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<div>[[Image:Moooghj.jpg|right|thumb|Sun, the small blue dot on the upper-right corner is Earth.]]<br />
The '''Sun''', or [[Sol]], is the star at the center of the solar system, and it accounts for over 99% of the [[mass]] of the solar system. By mass, it is composed of 72% [[hydrogen]], 26% [[helium]] and 2% trace elements of [[oxygen]], [[carbon]], [[neon]], [[nitrogen]], [[magnesium]], [[iron]], and [[silicon]].<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/sun_worldbook.html World Book Encyclopedia @ NASA]</ref> The eight [[planet]]s, including Earth, orbit the sun, as do countless other small objects. <br />
It provides the [[Earth]] with light and heat. [[Astronomy|Astronomers]] classify it as a [[yellow dwarf]] with a [[spectral type]] of [[G2V]]. <br />
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The sun has a diameter of about 870,000 miles (1.4 million kilometers); some 1.3 million Earths could fit inside its volume. It is an average-sized star. Its surface temperature is 6000 [[Kelvin|K]], while the temperature of its core is around 13.6 million K. The inner layer of the sun, called the core, is where most [[fusion]] takes place. Beyond that is the radiation zone and then the convection zone. Outside that is the [[photosphere]], the visible layer of the sun. It would take anywhere between 17,000 and 50 million years for [[photon]]s produced in the core to be emitted at the surface, being absorbed and re-emitted countless times. The [[atmosphere]], including the [[corona]], surrounds the photosphere. The sun is located about halfway between the center of the [[Milky Way]] [[galaxy]] and its edge, and at the speed at which it is travelling around the galaxy, it would take around 230-250 million years to orbit the galactic center.<br />
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The sun produces a vast amount of [[energy]], only a tiny fraction of which the Earth receives, yet this small amount powers practically all [[life]] (and [[industry]]) on Earth, either directly or indirectly. It is also the main force controlling Earth's [[climate]] and [[weather]]. [[Plant]]s and other organisms capture the energy of the sun in a process called [[photosynthesis]]. Animals and other [[heterotroph]]s obtain food and energy from consuming plants or from consuming [[animal]]s which have consumed the plants. Only a few microscopic organisms obtain energy directly from chemical reactions.<br />
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[[Human]] civilization, too, is dependent on the sun. Much of humanity's [[industry|industrial]] energy needs are obtained through the combustion of [[fossil fuel]]s, the remains of dead plants and animals. Uneven heating of the atmosphere provides [[wind power]]. Also, the sun evaporates water from lower-lying bodies of water; this then falls as rain and flows back down channels, providing hydroelectric power. On a limited basis, [[solar power]] is directly utilized. [[Geothermal energy]] and [[nuclear energy]] are examples of energy sources to which the sun does not directly contribute.<br />
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== Origins ==<br />
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According to the [[materialism|materialist]] view, what eventually became the solar system initially existed as a large, rotating [[cloud]] of [[dust]] and [[gas]], composed of hydrogen and helium produced in the [[Big Bang theory|Big Bang]] as well as small amounts of heavier [[element]]s. Around 4.57 billion years ago, the cloud began to contract, perhaps as a result of a [[shock wave]] from a nearby [[supernova]]. [[Inertia]] caused the rotating cloud to flatten into a disk. Most of the mass concentrated in the middle, and began to heat up. Eventually, the kinetic energy of the hydrogen was sufficient to overcome the [[electromagnetic]] repulsion between the protons, and fusion began. The resulting solar wind helped clear away much of the material which had not coalesced into planets or other orbiting bodies.<ref>[http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/cosmic_evolution/docs/text/text_plan_1.html]</ref> The sun is most likely a third-generation star.<br />
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According to the [[Bible|biblical]] record, [[God]] created the sun on the fourth day of [[Creation]].<ref>Genesis 1</ref>. In 1979, astonomer John Eddy made measurements indicating that the Sun is shrinking at a rate of 0.1% per century, which would make the ancient sun argument put forth by those promoting the [[materialist]] view unlikely. At the rate of shrinking measured, a 4.5 billion year old sun would have been larger than the solar system at creation and therefore have swallowed up the earth. It is therefore postulated that the shrinking is what actually releases the heat from the sun through gravitational collapse, not nuclear fusion. These data support the notion that the sun was created only a few thousand years ago. It also shows that the life of the sun is quite limited and will not survive for several billion years more, as evolutionists and other secularlists claim<ref>DeYoung, D. B. Is the sun an age indicator. Creation Research Society Quarterly. Vol 26</ref>. Based on these measurements, it should be possible to calculate the time of final collapse, which would be the maximum date for the return of the savior. <br />
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According to the [[Apache Creation Story]], [[Creator]], the One Who Lives Above, created the sun by singing it into existence after he had created the Girl-Without-Parents.{{fact}}.<br />
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[[Category:Astronomy]]</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Sun&diff=297328Sun2007-09-21T16:28:40Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Moooghj.jpg|right|thumb|Sun, the small blue dot on the upper-right corner is Earth.]]<br />
The '''Sun''', or [[Sol]], is the star at the center of the solar system, and it accounts for over 99% of the [[mass]] of the solar system. By mass, it is composed of 72% [[hydrogen]], 26% [[helium]] and 2% trace elements of [[oxygen]], [[carbon]], [[neon]], [[nitrogen]], [[magnesium]], [[iron]], and [[silicon]].<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/sun_worldbook.html World Book Encyclopedia @ NASA]</ref> The eight [[planet]]s, including Earth, orbit the sun, as do countless other small objects. <br />
It provides the [[Earth]] with light and heat. [[Astronomy|Astronomers]] classify it as a [[yellow dwarf]] with a [[spectral type]] of [[G2V]]. <br />
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The sun has a diameter of about 870,000 miles (1.4 million kilometers); some 1.3 million Earths could fit inside its volume. It is an average-sized star. Its surface temperature is 6000 [[Kelvin|K]], while the temperature of its core is around 13.6 million K. The inner layer of the sun, called the core, is where most [[fusion]] takes place. Beyond that is the radiation zone and then the convection zone. Outside that is the [[photosphere]], the visible layer of the sun. It would take anywhere between 17,000 and 50 million years for [[photon]]s produced in the core to be emitted at the surface, being absorbed and re-emitted countless times. The [[atmosphere]], including the [[corona]], surrounds the photosphere. The sun is located about halfway between the center of the [[Milky Way]] [[galaxy]] and its edge, and at the speed at which it is travelling around the galaxy, it would take around 230-250 million years to orbit the galactic center.<br />
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The sun produces a vast amount of [[energy]], only a tiny fraction of which the Earth receives, yet this small amount powers practically all [[life]] (and [[industry]]) on Earth, either directly or indirectly. It is also the main force controlling Earth's [[climate]] and [[weather]]. [[Plant]]s and other organisms capture the energy of the sun in a process called [[photosynthesis]]. Animals and other [[heterotroph]]s obtain food and energy from consuming plants or from consuming [[animal]]s which have consumed the plants. Only a few microscopic organisms obtain energy directly from chemical reactions.<br />
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[[Human]] civilization, too, is dependent on the sun. Much of humanity's [[industry|industrial]] energy needs are obtained through the combustion of [[fossil fuel]]s, the remains of dead plants and animals. Uneven heating of the atmosphere provides [[wind power]]. Also, the sun evaporates water from lower-lying bodies of water; this then falls as rain and flows back down channels, providing hydroelectric power. On a limited basis, [[solar power]] is directly utilized. [[Geothermal energy]] and [[nuclear energy]] are examples of energy sources to which the sun does not directly contribute.<br />
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== Origins ==<br />
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According to the [[materialism|materialist]] view, what eventually became the solar system initially existed as a large, rotating [[cloud]] of [[dust]] and [[gas]], composed of hydrogen and helium produced in the [[Big Bang theory|Big Bang]] as well as small amounts of heavier [[element]]s. Around 4.57 billion years ago, the cloud began to contract, perhaps as a result of a [[shock wave]] from a nearby [[supernova]]. [[Inertia]] caused the rotating cloud to flatten into a disk. Most of the mass concentrated in the middle, and began to heat up. Eventually, the kinetic energy of the hydrogen was sufficient to overcome the [[electromagnetic]] repulsion between the protons, and fusion began. The resulting solar wind helped clear away much of the material which had not coalesced into planets or other orbiting bodies.<ref>[http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/cosmic_evolution/docs/text/text_plan_1.html]</ref> The sun is most likely a third-generation star.<br />
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According to the [[Bible|biblical]] record, [[God]] created the sun on the fourth day of [[Creation]].<ref>Genesis 1</ref>. In 1979, astonomer John Eddy made measurements indicating that the Sun is shrinking at a rate of 0.1% per century, which would make the ancient sun argument put forth by those promoting the [[materialist]] view unlikely. At the rate of shrinking measured, a 4.5 billion year old sun would have been larger than the solar system at creation and therefore have swallowed up the earth. It is therefore postulated that the shrinking is what actually releases the heat from the sun through gravitational collapse, not nuclear fusion. These data support the notion that the sun was created only a few thousand years ago. It also shows that the life of the sun is quite limited and will not survive for several billion years more, as evolutionists and other secularlists claim<ref>DeYoung, D. B. Is the sun an age indicator. Creation Research Society Quarterly. Vol 26</ref>. <br />
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According to the [[Apache Creation Story]], [[Creator]], the One Who Lives Above, created the sun by singing it into existence after he had created the Girl-Without-Parents.{{fact}}.<br />
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[[Category:Astronomy]]</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Snake&diff=296018Snake2007-09-19T16:00:50Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
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<div>'''Snakes''' are long, [[limb]]less, [[scale|scaly]] [[reptile]]s which [[slither]] upon the ground and sometimes swim in [[water]]. Some snakes are [[poison]]ous. Snakes are abundant in warmer climates, and many of them are quite harmless to man.<br />
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==The origin of snakes: Creationists View==<br />
Snakes are a group of animals that have frustrated evolutionists for many years. They are anatomically unlike any other vertebrate and can hybridize regularly, supporting the notion that they are a [[apobaramin]]. Snakes can be classified into three families based on hydridization data: Boidae (boas and pythons), Colubridae (colubrid snakes), and Viperidae (Vipers). Since hydrids can be formed within each family, but not between any family, each of the three can be classified as a [[holobaramin]], suggesting that an ancestral pair for each family was present on Noah's Ark. Other research suggest multiple [[holobaramin]]s in each family suggesting up to 12 snake pairs on the Ark during the Flood.<ref>1. Hennigan, T. 2005. An initial investigation into the baraminology of snakes: order--Squamata, suborder Serpentes. Creation Reasearch Society Quarterly Vol. 42.</ref> <br />
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==Types of Snake==<br />
* [[Garter Snake]]<br />
* [[Boa Constrictor]]<br />
* [[King Snake]]<br />
* [[Rock Snake]]<br />
* [[Viper]]<br />
* [[Cottonmouth Snake]]<br />
* [[Black Mamba]]<br />
* [[Python]]<br />
* [[Garden Snake]]<br />
* [[Asp]]<br />
* [[Rattle Snake]]<br />
* [[Cobra]]<br />
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==References==<br />
1. Hennigan, T. 2005. An initial investigation into the baraminology of snakes: order--Squamata, suborder Serpentes. Creation Reasearch Society Quarterly Vol. 42. <br />
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[[Category:Snakes]]</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Snake&diff=296017Snake2007-09-19T16:00:10Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
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<div>'''Snakes''' are long, [[limb]]less, [[scale|scaly]] [[reptile]]s which [[slither]] upon the ground and sometimes swim in [[water]]. Some snakes are [[poison]]ous. Snakes are abundant in warmer climates, and many of them are quite harmless to man.<br />
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==The origin of snakes: Creationists View==<br />
Snakes are a group of animals that have frustrated evolutionists for many years. They are anatomically unlike any other vertebrate and can hybridize regularly, supporting the notion that they are a [[apobaramin]]. Snakes can be classified into three families based on hydridization data: Boidae (boas and pythons), Colubridae (colubrid snakes), and Viperidae (Vipers). Since hydrids can be formed within each family, but not between any family, each of the three can be classified as a [[holobaramin]], suggesting that an ancestral pair for each family was present on Noah's Ark. Other research suggest multiple [[holobaramins]] in each family suggesting up to 12 snake pairs on the Ark during the Flood.<ref>1. Hennigan, T. 2005. An initial investigation into the baraminology of snakes: order--Squamata, suborder Serpentes. Creation Reasearch Society Quarterly Vol. 42.</ref> <br />
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==Types of Snake==<br />
* [[Garter Snake]]<br />
* [[Boa Constrictor]]<br />
* [[King Snake]]<br />
* [[Rock Snake]]<br />
* [[Viper]]<br />
* [[Cottonmouth Snake]]<br />
* [[Black Mamba]]<br />
* [[Python]]<br />
* [[Garden Snake]]<br />
* [[Asp]]<br />
* [[Rattle Snake]]<br />
* [[Cobra]]<br />
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==References==<br />
1. Hennigan, T. 2005. An initial investigation into the baraminology of snakes: order--Squamata, suborder Serpentes. Creation Reasearch Society Quarterly Vol. 42. <br />
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[[Category:Snakes]]</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Snake&diff=296016Snake2007-09-19T15:59:53Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
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<div>'''Snakes''' are long, [[limb]]less, [[scale|scaly]] [[reptile]]s which [[slither]] upon the ground and sometimes swim in [[water]]. Some snakes are [[poison]]ous. Snakes are abundant in warmer climates, and many of them are quite harmless to man.<br />
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==The origin of snakes: Creationists View==<br />
Snakes are a group of animals that have frustrated evolutionists for many years. They are anatomically unlike any other vertebrate and can hybridize regularly, supporting the notion that they are a [[apoobaramin]]. Snakes can be classified into three families based on hydridization data: Boidae (boas and pythons), Colubridae (colubrid snakes), and Viperidae (Vipers). Since hydrids can be formed within each family, but not between any family, each of the three can be classified as a [[holobaramin]], suggesting that an ancestral pair for each family was present on Noah's Ark. Other research suggest multiple [[holobaramins]] in each family suggesting up to 12 snake pairs on the Ark during the Flood.<ref>1. Hennigan, T. 2005. An initial investigation into the baraminology of snakes: order--Squamata, suborder Serpentes. Creation Reasearch Society Quarterly Vol. 42.</ref> <br />
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==Types of Snake==<br />
* [[Garter Snake]]<br />
* [[Boa Constrictor]]<br />
* [[King Snake]]<br />
* [[Rock Snake]]<br />
* [[Viper]]<br />
* [[Cottonmouth Snake]]<br />
* [[Black Mamba]]<br />
* [[Python]]<br />
* [[Garden Snake]]<br />
* [[Asp]]<br />
* [[Rattle Snake]]<br />
* [[Cobra]]<br />
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==References==<br />
1. Hennigan, T. 2005. An initial investigation into the baraminology of snakes: order--Squamata, suborder Serpentes. Creation Reasearch Society Quarterly Vol. 42. <br />
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[[Category:Snakes]]</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:DanH&diff=295567User talk:DanH2007-09-18T20:06:35Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Banhammer2.jpg|thumb|600px|left|'''DanH''' is hereby awarded the prestigious & coveted '''Banhammer''' barnstar for tireless vigilence against fascists, liberals, vandals & trolls.]]<br />
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Do you know how to use unicode to avoid the spam filter? [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 18:30, 11 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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*I am sure you read all that on that other wiki. Check with them. --[[User:TK|<small>Sysop-</small>TK]] <sub>[[User_talk:TK|/MyTalk]]</sub> 22:57, 12 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== Vandal? ==<br />
So I'm a "vandal" am I? Clean out your ears, knucklehead, because I'm about to tell you something about real vandals. The real Vandals were a race of pagan barbarian murderers and thieves who swept across Europe killing anyone who got in the way of their "fun." Know who does that sound like? Not me, certainly. Maybe it sounds like those stupid teenagers you cater to on this site, who just want to "get high" and play their little murder simulators, no matter what it's doing to their family, their culture, or their country. <br />
