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User talk:FingoMcGlingo

2007-03-11T21:43:37Z

FingoMcGlingo:

This is serious resource. Please, be serious in your entries or it will become necessary to block your account. Thank you.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 16:39, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

Mr Schlafly, please cite the specific entries that you feel are not serious before making such accusations. Even though you personally may disagree with my additions, I assure you the Holy Spirit flows through me in everything I do, especially when related to a community of such vital importance as this. Thank you. [[User:FingoMcGlingo|FingoMcGlingo]] 16:47, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

Don't insert a category into entries called "Things Condemned by God," for example. Thanks.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 16:49, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

I did notice that category has been deleted or altered- I apologise if this is out of line with your plans for the site. I think it would be helpful for visitors if we had some sort of 'Sin' category, with every biblical sin listed along with the penalty incurred for committing it- a reference page, if you will. Is this possible? I will refrain from using categories for the time being.[[User:FingoMcGlingo|FingoMcGlingo]] 16:53, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

Thanks, but your most recent entry is still too opinionated ("avidly" this, "avidly" that). Just the facts, please, or someone will block your account. Thanks.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 17:14, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

Final warning: one more opinionated entry and your account will be blocked. Your entry on Karl Marx is pure, unsupported opinion. Thanks.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 17:18, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

Apologies- I finished my Karl Marx entry before I received your message. That information is factually correct, though- the USSR declared itself, as a state, to be officially atheistic as a rebuttal to the rise of religion in the USA. Is there a single example of an uncorrupt Marxist state? Would you rather I water down the truth to be more digestable to a liberal audience? [[User:FingoMcGlingo|FingoMcGlingo]] 17:20, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

Please look at a real encyclopedia, or the style of other entries here: they are factual, without opinions and emotionally charged terms. They have citations. Everything you enter should have at least one citation. Many here share your opinions, but this is a resource for obtaining the *facts*. Thanks.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 17:26, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

Mr Schlafly, I suggest you look at the body of other articles- a vast majority of them are shorter than a paragraph, with very few citations, and, the ones which are cited all seem to reference either a single textbook or, criminally, other Conservapedia articles. I'm sure you're aware that this is not exactly a high standard of academic verifiability. I came to this site from Wikipedia with the impression that this is a site for things we all *know* to be true, and that, as such, don't require evidence or citation. For instance, even the lowest of atheists can usually see that murder is wrong, despite the fact it is impossible to scientifically prove or empirically validate this obvious truism. I'm not saying we shouldn't provide citations where truth and evidence overlap, but for now, with limited time and editors, we should focus on improving the truth value of this resource, rather than demanding rigorous citation and criticising each other, in my humble opinion. Thanks [[User:FingoMcGlingo|FingoMcGlingo]] 17:33, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

: Just the facts. This is not for opinion. Please. I look forward to your addition of illuminating facts. Thanks.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 17:38, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

Thank you for the clarification- I'm sorry if we got off on the wrong foot somewhat :). Just to be extra sure, does a statement such as 'Communist governments are invariably corrupt' count as fact or opinion? I'm pretty sure this is demonstratably true and that there is no 'evidence' to the contrary, but I can't think of any other way to word it. Thoughts? [[User:FingoMcGlingo|FingoMcGlingo]] 17:43, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

User talk:FingoMcGlingo

2007-03-11T21:33:48Z

FingoMcGlingo:

User talk:FingoMcGlingo

2007-03-11T21:20:57Z

FingoMcGlingo:

Karl Marx

2007-03-11T21:17:02Z

FingoMcGlingo:

Karl Marx (1818-1883) founded communism by his book "The Communist Manifesto" (1848), in which he declared, "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class [economic] struggles." Marx also popularized the motto of communism : "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." Communism prohibits a full right of private property and in its place attempts to force people to be equal in wealth.

Marx predicted that the proletariat (working class) would overthrow the wealthy in a capitalistic society, and then establish a new system that would be socialism in its early stage and pure communism in its later stage. Socialism differs from communism in that socialism does not require full equality in result and does not deny all private property. The motto of socialism, in contrast to the motto of communism above, is "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." But socialism was considered by Marx to be an early stage of communism.

Marx was born in Prussia, educated in Germany, and a writer in London. His most famous work in the field of economics was "Das Kapital" ("Capital"), in which he declared economics to be the guiding force of history and that owners pay workers just enough for them to support their families. The value of the goods produced by workers is much more than the wages paid, and this "surplus value" is literally stolen from workers by owners. Owners took this surplus value and perpetuated this unfair system by investing it into more machines and consumption by the wealthy. Inevitably, class struggle by the poor against the rich, and the poor would violently overthrow the rich and end capitalism.

