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User talk:DeanS

2008-04-17T21:48:06Z

FrancisG: Undo revision 433661 by Special:Contributions/RhondaRhodes (User talk:RhondaRhodes)

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==Bible==
Do you know of any Bible related articles that need to be created?[[User:Kuli|Kuli]] 20:26, 18 March 2008 (EDT)

:You can start with all the red links in the [[Bible]] article. Thanks for asking. --[[User:Crocoite|Crocoite]] 21:18, 18 March 2008 (EDT)
==Email==
I have repeadetly tried to get my email confirmation code, but I still haven't recieved it yet, as such, using the email this user, is not available to me yet--[[User:Kuli|Kuli]] 16:03, 19 March 2008 (EDT)

== URGENT ==

[[Apage]] did something bad to [[Al Gore]](d*** that spam filter!!!!)

:He was blocked by another sysop. --[[User:Crocoite|Crocoite]] 18:01, 20 March 2008 (EDT)

I don't know how to revert [[User:MCollins|MCollins]] 17:16, 20 March 2008 (EDT)
:What do you mean? --[[User:Crocoite|Crocoite]] 18:01, 20 March 2008 (EDT)

== Unlock request ==

Crocoite, could you please unlock [[theater]]? I'm not sure why it's locked (there's never been any vandalism) and a user wants to make some corrections. Thanks. [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 20:51, 20 March 2008 (EDT)

:Another sysop unlocked the article. --[[User:Crocoite|Crocoite]] 23:01, 20 March 2008 (EDT)

==User==
I would like to request that you look at [http://www.conservapedia.com/User:FellowChristian16 This user's] page. It seems to be a large advertisment. thank you [[User:DrCB|DrCB]] 21:25, 20 March 2008 (EDT)

:I removed the references to the personal wiki. Thanks for the alert. --[[User:Crocoite|Crocoite]] 23:00, 20 March 2008 (EDT)
::No problem, glad I could help [[User:DrCB|DrCB]] 23:18, 20 March 2008 (EDT)

== Why do you deleted Final Fantasy article? ==

I'm very curious, I check the history, you said it was vandal, and I fail to see why, [http://www.conservapedia.com/Final_Fantasy Final Fantasy article] . I know you are very powerful guy and please don't ban me, I just very curious T_T. --[[User:TagoPagdaluhong|TagoPagdaluhong]] 08:41, 3 April 2008 (EDT)

:The game is filled with highly offensive material and the article was not appropriate for this website. The article also attracts vandals. --[[User:Crocoite|Crocoite]] 01:27, 4 April 2008 (EDT)

(Looking the history again) Oh! My bad, AlbertaFarmer mess up, he put lot '''UNnecessary''' stuffs.
I will make better version WITHOUT spoiler info and warning for famliy-friendly reason.

Thanks, I was about to make Final Fantasy article, but I was in fear of banning. Now I know the reasons.
--[[User:TagoPagdaluhong|TagoPagdaluhong]] 08:22, 4 April 2008 (EDT)

Help talk:Upload file

2008-04-17T17:00:15Z

FrancisG: needs sortordering (protected)

{{protect|David R}}
::Needs <nowiki>[[Category:Help|Upload File]]</nowiki> "sortordering" [[User:FrancisG|FrancisG]] 13:00, 17 April 2008 (EDT)

Help talk:Editing

2008-04-17T16:56:49Z

FrancisG:

==More Wiki?==
How about putting some more obscure wiki in the article?
the <nowiki>{{fact}}</nowiki> for [[Conservapedia:Commandments|[Citation Needed]]] might be helpful.
Telling people how to add the talk to their sig might be a nice thing to do too. [[User:Cracker|Cracker]][[User_Talk:Cracker|talk]] 20:43, 14 March 2007 (EDT)

How do I create a new page? [[User:Crocoite|Crocoite]][[User Talk:Crocoite|talk]] 12:45, 12 March 2007 (EDT)
:I figured it out. I just did a search on "Toastmasters". Since the page didn't exist, it gave me a link to create a new page. [[User:Crocoite|Crocoite]][[User Talk:Crocoite|talk]] 12:57, 12 March 2007 (EDT)

== Formulae ==

Anyone else having trouble getting maths to display? It seems I can only reference formulae which have already been rendered into PNG, like so:

<math>i = \sqrt{-1}</math>

That works, because someone has already got it to work over at the [http://www.conservapedia.com/Sandbox Sandbox]. Presumably the image is cached. However, if I try to produce something new, like this:

<math>i = \sqrt{-4}</math>

Odd. [[User:Tsumetai|Tsumetai]] 09:56, 13 March 2007 (EDT)

Some web browsers support math, some do not. Same with MathML. --[[User:ALFa|ALFa]] 16:50, 15 March 2007 (EDT)

:No, ALFa, that is not the problem. I can paste the exact same formula on Wikipedia and Conservapedia, and it works on WP but not on CP. I get the same message as Tsumetai. [[User:Ga ohoyt|Ga ohoyt]] 21:57, 17 March 2007 (EDT)

== Stub ==

How do I mark an article as a stub?

type {{stub2} } down the bottom of the text, without the space in the second set of parentheses.

Thanks.

==Header formatting==

Does Conservapedia have a MOS like Wikipedia? For example, do headers use sentence case (They are like this) or title case (They Are Like This)? [[User:Ylmw21|Ylmw21]] 23:52, 23 April 2007 (EDT)
:Conservapedia has a [[Conservapedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]], but it's quite rudimentary and doesn't cover your question. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 03:04, 24 April 2007 (EDT)

== Images from Wikimedia Commons ==

I just noticed I can make a ''link'' to an image on Wikimedia Commons by using the form <nowiki>[[commons:image:Northwest passage.jpg|Northwest Passage routes]]</nowiki> which gives a working link [[commons:image:Northwest passage.jpg|Northwest Passage routes]] but I can't work out how I can actually embed the image in the [[Northwest Passage]] page instead of linking to it. Any ideas? --[[User:Scott|Scott]] 10:04, 26 May 2007 (EDT)

:It appears that this is not possible. From [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:First_steps/Reuse here] (my emphasis):
{{QuoteBox|In general, to embed a Wikimedia Commons media file in '''Wikipedia or another Wikimedia wiki''', just include it in the same way as if it were to be stored locally there.}}
:"Wikimedia" wikis are Wikipedia in its various languages, Wiktionary, etc. It does not include all sites using wiki software. But in the future this might change (my emphasis again):
{{QuoteBox|There is a proposal to allow '''non-Wikimedia wikis''' to easily access Commons material - meta:InstantCommons. This feature does not yet exist, so at the moment files must be separately uploaded to other wikis.}}
:However, as indicated in that last quote, taking a copy of a picture there and uploading it to Conservapedia ''is'' allowed:
{{QuoteBox|You are always welcome to download files you are interested in for reuse as long as you follow the license conditions provided alongside the files.}}.
:[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 10:56, 26 May 2007 (EDT)

Needs <nowiki>[[Category:Help|Editing]]</nowiki> "sortordering" [[User:FrancisG|FrancisG]] 12:56, 17 April 2008 (EDT)

Help:Ref

2008-04-17T16:51:51Z

FrancisG:

Example: Winchelsea is a beautiful resort.

To source this, you would use the tag <nowiki><ref>...</ref></nowiki> with your source taking up the "..."

So to get this: Winchelsea is a beautiful resort,<ref>Because I said so</ref> your coding would look like this: <nowiki>Winchelsea is a beautiful resort,<ref>Because I said so</ref></nowiki>

References are usually to books or websites (though sometimes they're afterthoughts<ref>like this</ref>). When linking to a website, simply follow the same steps as you normally would.

The final step to references is showing them. First, create a new
called References, using the coding: "<nowiki>==References==</nowiki>".<ref>The = signs create a new section.</ref> Then insert the code: <nowiki><references/></nowiki> on the next line to automatically create a list of everything coded with the "ref" tags..