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When I found this place, I thought it was finally the venue(look it up if you don't know what it means) for truth about dangerous parts of popular culture like Dungeons and Dragons and violent video games. You try to insert some truth into the articles over on Wacopedia, and you get shot down by mindless liberals chanting their little mantras "It's just a game," "You're a close minded fanatic," and "Get a life." I've got a life, junior, and it's a lot better than yours because I go OUTSIDE once and a while. But this was supposed to be where people can showcase a conservative(read: realistic) viewpoint on this filth. And when I come back, what do I find? Some scrawny little coward had deleted all my work and called me a "vandal." <br />
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YOU are the real vandals, peddling this smut to young children who come here to escape from the cesspit that is Wacopedia. Their loving parents see all the conservative trappings here and say, "Oh, this must be safe," but most probably never take the time to actualy read the idiotic and subversive lies you present as truth. Let's take a look, shall we? <br />
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The article on video games has pages full of nice, harmless sounding fluff, but how much information does it have on the scientificly proven pyschological effects they have on people who become violent and obsessed from playing them? A SINGLE line at the very bottom of the page about Grand Theft Auto, which everyone has already heard about and a comment from some pixelante about how we shouldn't "judge" video games based on what "a couple crazy kids did." That's the same tired rhetoric used by hippies who want their pot legalized. "Hey, man, a couple of people kill each other over drugs. But, like, the ends(brainwashed teenagers having "fun") justify the means(the death of the innocent" Here's an idea. Get out of your parent's basement and try actually living life, instead of rehearse taking the lives of those who are actually doing something worthwhile.<br />
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Your article on Dungeons and Dragons is also very telling. It's got three sections on how to play the game, and I counted at least six different places where criticism is deflected, and that's without reading the section on the "Magic System" (I don't worship the devil, and I'm not planning on casting any magic spells anytime soon, so why on earth would I read a section about how to do so?). I wander how parents would feel if they found out your website had occult knowledge right out in the open? But, hey, I suppose "If it feels good, do it." And if anybody trys to stop us, we can just plug our fingers in our ears and concentrate on something that makes us feel all warm and fuzzy inside, like how your article on Hitler calls him evil. Well, duh!. A bunch of book burners is what you are, heeping all the truth about anything wrong that isn't one of your pet causes onto the bonfire with your morals and common decency.<br />
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My page on "anime," as these perverted freak call it, was mangled. Your little slant eyed toadie, [[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] Morals, only had the courage to put a little note at the end about how well this sick "art" blends into porn.(Of course, some little brain fried deliquent has already subtely changed even that, so it sounds much less disgusting than it really is.) I can only thank God that you left enough of my message in that parents will be able to see the link to porn, and stop their kids from becoming ignorant sociopaths, kinda like most of the people on this site.<br />
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And finally let's look at your little advertisement for online games(your page on Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games, in case you don't know). I clicked on a few, then went back and got rid of the links to protect children from smut. I even put a note saying that they weren't family friendly. And what did one of you little cowards do? Put them back and said "I hope he's not right about them not being family friendly." Here's a novel ideal, why don't you actually CHECK? Then you could see all the violence, New Age idealogy, and practical nudity in these "family friendly" websites. But you won't do that. I'm on to you. You've probably got a little side deal with the game companies. You give them free advertising with a spin that makes it seem like their product is harmless, and you get some money for the advertising.<br />
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That just makes me sick. These children come to you for the facts without the bias and lies most media shoves down their throats. And what do you do? Line them up and march them right into the hands of the gaming companies that don't care if people get hurt or if society is degraded, as long as they can make a buck. Most gaming companies are Japanese, did you know that? Or where you too distracted by counting your shiny silver coins to actually research what you were doing? Sure, but who cares right. Aren't the Japanese Buddhist? So they believe in love and peace, right? Islam is the FASTEST GROWING religion in the world. You're kidding yourself if you think none of the Japs have converted so they could get their 72 virgins. Even a search on the internet will show you thousands of site about people who have stolen, killed themselves or others, and wasted their lives on twisted "entertainment." How many repeats of Columbine will it take before you wake up and do your part to stop this insanity?<br />
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But, I suppose this will fall on deaf ears. After all, George Washington said "Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder." But you don't really understand what you're selling. Will you still mock me when it one of YOUR friends or loved ones who gets gunned down by some pale, greasy gamer who's driving down the street thinking the people he's shooting aren't real, or kidnapped so some lunatic in a black robe can sacrifice them to his Dungeons and Dragons gods(who are really demons) so he can get a better result for his latest spell? Will you still think that it's all just "harmless fun" and that you don't need to warn people about a very real danger to themselves and their families then? You can do the right thing. You can stop censoring people who come here to expose the truth. You could save a life by stopping some innocent little boy from growing up to be a deranged killer. <br />
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I'm probably wasting my time though. You've probably already thrown away your mind, drooling over the latest murder simulator with all the biggest looking swords and "coolest" spells. People who try to spread the truth are always harrassed and mocked, but good always wins in the end. Hopefully, enough people will read this and do a little research on these subjects. Then they'll try to clear up the lies and misconceptions you have all over this place. They'll get censored and thrown out of course. But soon, enough people will see through these blatant advertisments for this smut and try to correct it you'll be doing nothing but trying to stem the tide of light into the tangle of biased nonsense you're using to shield your spineless business partners, who have to use tactics like this because they're to cowardly to come out in the open and defend their dangerous product. And do you know why? Because they can't. I know it, they know it, and, deep down, you know it too. <br />
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I'll be praying that somehow you find it in your heart(or at least the part that hasn't been destroyed by the dehumanizing messages these things send) to help spread the truth. <br />
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(P.S. Oh, and I'm not Jack Chick. Contrary to what you might believe, there is more than one person in this country with that name.)<br />
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: This post wins the internet. Anyways, if I were to guess, it's this guy. [http://www.jackthompson.org/] --[[User:Colest|Colest]] 22:52, 12 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
::This might be the funniest thing I have ever read [[User:Bohdan|Bohdan]] 23:26, 12 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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*He seemed "normal" to me on other issues. But then I have no idea what sparked his post, or anything else.... --[[User:TK|<small>Sysop-</small>TK]] <sub>[[User_talk:TK|/MyTalk]]</sub> 23:33, 12 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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Just to nitpick, at the time the Vandals attacked the Roman empire and took over North Africa, they were Arian Christian, not pagan.--[[User:Epicurius|Steve]] 12:11, 13 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== reminder ==<br />
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does the word [[Hannibal]] mean anything to you? <small>heh heh heh</small>[[User:Bohdan|Bohdan]] 02:16, 13 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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I'll have to get that tomorrow morning; I'm going out of town for three days. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 02:16, 13 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== Uh-oh... ==<br />
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looks like we have a Jack Thompson impersonator trying to take you out, Dan. Or worse yet, Jack himself... I shudder at the mere thought. Be vigiliant, don't bend, we will defend you, Dan. --<font color="#0000CC" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:Hojimachong|'''Ĥøĵĭmåçħôńğ''']]</font><sup><font color="00FFAA">[[User_Talk:Hojimachong|talk]]</font></sup> 19:02, 13 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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::There's only one way to tell... [[Jack Thompson|*Creates Article*]].--[[User:Elamdri|Elamdri]] 19:07, 13 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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::*ROFL!! Yeah, like he's something to fear, Thompson! You guys kill me sometimes, giving him the reaction he wants, lol. Good idea, Elamdri! --[[User:TK|<small>Sysop-</small>TK]] <sub>[[User_talk:TK|/MyTalk]]</sub> 19:11, 13 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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::::Dunno about you, Terry, but an opportunity to take on Thompson ''mano y mano'' is something I would relish. I hope the article I'm about to write about him attracts his wrath.--<font color="#0000CC" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:Hojimachong|'''Ĥøĵĭmåçħôńğ''']]</font><sup><font color="00FFAA">[[User_Talk:Hojimachong|talk]]</font></sup> 19:15, 13 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
:::::::NOOO, you blocked him! How am I gonna have any fun now?--[[User:Elamdri|Elamdri]] 19:15, 13 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
::::::::Let's play with this guy - he deserves it. --<font color="#0000CC" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:Hojimachong|'''Ĥøĵĭmåçħôńğ''']]</font><sup><font color="00FFAA">[[User_Talk:Hojimachong|talk]]</font></sup> 19:16, 13 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
:::::::::::I somewhat doubt he's Jack Thompson, he even denied it. But still, wouldn't it be something if we got the real Jack Thompson to come sniffing around?--[[User:Elamdri|Elamdri]] 19:18, 13 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
::::::::::::As of today, that's my new goal. We know he'll find us sooner or later (he gave Wikipedia quite a headache), so let's school him quickly and get it over with. Let's move this discussion to the sysop page, agreed? --<font color="#0000CC" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:Hojimachong|'''Ĥøĵĭmåçħôńğ''']]</font><sup><font color="00FFAA">[[User_Talk:Hojimachong|talk]]</font></sup> 19:21, 13 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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*Hoji, AIM! --[[User:TK|<small>Sysop-</small>TK]] <sub>[[User_talk:TK|/MyTalk]]</sub> 19:24, 13 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== Congratulations Div. Chess Champ! ==<br />
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Go Dan! --[[User:TK|<small>Sysop-</small>TK]] <sub>[[User_talk:TK|/MyTalk]]</sub> 23:50, 15 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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==Ranger Bill==<br />
Sorry, I didn't do that!! My little sister (didn't ask me or anything) just put it up using my user name. Sorry that it happened.--[[User:Tash|Tash]] 15:12, 16 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== Dan, evolution article ==<br />
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Dear Dan,<br />
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My sister stated to me that the [[theory of evolution]] article was a very good article but she said, "What about the man-ape fossils?". So I added the [[paleoanthropology]] section which a leading creationist organization is going to publish at their website. I also noticed that [[Wikipedia]] did the social effects of the theory of evolution in their [[evolution]] article so I added that very briefly. I also noticed that a HUGE issue was left out and that was biological information, biological code, and genetic programs so I added a brief section. <br />
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As far as today, Andy added some material that I thought needed better footnoting and wording so that is what I was doing today.<br />
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I do think the end result was worth it. Out of 112 million articles on Google for the Theory of evolution ours is ranked #34. <br />
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[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 18:00, 16 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== Chess ==<br />
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Congratulations on winning. Not bad for a Jayhawk. --[[User:Colest|Colest]] 11:03, 17 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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:Yes...congratulations! I was always horrible at chess...I just move a piece and see what happens...the word strategy does not exist in my dictionary :) [[User:DeborahB.|DeborahB.]] 12:42, 17 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
::Congratulations. [[User:Bohdan|Bohdan]] 15:34, 17 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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Thanks all. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 15:35, 17 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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:Belated congrats! --<font color="#0000CC" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:Hojimachong|'''ηοξιμαχονγ''']]</font><sup><font color="00FFAA">[[User_Talk:Hojimachong|θαλκ]]</font></sup> 13:08, 18 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== Would you please categorize... ==<br />
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the article on [[pornography]]? If I read the history correctly you are the protecting sysop so I figured you'd like first crack at it. May I suggest something simple like "media" for now? I have plans to re-organize many category structures but at the moment that's likely to be your best fit. Of course, you should do as you see fit. Regards, [[User:Aziraphale|Aziraphale]] 18:09, 17 July 2007 (EDT) ''<-I'm just doing them alphabetically, honest!<br />
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:Hello again,<br />
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:Would you also please categorize [[Main Page/new style]]? Thank you, [[User:Aziraphale|Aziraphale]] 12:14, 18 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== Good Catch ==<br />
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...On the user name "Bush is retarded" spelt backwards. Of course I guess I should expect that from a chess champion. ;-) [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 04:17, 18 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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==Hitler's vegetarianism==<br />
Hi. What exactly is your source that Hitler wasn't a vegetarian? I've read numerous places that he was, including, I believe, the memoirs of his friend Albert Speer. Is the argument that he wasn't a ''strict'' vegetarian? Because there are numerous definitions of vegetarianism, and some allow for limited meat ingestion. If I recall, his reasons were health and not animal ights, but I don't think that matters. [[User:PortlyMort|PortlyMort]] 14:37, 18 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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There's at the very least, enough controversy about whether he was [http://www.slate.com/id/2096259/] that we shouldn't dogmatically say one way or the other. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 14:38, 18 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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:Hitler's personal chef says his favourite dish was pigeon [http://veg.ca/content/view/171/113/]; it seems from various other sources that while he ''preferred'' a vegetarian diet, he deviated enough from it to not be classed as a vegetarian. [[Image:User Fox.png]] [[User:Fox|Fox]] <small>([[User talk:Fox|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Fox|contribs]])</small> 14:46, 18 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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::Sources are numerous. One source of good criticism cites how Hitler was not sympathetic to German soldiers freezing in Russia who asked for meat. Hitler went into a long spiel about how the Roman legions survived on grains, etc., and probably regarded meat eaters as subversive to the Nazi effort. Ultimately, many meat eaters probably betrayed the Nazi cause because of this--Hitler just didn't care if meat eaters got fed or not, and expected everybody to be like him and make the same sacrifices during the privations of a prolonged war, which of course to a vegetarian of many years, are not sacrifices at all. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 14:52, 18 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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:::The sources for his meat eating and love of ham and bavarian sausages are numerous also [http://www.foodrevolution.org/askjohn/47.htm]; many commentators also point out that Hitler never claimed to be a vegetarian, outlawed vegetarian organizations and prevented all measures aimed at easing Germany’s food shortages that involved a reduction in meat consumption. [[Image:User Fox.png]] [[User:Fox|Fox]] <small>([[User talk:Fox|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Fox|contribs]])</small> 14:59, 18 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== Request ==<br />
