanization for you to use that word, and I think most US preachers of all faiths will call it a Donkey

    Chetak

  • 7 years ago

    I disagree! Y!A is not of itself "blasphemous" but the users often are! This would probably be true of any public forum these days. I thought Yahoo did allow *** and "when the **** crows". (I am adding that sentence to see how it renders when I post. I am amazed at what renders when I select to read a question- it is different from the way it posts!)

    Source(s): years
  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    The author of the gospel wrote it in Greek - and the Greek is

    γάιδαρος. You can just as correctly translate that as "donkey". If you insist on using an out-dated translation with 16th century English vocabulary you must expect some words to have changed their meaning.

    At least now it is possible for Peter to deny Jesus before the **** crows.

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  • 7 years ago

    It's not blasphemous, no. It's just stupid. Everybody knows an *** is a donkey.

  • 7 years ago

    No, it's not. Check your dictionary.

    adjective

    sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane.

    Censoring a word isn't profane or sacrilegious. It is simply a measure of protection against uneducated users who feel the need to use profanity or scurrilous language as a weapon against others. Unfortunately, computer programs don't differentiate based on context. So blame the trolls, not YA.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    I see you answered your own question British troll!!

    You are a person with some mind problems.

  • Nick
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    Preventing words that silly people use as insults is the joy of censorship.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    to the runners of yahoo that be a sexual innuendo or a sex related topic

    Source(s): yahoo has some particular ways and ass is what they deem wrong for it is a sexual thing to them, i thought it an ass was a donkey or jackass
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