If you used the same reference repeatedly in an article, you don't have to put the whole source in multiple times.<ref name="repeat">You could, but it'd look bad.</ref><ref name="repeat"/><ref name="repeat"/><ref name="repeat"/> This is accomplished by giving the reference a name. The first citation has the format: <nowiki><ref name="repeat"> ... </ref></nowiki>. After that point to refer to the same reference again, use the following: <nowiki><ref name="repeat"/></nowiki>, with no other tags.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Help|Refs]]

Help:Lists

2008-04-17T16:51:09Z

FrancisG:

Lists are HTML constructs which are adapted in Wiki syntax thusly:

<hr>

''A '''bulleted''' (unordered) list is created by starting every newline (i.e. following a ''Return'') with an asterisk (*):''

<nowiki>
*</nowiki> firstline

<nowiki>*</nowiki> second line

<nowiki>*</nowiki> third line
</nowiki> 
''produces:''
* firstline
* second line
* third line

''You can indent further:''

<nowiki>
*</nowiki> firstline

<nowiki>**</nowiki> second line

<nowiki>***</nowiki> third line

<nowiki>*</nowiki> back in with the fourth line

<nowiki>**</nowiki> fifth line

<nowiki>*</nowiki> And back in with the sixth line
</nowiki> 
''producing:''

* firstline
** second line
** third line
* back in with the fourth line
** fifth line
* And back in with the sixth line 

<hr>

'''''Numbered''' (ordered) lists use the same procedure but with pound (hash) marks:''

<nowiki>
#</nowiki> firstline

<nowiki>#</nowiki> second line

<nowiki>#</nowiki> third line
</nowiki> 
''produces:''
# firstline
# second line
# third line

''You can indent further:''

<nowiki>
#</nowiki> firstline

<nowiki>##</nowiki> second line

<nowiki>###</nowiki> third line

<nowiki>#</nowiki> back in with the fourth line

<nowiki>##</nowiki> fifth line

<nowiki>#</nowiki> and back in with the sixth line
</nowiki> 
''producing:''

# firstline
## second line
## third line
# back in with the fourth line
## fifth line
# And back in with the sixth line 

<hr>

''The remaining type of list is a '''definition''' list, it uses semicolons (;) and colons (:):

<nowiki>;Scurvy:a disease caused by lack of vitamin C </nowiki>

''produces:''

;Scurvy:a disease caused by lack of vitamin C

''Note: this automatically '''bolds''' the wording before the colon and return/indents the wording after.''

<hr>

The types of list can be mixed, try them out.

[[Category:Help|Lists]]

Help:Lists

2008-04-17T16:44:17Z

FrancisG: Categorisation

Help:Ref

2008-04-17T16:43:31Z

FrancisG: Cat (miaow)

Help talk:Ref

2008-04-17T16:42:19Z

FrancisG:

This page should explain how to use the <nowiki><ref></nowiki> function for footnotes - I keep forgetting the exact way to re-use a footnote. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 08:32, 17 April 2008 (EDT)

:Thanks. Now, if you'll provide the "ref for the ref", we can avoid violating copyright and plagiarism rules. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 09:01, 17 April 2008 (EDT)

::Well, it's from the font of all wiki knowledge "meta" - I'll get the exact place if you really want. Or you could paraphrase it to your liking. [[User:FrancisG|FrancisG]] 09:10, 17 April 2008 (EDT)
:::source: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Footnotes Which is GFDL I believe? [[User:FrancisG|FrancisG]] 09:27, 17 April 2008 (EDT)
::::Someone with the POWER might like to put a link to this in [[Help:Contents]] ? [[User:FrancisG|FrancisG]] 12:29, 17 April 2008 (EDT)

Someone with SENSE might apply the [[:category:help]] tag to any new help page he makes. Then an admin can review the contributions. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 12:37, 17 April 2008 (EDT)
:Snarky :) [[User:FrancisG|FrancisG]]

Help talk:Lists

2008-04-17T16:29:19Z

FrancisG: New page: Someone with the POWER might like to put a link to this in Help:Contents ? ~~~~

Someone with the POWER might like to put a link to this in [[Help:Contents]] ? [[User:FrancisG|FrancisG]] 12:29, 17 April 2008 (EDT)

Help talk:Ref

2008-04-17T16:29:14Z

FrancisG:

Help:Lists

2008-04-17T15:58:22Z

FrancisG:

Help:Lists

2008-04-17T15:55:57Z

FrancisG: There wasn't one, so I maded one!