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I want to put a few more pictures in the [[evolution]] article. Do you know how to do that? I want to put a picture of [[Ernst Haeckel]] in this section: http://www.conservapedia.com/Evolution#Evolutionary_theory_and_Cases_of_Fraud.2C_Hoaxes_and_Speculation.E2.80.8E I also want to put a picture of [[Stephen Gould]] in this section: http://www.conservapedia.com/Evolution#Theory_of_Punctuated_Equilibrium Please don't use the picture of Stephen Gould used at [[Wikipedia]]. Can you help? [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 15:13, 18 July 2007 (EDT)conservative<br />
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== Thanks ==<br />
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Thank you for welcoming me, DanH. [[User:BrianJackson|BrianJackson]] 20:37, 20 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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Thank you for unblocking me, it is greatly appreciated -Mr.Random<br />
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== Grunge ==<br />
I agree. A lot of post-grunge bands really ruined grunge. Everclear,Third Eye Blind,Matchbox 20, and even Daughtry (he was classified post-grunge too lol) really turned grunge to pop - rock.<br />
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(whoops forgot to sign)<br />
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--[[User:Dark1Kristen|Dark1Kristen]] 22:04, 22 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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Favorite Original Grunge Band: Alice In Chains<br />
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Favorite Post-Grunge: Three Days Grace or Breaking Benjamin<br />
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--[[User:Dark1Kristen|Dark1Kristen]] 22:06, 22 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== Great block! ==<br />
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Great block! Well done!!!!--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 22:24, 23 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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: Wow, a second great block in the same night!!! Very well done.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 23:35, 23 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== thanks ==<br />
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The user who put those questionable comments was a sock of vandal redhungary, who I think you dealt with earlier. [[User:Bohdan|Bohdan]] 23:04, 23 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== Noah's ark ==<br />
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Heya -- I'm interested in making some changes to Noah's ark -- proposed them on the talk page -- any chance you could try unlocking it for a while and see if revert wars and/or vandalism become a problem? [[User:Ungtss|Ungtss]] 21:30, 25 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== Please protect my signature templates ==<br />
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The templates in question are:<br />
*[[User:PheasantHunter/TestTalk]]<br />
*[[User:PheasantHunter/FullSig]]<br />
and <br />
*[[User:PheasantHunter/sig]]<br />
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I am the only person who has any business editing them (aside from Andy). Other users who edit them are probably vandalizing them. Niandra protected them, but then TK unprotected them (he was probably confused since this is a technical issue.) Could you either take it up with other sysops or just go ahead and protect the above templates? Thanks. {{User:PheasantHunter/FullSig}} 12:28, 26 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== Vandal blocking ==<br />
:Good job blocking the [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=DanH&page= vandals]. [[User:JohnMorrisonBirch|JohnMorrisonBirch]] 21:20, 26 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== Crop Circles ==<br />
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Dear Dan<br />
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I wander why you removed the information about Stonehenge. It is now in the middle of an explanation as you can see in the talk page of that article. According to the theory (?) it is a geometrical pattern and consequently a "crop circle" (near a Myth?). Neither Jazzman831 nor you asked me about it before deleting. That is not the right way to collaborate. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 15:28, 26 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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*Joaquin my friend, I beleive I asked you to post in the sysop area about this, no? Please do so. --[[User:TK|<small>Sysop-</small>TK]] <sub>[[User_talk:TK|/MyTalk]]</sub> 20:03, 26 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== Deletion Request ==<br />
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Hi, you're an admin here, right? Could you delete [[Charlesincharge]]?--[[User:Offeep|Offeep]] 22:31, 27 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== revert on Guillotine ==<br />
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Why is it liberal bias to cite a fact? Capital punishment is indeed contrary to the French constitution following a vote of the French Parliament, in April 2007. I do not understand why you reverted this?[[User:Sporean|Sporean]] 13:15, 29 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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It probably wasn't, but the term First World seems to imply that. Maybe as in most of Europe, or in much of the world would be a way to put it. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 13:16, 29 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
:OK. By the way, thank you for having moved [[Maximilien de Robespierre]]. [[User:Sporean|Sporean]] 13:17, 29 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== I would appreciate your support ==<br />
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Dear DanH,<br />
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I am sending you a note about the [[Template:Uncited|uncited template]] and how it can substantially increase web traffic to Conservapedia. <br />
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The Conservapedia article on [[homosexuality]] is now ranked in the top 10 of http://www.google.com searches. I estimate that the Conservapedia article on homosexuality is giving 300-400 people new people a day to know about Conservapedia who wouldn't otherwise know about it. When the article is in the top 5 of the search engine rankings it will bring in SUBSTANTIALLY more as the top 5 entries get the lion's share of the internet traffic. <br />
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Now a main reason why the Conservapedia homosexuality article is ranked in the top 10 is that the search engines highly reward articles with footnotes that link to other internet websites. Accordingly, since our uncited template is successful in getting people to cite their material as Andy Schlafly stated, I made note of the uncited template in the following Conservapedia articles:<br />
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Conservapedia:Commandments: http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Commandments<br />
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Conservapedia Manual of Style: http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Manual_of_Style<br />
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Conservapedia:Footnotes - technical help<br />
http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Footnotes_-_technical_help<br />
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Currently about 50% of Conservapedia articles are completely uncited and a high percentage of articles that are cited are poorly cited. If this persist, not many people are going to know about Conservapedia as our articles will be poorly ranked by the search engines. However, I strongly believe that the uncited template will make a substantial difference.<br />
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Accordingly, I would appreciate your efforts in supporting the [[Template:Uncited|uncited template]]. <br />
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[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 15:33, 29 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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'''*Conservative, around here, it is the practice of all Sysops, except you, to discuss changes before implementing them, and asking for support. The Commandments may only be changed upon direct approval from Andy. You did not receive this direct approval, no? Kindly try and act like a mannered person, post your proposals to the Sysops and Andy, then be prepared for discussion and support, not the other way around. ''I could support your idea, except for the encouragement of placing templates without limitiation. We have far too much clutter already, and your failing to limit template placement, by stating some guideline for what a minimum number of citations is, will lead to chaos and endless debate as to how many are too few and how many are "enough". '' Thanks. --[[User:TK|<small>Sysop-</small>TK]] <sub>[[User_talk:TK|--Talk 2 Me]]</sub> 15:58, 29 July 2007 (EDT)'''<br />
:::TK, that is untrue as my message on the indicated pages clearly indicates the template is to be placed on a article or section of an article that are COMPLETELY uncited. It also gives the template for merely indicating a sentence that is uncited. Lastly, my''' cited''' articles are clearly bringing internet traffic and the uncited articles are not only breaking the conservapedia commandment about citing your sources but they are creating Conservapedia articles filled with unverifiable or hard to verify information. Plus uncited articles are not making a significant impact in regards to bringing in search engine traffic. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 16:07, 29 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== stonehenge ==<br />
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DanH, please do not revert me again. My new post states: broke conservapedia commandments. uncited material. please do not allow the conservapedia commandment breakers to reign freely. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 20:59, 29 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== Sc/nthorpe ==<br />
Why did you delete this? It is a significant town in the English East Midlands and a major centre of steel production. Just because some people have dirty minds, and CP has an absurdly oversensitive spam filter, is no reason for it not to be listed. [[User:Pachyderm|Pachyderm]] 07:29, 31 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== revert ==<br />
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Sorry Dan, but I had to revert you. The name of the city is Чорнобиль or ''chornobyl'', but in the russian language it is Чернобыль or ''chernobyl''. The city is both Ukrainian and in Ukraine. I have moved the article so now the link works. Its alot like Kyiv <small>the correct way </small> and Kiev <small> the wrong russian way</small>. [[User:Bohdan|Bohdan]] 02:34, 2 August 2007 (EDT)<br />
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*I shall be informing Putin of your treason. Run! --<font color="#0002AC" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:TK|şŷŝôρ-₮K]]</font><sup><font color="OOFFAA">[[User_Talk:TK|Ṣρёаќǃ]]</font></sup> 04:21, 2 August 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== [[Mitt Romney]] ==<br />
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Thanks for removing the polygamy smear. I was considering removing it, but as a Mormon myself I always get nervous that I'd be accused of trying to cover up the history of my church or something silly like that. I was just about to post on the talk page asking for the opinion of others when I saw your edit; far more efficient. :-) [[User:Jinkas|Jinkas]] 18:39, 3 August 2007 (EDT)<br />
== Flying machine revert ==<br />
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Why did you do it? My bit was accurate and on point.[[User:Bafi|Bafi]] 20:57, 4 August 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== [[Professional wrestling]] ==<br />
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Could you delete [[Professional wrestling]]? It was created by the [[User:Dragonman|vandal]] you just blocked. Thanks. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazzman831]] 17:13, 5 August 2007 (EDT)<br />
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==Transcluded text==<br />
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Hi, Mountain Dew! I created [[Template:Famine of 1933]] as [[transcluded text]]. You or anyone can edit it easily, because there is a special [[edit link]] in all three articles which invoke the template. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 17:58, 9 August 2007 (EDT)<br />
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Ah! That's really cool, and easy to work in. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 18:00, 9 August 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== TO: DanH from Conservative ==<br />
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Dear Dan,<br />
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Please read the email I just sent you.<br />
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[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:47, 15 August 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== cabsmith ==<br />
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Who is cabsmith? I don't even see a history of any contributions of that user. [[User:DaiseyCutter|DaiseyCutter]] 18:28, 18 August 2007 (EDT)<br />
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Somebody who shared your IP with you when you were in Atlanta a week ago, or whatever it may be. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 18:33, 18 August 2007 (EDT)<br />
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:I am lost. But am I not allowed to participate here? [[User:DaiseyCutter|DaiseyCutter]] 18:35, 18 August 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== Hurricane ==<br />
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Yes, Thank you! I have been working here all the time but very little, except when I went for holidays at the end of July.<br />
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--[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 21:26, 26 August 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== Beetle ==<br />
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Umm, okay, why did you revert my edit? Did I do something wrong?<br />
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*On every edit screen you see this message:<br />
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<blockquote><br />
"Please note that all contributions to Conservapedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then don't submit it here."<br />
</blockquote><br />
--<font color="#0002AC" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:TK|şŷŝôρ-₮K]]</font><sup><font color="OOFFAA">[[User_Talk:TK|Ṣρёаќǃ]]</font></sup> 19:41, 29 August 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== Laura Ingraham ==<br />
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Sorry, I did not see your edit. But...<br />
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As I understand, "See also" is a way to promote what we have in CP that is more or less related to the article or that could be interesting to the reader. It is NOT an extension of the subject. <br />
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--[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 11:11, 1 September 2007 (EDT)<br />
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==Tancredo Image==<br />
Here is a public domain picture of him that I found (Image:Tom_Tencredo.jpg), but I can't upload it to the page since its locked. The picture still has to be protected also. --[[User:Tash|Tash]] 18:42, 7 September 2007 (EDT)<br />
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==Unresponsive==<br />
I emailed you a while ago (like 2 weeks probably) concerning a ban. You either didn't get it because you didn't check your email or you just choose to ignore it (the latter being the more likely). So i'm sorry but should you really be a sysop when you act this rediculous? Anyways, email me back explaining your actions and please dont try to ban me saying that I harrased you or something stupid like that...<br />
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--[[User:Maverick|Maverick]] 13:06, 11 September 2007 (EDT)<br />
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He might not, but I will. Read the instructions on the block notice. Bye.<br />
* BlakJack (Talk | contribs | block) (Latest: 18:13, 11 September 2007) (Earliest: 18:13, 11 September 2007) [1]<br />
* Maverick (Talk | contribs | block) (Latest: 18:07, 11 September 2007) (Earliest: 18:06, 11 September 2007) [2]<br />
204.169.xx.xxx<br />
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hey Dan, why did you take out my antichrist edit. Those of us who believe that the Lord is returning are seeing the signs. Why can't we put out the view that the antichrist is here?</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Antichrist&diff=295554Antichrist2007-09-18T19:53:24Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
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<div>The word '''Antichrist''' comes from the [[Greek]] αντί-χριστος (''anti''-''khristos''), meaning ''opposite of Christ''. The Greek word ''anti'' can also mean 'instead of' or "equal to, like" so that the phrase can also be interpreted as meaning ''in place of, or like, Christ''. The term has a number of distinct uses in modern English. It can mean an extreme form of evil or evil incarnate. Some Christians believe that the use in John refers to a single being that will appear in the [[End Times]]. This view is most commonly found among [[Premillennialism|premillennialist Christians]]. <br />
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== The Antichrist in the Bible ==<br />
The following verses are the only verses which mention the Antichrist (KJV)<br />
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:I John 2:18 'as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now there are many antichrists'<br />
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:I John 2:22 'Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieith the Father and the Son.'<br />