Marx drew heavily on the ideas of the German philosopher [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel]] and collaborated closely with another German philosopher, [[Friedrich Engels]].

Marx is considered very controversial in religious circles for his view that, "Religion is the opiate of the masses." This is generally used as an expression of atheism.

Communist socities founded on Marxist principles, such as the [[USSR]] and modern day [[China]], invariably result in corrupt, dictatorial, atheist regimes that systematically suppress all manner of religious thought and expression.

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

2007-03-11T21:12:24Z

FingoMcGlingo:

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or the USSR was established by [[Vladimir Lenin]] in 1922. It allowed one central government under Lenin to control many socialized republics. The USSR was avidly atheistic, and many thousands of people were murdered under [[Stalin]] and his infamous 'purges'. The USSR finally collapsed due to strong external pressure from the avidly Christian USA, and internal splintering caused by the lack of a single unifying faith.

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Theocracy

2007-03-11T21:10:18Z

FingoMcGlingo:

Government ruled by a divine means or by leaders considered to be divinely guided. Israel was a theocracy before King Saul. The Islamic Republic of [[Iran]] is a modern-day theocracy, as many commentators believe that the real power in its government lies not in democratically-elected leaders like [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] but in clerics within the government.

The Islamic Republic of [[Iran]] is widely considered to be a modern-day theocracy under the second definition provided above, as most commentators believe that the real power in its government lies not in democratically-elected leaders like [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], but in clerics within the government. It is also possible to have a so-called 'grass roots' theocracy, in which a large number of believers can strongly influence government policy, even in a supposedly secular or atheistic state, such as the [[USSR]].

In truth, all governments are theocracies, as no person or political body can gain power without God's assent- however, a direct theocracy in which 'priest' and 'politician' are synonymous is preferable in God's sight.

Biblical creation account

2007-03-11T20:58:11Z

FingoMcGlingo: Cleaned up, removed some unneeded qualification and moved the explanation of Elohim to the top

The God of the Bible is represented by the plural word Elohim, implying the Three-in-One God, i.e. the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
In the six-day Creation account of Genesis 1, man is created on the same day as the land animals, Day 6, i.e. after the sea creatures and birds on Day 5. Genesis 2 does not contradict this account, but instead gives a more in-depth view of the creation of the first man and woman, Adam and Eve.

Genesis 1:1 to 2:1 shows how this God created light and darkness, heaven and earth, the seas and plants, the sun, moon and stars, the fishes and birds, the animals and finally man over the course of six 'days' (Hebrew ''yom''), before resting on the seventh. This six day Creation account then immediately leads into a more detailed account of exactly how God created [[men]] and [[women]] and gave men dominion over the natural world. [[The Fall]] immediately follows The Creation.

==Sources==

* Cruden, A., ''Complete Concordance to the Old and New Testaments'' (Lutterworth, 1930)
* ''The Holy Bible'' (King James Version)
* ''The New English Bible'' (Oxford & Cambridge University Presses, 1970)
* ''The New Jerusalem Bible'' (Darton, Longman & Todd, 1990)
* Young, R., ''Analytical Concordance to the Holy Bible'' (Lutterworth, 1939)

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User talk:FingoMcGlingo

2007-03-11T20:53:14Z

FingoMcGlingo:

User talk:FingoMcGlingo

2007-03-11T20:47:17Z

FingoMcGlingo:

Homosexuality

2007-03-11T20:36:12Z

FingoMcGlingo:

'''Homosexuality''' is a sexual attraction between members of the same sex. It is condemned by the [[Bible]] as an egregiously sinful act.

== Biblical Views on Homosexuality ==

Homosexuality is referred to four times in the Bible; it is not a topic mentioned by Jesus in the four gospels, and the only reference in the New Testament is in the letters of Paul.

All references in Amplified Version

=== Old Testament ===

* Leviticus 18:22 - ''You shall not lie with a man as with a woman; it is an abomination.''
* Leviticus 20:13 - ''If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.''

=== New Testament (Epistles) ===

* 1 Corinthians 6:9 - Do you not know that the unrighteous and the wrongdoers will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived (misled): neither the impure and immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who participate in homosexuality
* Romans 1:26-27 - 26 For this reason God gave them over and abandoned them to vile affections and degrading passions. For their women exchanged their natural function for an unnatural and abnormal one, 27 and the men also turned from natural relations with women and were set ablaze (burning out, consumed) with lust for one another--men committing shameful acts with men and suffering in their own bodies and personalities the inevitable consequences and penalty of their wrong-doing and going astray, which was [their] fitting retribution.

