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I think wax_eagle gave an excellent review of the general principles at work here in his answerhis answer. Just quickly for the record, here is the thinking behind my actions.

First, I weighed in with an answer. I really do think the OP might have been trolling (their trail of comments makes me think they were trying to make a point rather than learn something), however this is a common question and frequent point of confusion for both non-Christians and folks that suppose they are Christians because they sing songs that mention Jesus, never-mind the context. Even low quality questions CAN be addressed with high quality answers.

Second, when I saw the flag on this and reviewed the content, I did see potentially objectionable content and decided that a moderator delete was warranted.

Third, on more detailed review later, I found that the main objectionable content was part of an answer, not part of the question at all. In light of this, I edited that answer to remove the quote and replaced it with a summary of the argument, still dealing frankly with the subject but avoiding the worst of the imagery. I also cleaned up the question to reduce the profile of the link to the off-site content that is also likely objectionable. In light of these edits, I un-deleted the question. The moderator intervention action did not seem warranted any longer, and I turned it back over to the community.

Lastly, it's back in your (collective) hands. You may continue to edit the content to reduce the crassness while still addressing the core question (what makes a song Christian or not). You may also cast delete votes. If three community members agree in this, the content will be deleted and as a moderator I will feel no need to interfere. You may also try to make an argument based on the current content that a moderator should step in again.

I think wax_eagle gave an excellent review of the general principles at work here in his answer. Just quickly for the record, here is the thinking behind my actions.

First, I weighed in with an answer. I really do think the OP might have been trolling (their trail of comments makes me think they were trying to make a point rather than learn something), however this is a common question and frequent point of confusion for both non-Christians and folks that suppose they are Christians because they sing songs that mention Jesus, never-mind the context. Even low quality questions CAN be addressed with high quality answers.

Second, when I saw the flag on this and reviewed the content, I did see potentially objectionable content and decided that a moderator delete was warranted.

Third, on more detailed review later, I found that the main objectionable content was part of an answer, not part of the question at all. In light of this, I edited that answer to remove the quote and replaced it with a summary of the argument, still dealing frankly with the subject but avoiding the worst of the imagery. I also cleaned up the question to reduce the profile of the link to the off-site content that is also likely objectionable. In light of these edits, I un-deleted the question. The moderator intervention action did not seem warranted any longer, and I turned it back over to the community.

Lastly, it's back in your (collective) hands. You may continue to edit the content to reduce the crassness while still addressing the core question (what makes a song Christian or not). You may also cast delete votes. If three community members agree in this, the content will be deleted and as a moderator I will feel no need to interfere. You may also try to make an argument based on the current content that a moderator should step in again.

I think wax_eagle gave an excellent review of the general principles at work here in his answer. Just quickly for the record, here is the thinking behind my actions.

First, I weighed in with an answer. I really do think the OP might have been trolling (their trail of comments makes me think they were trying to make a point rather than learn something), however this is a common question and frequent point of confusion for both non-Christians and folks that suppose they are Christians because they sing songs that mention Jesus, never-mind the context. Even low quality questions CAN be addressed with high quality answers.

Second, when I saw the flag on this and reviewed the content, I did see potentially objectionable content and decided that a moderator delete was warranted.

Third, on more detailed review later, I found that the main objectionable content was part of an answer, not part of the question at all. In light of this, I edited that answer to remove the quote and replaced it with a summary of the argument, still dealing frankly with the subject but avoiding the worst of the imagery. I also cleaned up the question to reduce the profile of the link to the off-site content that is also likely objectionable. In light of these edits, I un-deleted the question. The moderator intervention action did not seem warranted any longer, and I turned it back over to the community.

Lastly, it's back in your (collective) hands. You may continue to edit the content to reduce the crassness while still addressing the core question (what makes a song Christian or not). You may also cast delete votes. If three community members agree in this, the content will be deleted and as a moderator I will feel no need to interfere. You may also try to make an argument based on the current content that a moderator should step in again.

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I think wax_eagle gave an excellent review of the general principles at work here in his answer. Just quickly for the record, here is the thinking behind my actions.

First, I weighed in with an answer. I really do think the OP might have been trolling (their trail of comments makes me think they were trying to make a point rather than learn something), however this is a common question and frequent point of confusion for both non-Christians and folks that suppose they are Christians because they sing songs that mention Jesus, never-mind the context. Even low quality questions CAN be addressed with high quality answers.

Second, when I saw the flag on this and reviewed the content, I did see potentially objectionable content and decided that a moderator delete was warranted.

Third, on more detailed review later, I found that the main objectionable content was part of an answer, not part of the question at all. In light of this, I edited that answer to remove the quote and replaced it with a summary of the argument, still dealing frankly with the subject but avoiding the worst of the imagery. I also cleaned up the question to reduce the profile of the link to the off-site content that is also likely objectionable. In light of these edits, I un-deleted the question. The moderator intervention action did not seem warranted any longer, and I turned it back over to the community.

Lastly, it's back in your (collective) hands. You may continue to edit the content to reduce the crassness while still addressing the core question (what makes a song Christian or not). You may also cast delete votes. If three community members agree in this, the content will be deleted and as a moderator I will feel no need to interfere. You may also try to make an argument based on the current content that a moderator should step in again.