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:I John 4:3 'And every spirit that confesseth not that [[Jesus]] Christ is come in the flesh is not of [[God]]: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.<br />
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:2 John 7: 'For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.'<br />
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There are no other references to the term in the Bible. Neither the book of [[Daniel]] nor St John's [[Revelation]] mention the concept at all. Based on this, many Christians argue that the Bible refers only to a ''generalized concept'' of Antichrist, applicable to anybody who is 'against Christ', not to a particular person. Moreover, such 'antichrists' were already present in the world nearly two thousand years ago. Many major Christian denominations, such as the Catholic Church, have classically argued that these verses mainly prefigure the actual Antichrist and that one can see a single unifying Antichrist figure with the proper exegetical methods if one looks at Daniel and Revelations.[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01559a.htm]<br />
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==Is the Antichrist on earth now?==<br />
For those Christians who believe we are approaching the end times, it has been suggested that a current political leader is the actual antichrist. Bill Clinton is the most commonly referenced example due to his foreign policy in the middle east, interest in international treaties and the UN (signifying his support for a world government), and his apparent ability to survive attacks by his political adversaries. Suggestions that he may chair the United Nations if a Democrat is elected in 2008 further supports this idea. Others have suggested that he is a decoy sent by the actual antichrist, whose identity is of yet unknown<ref>www://poweredbychrist.homestead.com/files/clinton1/decoy1</ref><br />
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==Sources==<br />
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* Cruden, A., ''Complete Concordance to the Old and New Testaments'' (Lutterworth, 1930)<br />
* ''The Holy Bible'' (King James Version)<br />
* ''The New English Bible'' (Oxford & Cambridge University Presses, 1970)<br />
* ''The New Jerusalem Bible'' (Darton, Longman & Todd, 1990)<br />
* Peake, A.S., ''Commentary on the Bible'' (Nelson, 1962)<br />
* Young, R., ''Analytical Concordance to the Holy Bible'' (Lutterworth, 1939)<br />
[[category:christianity]]<br />
1. www://poweredbychrist.homestead.com/files/clinton1/decoy1</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Antichrist&diff=295545Antichrist2007-09-18T19:48:39Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
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<div>The word '''Antichrist''' comes from the [[Greek]] αντί-χριστος (''anti''-''khristos''), meaning ''opposite of Christ''. The Greek word ''anti'' can also mean 'instead of' or "equal to, like" so that the phrase can also be interpreted as meaning ''in place of, or like, Christ''. The term has a number of distinct uses in modern English. It can mean an extreme form of evil or evil incarnate. Some Christians believe that the use in John refers to a single being that will appear in the [[End Times]]. This view is most commonly found among [[Premillennialism|premillennialist Christians]]. <br />
<br />
== The Antichrist in the Bible ==<br />
The following verses are the only verses which mention the Antichrist (KJV)<br />
<br />
:I John 2:18 'as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now there are many antichrists'<br />
<br />
:I John 2:22 'Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieith the Father and the Son.'<br />
<br />
:I John 4:3 'And every spirit that confesseth not that [[Jesus]] Christ is come in the flesh is not of [[God]]: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.<br />
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:2 John 7: 'For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.'<br />
<br />
There are no other references to the term in the Bible. Neither the book of [[Daniel]] nor St John's [[Revelation]] mention the concept at all. Based on this, many Christians argue that the Bible refers only to a ''generalized concept'' of Antichrist, applicable to anybody who is 'against Christ', not to a particular person. Moreover, such 'antichrists' were already present in the world nearly two thousand years ago. Many major Christian denominations, such as the Catholic Church, have classically argued that these verses mainly prefigure the actual Antichrist and that one can see a single unifying Antichrist figure with the proper exegetical methods if one looks at Daniel and Revelations.[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01559a.htm]<br />
<br />
==Is the Antichrist on earth now==<br />
For those Christians who believe we are approaching the end times, it has been suggested that a current political leader is the actual antichrist. Bill Clinton is the most commonly referenced example due to his foreign policy in the middle east, interest in international treaties and the UN (signifying his support for a world government), and his apparent ability to survive attacks by his political adversaries<ref>addref</ref>. Suggestions that he may chair the UN if a Democrat is elected in 2008 further supports this idea. Others have suggested that he is a decoy sent by the actual antichrist, whose identity is of yet unknown<ref>www://poweredbychrist.homestead.com/files/clinton1/decoy1</ref><br />
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==Sources==<br />
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* Cruden, A., ''Complete Concordance to the Old and New Testaments'' (Lutterworth, 1930)<br />
* ''The Holy Bible'' (King James Version)<br />
* ''The New English Bible'' (Oxford & Cambridge University Presses, 1970)<br />
* ''The New Jerusalem Bible'' (Darton, Longman & Todd, 1990)<br />
* Peake, A.S., ''Commentary on the Bible'' (Nelson, 1962)<br />
* Young, R., ''Analytical Concordance to the Holy Bible'' (Lutterworth, 1939)<br />
[[category:christianity]]<br />
1. www://poweredbychrist.homestead.com/files/clinton1/decoy1</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Plate_tectonics&diff=293002Plate tectonics2007-09-14T15:49:31Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
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<div>Plate tectonics is a theory of geology that has been developed to explain the observed evidence for large scale motions of the Earth's crust. The theory encompassed and superseded the older theory of continental drift from the first half of the 20th century and the concept of seafloor spreading developed during the 1960s.<br />
<br />
The outermost part of the Earth's interior is made up of two layers: above is the lithosphere, comprising the crust and the rigid uppermost part of the mantle. Below the lithosphere lies the asthenosphere. Although solid, the asthenosphere has relatively low viscosity and shear strength and can flow like a liquid on geological time scales. The deeper mantle below the asthenosphere is more rigid again. This is, however, due not to cooler temperatures but to high pressure.<br />
The lithosphere is broken up into what are called tectonic plates—in the case of Earth, there are seven major and many minor plates (see list below). The lithospheric plates ride on the asthenosphere. These plates move in relation to one another at one of three types of plate boundaries: convergent, divergent, and transform. Earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain-building, and oceanic trench formation occur along plate boundaries. The lateral movement of the plates is typically at speeds of 0.66 to 8.50 centimeters per year.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Developing the Theory ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Continental drift was hotly debated off and on for decades following Wegener's death before it was largely dismissed as being eccentric, preposterous, and improbable. However, beginning in the 1950s, a wealth of new evidence emerged to revive the debate about Wegener's provocative ideas and their implications. In particular, four major scientific developments spurred the formulation of the plate-tectonics theory: (1) demonstration of the ruggedness and youth of the ocean floor; (2) confirmation of repeated reversals of the Earth magnetic field in the geologic past; (3) emergence of the seafloor-spreading hypothesis and associated recycling of oceanic crust; and (4) precise documentation that the world's earthquake and volcanic activity is concentrated along oceanic trenches and submarine mountain ranges. <br />
Ocean floor mapping <br />
<br />
About two thirds of the Earth's surface lies beneath the oceans. Before the 19th century, the depths of the open ocean were largely a matter of speculation, and most people thought that the ocean floor was relatively flat and featureless. However, as early as the 16th century, a few intrepid navigators, by taking soundings with hand lines, found that the open ocean can differ considerably in depth, showing that the ocean floor was not as flat as generally believed. Oceanic exploration during the next centuries dramatically improved our knowledge of the ocean floor. We now know that most of the geologic processes occurring on land are linked, directly or indirectly, to the dynamics of the ocean floor.<br />
<br />
"Modern" measurements of ocean depths greatly increased in the 19th century, when deep-sea line soundings (bathymetric surveys) were routinely made in the Atlantic and Caribbean. In 1855, a bathymetric chart published by U.S. Navy Lieutenant Matthew Maury revealed the first evidence of underwater mountains in the central Atlantic (which he called "Middle Ground"). This was later confirmed by survey ships laying the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. Our picture of the ocean floor greatly sharpened after World War I (1914-18), when echo-sounding devices -- primitive sonar systems -- began to measure ocean depth by recording the time it took for a sound signal (commonly an electrically generated "ping") from the ship to bounce off the ocean floor and return. Time graphs of the returned signals revealed that the ocean floor was much more rugged than previously thought. Such echo-sounding measurements clearly demonstrated the continuity and roughness of the submarine mountain chain in the central Atlantic (later called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge) suggested by the earlier bathymetric measurements.<br />
<br />
In 1947, seismologists on the U.S. research ship Atlantis found that the sediment layer on the floor of the Atlantic was much thinner than originally thought. Scientists had previously believed that the oceans have existed for at least 4 billion years, so therefore the sediment layer should have been very thick. Why then was there so little accumulation of sedimentary rock and debris on the ocean floor? The answer to this question, which came after further exploration, would prove to be vital to advancing the concept of plate tectonics.<br />
<br />
In the 1950s, oceanic exploration greatly expanded. Data gathered by oceanographic surveys conducted by many nations led to the discovery that a great mountain range on the ocean floor virtually encircled the Earth. Called the global mid-ocean ridge, this immense submarine mountain chain -- more than 50,000 kilometers (km) long and, in places, more than 800 km across -- zig-zags between the continents, winding its way around the globe like the seam on a baseball. Rising an average of about 4,500 meters(m) above the sea floor, the mid-ocean ridge overshadows all the mountains in the United States except for Mount McKinley (Denali) in Alaska (6,194 m). Though hidden beneath the ocean surface, the global mid-ocean ridge system is the most prominent topographic feature on the surface of our planet.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Magnetic Striping and Reversals ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Beginning in the 1950s, scientists, using magnetic instruments (magnetometers) adapted from airborne devices developed during World War II to detect submarines, began recognizing odd magnetic variations across the ocean floor. This finding, though unexpected, was not entirely surprising because it was known that basalt -- the iron-rich, volcanic rock making up the ocean floor-- contains a strongly magnetic mineral (magnetite) and can locally distort compass readings. This distortion was recognized by Icelandic mariners as early as the late 18th century. More important, because the presence of magnetite gives the basalt measurable magnetic properties, these newly discovered magnetic variations provided another means to study the deep ocean floor.<br />
<br />
==Biblical View==<br />
Genesis states "And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and he gathering together of the waters called He called Seas" (1:9-10). It further states that "in the days of Peleg the earth was divided" (Genesis 10:25). Creationists have pointed out that these passages support the notion of plate tectonics, although the speed at which the continents moved apart must have been much faster during the last 6000 years to account for the distances seen today<ref>http://www.jpdawson.com/pelgnet/pelchap1/PELCHAP1.html</ref>. It is also worthy of note that modern Israel sits at the proposed center of the supercontinent Pangea, indicating that it was indeed the center of the Earth at the time of creation and that the continents are essentially drifting away from that point today <ref>1. www.jpdawson.com/pelgnet/pelchap1/</ref> <br />
<br />
==References==<br />
1. www.jpdawson.com/pelgnet/pelchap1/<br />
[[category:geology]]</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Plate_tectonics&diff=293000Plate tectonics2007-09-14T15:48:39Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
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<div>Plate tectonics is a theory of geology that has been developed to explain the observed evidence for large scale motions of the Earth's crust. The theory encompassed and superseded the older theory of continental drift from the first half of the 20th century and the concept of seafloor spreading developed during the 1960s.<br />
<br />
The outermost part of the Earth's interior is made up of two layers: above is the lithosphere, comprising the crust and the rigid uppermost part of the mantle. Below the lithosphere lies the asthenosphere. Although solid, the asthenosphere has relatively low viscosity and shear strength and can flow like a liquid on geological time scales. The deeper mantle below the asthenosphere is more rigid again. This is, however, due not to cooler temperatures but to high pressure.<br />
The lithosphere is broken up into what are called tectonic plates—in the case of Earth, there are seven major and many minor plates (see list below). The lithospheric plates ride on the asthenosphere. These plates move in relation to one another at one of three types of plate boundaries: convergent, divergent, and transform. Earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain-building, and oceanic trench formation occur along plate boundaries. The lateral movement of the plates is typically at speeds of 0.66 to 8.50 centimeters per year.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Developing the Theory ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Continental drift was hotly debated off and on for decades following Wegener's death before it was largely dismissed as being eccentric, preposterous, and improbable. However, beginning in the 1950s, a wealth of new evidence emerged to revive the debate about Wegener's provocative ideas and their implications. In particular, four major scientific developments spurred the formulation of the plate-tectonics theory: (1) demonstration of the ruggedness and youth of the ocean floor; (2) confirmation of repeated reversals of the Earth magnetic field in the geologic past; (3) emergence of the seafloor-spreading hypothesis and associated recycling of oceanic crust; and (4) precise documentation that the world's earthquake and volcanic activity is concentrated along oceanic trenches and submarine mountain ranges. <br />
Ocean floor mapping <br />
<br />
About two thirds of the Earth's surface lies beneath the oceans. Before the 19th century, the depths of the open ocean were largely a matter of speculation, and most people thought that the ocean floor was relatively flat and featureless. However, as early as the 16th century, a few intrepid navigators, by taking soundings with hand lines, found that the open ocean can differ considerably in depth, showing that the ocean floor was not as flat as generally believed. Oceanic exploration during the next centuries dramatically improved our knowledge of the ocean floor. We now know that most of the geologic processes occurring on land are linked, directly or indirectly, to the dynamics of the ocean floor.<br />
<br />
"Modern" measurements of ocean depths greatly increased in the 19th century, when deep-sea line soundings (bathymetric surveys) were routinely made in the Atlantic and Caribbean. In 1855, a bathymetric chart published by U.S. Navy Lieutenant Matthew Maury revealed the first evidence of underwater mountains in the central Atlantic (which he called "Middle Ground"). This was later confirmed by survey ships laying the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. Our picture of the ocean floor greatly sharpened after World War I (1914-18), when echo-sounding devices -- primitive sonar systems -- began to measure ocean depth by recording the time it took for a sound signal (commonly an electrically generated "ping") from the ship to bounce off the ocean floor and return. Time graphs of the returned signals revealed that the ocean floor was much more rugged than previously thought. Such echo-sounding measurements clearly demonstrated the continuity and roughness of the submarine mountain chain in the central Atlantic (later called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge) suggested by the earlier bathymetric measurements.<br />
<br />
In 1947, seismologists on the U.S. research ship Atlantis found that the sediment layer on the floor of the Atlantic was much thinner than originally thought. Scientists had previously believed that the oceans have existed for at least 4 billion years, so therefore the sediment layer should have been very thick. Why then was there so little accumulation of sedimentary rock and debris on the ocean floor? The answer to this question, which came after further exploration, would prove to be vital to advancing the concept of plate tectonics.<br />
<br />
