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Magic: The Gathering

2008-07-15T17:03:34Z

Martin: rm bias -- there is no "goodness" in black magic!

'''Magic: the gathering''' is a [[collectible card game]] created in 1993. In it, players take the role of powerful wizards casting [[spells]] at each other in the form of cards. Players must spend money to collect the cards in "booster packs", which they form into decks.

== Colors ==
Magic cards come in five colors, representing the different aspects of magic: red (destruction), blue (trickery), white (deceit), green (nature), and black (evil). Some cards represent creatures, which can attack the other player, while other spells are played against the opponent directly.

==Criticism==
The card game very quickly came under scrutiny for its inclusion of dark magic elements, such as demons. It was only after strong criticism from concerned families that these elements were scaled back. However, in recent years demons have been returning to Magic<ref>http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/mr131</ref>.

Pastor David Brown has identified four key problems with the game:<ref>http://logosresourcepages.org/Occult/magic-g.htm</ref>
1) The primary focus on the occult
2) The violent nature of the game
3) The addictive nature of the game
4) The identification of the players with evil characters.

Additionally, some cards feature scandalous depictions of female characters, since the artwork style guide aims to appeal to adolescent males. ("Remember, your audience is BOYS 14 and up")<ref>http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/mc3</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Games]]
[[Category:Satanism]]

Liberal Obsession

2008-07-15T02:42:37Z

Martin: /* Examples */ more: evolution, homos, taxes, sex...

A '''Liberal Obsession''' is an idea or an ideal which [[liberal]]s obsess over. This can be anything political, environmental or personal and is groundless, irrational and often flies in the face of evidence to the contrary. This obsession can lead, if enough pressure is applied, to [[liberal creep]] as [[liberals]] push their obsession.

==Examples==

*Obsession over celebrities or [[Hollywood values|Hollywood]]
*Obsession on censorship of school prayer
*Obsessing over [[Affirmative Action]]
*Obsessing over [[Global Warming]]
*Obsession on smearing [[conservatives]]
*Obsession over [[gun control]]
*[[Mindless Equality]]
*Obsession over [[political correctness]]
*Obsession over rights for terrorists
*Obsession over [[evolution]] (see [[Flaws in Richard Lenski Study]])
*Obsession over the [[homosexual agenda]]
*Obsession over [[tax and spend]] politics
*Obsession over [[sex]]

(Please add more)

==See Also==

*[[Liberals]]
*[[Gun control]]
*[[Global warming]]
*[[School prayer]]

[[Category:Liberals]]

Magic (game)

2008-07-15T02:38:53Z

Martin: Redirecting to Magic: The Gathering

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Magic: the gathering

2008-07-15T02:38:29Z

Martin: Redirecting to Magic: The Gathering

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Magic: The Gathering

2008-07-15T02:36:14Z

Martin: references section

'''Magic: the gathering''' is a [[collectible card game]] created in 1993. In it, players take the role of powerful wizards casting [[spells]] at each other in the form of cards. Players must spend money to collect the cards in "booster packs", which they form into decks.

== Colors ==
Magic cards come in five colors, representing the different aspects of magic: red (destruction), blue (trickery), white (goodness), green (nature), and black (evil). Some cards represent creatures, which can attack the other player, while other spells are played against the opponent directly.

==Criticism==
The card game very quickly came under scrutiny for its inclusion of dark magic elements, such as demons. It was only after strong criticism from concerned families that these elements were scaled back. However, in recent years demons have been returning to Magic<ref>http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/mr131</ref>.

Pastor David Brown has identified four key problems with the game:<ref>http://logosresourcepages.org/Occult/magic-g.htm</ref>
1) The primary focus on the occult
2) The violent nature of the game
3) The addictive nature of the game
4) The identification of the players with evil characters.

Additionally, some cards feature scandalous depictions of female characters, since the artwork style guide aims to appeal to adolescent males. ("Remember, your audience is BOYS 14 and up")<ref>http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/mc3</ref>

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Games]]
[[Category:Satanism]]

User talk:WPalmer

2008-07-15T02:35:22Z

Martin: New page: ==Magic: The Gathering== I transferred your article on ''Magic: the gathering'' to the mainspace page "Magic: The Gathering." I hope you don't mind. It's a very nice article, thank you...

==Magic: The Gathering==
I transferred your article on ''Magic: the gathering'' to the mainspace page "[[Magic: The Gathering]]." I hope you don't mind. It's a very nice article, thank you for writing it. [[User:Martin|Martin]] 22:35, 14 July 2008 (EDT)

Magic: The Gathering

2008-07-15T02:33:52Z

Martin: transferred from WPalmer's user page

'''Magic: the gathering''' is a [[collectible card game]] created in 1993. In it, players take the role of powerful wizards casting [[spells]] at each other in the form of cards. Players must spend money to collect the cards in "booster packs", which they form into decks.

