Talk:Sasquatch

2011-03-22T15:06:04Z

MandyB: proof?

John, if you're going to work on this article, build it up; don't dumb it down. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 19:59, 25 July 2007 (EDT)

:It would seem as if I have wasted my time here. [[User:JohnMalin|JohnMalin]] 20:07, 25 July 2007 (EDT)

::If you want to believe that... [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 20:11, 25 July 2007 (EDT)

:::Karajou, since you push your opinion that Sasquatch does not exist, I'm going to call you on it. According to the numerous eye-witnesses, the Sasquatch lives in ''North America''. You, Karajou, are going to scour the area, and I don't care how you do it. You can use Google-Earth or take a jet to do some hiking, but you are going to go over every square foot of that ground ''before you carry on with your opinion in this website''. That is the only way I will accept from you the proof needed that the Sasquatch doesn't exist.[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Essay:Noah%27s_Ark_Was_Real&diff=718757&oldid=718756] [[User:MandyB|MandyB]] 11:06, 22 March 2011 (EDT)

English language

2011-02-22T19:48:43Z

MandyB: /* History and Development */ Secularized Language

The English [[language]] (originating in [[England]]) is the predominant language of the [[United States of America|United States]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Australia]], [[Canada]] as well as other former members of the [[British Empire]]. Due to the enormous economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the these nations, English functions as the world's major international language.

==History and Development==

English is considered a member of the Germanic language family, one of the oldest surviving Germanic languages within the North-Sea Germanic/Ingvaeonic sub-grouping of this family, with a vocabulary based upon Saxon, Angle, and Jute descent. The language has changed considerably in its existence; predecessors to modern English are highly distinct and are often mistaken for a completely different language, as is evident in Old-English, which was somewhat primitive even when it was spoken and we cannot even understand it today. When Latin began to cause improvements in Old English it upgraded to medieval Middle English. [[French]], amongst other Romance languages, has also had a large impact on the language, due to the conquest of England by the French speaking Normans in 1066 AD. French also had a great impact on the language as it was the Lingua-Franca, considered so up until [[World War II]] (where English itself became the Lingua-Franca), in subjects such as law, science, philosophy, and politics. Such influences make English unique among the world's languages because of its ability to incorporate and adapt words from other tongues.

Scholars typically identify several key factors in the development of the language in regards to the insurgence of non-native terminology. These times include the influence of French, mentioned above, the commerce England had with Spain, introducing Spanish to the language, and the effect of the [[Renaissance]] and [[Enlightenment]] period, which brought Latin and Greek based words to the language. Based on the history of the English language, it is sometimes compared to a common [[Creole]] language due to the many factors that have helped it develop over hundreds of years. The the development of the English language was also greatly influenced for centuries to come by the The King James Version of the Bible, first published in 1611.

After World War II, the rise of the United States as a world superpower led to English replacing French as the Lingua-Franca, becoming the world's most used language for diplomacy, commerce, science, and so forth. Because of this, English is considered the world's most important international language by many. However, beware of distortions in the field by those who insist that all languages are equal. They also claim claim that all religions are equal in truth or value, and that is no more true for religion than it is for languages. Every language has advantages or disadvantages, and the path of world history is in some ways the triumph of superior languages over inferior ones.

Since 1945, roughly coinciding with the dominance of liberal [[public schools|public schooling]], the average 14-year-old's vocabulary has decreased 60% as one report has stated. This [[devolution of language]] occurs where words acquire a more literal meaning and lose their more abstract connotations (narrowing). Devolution of language also applies to vocabulary in general. Low literacy levels fostered by liberal education systems reduce readers' ability to comprehend words commonly found in literature but not used in unintellectual entertainment and media. Our English language has also been [[secular]]ized by those with an anti-[[Christian]] agenda, such as [[liberal]]s, [[homosexual]]s, [[atheist]]s, [[evolutionist]]s and [[leftist]]s, who have attempted to remove the [[Christian]] origins of our [[language]] by replacing common phrases with [[secular]]ized versions. By appealing to [[tolerance]] and [[political correctness]], they have succeeded in propagating these [[Secularized Language|secularized versions]], even among those who don't share their views.

Nevertheless, each year the English language develops about a thousand new words, of those, [[Essay:Best New Conservative Words|Conservative terms]] are being generated at a faster rate, and with much higher quality, than [[liberal]] terms. This implies an inevitable conservative triumph over liberalism.