In the 1950s, oceanic exploration greatly expanded. Data gathered by oceanographic surveys conducted by many nations led to the discovery that a great mountain range on the ocean floor virtually encircled the Earth. Called the global mid-ocean ridge, this immense submarine mountain chain -- more than 50,000 kilometers (km) long and, in places, more than 800 km across -- zig-zags between the continents, winding its way around the globe like the seam on a baseball. Rising an average of about 4,500 meters(m) above the sea floor, the mid-ocean ridge overshadows all the mountains in the United States except for Mount McKinley (Denali) in Alaska (6,194 m). Though hidden beneath the ocean surface, the global mid-ocean ridge system is the most prominent topographic feature on the surface of our planet.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Magnetic Striping and Reversals ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Beginning in the 1950s, scientists, using magnetic instruments (magnetometers) adapted from airborne devices developed during World War II to detect submarines, began recognizing odd magnetic variations across the ocean floor. This finding, though unexpected, was not entirely surprising because it was known that basalt -- the iron-rich, volcanic rock making up the ocean floor-- contains a strongly magnetic mineral (magnetite) and can locally distort compass readings. This distortion was recognized by Icelandic mariners as early as the late 18th century. More important, because the presence of magnetite gives the basalt measurable magnetic properties, these newly discovered magnetic variations provided another means to study the deep ocean floor.<br />
<br />
==Biblical View==<br />
Genesis states "And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and he gathering together of the waters called He Seas" (1:9-10). It further states that "in the days of Peleg the earth was divided" (Genesis 10:25). Creationists have pointed out that these passages support the notion of plate tectonics, although the speed at which the continents moved apart must have been much faster during the last 6000 years to account for the distances seen today<ref>http://www.jpdawson.com/pelgnet/pelchap1/PELCHAP1.html</ref>. It is also worthy of note that modern Israel sits at the proposed center of the supercontinent Pangea, indicating that it was indeed the center of the Earth at the time of creation and that the continents are essentially drifting away from that point today <ref>1. www.jpdawson.com/pelgnet/pelchap1/</ref> <br />
<br />
==References==<br />
1. www.jpdawson.com/pelgnet/pelchap1/<br />
[[category:geology]]</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Plate_tectonics&diff=292998Plate tectonics2007-09-14T15:48:10Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
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<div>Plate tectonics is a theory of geology that has been developed to explain the observed evidence for large scale motions of the Earth's crust. The theory encompassed and superseded the older theory of continental drift from the first half of the 20th century and the concept of seafloor spreading developed during the 1960s.<br />
<br />
The outermost part of the Earth's interior is made up of two layers: above is the lithosphere, comprising the crust and the rigid uppermost part of the mantle. Below the lithosphere lies the asthenosphere. Although solid, the asthenosphere has relatively low viscosity and shear strength and can flow like a liquid on geological time scales. The deeper mantle below the asthenosphere is more rigid again. This is, however, due not to cooler temperatures but to high pressure.<br />
The lithosphere is broken up into what are called tectonic plates—in the case of Earth, there are seven major and many minor plates (see list below). The lithospheric plates ride on the asthenosphere. These plates move in relation to one another at one of three types of plate boundaries: convergent, divergent, and transform. Earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain-building, and oceanic trench formation occur along plate boundaries. The lateral movement of the plates is typically at speeds of 0.66 to 8.50 centimeters per year.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Developing the Theory ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Continental drift was hotly debated off and on for decades following Wegener's death before it was largely dismissed as being eccentric, preposterous, and improbable. However, beginning in the 1950s, a wealth of new evidence emerged to revive the debate about Wegener's provocative ideas and their implications. In particular, four major scientific developments spurred the formulation of the plate-tectonics theory: (1) demonstration of the ruggedness and youth of the ocean floor; (2) confirmation of repeated reversals of the Earth magnetic field in the geologic past; (3) emergence of the seafloor-spreading hypothesis and associated recycling of oceanic crust; and (4) precise documentation that the world's earthquake and volcanic activity is concentrated along oceanic trenches and submarine mountain ranges. <br />
Ocean floor mapping <br />
<br />
About two thirds of the Earth's surface lies beneath the oceans. Before the 19th century, the depths of the open ocean were largely a matter of speculation, and most people thought that the ocean floor was relatively flat and featureless. However, as early as the 16th century, a few intrepid navigators, by taking soundings with hand lines, found that the open ocean can differ considerably in depth, showing that the ocean floor was not as flat as generally believed. Oceanic exploration during the next centuries dramatically improved our knowledge of the ocean floor. We now know that most of the geologic processes occurring on land are linked, directly or indirectly, to the dynamics of the ocean floor.<br />
<br />
"Modern" measurements of ocean depths greatly increased in the 19th century, when deep-sea line soundings (bathymetric surveys) were routinely made in the Atlantic and Caribbean. In 1855, a bathymetric chart published by U.S. Navy Lieutenant Matthew Maury revealed the first evidence of underwater mountains in the central Atlantic (which he called "Middle Ground"). This was later confirmed by survey ships laying the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. Our picture of the ocean floor greatly sharpened after World War I (1914-18), when echo-sounding devices -- primitive sonar systems -- began to measure ocean depth by recording the time it took for a sound signal (commonly an electrically generated "ping") from the ship to bounce off the ocean floor and return. Time graphs of the returned signals revealed that the ocean floor was much more rugged than previously thought. Such echo-sounding measurements clearly demonstrated the continuity and roughness of the submarine mountain chain in the central Atlantic (later called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge) suggested by the earlier bathymetric measurements.<br />
<br />
In 1947, seismologists on the U.S. research ship Atlantis found that the sediment layer on the floor of the Atlantic was much thinner than originally thought. Scientists had previously believed that the oceans have existed for at least 4 billion years, so therefore the sediment layer should have been very thick. Why then was there so little accumulation of sedimentary rock and debris on the ocean floor? The answer to this question, which came after further exploration, would prove to be vital to advancing the concept of plate tectonics.<br />
<br />
In the 1950s, oceanic exploration greatly expanded. Data gathered by oceanographic surveys conducted by many nations led to the discovery that a great mountain range on the ocean floor virtually encircled the Earth. Called the global mid-ocean ridge, this immense submarine mountain chain -- more than 50,000 kilometers (km) long and, in places, more than 800 km across -- zig-zags between the continents, winding its way around the globe like the seam on a baseball. Rising an average of about 4,500 meters(m) above the sea floor, the mid-ocean ridge overshadows all the mountains in the United States except for Mount McKinley (Denali) in Alaska (6,194 m). Though hidden beneath the ocean surface, the global mid-ocean ridge system is the most prominent topographic feature on the surface of our planet.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Magnetic Striping and Reversals ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Beginning in the 1950s, scientists, using magnetic instruments (magnetometers) adapted from airborne devices developed during World War II to detect submarines, began recognizing odd magnetic variations across the ocean floor. This finding, though unexpected, was not entirely surprising because it was known that basalt -- the iron-rich, volcanic rock making up the ocean floor-- contains a strongly magnetic mineral (magnetite) and can locally distort compass readings. This distortion was recognized by Icelandic mariners as early as the late 18th century. More important, because the presence of magnetite gives the basalt measurable magnetic properties, these newly discovered magnetic variations provided another means to study the deep ocean floor.<br />
<br />
==Biblical View==<br />
Genesis states "And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and he gathering together of the waters called He Seas" (1:9-10). It further states that "in the days of Peleg the earth was divided" (Genesis 10:25). Creationists have pointed out that these passages support the notion of plate tectonics, although the speed at which the continents moved apart must have been much faster during the last 6000 years to account for the distances seen today<ref>http://www.jpdawson.com/pelgnet/pelchap1/PELCHAP1.html</ref>. It is also worthy of note that modern Israel sits at the proposed center of the supercontinent Pangea, indicating that it was indeed the center of the Earth at the time of creation and that the continents are essentially drifting away from that point today <ref>1</ref> <br />
<br />
==References==<br />
1. www.jpdawson.com/pelgnet/pelchap1/<br />
[[category:geology]]</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Plate_tectonics&diff=292997Plate tectonics2007-09-14T15:47:36Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
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<div>Plate tectonics is a theory of geology that has been developed to explain the observed evidence for large scale motions of the Earth's crust. The theory encompassed and superseded the older theory of continental drift from the first half of the 20th century and the concept of seafloor spreading developed during the 1960s.<br />
<br />
The outermost part of the Earth's interior is made up of two layers: above is the lithosphere, comprising the crust and the rigid uppermost part of the mantle. Below the lithosphere lies the asthenosphere. Although solid, the asthenosphere has relatively low viscosity and shear strength and can flow like a liquid on geological time scales. The deeper mantle below the asthenosphere is more rigid again. This is, however, due not to cooler temperatures but to high pressure.<br />
The lithosphere is broken up into what are called tectonic plates—in the case of Earth, there are seven major and many minor plates (see list below). The lithospheric plates ride on the asthenosphere. These plates move in relation to one another at one of three types of plate boundaries: convergent, divergent, and transform. Earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain-building, and oceanic trench formation occur along plate boundaries. The lateral movement of the plates is typically at speeds of 0.66 to 8.50 centimeters per year.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Developing the Theory ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Continental drift was hotly debated off and on for decades following Wegener's death before it was largely dismissed as being eccentric, preposterous, and improbable. However, beginning in the 1950s, a wealth of new evidence emerged to revive the debate about Wegener's provocative ideas and their implications. In particular, four major scientific developments spurred the formulation of the plate-tectonics theory: (1) demonstration of the ruggedness and youth of the ocean floor; (2) confirmation of repeated reversals of the Earth magnetic field in the geologic past; (3) emergence of the seafloor-spreading hypothesis and associated recycling of oceanic crust; and (4) precise documentation that the world's earthquake and volcanic activity is concentrated along oceanic trenches and submarine mountain ranges. <br />
Ocean floor mapping <br />
<br />
About two thirds of the Earth's surface lies beneath the oceans. Before the 19th century, the depths of the open ocean were largely a matter of speculation, and most people thought that the ocean floor was relatively flat and featureless. However, as early as the 16th century, a few intrepid navigators, by taking soundings with hand lines, found that the open ocean can differ considerably in depth, showing that the ocean floor was not as flat as generally believed. Oceanic exploration during the next centuries dramatically improved our knowledge of the ocean floor. We now know that most of the geologic processes occurring on land are linked, directly or indirectly, to the dynamics of the ocean floor.<br />
<br />
"Modern" measurements of ocean depths greatly increased in the 19th century, when deep-sea line soundings (bathymetric surveys) were routinely made in the Atlantic and Caribbean. In 1855, a bathymetric chart published by U.S. Navy Lieutenant Matthew Maury revealed the first evidence of underwater mountains in the central Atlantic (which he called "Middle Ground"). This was later confirmed by survey ships laying the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. Our picture of the ocean floor greatly sharpened after World War I (1914-18), when echo-sounding devices -- primitive sonar systems -- began to measure ocean depth by recording the time it took for a sound signal (commonly an electrically generated "ping") from the ship to bounce off the ocean floor and return. Time graphs of the returned signals revealed that the ocean floor was much more rugged than previously thought. Such echo-sounding measurements clearly demonstrated the continuity and roughness of the submarine mountain chain in the central Atlantic (later called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge) suggested by the earlier bathymetric measurements.<br />
<br />
In 1947, seismologists on the U.S. research ship Atlantis found that the sediment layer on the floor of the Atlantic was much thinner than originally thought. Scientists had previously believed that the oceans have existed for at least 4 billion years, so therefore the sediment layer should have been very thick. Why then was there so little accumulation of sedimentary rock and debris on the ocean floor? The answer to this question, which came after further exploration, would prove to be vital to advancing the concept of plate tectonics.<br />
<br />
In the 1950s, oceanic exploration greatly expanded. Data gathered by oceanographic surveys conducted by many nations led to the discovery that a great mountain range on the ocean floor virtually encircled the Earth. Called the global mid-ocean ridge, this immense submarine mountain chain -- more than 50,000 kilometers (km) long and, in places, more than 800 km across -- zig-zags between the continents, winding its way around the globe like the seam on a baseball. Rising an average of about 4,500 meters(m) above the sea floor, the mid-ocean ridge overshadows all the mountains in the United States except for Mount McKinley (Denali) in Alaska (6,194 m). Though hidden beneath the ocean surface, the global mid-ocean ridge system is the most prominent topographic feature on the surface of our planet.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Magnetic Striping and Reversals ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Beginning in the 1950s, scientists, using magnetic instruments (magnetometers) adapted from airborne devices developed during World War II to detect submarines, began recognizing odd magnetic variations across the ocean floor. This finding, though unexpected, was not entirely surprising because it was known that basalt -- the iron-rich, volcanic rock making up the ocean floor-- contains a strongly magnetic mineral (magnetite) and can locally distort compass readings. This distortion was recognized by Icelandic mariners as early as the late 18th century. More important, because the presence of magnetite gives the basalt measurable magnetic properties, these newly discovered magnetic variations provided another means to study the deep ocean floor.<br />
<br />
==Biblical View==<br />
Genesis states "And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and he gathering together of the waters called He Seas" (1:9-10). It further states that "in the days of Peleg the earth was divided" (Genesis 10:25). Creationists have pointed out that these passages support the notion of plate tectonics, although the speed at which the continents moved apart must have been much faster during the last 6000 years to account for the distances seen today<ref>http://www.jpdawson.com/pelgnet/pelchap1/PELCHAP1.html</ref>. It is also worthy of note that modern Israel sits at the proposed center of the supercontinent Pangea, indicating that it was indeed the center of the Earth at the time of creation and that the continents are essentially drifting away from that point today <ref>www.jpdawson.com/pelgnet/pelchap1/PELCHAP1.html</ref> <br />
<br />
==References==<br />
1. www.jpdawson.com/pelgnet/pelchap1/<br />
[[category:geology]]</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Plate_tectonics&diff=292984Plate tectonics2007-09-14T15:41:12Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
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<div>Plate tectonics is a theory of geology that has been developed to explain the observed evidence for large scale motions of the Earth's crust. The theory encompassed and superseded the older theory of continental drift from the first half of the 20th century and the concept of seafloor spreading developed during the 1960s.<br />
<br />
The outermost part of the Earth's interior is made up of two layers: above is the lithosphere, comprising the crust and the rigid uppermost part of the mantle. Below the lithosphere lies the asthenosphere. Although solid, the asthenosphere has relatively low viscosity and shear strength and can flow like a liquid on geological time scales. The deeper mantle below the asthenosphere is more rigid again. This is, however, due not to cooler temperatures but to high pressure.<br />