== Homosexuality in the Law ==

Treatment of homosexuals by the law has increasingly suggested that discrimination based on homosexuality employs a "[[suspect classification]]" subject to "[[strict scrutiny]]" under modern [[Fourteenth Amendment]] jurisprudence, with judges and scholars employing language to equate discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation with already forbidden racial discrimination practices.<ref>Pamela S. Karlan, "Loving Lawrence," available online at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=512662</ref> Where federal law forbidding discrimination against homosexuals remains scant, the several states have more than taken up the burden, and many have made sexual-orientation based discrimination actionable at law and equity.<ref>See, e.g., N.Y.C. Admin. Code, s 8-107</ref> Perhaps this can be seen as an example of the robustness of the [[United States]]' [[federal system]], as the states are acting just as [[Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes]] and [[Justice Brandeis]] expressed hope that they would, as "laboratories" of experimentation on the border of developed federal law.<ref>Brest, Levinson, et al, "Processes in Constitutional Decisionmaking: Cases and Materials," Fifth Edition.</ref>

The [[Supreme Court]] recently overturned a Texas law banning sodomy. The majority opinion, written by [[Justice Kennedy]], suggests that all forms of discrimination, including that based on sexual orientation, are now subject to [[rational basis review]], and will be frowned upon unless a legitimate state interest in the discrimination is expressed. Justice Kennedy also held that the need to legislate morals by the states' [[police power]] is no longer a legitimate state interest, absent specific physical harms being proven. [[Justice Antonin Scalia]] wrote a blistering dissent, characterizing the opinion as including phrases which will become the "dicta that ate the rule of law."<ref>See Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558</ref>

== Homosexuality and Marriage==

For many years, the American Psychiatric Association listed homosexuality as a mental disorder. However, the organization de-listed homosexuality in 1973.[http://www.apa.org/pi/reslgbc.html] Since the late 1960s, many people, both homosexual and heterosexual, have lobbied for more favorable laws for homosexuals.

Legal marriage between same-sex couples is now recognized in Canada, Spain, South Africa, Belgium, Israel and the Netherlands, and in the US state of [[Massachusetts]]. Most other western European nations and several US states recognize a more limited "civil union". 26 US states have passed constitutional amendments banning recognition of same-sex marriages, and federal law does not recognize same-sex marriage. Some groups have pushed for a federal Constitutional amendment barring the legal recognition of same-sex marriages, however the amendment did not pass the Senate.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/07/same.sex.marriage/index.html</ref>

==Homosexuality in Humans and Genetics and Environment==

Statistical studies give ample evidence that homosexuality is not caused by genetics, although it is influenced by environment. For example, research has shown that adoptive brothers are more likely to both be homosexuals than the biological brothers, who share half their genes. In the journal ''Science'' it is reported that, "this . . . suggests that there is no genetic component, but rather an environmental component shared in families" (''Science'', Vol. 262, page 2063, December 24, 1993). [http://www.trueorigin.org/gaygene01.asp][http://www.freetobeme.com/r_biol.htm]

== Homosexuality in Nature ==
In some jurisdictions, some forms of sexual activity are referred to by the legal term "unnatural act," a term which originated in church canon law. Non-zoologists have sometimes made the incorrect inference that homosexual behavior does not occur in the zoological world and have used it as a talking point when attacking homosexuality. This has created an interest in the side issue whether homosexual behavior is or is not zoologically "natural." This is largely a sterile debate because behavior is not necessarily moral even if "natural;" because the nature of human beings is not necessarily the same as the nature of other species, and because it is not at all clear when an observed behavior can be counted as "sexual," or as implying a sexual "orientation."

Homosexual behavior is common.[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0722_040722_gayanimal.html National Geographic] For example, every cattle farmer is familiar with the phenomenon of "bulling," cows mounting other cows; in fact, this is one of the standard signs farmers look for when determining that a cow is coming into estrus. However, it does not follow that the cows involved are showing anything analogous to human lesbian orientation.

