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Are there required conventions for quoting Bible texts? [duplicate]
I recently answered a question on this site. A few hours later it was edited in various ways, all of them at the level of minor proof-text amendments. I was relaxed about the result of the edits, but ...
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What do answers that feature a LLM based text have to include as well to not be deleted? [duplicate]
LLM-based answers are in general not trustworthy for a multitude of reasons.
However, I still think that in some cases an answer could feature a LLM-based answer when OP asks for one.
Example.: Are ...
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What defines a proper question?
I was looking through the questions and found this one. I found the comments to be somewhat odd. So I thought here would be the place to ask a clarifying question.
On the one hand, I probably wouldn'...
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Is it against the rules for the OP to ask for clarification of an answer to their question in the comments?
I am fresh off a seven day suspension without warning or clarification as to why.
I walk in the light. I do not work in darkness. Therefore I will openly share the correspondence from the mods ...
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Is assuming that the Bible doesn't have to be self-consistent an appropriate position for answers on this site?
Note that this is not a complaint, and definitely not about any particular person or posting.
An answer to Did the disciples go out preaching to "Jews only"?
is based on:
The problem with ...
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How to avoid pointless disputes when questions assume a specific doctrine is or is not true?
This was inspired by
2 Corinthians 6:16 a subtle reference to the Holy Spirit’s Deity?,
but I'm not looking for responses that are specific to that question.
The general problem is as I described in a ...
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I wasn't able to find in the on-topic page what exactly this site is about in terms of what are the rules in answering questions
I wasn't able to find in the on-topic page what exactly are like the...rules or paradigms or not sure of term for the site. Hopefully you'll know what I mean by the end of this post.
The thing is......
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Are partial answers in comments permissisble?
I asked a question on this stack yesterday.
The only 'answer' I've received up to now is a very short, poorly evidenced comment. The stack I'm most active on is the one for roleplaying games, where ...
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Answers that contradict the question
If a question is asking for support of a thesis, should answers that contradict the thesis be given?
Those anwers are often found in comment which is not really supposed to be the right place.
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Specific answer that doesn't show any work
Recently flagged this post as not an answer which basically has
"In the song, there is more detail. Was Sisera able to get up after the initial blow? Or is this some poetic add-on to spice up ...
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Answers without sources
In my own personal research, I came across information that was used as an answer for a question on the main site. The answer had no links or citing of the source material. It even looks as the ...
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If a closed question is re-asked on a more appropriate site, is it okay to copy one's answer to the second instance of the question?
sexuality - Why do the Ten Commandments not forbid bestiality? - Christianity Stack Exchange was recently closed for being off-topic (I would guess for asking "why" and not asking about a ...
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How should we do with uclear answers and answers that appeal to divine inspiration?
While in review queues, found two answers that particularly lead me to write this post, namely
https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/a/50541/27054
https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/a/50505/...
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Guidelines on biblical citations
We are in a field where everybody has easy access to the primary text we study, through the paper versions many of us have at home and through online resources which also allow you to compare many ...
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When is it OK to answer a question using a theological argument supported by other biblical material?
The biblical texts are the product of a long history of collection, redaction and revision. Texts put forward different ideas because they were written by different people. But also often texts ...