The lithosphere is broken up into what are called tectonic plates—in the case of Earth, there are seven major and many minor plates (see list below). The lithospheric plates ride on the asthenosphere. These plates move in relation to one another at one of three types of plate boundaries: convergent, divergent, and transform. Earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain-building, and oceanic trench formation occur along plate boundaries. The lateral movement of the plates is typically at speeds of 0.66 to 8.50 centimeters per year.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Developing the Theory ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Continental drift was hotly debated off and on for decades following Wegener's death before it was largely dismissed as being eccentric, preposterous, and improbable. However, beginning in the 1950s, a wealth of new evidence emerged to revive the debate about Wegener's provocative ideas and their implications. In particular, four major scientific developments spurred the formulation of the plate-tectonics theory: (1) demonstration of the ruggedness and youth of the ocean floor; (2) confirmation of repeated reversals of the Earth magnetic field in the geologic past; (3) emergence of the seafloor-spreading hypothesis and associated recycling of oceanic crust; and (4) precise documentation that the world's earthquake and volcanic activity is concentrated along oceanic trenches and submarine mountain ranges. <br />
Ocean floor mapping <br />
<br />
About two thirds of the Earth's surface lies beneath the oceans. Before the 19th century, the depths of the open ocean were largely a matter of speculation, and most people thought that the ocean floor was relatively flat and featureless. However, as early as the 16th century, a few intrepid navigators, by taking soundings with hand lines, found that the open ocean can differ considerably in depth, showing that the ocean floor was not as flat as generally believed. Oceanic exploration during the next centuries dramatically improved our knowledge of the ocean floor. We now know that most of the geologic processes occurring on land are linked, directly or indirectly, to the dynamics of the ocean floor.<br />
<br />
"Modern" measurements of ocean depths greatly increased in the 19th century, when deep-sea line soundings (bathymetric surveys) were routinely made in the Atlantic and Caribbean. In 1855, a bathymetric chart published by U.S. Navy Lieutenant Matthew Maury revealed the first evidence of underwater mountains in the central Atlantic (which he called "Middle Ground"). This was later confirmed by survey ships laying the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. Our picture of the ocean floor greatly sharpened after World War I (1914-18), when echo-sounding devices -- primitive sonar systems -- began to measure ocean depth by recording the time it took for a sound signal (commonly an electrically generated "ping") from the ship to bounce off the ocean floor and return. Time graphs of the returned signals revealed that the ocean floor was much more rugged than previously thought. Such echo-sounding measurements clearly demonstrated the continuity and roughness of the submarine mountain chain in the central Atlantic (later called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge) suggested by the earlier bathymetric measurements.<br />
<br />
In 1947, seismologists on the U.S. research ship Atlantis found that the sediment layer on the floor of the Atlantic was much thinner than originally thought. Scientists had previously believed that the oceans have existed for at least 4 billion years, so therefore the sediment layer should have been very thick. Why then was there so little accumulation of sedimentary rock and debris on the ocean floor? The answer to this question, which came after further exploration, would prove to be vital to advancing the concept of plate tectonics.<br />
<br />
In the 1950s, oceanic exploration greatly expanded. Data gathered by oceanographic surveys conducted by many nations led to the discovery that a great mountain range on the ocean floor virtually encircled the Earth. Called the global mid-ocean ridge, this immense submarine mountain chain -- more than 50,000 kilometers (km) long and, in places, more than 800 km across -- zig-zags between the continents, winding its way around the globe like the seam on a baseball. Rising an average of about 4,500 meters(m) above the sea floor, the mid-ocean ridge overshadows all the mountains in the United States except for Mount McKinley (Denali) in Alaska (6,194 m). Though hidden beneath the ocean surface, the global mid-ocean ridge system is the most prominent topographic feature on the surface of our planet.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Magnetic Striping and Reversals ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Beginning in the 1950s, scientists, using magnetic instruments (magnetometers) adapted from airborne devices developed during World War II to detect submarines, began recognizing odd magnetic variations across the ocean floor. This finding, though unexpected, was not entirely surprising because it was known that basalt -- the iron-rich, volcanic rock making up the ocean floor-- contains a strongly magnetic mineral (magnetite) and can locally distort compass readings. This distortion was recognized by Icelandic mariners as early as the late 18th century. More important, because the presence of magnetite gives the basalt measurable magnetic properties, these newly discovered magnetic variations provided another means to study the deep ocean floor.<br />
<br />
==Biblical View==<br />
Genesis states "And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and he gathering together of the waters called He Seas" (1:9-10). It further states that "in the days of Peleg the earth was divided" (Genesis 10:25). Creationists have pointed out that these passages support the notion of plate tectonics, although the speed at which the continents moved apart must have been much faster during the last 6000 years to account for the distances seen today<ref>http://www.jpdawson.com/pelgnet/pelchap1/PELCHAP1.html</ref>. <br />
<br />
==References==<br />
1. www.jpdawson.com/pelgnet/pelchap1/<br />
[[category:geology]]</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Plate_tectonics&diff=292983Plate tectonics2007-09-14T15:40:33Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
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<div>Plate tectonics is a theory of geology that has been developed to explain the observed evidence for large scale motions of the Earth's crust. The theory encompassed and superseded the older theory of continental drift from the first half of the 20th century and the concept of seafloor spreading developed during the 1960s.<br />
<br />
The outermost part of the Earth's interior is made up of two layers: above is the lithosphere, comprising the crust and the rigid uppermost part of the mantle. Below the lithosphere lies the asthenosphere. Although solid, the asthenosphere has relatively low viscosity and shear strength and can flow like a liquid on geological time scales. The deeper mantle below the asthenosphere is more rigid again. This is, however, due not to cooler temperatures but to high pressure.<br />
The lithosphere is broken up into what are called tectonic plates—in the case of Earth, there are seven major and many minor plates (see list below). The lithospheric plates ride on the asthenosphere. These plates move in relation to one another at one of three types of plate boundaries: convergent, divergent, and transform. Earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain-building, and oceanic trench formation occur along plate boundaries. The lateral movement of the plates is typically at speeds of 0.66 to 8.50 centimeters per year.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Developing the Theory ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Continental drift was hotly debated off and on for decades following Wegener's death before it was largely dismissed as being eccentric, preposterous, and improbable. However, beginning in the 1950s, a wealth of new evidence emerged to revive the debate about Wegener's provocative ideas and their implications. In particular, four major scientific developments spurred the formulation of the plate-tectonics theory: (1) demonstration of the ruggedness and youth of the ocean floor; (2) confirmation of repeated reversals of the Earth magnetic field in the geologic past; (3) emergence of the seafloor-spreading hypothesis and associated recycling of oceanic crust; and (4) precise documentation that the world's earthquake and volcanic activity is concentrated along oceanic trenches and submarine mountain ranges. <br />
Ocean floor mapping <br />
<br />
About two thirds of the Earth's surface lies beneath the oceans. Before the 19th century, the depths of the open ocean were largely a matter of speculation, and most people thought that the ocean floor was relatively flat and featureless. However, as early as the 16th century, a few intrepid navigators, by taking soundings with hand lines, found that the open ocean can differ considerably in depth, showing that the ocean floor was not as flat as generally believed. Oceanic exploration during the next centuries dramatically improved our knowledge of the ocean floor. We now know that most of the geologic processes occurring on land are linked, directly or indirectly, to the dynamics of the ocean floor.<br />
<br />
"Modern" measurements of ocean depths greatly increased in the 19th century, when deep-sea line soundings (bathymetric surveys) were routinely made in the Atlantic and Caribbean. In 1855, a bathymetric chart published by U.S. Navy Lieutenant Matthew Maury revealed the first evidence of underwater mountains in the central Atlantic (which he called "Middle Ground"). This was later confirmed by survey ships laying the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. Our picture of the ocean floor greatly sharpened after World War I (1914-18), when echo-sounding devices -- primitive sonar systems -- began to measure ocean depth by recording the time it took for a sound signal (commonly an electrically generated "ping") from the ship to bounce off the ocean floor and return. Time graphs of the returned signals revealed that the ocean floor was much more rugged than previously thought. Such echo-sounding measurements clearly demonstrated the continuity and roughness of the submarine mountain chain in the central Atlantic (later called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge) suggested by the earlier bathymetric measurements.<br />
<br />
In 1947, seismologists on the U.S. research ship Atlantis found that the sediment layer on the floor of the Atlantic was much thinner than originally thought. Scientists had previously believed that the oceans have existed for at least 4 billion years, so therefore the sediment layer should have been very thick. Why then was there so little accumulation of sedimentary rock and debris on the ocean floor? The answer to this question, which came after further exploration, would prove to be vital to advancing the concept of plate tectonics.<br />
<br />
In the 1950s, oceanic exploration greatly expanded. Data gathered by oceanographic surveys conducted by many nations led to the discovery that a great mountain range on the ocean floor virtually encircled the Earth. Called the global mid-ocean ridge, this immense submarine mountain chain -- more than 50,000 kilometers (km) long and, in places, more than 800 km across -- zig-zags between the continents, winding its way around the globe like the seam on a baseball. Rising an average of about 4,500 meters(m) above the sea floor, the mid-ocean ridge overshadows all the mountains in the United States except for Mount McKinley (Denali) in Alaska (6,194 m). Though hidden beneath the ocean surface, the global mid-ocean ridge system is the most prominent topographic feature on the surface of our planet.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Magnetic Striping and Reversals ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Beginning in the 1950s, scientists, using magnetic instruments (magnetometers) adapted from airborne devices developed during World War II to detect submarines, began recognizing odd magnetic variations across the ocean floor. This finding, though unexpected, was not entirely surprising because it was known that basalt -- the iron-rich, volcanic rock making up the ocean floor-- contains a strongly magnetic mineral (magnetite) and can locally distort compass readings. This distortion was recognized by Icelandic mariners as early as the late 18th century. More important, because the presence of magnetite gives the basalt measurable magnetic properties, these newly discovered magnetic variations provided another means to study the deep ocean floor.<br />
<br />
==Biblical View==<br />
Genesis states "And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and he gathering together of the waters called He Seas" (1:9-10). It further states that "in the days of Peleg the earth was divided" (Genesis 10:25). Creationists have pointed out that these passages support the notion of plate tectonics, although the speed at which the continents moved apart must have been much faster during the last 6000 years to account for the distances seen today<ref>http://www.jpdawson.com/pelgnet/pelchap1/PELCHAP1.html</ref>. <br />
<br />
[[category:geology]]</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Plate_tectonics&diff=292982Plate tectonics2007-09-14T15:37:05Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
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<div>Plate tectonics is a theory of geology that has been developed to explain the observed evidence for large scale motions of the Earth's crust. The theory encompassed and superseded the older theory of continental drift from the first half of the 20th century and the concept of seafloor spreading developed during the 1960s.<br />
<br />
The outermost part of the Earth's interior is made up of two layers: above is the lithosphere, comprising the crust and the rigid uppermost part of the mantle. Below the lithosphere lies the asthenosphere. Although solid, the asthenosphere has relatively low viscosity and shear strength and can flow like a liquid on geological time scales. The deeper mantle below the asthenosphere is more rigid again. This is, however, due not to cooler temperatures but to high pressure.<br />
The lithosphere is broken up into what are called tectonic plates—in the case of Earth, there are seven major and many minor plates (see list below). The lithospheric plates ride on the asthenosphere. These plates move in relation to one another at one of three types of plate boundaries: convergent, divergent, and transform. Earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain-building, and oceanic trench formation occur along plate boundaries. The lateral movement of the plates is typically at speeds of 0.66 to 8.50 centimeters per year.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Developing the Theory ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Continental drift was hotly debated off and on for decades following Wegener's death before it was largely dismissed as being eccentric, preposterous, and improbable. However, beginning in the 1950s, a wealth of new evidence emerged to revive the debate about Wegener's provocative ideas and their implications. In particular, four major scientific developments spurred the formulation of the plate-tectonics theory: (1) demonstration of the ruggedness and youth of the ocean floor; (2) confirmation of repeated reversals of the Earth magnetic field in the geologic past; (3) emergence of the seafloor-spreading hypothesis and associated recycling of oceanic crust; and (4) precise documentation that the world's earthquake and volcanic activity is concentrated along oceanic trenches and submarine mountain ranges. <br />
Ocean floor mapping <br />
<br />
About two thirds of the Earth's surface lies beneath the oceans. Before the 19th century, the depths of the open ocean were largely a matter of speculation, and most people thought that the ocean floor was relatively flat and featureless. However, as early as the 16th century, a few intrepid navigators, by taking soundings with hand lines, found that the open ocean can differ considerably in depth, showing that the ocean floor was not as flat as generally believed. Oceanic exploration during the next centuries dramatically improved our knowledge of the ocean floor. We now know that most of the geologic processes occurring on land are linked, directly or indirectly, to the dynamics of the ocean floor.<br />
<br />
"Modern" measurements of ocean depths greatly increased in the 19th century, when deep-sea line soundings (bathymetric surveys) were routinely made in the Atlantic and Caribbean. In 1855, a bathymetric chart published by U.S. Navy Lieutenant Matthew Maury revealed the first evidence of underwater mountains in the central Atlantic (which he called "Middle Ground"). This was later confirmed by survey ships laying the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. Our picture of the ocean floor greatly sharpened after World War I (1914-18), when echo-sounding devices -- primitive sonar systems -- began to measure ocean depth by recording the time it took for a sound signal (commonly an electrically generated "ping") from the ship to bounce off the ocean floor and return. Time graphs of the returned signals revealed that the ocean floor was much more rugged than previously thought. Such echo-sounding measurements clearly demonstrated the continuity and roughness of the submarine mountain chain in the central Atlantic (later called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge) suggested by the earlier bathymetric measurements.<br />
<br />
In 1947, seismologists on the U.S. research ship Atlantis found that the sediment layer on the floor of the Atlantic was much thinner than originally thought. Scientists had previously believed that the oceans have existed for at least 4 billion years, so therefore the sediment layer should have been very thick. Why then was there so little accumulation of sedimentary rock and debris on the ocean floor? The answer to this question, which came after further exploration, would prove to be vital to advancing the concept of plate tectonics.<br />
<br />