Lists are HTML constructs which are adapted in Wiki syntax thusly:

<hr>

''A '''bulleted''' (unordered) list is created by starting every newline (i.e. following a ''Return'') with an asterisk (*):''

<nowiki>
*</nowiki> firstline

<nowiki>*</nowiki> second line

<nowiki>*</nowiki> third line
</nowiki> 
''produces:''
* firstline
* second line
* third line

''You can indent further:''

<nowiki>
*</nowiki> firstline

<nowiki>**</nowiki> second line

<nowiki>***</nowiki> third line

<nowiki>*</nowiki> back in with the fourth line

<nowiki>**</nowiki> fifth line

<nowiki>*</nowiki> And back in with the sixth line
</nowiki> 
''producing:''

* firstline
** second line
** third line
* back in with the fourth line
** fifth line
* And back in with the sixth line 

<hr>

'''''Numbered''' (ordered) lists use the same procedure but with pound (hash) marks:''
<nowiki>
#</nowiki> firstline

<nowiki>#</nowiki> second line

<nowiki>#</nowiki> third line
</nowiki> 
''produces:''
# firstline
# second line
# third line

''You can indent further:''

<nowiki>
#</nowiki> firstline

<nowiki>##</nowiki> second line

<nowiki>###</nowiki> third line

<nowiki>#</nowiki> back in with the fourth line

<nowiki>##</nowiki> fifth line

<nowiki>#</nowiki> and back in with the sixth line
</nowiki> 
''producing:''

# firstline
## second line
## third line
# back in with the fourth line
## fifth line
# And back in with the sixth line 

<hr>

''The remaining type of list is a '''definition''' list, it uses semicolons (;) and colons (:):

<nowiki>;Scurvy:a disease caused by lack of vitamin C </nowiki>

''produces:''

;Scurvy:a disease caused by lack of vitamin C

''Note: this automatically '''bolds''' the wording before the colon and return/indents the wording after.''

<hr>

The types of list can be mixed, try them out.

User talk:FrancisG

2008-04-17T14:05:38Z

FrancisG:

I asked you to provide a reference for your quote from "meta", but you placed it in [[Help talk:Ref]] where it does no good. When you're ready to contribute a usable [[Help:Ref]] entry, let me know. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 09:32, 17 April 2008 (EDT)
:Sorry, I thought that you could verify its suitability & then add it or not as you thought, apologies, I'll go away now. ''(and after "tipping your hat" to me too!)'' [[User:FrancisG|FrancisG]] 09:38, 17 April 2008 (EDT)
::How's that? [[User:FrancisG|FrancisG]] 10:05, 17 April 2008 (EDT)

Help:Ref

2008-04-17T13:55:15Z

FrancisG: All my own work :-)

References:

Example: Winchelsea is a beautiful resort.

To source this, you would use the tag <nowiki><ref>...</ref></nowiki> with your source taking up the "..."

So to get this: Winchelsea is a beautiful resort,<ref>Because I said so</ref> your coding would look like this: <nowiki>Winchelsea is a beautiful resort,<ref>Because I said so</ref></nowiki>

References are usually to books or websites (though sometimes they're afterthoughts<ref>like this</ref>). When linking to a website, simply follow the same steps as you normally would.

The final step to references is showing them. First, create a new
called References, using the coding: "<nowiki>==References==</nowiki>".<ref>The = signs create a new section.</ref> Then insert the code: <nowiki><references/></nowiki> on the next line to automatically create a list of everything coded with the "ref" tags..

If you used the same reference repeatedly in an article, you don't have to put the whole source in multiple times.<ref name="repeat">You could, but it'd look bad.</ref><ref name="repeat"/><ref name="repeat"/><ref name="repeat"/> This is accomplished by giving the reference a name. The first citation has the format: <nowiki><ref name="repeat"> ... </ref></nowiki>. After that point to refer to the same reference again, use the following: <nowiki><ref name="repeat"/></nowiki>, with no other tags.

==References==
<references/>

User talk:FrancisG

2008-04-17T13:39:20Z

FrancisG:

User talk:FrancisG

2008-04-17T13:38:52Z

FrancisG:

I asked you to provide a reference for your quote from "meta", but you placed it in [[Help talk:Ref]] where it does no good. When you're ready to contribute a usable [[Help:Ref]] entry, let me know. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 09:32, 17 April 2008 (EDT)
:Sorry, I thought that you could verify its suitability & then add it or not as you thought, apologies, I'll go away now. ''(and after "tipping your hat" to me too!) [[User:FrancisG|FrancisG]] 09:38, 17 April 2008 (EDT)

Help talk:Ref

2008-04-17T13:27:40Z

FrancisG:

Help talk:Ref

2008-04-17T13:10:08Z

FrancisG:

Mercury

2008-04-17T12:21:02Z

FrancisG: The ancient Greeks & Romans saw Mercury without benefit of telescopes

{{Planet
|image=Murcurt.jpg
|caption=Reprocessed Mariner 10 data was used to produce this image of Mercury. The smooth band is an area of which no images were taken.
|discname=Known to ancients
|origname=Roman messenger god and prince of thieves
|primary=Sun
|order=1
|periapsis=46,000,000 km (0.307 AU)
|apoapsis=70,000,000 km (0.468 AU)
|semimajor=57,909,175 km (0.387 AU)
|bode=0.4 AU
|eccentricity=0.20563069
|sidereal=87.96934 da (0.241 a)
|synodic=115.8776 da (0.317 a)
|orbitspeed=47.36 km/s
|inclination=7.00487°
|reference=the ecliptic
|siderealday=58.6462 da
|solarday=175.93868 da
|axialtilt=0°
|mass=3.30 * 1023 kg (5.522% earth)
|density=5427 kg/m³
|meanradius=2439.7 km
|surfacegrav=2.78 m/s² (0.283 ''g'')
|escapespeed=4.25 km/s
|surfacearea=75,000,000 km² (14.704% earth)
|mintemp=90 K
|meantemp=452 K
|maxtemp=700 K
|moons=None known
|composition=Iron, Silicate
|color=Reddish
}}
:''This article is about the planet Mercury. For information about the chemical element, Mercury see [[Mercury (element)]].''
:''For information about the NASA project, see [[Project Mercury]].''

[[Mercury]] is the smallest planet in the [[Solar System]], and it is the closest to the [[Sun]]. It orbits the [[Sun]] in 88 (Earth) days. It rotates on its axis every 58.6 days,<ref>"The theory that Mercury is in [[synchronous rotation]] with its orbital motion was shattered in 1965. Astronomers Gordon Pettengill and Rolf Dyce used a radio telescope to make radar observations of Mercury’s spin rate. They found that Mercury’s rotation period is only 58.6 Earth days, not the 88 days accepted for nearly a century." [http://btc.montana.edu/messenger/elusive_planet/modern_times.htm]</ref> which is 3 rotations for every two orbits (called "3:2 resonance"). It can be seen from [[Earth]] only at sunrise and sunset. It is named for the Roman messenger god who was known as [[Hermes]] in Greek.

{{quotebox|Mercury has a very elliptical orbit. At its farthest distance from the Sun, it is nearly 50% farther than at its nearest distance to the Sun. <ref> [http://astroprofspage.com/archives/139 ] </ref> }}

== Orbital oddities ==
It was the study of this planet's orbit that [[Albert Einstein]] used to help confirm the theory of General Relativity.<ref>Testing general relativity [http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=31277 European Space Agency] Accessed July 16 2007</ref><ref>Albert Einstein [http://www.phy.hr/ Fizički odsjek] Accessed July 16 2007</ref>

Mercury has more or less no atmosphere, and many craters. <ref>John Gribbin, ''Companion to the Cosmos'' (Little, Brown & Company, 1996)</ref> It has no known moons.

==Magnetic Field==
A curiosity of the planet is its magnetic field, which is about 1% that of Earth's. Scientists were perplexed to discover its existence, speculating that planet's outer core consisted of liquid iron. However, because it is relatively small and hot, such an outer core would long ago have expired. That Mercury is so intensely cratered would also suggest that Mercury should long ago have given up its magnetic field because of its extreme apparent age.

Thus, according to current scientific understandings, the existence of Mercury's magnetic field presents a serious theoretical problem for [[uniformitarian]] models of the creation of the Solar System.{{who}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:PIA00437-browse.jpg|Mariner 10's first image of Mercury acquired on March 24, 1974
Image:Mercury_MESSENGER.jpg|MESSENGER's first flyby of Mercury showing previously unseen surface, January 14, 2008
</gallery>

==Notes==
<references/>

* [http://solarsystem.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mercury&Display=Overview NASA "Mercury"]
* [http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v26/i4/mercury.asp Mercury — the tiny planet that causes big problems for evolution]

{{Solarsystem}}
[[Category:Astrology]]

Right-wing politics

2008-04-17T11:40:19Z

FrancisG: Undo revision 433112 by Special:Contributions/Fallacy (User talk:Fallacy) Naughty!