==Spelling==
Standard spellings, phonetically based on the Roman alphabet, did not come about until the late seventeenth century. In or around 1828 in the [[United States]], the lexicographer [[Noah Webster]] argued for simplifying some spellings which were no longer phonetic, such as the -our in words such as "colour". Most, though not all, of his proposed changes were adopted. Today [[American English]], the standard in the United States and its territories, where there is freedom of speech, is simpler, more phonetic, more concise and economical than the [[British English]] used in the monarchies of the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, where freedom of speech does not exist.<ref>"Color," "labor", "defense" and bank "check" are standard in the U.S.; "colour," "labour," "defence" and bank "cheque" are standard in Britain and the former [[British Empire]].</ref>

UK English spelling is the standard in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and most of the Commonwealth of Nations including Canada and Australia. The use of UK English is sometimes an expression of [[anti-American]] sentiment.

Since the English language is about 85% phonetic, teaching [[phonics]] produces the best results for reading ability. [[Public schools]] have typically taught a "look and say" or word recognition approach to reading<ref>"Whole language reading instruction (also known as "look-say" or "sight" reading) is the most widely used method of teaching reading in the U.S. and many other countries." [http://www.halcyon.org/wholelan.html''Whole Language vs. Phonics'']</ref><ref>"The education establishment prefers whole language, while most parents and some teachers prefer a phonetic approach." [http://www.home-school.com/Articles/WholeLanguage.html ''Whole-Language Boondoggle'']</ref> which limits the child to reading only words that the child has previously seen.

One reason [[homeschoolers]] perform better than [[public school]] students on tests<ref>http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000010/200410250.asp</ref> is that homeschoolers learn how to read with phonics in higher percentages than [[public school]] students do.<ref>Most homeschool curricula are phonics-based. See, e.g., [http://www.pmschoolhouse.com/homeschool-curriculum/Saxon_Math.htm Saxon]</ref> In the [[United Kingdom]] it is sometimes described as a "back to basics" approach, which "despite being sneered at by the [[liberal]] tinkerers whose modern theories of teaching have caused so much damage to almost two generations, is turning the tide of illiteracy in some of the nation's most underprivileged areas."<ref>''Dispatches: Why Our Children Can't Read''. Channel 4 television. First aired 27 October 2007.</ref>

The term "English" may also be used to refer to a person from the United Kingdom born in the country of England, or to describe something from England or with characteristics particular to that place.

==References==
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==See also==
* [[Official English]]

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[[Category:United Kingdom]]

Bible denier

2011-02-21T20:54:52Z

MandyB: an example

A '''Bible denier''' is someone who denies truths contained in the [[Bible]] and refuses to read it with an [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|open mind]].

Examples of Bible denial (please add more):

*Denying the [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]] of [[continental drift]].[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Continental_drift&diff=850423&oldid=850192]

Continental drift

2011-02-18T21:24:04Z

MandyB: content

'''Continental drift''' explains how the [[Earth]] once had a [[Pangaea|single large land mass]] which broke into [[continent]]s that continued to separate, and that they still move slowly today.
The breaking up of one land mass into the separate continents was first proposed by the [[France|French]] [[creation scientist]] [[Antonio Snider]] in 1859,<ref name="Snider">Batten, Don, et. al., The Creation Answers Book, chapter 11: [http://creationontheweb.com/images/pdfs/cabook/chapter11.pdf What about continental drift?], p. 157, 2007</ref> who astutely observed an almost perfect match between the coastlines of western [[Africa]] and eastern [[South America]], which suggested they had once been joined. The idea was later taken up by [[Alfred Wegener]] in the 1930s."<ref name=wcd> [http://www.scientus.org/Wegener-Continental-Drift.html Wegener and Continental Drift Theory]</ref> [[Atheists]] mocked the concept for about 100 years (see [[scientific bias]]), until finally accepting its truth in the 1960s.<ref name="Snider" />

Although Snider and Wegener did not have an explanation of the cause of continental drift, the rigid discipline of [[creation science]] allied with [[Faith and science|faith and logic]] eventually enabled creation scientist to interpret [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]] in order to explain how a relatively recent cataclysmic event caused the separation of the still-moving continents from one land mass. Genesis 1:9-10 describes how all of dry land was in one place.<ref>http://www.christiananswers.net/q-aig/aig-c001.html#1</ref> The continental drift occurring after the [[Great Flood]] when the earth was divided (Genesis 10:25).

Atheistic [[science]] rejects the Biblical truth and instead applies [[liberal logic]] to concoct a [[junk science]] explanation based on the present observed rate of continental drift, which came to the tenuous conclusion that the continents that we know today were part of a single land mass about 250 million years ago. Clearly impossible because that predates [[creation]].

== Reference ==
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[[Category:Geology]]

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