In the 1950s, oceanic exploration greatly expanded. Data gathered by oceanographic surveys conducted by many nations led to the discovery that a great mountain range on the ocean floor virtually encircled the Earth. Called the global mid-ocean ridge, this immense submarine mountain chain -- more than 50,000 kilometers (km) long and, in places, more than 800 km across -- zig-zags between the continents, winding its way around the globe like the seam on a baseball. Rising an average of about 4,500 meters(m) above the sea floor, the mid-ocean ridge overshadows all the mountains in the United States except for Mount McKinley (Denali) in Alaska (6,194 m). Though hidden beneath the ocean surface, the global mid-ocean ridge system is the most prominent topographic feature on the surface of our planet.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Magnetic Striping and Reversals ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Beginning in the 1950s, scientists, using magnetic instruments (magnetometers) adapted from airborne devices developed during World War II to detect submarines, began recognizing odd magnetic variations across the ocean floor. This finding, though unexpected, was not entirely surprising because it was known that basalt -- the iron-rich, volcanic rock making up the ocean floor-- contains a strongly magnetic mineral (magnetite) and can locally distort compass readings. This distortion was recognized by Icelandic mariners as early as the late 18th century. More important, because the presence of magnetite gives the basalt measurable magnetic properties, these newly discovered magnetic variations provided another means to study the deep ocean floor.<br />
<br />
==Biblican View==<br />
Genesis states "And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and he gathering together of the waters called He Seas" (1:9-10). It further states that "in the days of Peleg the earth was divided" (Genesis 10:25). Creationists have pointed out that these passages support the notion of plate tectonics, although the speed at which the continents moved apart must have been much faster during the last 6000 years to account for the distances seen today<ref>http://www.jpdawson.com/pelgnet/pelchap1/PELCHAP1.html</ref>. <br />
<br />
[[category:geology]]</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Dark_matter&diff=290169Dark matter2007-09-10T21:41:45Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
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<div>In the 1980s astronomers discovered that the visible matter in rotating galaxies has insufficient [[gravity]] to hold the galaxy together. The term ''dark matter'' refers to whatever is generating the extra [[gravity]]. <br />
<br />
Academic [[physicist]]s feel that most of the [[mass]] in a [[galaxy]] is unseen dark matter, and that known substances like [[neutrino]]s, [[black holes]], and dead [[star]]s are insufficient. Many physicists believe that the dark matter is some as-yet-undiscovered subatomic particle, such as the axion, Higgs, or lightest supersymmetric particle.<br />
<br />
=Creationist View=<br />
The Bible states that God "holds things together' (Colossians 1:17) so it has been suggested that the so-called "dark matter" is acutally the unseen hand of God bringing order to the universe <ref>DeYoung, D. B. 2000. Dark Matter. Creation Research Society Quarterly. Vol. 36</ref>. This would explain why after many years and millions of public dollars spent, atheistic scientists still cannot detect dark matter.<br />
[[category:physics]]<br />
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==references==<br />
1. DeYoung, D. B. 2000. Dark Matter. Creation Research Society Quarterly. Vol. 36</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Dark_matter&diff=290159Dark matter2007-09-10T21:36:33Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
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<div>In the 1980s astronomers discovered that the visible matter in rotating galaxies has insufficient [[gravity]] to hold the galaxy together. The term ''dark matter'' refers to whatever is generating the extra [[gravity]]. <br />
<br />
Academic [[physicist]]s feel that most of the [[mass]] in a [[galaxy]] is unseen dark matter, and that known substances like [[neutrino]]s, [[black holes]], and dead [[star]]s are insufficient. Many physicists believe that the dark matter is some as-yet-undiscovered subatomic particle, such as the axion, Higgs, or lightest supersymmetric particle.<br />
<br />
=Creationist View=<br />
The Bible states that God "holds things together' (Colossians 1:17) so it has been suggested that the so-called "dark matter" is acutally the unseen hand of God bringing order to the universe <ref>DeYoung, D. B. 2000. Dark Matter. Creation Research Society Quarterly. Vol. 36</ref><br />
[[category:physics]]<br />
<br />
==references==<br />
1. DeYoung, D. B. 2000. Dark Matter. Creation Research Society Quarterly. Vol. 36</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Dark_matter&diff=290158Dark matter2007-09-10T21:35:53Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
<hr />
<div>In the 1980s astronomers discovered that the visible matter in rotating galaxies has insufficient [[gravity]] to hold the galaxy together. The term ''dark matter'' refers to whatever is generating the extra [[gravity]]. <br />
<br />
Academic [[physicist]]s feel that most of the [[mass]] in a [[galaxy]] is unseen dark matter, and that known substances like [[neutrino]]s, [[black holes]], and dead [[star]]s are insufficient. Many physicists believe that the dark matter is some as-yet-undiscovered subatomic particle, such as the axion, Higgs, or lightest supersymmetric particle.<br />
<br />
=Creationist View=<br />
The Bible states that God "holds things together' (Colossians 1:17) so it has been suggested that the so-called "dark matter" is acutally the unseen hand of God bringing order to the universe <ref>DeYoung, D. B. 2000. Dark Matter. Creation Research Society Quarterly. Vol. 36</ref><br />
[[category:physics]]<br />
<br />
==references==<br />
DeYoung, D. B. 2000. Dark Matter. Creation Research Society Quarterly. Vol. 36</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Dark_matter&diff=290157Dark matter2007-09-10T21:35:29Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
<hr />
<div>In the 1980s astronomers discovered that the visible matter in rotating galaxies has insufficient [[gravity]] to hold the galaxy together. The term ''dark matter'' refers to whatever is generating the extra [[gravity]]. <br />
<br />
Academic [[physicist]]s feel that most of the [[mass]] in a [[galaxy]] is unseen dark matter, and that known substances like [[neutrino]]s, [[black holes]], and dead [[star]]s are insufficient. Many physicists believe that the dark matter is some as-yet-undiscovered subatomic particle, such as the axion, Higgs, or lightest supersymmetric particle.<br />
<br />
=Creationist View=<br />
The Bible states that God "holds things together' (Colossians 1:17)so it has been suggested that the so-called "dark matter" is acutally the unseen hand of God bringing order to the universe <ref>DeYoung, D. B. 2000. Dark Matter. Creation Research Society Quarterly. Vol. 36</ref><br />
[[category:physics]]<br />
<br />
==references==<br />
DeYoung, D. B. 2000. Dark Matter. Creation Research Society Quarterly. Vol. 36</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Dark_matter&diff=290154Dark matter2007-09-10T21:34:54Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
<hr />
<div>In the 1980s astronomers discovered that the visible matter in rotating galaxies has insufficient [[gravity]] to hold the galaxy together. The term ''dark matter'' refers to whatever is generating the extra [[gravity]]. <br />
<br />
Academic [[physicist]]s feel that most of the [[mass]] in a [[galaxy]] is unseen dark matter, and that known substances like [[neutrino]]s, [[black holes]], and dead [[star]]s are insufficient. Many physicists believe that the dark matter is some as-yet-undiscovered subatomic particle, such as the axion, Higgs, or lightest supersymmetric particle.<br />
<br />
=Creationist View=<br />
The Bible states that God "holds things together' (Colossians 1:17)so it has been suggested that the so-called "dark matter" is acutally the unseen hand of God bringing order to the universe <ref>DeYoung, D. B. 2000. Dark Matter. Creation Research Society Quarterly. Vol. 36</ref><br />
[[category:physics]]<br />
<br />
==references==</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Homo_sapiens&diff=290038Homo sapiens2007-09-10T16:08:48Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
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<div>{{Taxonomy<br />
|name=Human<br />
|image=Billy_sunday.jpg<br />
|kingdom=Animalia<br />
|phylum=Chordata<br />
|subphylum=Vertebrate<br />
|class=Mammalia<br />
|order=Primate<br />
|family=Hominidae<br />
|genus=homo<br />
|species=sapiens<br />
|subspecies=sapiens<br />
}}<br />
'''[[Humanity|Humans]]''', or '''human beings''', are classified by biologists as '''''Homo sapiens''''', from the [[Latin]] ''homo'' meaning "man", and ''sapiens'' meaning "wise",<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=Homo+sapiens&searchmode=term Online Etymology Dictionary]</ref>.<br />
Modern humans are more specifically classified as homo sapiens sapiens.<br />
<br />
Humans inhabit every continent including [[Antarctica]], with a total population of over 6.5 billion as of 2007.<br />
<br />
Secular biologists believe that anatomically "modern" humans have been around for approximately 130,000 years<ref>Alemseged Z, Coppens Y, Geraads D (2002). "Hominid cranium from Omo: Description and taxonomy of Omo-323-1976-896". Am J Phys Anthropol 117 (2): 103-12.</ref>.<br />
Creationists believe that humans have been around since the sixth day of creation.<br />
<br />
== Characteristics ==<br />
<br />
Humans are characterized by a highly developed [[brain]] capable of abstract reasoning, [[language]], and introspection. This mental capability, combined with a body suitable for standing erect such that their upper limbs are free to manipulating objects, allows humans to make far greater use of tools than any other species.<br />
The design of the [[larynx]] gives a physiological capacity for speech. Consciousness is of unknown source; speculations include being an emergent property of a complex brain and the mind existing independently of the body.<br />
<br />
Humans have more [[hair]] follicles than chimpanzees, one of the next most similar species, but shorter finer hair in most body areas makes this hard to see. Hair and skin colour varies according to the amount of melanin, a pigment that helps protect skin from the sun. Originally an adaptation to climate, pigment variation is now found globally.<br />
<br />
==Tool use==<br />
Because humans are bipeds with opposable thumbs, they can create tools more skillfully than other species. Humans inhabit almost all areas of the planet, using technology to overcome inhospitable environments. They are the only species to deliberately control fire to cook food.<br />
<br />
Human thirst for knowledge and tool-building capacity has led to many ways of investigating and exploring the universe and culture. These include the scientific method, philosophy, art, and literature.<br />
<br />
==Social organization==<br />
Human self-expression has led to complex competitive and co-operative social groups. Some groups are based around abstract symbols or arbitrary land divisions associated with group history, others around perceived genetic or philosophical differences. Humans may belong to several groups simultaneously. Competition for resources plus greed leads to wars, and the human capacity for tool-building to improved technology with which to fight them.<br />
<br />
== Longevity ==<br />
Humans in modern times have been known to live to ages of just over 100 years, although much greater ages have been recorded in the distant past.<br />
According to the [[Bible]], pre-[[great flood|flood]] people sometimes lived for over 900 years, although this was a a massive reduction on the intention that people would not die. According to certain Creationist and Jewish views, God subsequently limited the lifespan of man to 120 years. ({{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=6|verses=3}} and the lifespan of [[Moses]] in {{Bible ref|book=Deuteronomy|chap=34|verses=7}}), although other creationists believe that Genesis 6:3 is not referring to an age limit for humans. Some creationists have postulated that the pre-flood earth had climatic conditions unlike those found today. The flood may have been the first rain on earth, while previous to the flood, water was received by a constant mist or fog that covered the land. This mist would have blocked out most UV radiation which would have dramatically reduced cell damage and greatly lengthened life span<ref>http://www.jpdawson.com/lifetime.html</ref><br />
<br />
<br />
The oldest human ever authenticated in modern times was [[Jeanne Calment]] who lived to be 122.<ref>Guinness World Records 2006, p.20.</ref><br />
<br />
== The Origins of Man according to Creationists ==<br />
<br />
A large number of [[Christian|Christians]], Jews, Muslims and [[Creationism|Creationists]] have postulated that Homo sapiens were created in [[God|God's]] image on day 6 of [[creation]].[http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/2313]<br />
:''And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.'' ([[Genesis]] 1:26-27)<br />
<br />
:''And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.'' (Genesis 2:7)<br />
<br />
The first man was [[Adam]].<br />
:''And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.'' (Genesis 2:15)<br />
The first woman, [[Eve]], was made from one of his ribs.<br />
:''And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.'' (Genesis 2:22)<br />
<br />
Because of the sinful nature of man [[God]] sent a [[Great Flood]] which annihilated all the people on Earth except for the then 600 year old [[Noah]] and his family. All people alive today are descendants of [[Family of Noah|Noah and his family]].<br />
<br />
==The Origins of Man according to Evolutionary Biologists and Anthropologists==<br />
<br />
In more recent times rationalists, [[Theory of evolution|evolutionists]] and scientists in the fields of biology and more specifically, anthropology, have postulated that humans have been around in anatomically modern form for approximately 130,000 years<ref>Alemseged Z, Coppens Y, Geraads D (2002). "Hominid cranium from Omo: Description and taxonomy of Omo-323-1976-896". Am J Phys Anthropol 117 (2): 103-12.</ref>. One version of the this theory maintains that ''Homo sapiens'' evolved from ''[[Homo ergaster]]'' or ''[[Homo erectus|erectus]]'', and from other earlier primates. Humans' closest living relative is the [[chimpanzee]]. However, despite sharing 98.4% of their DNA sequence and a common ancestor six million years ago, the genetic difference between chimpanzees and humans is 10 times greater than between unrelated humans. <ref> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/238852_chimp01.html</ref><br />
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==The origins of Man according to non-Abrahamic religions== <br />
Myths about the creation of mankind are an important method by which anthropologists may discover more about the societies they are studying, as they show the important facets of human life to that culture. A list of creation myths in various cultures can be found at <ref>http://www.plesiosaur.com/creationism/creationmyths/index.php</ref>. Some notable myths are presented below.<br />
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===Hindu===<br />
According to Hindus, humans were created from a part of the cut up body of Purusha. <br />
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===Iroquois===<br />
According to the Iroquois, humans came about fully formed in the Sky World before descending through a hole caused by the uprooting of a tree into a lower world, originally a sea, which the humans manipulated by sending creatures to dive to the sea bottom and bring up mud for the creation of earth on which they could dwell. <br />
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===China===<br />
Various creation myths exist in China, the most popular being the story of Nuwa. Nuwa was a lonely goddess, who one day looked in a pool and decided to create figures from mud based on her image in the water; creating many figures of grown ups, children, males and females (where the inspiration for males and children came from is not explained) and blowing on them to give them life (the idea here being that breath is the most important thing to all humans), Nuwa saw that the world became much livelier, and she appreciated it. She decided, too, that creating humans one-by-one was too slow, so she picked up a rope and whipped it into the mud, and many figures tumbled out, which she again blew on to give them life. This kind of creation of humans is common in cultures that have a strong pottery tradition. In the pre-modern Chinese scientific tradition, no creator is ascribed to creation - simply, one became two, two became three, and three generated all things in the universe, and this includes humans.<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist|2}}<br />
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[[Category:Anthropology]]<br />
[[Category:Creations of God]]<br />
[[Category:Hominid]]</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Homo_sapiens&diff=290037Homo sapiens2007-09-10T16:07:39Z<p>Fisherman: /* Longevity */</p>
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<div>{{Taxonomy<br />
|name=Human<br />
|image=Billy_sunday.jpg<br />
|kingdom=Animalia<br />
|phylum=Chordata<br />
|subphylum=Vertebrate<br />
|class=Mammalia<br />
|order=Primate<br />
|family=Hominidae<br />
|genus=homo<br />
|species=sapiens<br />
|subspecies=sapiens<br />
}}<br />
'''[[Humanity|Humans]]''', or '''human beings''', are classified by biologists as '''''Homo sapiens''''', from the [[Latin]] ''homo'' meaning "man", and ''sapiens'' meaning "wise",<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=Homo+sapiens&searchmode=term Online Etymology Dictionary]</ref>.<br />
Modern humans are more specifically classified as homo sapiens sapiens.<br />
<br />
Humans inhabit every continent including [[Antarctica]], with a total population of over 6.5 billion as of 2007.<br />
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Secular biologists believe that anatomically "modern" humans have been around for approximately 130,000 years<ref>Alemseged Z, Coppens Y, Geraads D (2002). "Hominid cranium from Omo: Description and taxonomy of Omo-323-1976-896". Am J Phys Anthropol 117 (2): 103-12.</ref>.<br />
Creationists believe that humans have been around since the sixth day of creation.<br />
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== Characteristics ==<br />
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Humans are characterized by a highly developed [[brain]] capable of abstract reasoning, [[language]], and introspection. This mental capability, combined with a body suitable for standing erect such that their upper limbs are free to manipulating objects, allows humans to make far greater use of tools than any other species.<br />
The design of the [[larynx]] gives a physiological capacity for speech. Consciousness is of unknown source; speculations include being an emergent property of a complex brain and the mind existing independently of the body.<br />