{{merge|political spectrum}}

Terms like '''right wing''' and '''rightist''' before World War II indicated to the Fascist side of the political spectrum. Then the "left" meant Communists and most other socialists, while the "right" meant Nazis and Fascists. The meaning of the term has gradually shifted over the intervening {{#expr: {{years ago|1935}} round -1}} years.

While "right wing" continues to suggest opposition to [[Communism]], it no longer means support for the totalitarianism of Hitler, who has become a universally condemned figure.

[[Banana republics]] and other [[authoritarian]] regimes supported by the United States are called "right wing" nowadays. This usage is ambiguous. It suggests that these regimes are [[totalitarian]] in the Nazi sense, which is generally incorrect.

Usage of terms like "right wing" and "far right" by liberals about conservatives is usually intended to conjure up images of Nazi genocide. Indeed, some critics openly liken Israel and its leaders to "Nazis", even though Israel is the most democratic country in the entire Middle East.<ref>Arabs have full citizenship rights in Israel, even serving as judges and legislators.</ref>

In modern politics, the term '''right wing''' is used by [[liberals]] in their attempt to make [[conservatives]] look extreme and unreasonable.

Example usage is, "He's a right-winger!" rather than simply, "He's [[conservative]]."

The term is used less frequently by [[liberals]] now because it has lost much of its pejorative effect.

The term '''Rightist''' refers to someone on the 'right' side of the [[political spectrum]]. Politics on the 'right' usually imply taking positions in favor of the traditional system of a society, including its traditional values and its traditional ruling institutions. Compare: [[leftist]].

It is widely accepted, however, that there is not just one dimension of political thought, so that people can unambiguously be classified as 'right' or 'left'. Nonetheless, the [[political spectrum theory]] still has wide currency.

==References==
{{reflist|small}}

[[category:politics]]

Evolutionist style

2008-04-17T10:59:29Z

FrancisG:

'''Evolutionists''', or believers in the [[theory of evolution]], have a trademark style of argument that includes:

* attempted [[proof by assertion]]. The classic case of such conduct was Sir [[Charles Lyell]]'s advocacy of [[uniformitarianism]], which establishes the required [[deep time]] scale and as such is the very linchpin of the evolutionary paradigm.
* [[argumentum ad hominem]], or excessive personal attacks that often include childish name-calling and personal put-downs, more so than other debaters
* [[proof by authority]], or highlighting their own academic credentials or those of their allies in support of their theories. An academic credential can include anything from a publishing credit (especially in a "peer-reviewed" journal) to a degree to a particular academic appointment. However, [[Ben Stein]] (''[[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed]]'') shows that evolutionists add this twist: they systematically deny to others, whenever they can, any opportunity to acquire similar credentials.
* use of bizarre jargon such as "[[quote mining]]," "[[moving the goalposts]]" and "[[Fundamentalism|fundies]]".
* inordinate attempt to demonize the other side, as in overuse of the term [[creationist]] and [[fundamentalist]]. The latter example includes the attempt to show that [[Christian]] fundamentalists are morally equivalent to [[Muslim]] fundamentalists, whether in their extreme rejection of modernity or in their practice and advocacy of [[terrorism]].
* an astounding lack of understanding -- or denial -- of how most great scientists and mathematicians either rejected evolution or were silent about it
* an equal lack of understanding, or denial, that most of the greatest scientists in the Western world asserted the reality of [[creation]] and the [[Great Flood]] prior to the [[Enlightenment]], or else a denial that their scientific achievements (including those of [[Sir Isaac Newton]]!) matter today.
* frequent reliance on [[circular reasoning]], as in defining evolution as change and [[survival of the fittest]] as those who survive
* [[Liberal projection|projection]]—literally, "throwing off" their own faults on the other side, in that they accuse the other side of doing the very things that they themselves do.
* claiming to enjoy scientific debate yet often refusing to debate creationists.
* refusing to allow the possibility that God exists.
* claiming that so-called "[[Theistic evolution]]" is possible, which would indicate that God lied about the events that took place in Genesis.
* ignoring the clear historical link between [[Darwinism]], [[Eugenics]], and the [[Holocaust]].
* ignoring the '''Word of God''' as recorded by prehistoric nomadic tribesmen by comparing it with modern ''scientific'' research.
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[[Category:Evolution]]