Sexual behavior between animals of the same sex is common. Some animals in which it occurs include:

* [[Bonobos]],<ref>Parker, Sue Taylor,Robert W. Mitchell, H. Lyn Miles (1999), ''The Mentalities of Gorillas and Orangutans: comparative perspectives.'' Cambridge University Press. [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0521580277&id=h4_VnW-HGAcC&pg=RA1-PA54&lpg=RA1-PA54&dq=bonobo+homosexual&sig=rdHH7YmjFiR7x5ONwt2e1EdfrBk p. 54]
</ref>
* [[Dolphins]]<ref>Smith, Dinitia (2004), "Central Park Zoo's gay penguins ignite debate," ''The New York Times,''
Saturday, February 7, 2004, as published on the San Francisco Chronicle website[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/02/07/MNG3N4RAV41.DTL]: "Bonobos are wildly energetic sexually. Studies show that whether observed in the wild or in captivity, nearly all are bisexual and nearly half their sexual interactions are with the same sex... 10 to 15 percent of female western gulls in some populations in the wild are homosexual... male and female bottlenose dolphins frequently engage in homosexual activity, both in captivity and in the wild"</ref> and other vertebrate species. See also [[http://www.livescience.com/bestimg/index.php?url=&cat=gayanimals livescience]]

A 1996 article, published by an organization commited to "treatment" of homosexuality, musters the arguments against interpretation of animal behavior as sanctioning homosexuality.<ref>[http://www.narth.com/docs/animalmyth.html The Animal Homosexuality Myth], Luiz Sérgio Solimeo, excerpt from book ''Defending a Higher Law: Why We Must Resist Same Sex "Marriage" and the Homosexual Movement.''</ref> It notes that "homosexual scientist Simon LeVay" stated that the evidence pointed to isolated acts, not to homosexuality:

"Although homosexual behavior is very common in the animal world, it seems to be very uncommon that individual animals have a long-lasting predisposition to engage in such behavior to the exclusion of heterosexual activities. Thus, a homosexual orientation, if one can speak of such thing in animals, seems to be a rarity."

In addition, Dr. Antonio Pardo, Professor of Bioethics at the University of Navarre, Spain, wrote:

Properly speaking, homosexuality does not exist among animals.... For reasons of survival, the reproductive instinct among animals is always directed towards an individual of the opposite sex. Therefore, an animal can never be homosexual as such. Nevertheless, the interaction of other instincts (particularly dominance) can result in behavior that appears to be homosexual. Such behavior cannot be equated with an animal homosexuality. All it means is that animal sexual behavior encompasses aspects beyond that of reproduction.[http://www.narth.com/docs/animalmyth.html]

==References==
<references/>
*[http://www.narth.com/docs/animalmyth.html The Animal Homosexuality Myth] by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo
*[http://creationwiki.org/Homosexuality CreationWiki: Homosexuality]
[[Category:Things condemned by God]]

Shellfish

2007-03-11T20:35:42Z

FingoMcGlingo:

Shellfish is a culinary term for aquatic invertebrates used as food: molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms. Both saltwater and freshwater invertebrates are considered shellfish. Many gentile societies have eaten shellfish as a staple diet for thousands of years. However, Christians know that eating shelled creature from the water is an Abomination unto God on par with homosexuality, as told in the Book of Leviticus.

[[Category:Things condemned by God]]

Bonobo

2007-03-11T20:30:42Z

FingoMcGlingo:

''Bonobos'', or "pygmy chimpanzees", are an endangered<ref>[http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/bonobo/cons PrimateInfo.Net]</ref> ape species in the genus ''Pan'' (the only other being the common chimp). Bonobos are more peaceful and social than the common chimpanzee. Bonobos share about 98% of their DNA with humans and slightly more than the common chimpanzee shares with humans.<ref name="Columbus Zoo">[http://www.colszoo.org/animalareas/aforest/bonobo.html Bonobos] at the Columbus Zoo </ref> Unlike many other apes, they walk upright a signficant fraction of the time.

== Anatomy and Behavior ==
Females are smaller than males but unlike in many other ape species the female hierarchy of dominance matters more than that of the males. Bonobos pass the mirror test and have facial expressions close enough to those of humans such that humans can often recognize what emotion a bonobo is expressing. <ref name="Columbus Zoo"/> Individual bonobos also have very different facial features such that humans can easily differentiate one bonobo from another.