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Humans have more [[hair]] follicles than chimpanzees, one of the next most similar species, but shorter finer hair in most body areas makes this hard to see. Hair and skin colour varies according to the amount of melanin, a pigment that helps protect skin from the sun. Originally an adaptation to climate, pigment variation is now found globally.<br />
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==Tool use==<br />
Because humans are bipeds with opposable thumbs, they can create tools more skillfully than other species. Humans inhabit almost all areas of the planet, using technology to overcome inhospitable environments. They are the only species to deliberately control fire to cook food.<br />
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Human thirst for knowledge and tool-building capacity has led to many ways of investigating and exploring the universe and culture. These include the scientific method, philosophy, art, and literature.<br />
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==Social organization==<br />
Human self-expression has led to complex competitive and co-operative social groups. Some groups are based around abstract symbols or arbitrary land divisions associated with group history, others around perceived genetic or philosophical differences. Humans may belong to several groups simultaneously. Competition for resources plus greed leads to wars, and the human capacity for tool-building to improved technology with which to fight them.<br />
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== Longevity ==<br />
Humans in modern times have been known to live to ages of just over 100 years, although much greater ages have been recorded in the distant past.<br />
According to the [[Bible]], pre-[[great flood|flood]] people sometimes lived for over 900 years, although this was a a massive reduction on the intention that people would not die. Some creationists have postulated that the pre-flood earth had climatic conditions unlike those found today. The flood may have been the first rain on earth, while previous to the flood, water was received by a constant mist or fog that covered the land. This mist would have blocked out most UV radiation which would have dramatically reduced cell damage and greatly lengthened life span<ref>http://www.jpdawson.com/lifetime.html</ref><br />
According to certain Creationist and Jewish views, God subsequently limited the lifespan of man to 120 years. ({{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=6|verses=3}} and the lifespan of [[Moses]] in {{Bible ref|book=Deuteronomy|chap=34|verses=7}}), although other creationists believe that Genesis 6:3 is not referring to an age limit for humans.<br />
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The oldest human ever authenticated in modern times was [[Jeanne Calment]] who lived to be 122.<ref>Guinness World Records 2006, p.20.</ref><br />
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== The Origins of Man according to Creationists ==<br />
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A large number of [[Christian|Christians]], Jews, Muslims and [[Creationism|Creationists]] have postulated that Homo sapiens were created in [[God|God's]] image on day 6 of [[creation]].[http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/2313]<br />
:''And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.'' ([[Genesis]] 1:26-27)<br />
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:''And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.'' (Genesis 2:7)<br />
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The first man was [[Adam]].<br />
:''And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.'' (Genesis 2:15)<br />
The first woman, [[Eve]], was made from one of his ribs.<br />
:''And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.'' (Genesis 2:22)<br />
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Because of the sinful nature of man [[God]] sent a [[Great Flood]] which annihilated all the people on Earth except for the then 600 year old [[Noah]] and his family. All people alive today are descendants of [[Family of Noah|Noah and his family]].<br />
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==The Origins of Man according to Evolutionary Biologists and Anthropologists==<br />
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In more recent times rationalists, [[Theory of evolution|evolutionists]] and scientists in the fields of biology and more specifically, anthropology, have postulated that humans have been around in anatomically modern form for approximately 130,000 years<ref>Alemseged Z, Coppens Y, Geraads D (2002). "Hominid cranium from Omo: Description and taxonomy of Omo-323-1976-896". Am J Phys Anthropol 117 (2): 103-12.</ref>. One version of the this theory maintains that ''Homo sapiens'' evolved from ''[[Homo ergaster]]'' or ''[[Homo erectus|erectus]]'', and from other earlier primates. Humans' closest living relative is the [[chimpanzee]]. However, despite sharing 98.4% of their DNA sequence and a common ancestor six million years ago, the genetic difference between chimpanzees and humans is 10 times greater than between unrelated humans. <ref> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/238852_chimp01.html</ref><br />
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==The origins of Man according to non-Abrahamic religions== <br />
Myths about the creation of mankind are an important method by which anthropologists may discover more about the societies they are studying, as they show the important facets of human life to that culture. A list of creation myths in various cultures can be found at <ref>http://www.plesiosaur.com/creationism/creationmyths/index.php</ref>. Some notable myths are presented below.<br />
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===Hindu===<br />
According to Hindus, humans were created from a part of the cut up body of Purusha. <br />
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===Iroquois===<br />
According to the Iroquois, humans came about fully formed in the Sky World before descending through a hole caused by the uprooting of a tree into a lower world, originally a sea, which the humans manipulated by sending creatures to dive to the sea bottom and bring up mud for the creation of earth on which they could dwell. <br />
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===China===<br />
Various creation myths exist in China, the most popular being the story of Nuwa. Nuwa was a lonely goddess, who one day looked in a pool and decided to create figures from mud based on her image in the water; creating many figures of grown ups, children, males and females (where the inspiration for males and children came from is not explained) and blowing on them to give them life (the idea here being that breath is the most important thing to all humans), Nuwa saw that the world became much livelier, and she appreciated it. She decided, too, that creating humans one-by-one was too slow, so she picked up a rope and whipped it into the mud, and many figures tumbled out, which she again blew on to give them life. This kind of creation of humans is common in cultures that have a strong pottery tradition. In the pre-modern Chinese scientific tradition, no creator is ascribed to creation - simply, one became two, two became three, and three generated all things in the universe, and this includes humans.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Hominid]]</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Star_Trek_franchise&diff=288242Star Trek franchise2007-09-07T19:59:14Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
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<div>[[Image:startrektoscast.jpg|thumb|right|The crew of the Enterprise from the original 1960s show.]]<br />
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'''Star Trek''' is an American TV series created by [[Gene Roddenberry]], which premiered on [[NBC]] September 8th, 1966 and ended June 3rd, 1969. The show featured a crew of space explorers traveling around the galaxy in a ''Constitution''-class starship called the ''USS Enterprise NCC-1701'', set in the 23rd century. It never caught on with late night viewers and was cancelled due to low ratings, but soon established a strong following in syndication that saw the show become much more popular than it had ever been in its original run. The original TV show became a franchise. Many different spin-offs of the original program have now been made, the last of which was a prequel with the original 'Enterprise' space ship. <br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
| Series Name<br />
| Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS)<br />
| Star Trek: The Animated Series (TAS)<br />
| Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG)<br />
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9)<br />
| Star Trek: Voyager (VOY)<br />
| Star Trek: Enterprise (ENT) <br />
|-<br />
| Original Air Dates<br />
| 1966-1969<br />
| 1973-1974<br />
| 1987-1994<br />
| 1993-1999<br />
| 1995-2001<br />
| 2001-2005<br />
|-<br />
| Number Of Episodes<br />
| 80<br />
| 22<br />
| 178<br />
| 176<br />
| 172<br />
| 98<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|Movie Name<br />
|Star Trek: The Motion Picture <br />
|Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan<br />
|Star Trek III: The Search for Spock<br />
|Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home<br />
|Star Trek V: The Final Frontier<br />
|Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country<br />
|Star Trek: Generations<br />
|Star Trek: First Contact<br />
|Star Trek: Insurrection<br />
|Star Trek: Nemesis<br />
|-<br />
| Year of Release<br />
| 1979<br />
| 1982<br />
| 1984<br />
| 1986<br />
| 1989<br />
| 1991<br />
| 1994<br />
| 1996<br />
| 1998<br />
| 2002<br />
|-<br />
| MPAA Rating<br />
| PG<br />
| PG<br />
| PG<br />
| PG<br />
| PG<br />
| PG<br />
| PG<br />
| PG-13<br />
| PG<br />
| PG-13<br />
|}<br />
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== Extraterrestrial life ==<br />
The drama of the shows typically arises from the crew's contact with various forms of [[extraterrestrial life]], mostly [[humanoid]] but not all (eg the "Crystaline Entity"). In various ways, the [[premise]] of the [[ancient astronaut theory]] is used to assert the seeding of [[life]] throughout the [[galaxy]] as brought up in the TNG. (However, not to the overt extent of the later TV series, [[SG-1]].)<br />
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==Comments on Religion==<br />
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Star Trek has numerous examples of anit-religion bias. Well-known examples include the 3rd season episode entitled "Who Watches the Watchers" where it is implied that an alien culture disgarding religious beliefs is a positive development. Christians may consider discussing these issues before their children view the program.<br />
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== The Original Series ==<br />
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The main characters from the original series were:<br />
*[[Captain Kirk]]<br />
*[[Spock]]<br />
*[[Dr. McCoy]]<br />
*[[Scotty]]<br />
*[[Sulu]]<br />
*[[Uhuru]]<br />
*[[Chekov]]<br />
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[[Category:Television shows]]<br />
[[Category:Movies]]<br />
[[Category:Science fiction]]</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Star_Trek_franchise&diff=288042Star Trek franchise2007-09-07T16:58:44Z<p>Fisherman: </p>
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<div>[[Image:startrektoscast.jpg|thumb|right|The crew of the Enterprise from the original 1960s show.]]<br />
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'''Star Trek''' is an American TV series created by [[Gene Roddenberry]], which premiered on [[NBC]] September 8th, 1966 and ended June 3rd, 1969. The show featured a crew of space explorers traveling around the galaxy in a ''Constitution''-class starship called the ''USS Enterprise NCC-1701'', set in the 23rd century. It never caught on with late night viewers and was cancelled due to low ratings, but soon established a strong following in syndication that saw the show become much more popular than it had ever been in its original run. The original TV show became a franchise. Many different spin-offs of the original program have now been made, the last of which was a prequel with the original 'Enterprise' space ship. <br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
| Series Name<br />
| Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS)<br />
| Star Trek: The Animated Series (TAS)<br />
| Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG)<br />
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9)<br />
| Star Trek: Voyager (VOY)<br />
| Star Trek: Enterprise (ENT) <br />
|-<br />
| Original Air Dates<br />
| 1966-1969<br />
| 1973-1974<br />
| 1987-1994<br />
| 1993-1999<br />
| 1995-2001<br />
| 2001-2005<br />
|-<br />
| Number Of Episodes<br />
| 80<br />
| 22<br />
| 178<br />
| 176<br />
| 172<br />
| 98<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|Movie Name<br />
|Star Trek: The Motion Picture <br />
|Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan<br />
|Star Trek III: The Search for Spock<br />
|Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home<br />
|Star Trek V: The Final Frontier<br />
|Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country<br />
|Star Trek: Generations<br />
|Star Trek: First Contact<br />
|Star Trek: Insurrection<br />
|Star Trek: Nemesis<br />
|-<br />
| Year of Release<br />
| 1979<br />
| 1982<br />
| 1984<br />
| 1986<br />
| 1989<br />
| 1991<br />
| 1994<br />
| 1996<br />
| 1998<br />
| 2002<br />
|-<br />
| MPAA Rating<br />
| PG<br />
| PG<br />
| PG<br />
| PG<br />
| PG<br />
| PG<br />
| PG<br />
| PG-13<br />
| PG<br />
| PG-13<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Extraterrestrial life ==<br />
The drama of the shows typically arises from the crew's contact with various forms of [[extraterrestrial life]], mostly [[humanoid]] but not all (eg the "Crystaline Entity"). In various ways, the [[premise]] of the [[ancient astronaut theory]] is used to assert the seeding of [[life]] throughout the [[galaxy]] as brought up in the TNG. (However, not to the overt extent of the later TV series, [[SG-1]].)<br />
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==Views on Religion==<br />
The newer series, especially The Next Generation (TNG) took numerous swipes at religion, indicating the liberal bias of the shows creators. Young viewers should be thoroughly briefed on this aspect of the show by their parents before being allowed to view the series.<br />
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== The Original Series ==<br />
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The main characters from the original series were:<br />
*[[Captain Kirk]]<br />
*[[Spock]]<br />
*[[Dr. McCoy]]<br />
*[[Scotty]]<br />
*[[Sulu]]<br />
*[[Uhuru]]<br />
*[[Chekov]]<br />
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[[Category:Television shows]]<br />
[[Category:Movies]]<br />
[[Category:Science fiction]]</div>Fishermanhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Light&diff=288037Light2007-09-07T16:48:20Z<p>Fisherman: /* Creationism and starlight */</p>
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<div>'''Light''' can refer to [[electromagnetic]] [[radiation]] of any [[wavelength]], or to EM radiation of visible wavelengths <ref>Wavelengths of EM spectrum <i>usbyte.com</i> [http://www.usbyte.com/common/approximate_wavelength.htm]</ref> ; that stimulate the [[organ]]s of sight, having for normal human vision wavelengths ranging from about 3900 to 7700 [[ångstrom]]s (390 to 780 [[nm]]), violet has the shortest wavelength and red has the largest.<br />
It travels at the [[speed of light]]: about 186,300 [[mile]]s (300,000 kilometres) per second. <br />
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EM radiation is a disturbance in an [[electric field]], it consists of an energy particle called a "[[photon]]", a photon carries no [[electric charge]] and is [[mass]]less, but since all energy is attracted by gravitation, light rays will bend near planets and stars.<br />
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Debate over whether light was a wave, or consists of particles was finally solved when [[quantum physics]] revealed all particles have wavelengths, but this is not generally noticeable in normal matter. <br />
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The EM spectrum consists of the following types of photon radiation (in order of increasing wavelength): [[gamma ray]]s, [[x-ray]]s, [[ultraviolet light]], [[visible light]], [[infrared light]], [[microwaves]] and [[radio waves]].<br />
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The [[Michelson-Morley experiment]] proved that the speed of light (and everything else that is massless) will always be measured by an observer to be the same, in every frame of reference, no matter how fast the source or the observer are moving, this gives rise to the [[theory of relativity]].<br />
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As with any wave, wavelength times frequency equals the speed of a light wave.<br />
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In the Biblical creation God created light on the first [[day]]; [[God]] said ''Let there be light,'' and there was light<ref>[[Genesis]] 1:3</ref>.<br />
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== Creationism and starlight ==<br />
In regards to the question of how one can see [[star|starlight]] from millions of light years away, [[Young earth creationism|young earth creationist]] [[scientist]]s commonly mention several things. First, these scientists assert that the [[Big Bang Theory]] has a star light-travel time problem and cite the work of Dr. [[Charles W. Misner]]. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v25/i4/lighttravel.asp</ref> Secondly, creationist [[Barry Setterfield]] has proposed that the speed of light was faster in the past. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2002/0809_cdk_davies.asp</ref> Thirdly, the work of young earth creationist scientist Dr. [[John Hartnett]] proposes an alternative, creationist view, by theorizing the Earth was trapped in a time-dilation field caused by extremely strong gravitation during the first few days of creation, from Earth's point of view, while billions of years passed for the rest of the universe. <br />
He attributes the field, it's removal and the continued balance in our solar system (after the field was removed) to divine intervention. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v17/i2/cosmology.asp</ref> <br />
It is also possible that God created the light already in transit to Earth so that the age of the Universe would appear to be older than it is.<br />
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==References==<br />
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