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then ignore the RF
Ignore that thumb I stuck in your eye.
To Religion Moderator:
Because posts are deleted by a moderator and that decision to delete would be subject to interpretation by the moderator (whom I assume is a person and not a computer algorithm), it would be instructive if you could demonstrate your decision making process transparently by selecting which posts listed on this thread would survive “editing” if this were actually listed as a “devotional” or “prayer” thread.
My thought is that very few of these posts would remain on the restricted threads.
Thank you.