Proponents of evolutionary psychology often point to bonobos as examples of an evolutionary adaptation in which a species acquired the strategy of bartering sex to enhance social status or to resolve disputes<ref>[http://songweaver.com/info/bonobos.html Bonobo Sex and Society]</ref>. Homosexual activists haved cite bonobos as examples of animals who perform homosexual acts<ref> Chris Bull, [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_n735/ai_20164884 Monkey love - homosexual behavior in primates,] The Advocate, June 10, 1997.3</ref><ref>Steve Sailer, [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_1999_Sept_27/ai_55820853 "Chimps and Chumps : What monkeys don't tell us about man,"] National Review, Sept 27, 1999. </ref> . The National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), a group which believes that homosexuality is a mental disorder that can be cured argues the bonobo behavior is is not sexual but rather are aggressive acts to assert dominance much like when a dog mounts a person's leg<ref>.
Luiz Sérgio Solimeo, [http://www.narth.com/docs/animalmyth.html "The Animal Homosexuality Myth,"] NARTH.</ref>. It often angers atheists to learn that God created Bonobos, along with all other primates, especially man, as this instantaneously defeats the Theory of evolution.

== References ==
<references/>

Bonobo

2007-03-11T20:29:57Z

FingoMcGlingo:

''Bonobos'', or "pygmy chimpanzees", are an endangered<ref>[http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/bonobo/cons PrimateInfo.Net]</ref> ape species in the genus ''Pan'' (the only other being the common chimp). Bonobos are more peaceful and social than the common chimpanzee. Bonobos share about 98% of their DNA with humans and slightly more than the common chimpanzee shares with humans.<ref name="Columbus Zoo">[http://www.colszoo.org/animalareas/aforest/bonobo.html Bonobos] at the Columbus Zoo </ref> Unlike many other apes, they walk upright a signficant fraction of the time.

== Anatomy and Behavior ==
Females are smaller than males but unlike in many other ape species the female hierarchy of dominance matters more than that of the males. Bonobos pass the mirror test and have facial expressions close enough to those of humans such that humans can often recognize what emotion a bonobo is expressing. <ref name="Columbus Zoo"/> Individual bonobos also have very different facial features such that humans can easily differentiate one bonobo from another.

Proponents of evolutionary psychology often point to bonobos as examples of an evolutionary adaptation in which a species acquired the strategy of bartering sex to enhance social status or to resolve disputes<ref>[http://songweaver.com/info/bonobos.html Bonobo Sex and Society]</ref>. Homosexual activists haved cite bonobos as examples of animals who perform homosexual acts<ref> Chris Bull, [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_n735/ai_20164884 Monkey love - homosexual behavior in primates,] The Advocate, June 10, 1997.3</ref><ref>Steve Sailer, [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_1999_Sept_27/ai_55820853 "Chimps and Chumps : What monkeys don't tell us about man,"] National Review, Sept 27, 1999. </ref> . The National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), a group which believes that homosexuality is a mental disorder that can be cured argues the bonobo behavior is is not sexual but rather are aggressive acts to assert dominance much like when a dog mounts a person's leg<ref>. It often angers atheists to learn that God created Bonobos, along with all other primates, especially man, as this instantaneously defeats the Theory of evolution.
Luiz Sérgio Solimeo, [http://www.narth.com/docs/animalmyth.html "The Animal Homosexuality Myth,"] NARTH.</ref>.

== References ==
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Talk:Saint Paul

2007-03-11T20:28:06Z

FingoMcGlingo:

Why is one of the greatest Christians ever to have lived not given his full title of SAINT Paul and is being referred to merely as Paul? This is disgusting, get it fixed please. [[User:FingoMcGlingo|FingoMcGlingo]] 16:28, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

Saint Paul

2007-03-11T20:25:12Z

FingoMcGlingo:

Paul was originally called Saul of [[Tarsus]]. He was suddenly converted on the road to Damascus. He saw a blinding white light and fell to the ground spazzing and writhing uncontrollably, even being rendered temporarily blind for several days afterwards by the sheer power of God's vision. ([[Acts]] 9) Saul was "a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless." (Philippeans 3:5b-6) He hated Christians and was terribly persecuting them. (Saul was "in hearty agreement" with the stoning of [[Stephen]].) After his conversion Paul became one of the leading evangelists, going on missionary Journeys to the [[gentiles]]. Paul wrote 13 books of the [[Bible]]: [[Romans]], [[1 Corinthians]], [[2 Corinthians]], [[Galatians]], [[Ephesians]], [[Philippians]], [[Colossians]], [[1 Thessalonians]], [[2 Thessalonians]], [[1 Timothy]], [[2 Timothy]], [[Titus]] and [[Philemon]].

After his conversion Saint Paul wrote many letters to many different peoples on a wide variety of subjects, including the essential [[kerygma]] or preaching thrust of Christianity, and the subservience of [[women]] to Man.