== Colors ==
Magic cards come in five colors, representing the different aspects of magic: red (destruction), blue (trickery), white (goodness), green (nature), and black (evil). Some cards represent creatures, which can attack the other player, while other spells are played against the opponent directly.

==Criticism==
The card game very quickly came under scrutiny for its inclusion of dark magic elements, such as demons. It was only after strong criticism from concerned families that these elements were scaled back. However, in recent years demons have been returning to Magic<ref>http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/mr131</ref>.

Pastor David Brown has identified four key problems with the game:<ref>http://logosresourcepages.org/Occult/magic-g.htm</ref>
1) The primary focus on the occult
2) The violent nature of the game
3) The addictive nature of the game
4) The identification of the players with evil characters.

Additionally, some cards feature scandalous depictions of female characters, since the artwork style guide aims to appeal to adolescent males. ("Remember, your audience is BOYS 14 and up")<ref>http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/mc3</ref>

[[Category:Games]]
[[Category:Satanism]]

Undemocratic

2008-07-11T20:13:54Z

Martin: Undo revision 489368 by Fyezall (Talk)

'''Undemocratic''' is an [[adjective]] referring to the circumventing of [[democracy]] by fraud, [[deceit]], for financial or for partisan gain. Original laws of a democratic nation can be used against it for malicious purposes.

==Examples==

* In the '04 Presidential elections, Democrats sued Independent candidate [[Ralph Nader]] off the ballot in 19 states

* In '08, California Supreme Court struck down the [[gay marriage]] ban voted and approved by a majority of the people in 2000 as a ballot initiative

* State [[Democrats]] in Texas fly out of state so as not have a legislation available to enact laws <ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20030513/ai_n14550502 , FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM Redistricting fight closes Texas Legislature, May 13, 2003</ref>

* Politicians votes are recorded as "present" instead of voting yes or no on bills.

==What it is not==

Undemocratic actions should be distinguished from cases such as ''[[Boy Scouts v. Dale]]'', in which the court protected the Boy Scouts' constitutional rights from usurpation by [[big government]], and from maintenance of Constitutional order, such as the power of [[Congress]] to countermand acts of the city council of [[Washington, D.C.]]

==References==
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[[Category:Deceit]]

Undemocratic

2008-07-11T17:01:06Z

Martin: remove election example; whoever wrote that doesn't understand the Electoral College system

Fig Newton

2008-07-08T08:20:46Z

Martin: clean up

'''Fig Newtons''' are a brand of [[fruit]]-flavored [[cookie]]s produced by [[Kraft]] Foods Inc., a subsidiary of [[Nabisco]]. Kraft's advertisements assert that they are a combination of fruit and [[cake]]. A fig newton consists of a small quantity of crushed [[fig]] wrapped in a soft buttery crust.

Despite their modern affectations, Fig Newtons are actually a traditional [[English]] snack food, better known as "figgy biscuits".<ref>http://www.ciao.co.uk/Jacob_s_Fig_Rolls__Review_5491143</ref> The figgy biscuit was invented in the 1600s, as an innovative recipe making use of the figs brought back from the [[Holy Land]] by the [[The Crusades|Crusaders]]. Somewhere along the line, the name of contemporary physicist [[Isaac Newton]] got attached to the cookie. By the time Kraft got wind of the recipe, in 1926, the "Newton" moniker had been attached to the recipe for decades. Nevertheless, since Nabisco was the first to manufacture Fig Newton cookies for sale, Nabisco was able to claim a [[trademark]] on the name "Fig Newtons" for their particular brand of fig desserts.

[[Liberal]] [[Hollywood]] [[activist]] [[Paul Newman]] has copied Fig Newtons' success with a brand of figgy biscuits he calls "Fig Newmans".<ref>[http://www.newmansownorganics.com/funfacts3.html "Fig Newman" facts], ''newmansownorganics.com''</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Snack Foods]]

Fundamental theorem of calculus

2008-07-04T23:20:09Z

Martin: Reverted edits by Lemonpeel (Talk); changed back to last version by Aschlafly)

'''The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus''', first proven by [[James Gregory]], is the rather remarkable result that the two fundamental operations of [[calculus]] are just inverses of each other. Those two operations are performed on [[functions]] from the [[real numbers]] to the real numbers, and are most easily visualized when the functions are expressed in terms of graphs. The operations are:
*[[Differentiation]] -- find the slope of a function's graph at a given point.
*[[integral|Integration]] -- find the area under a graph between two given limits.
The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus says that the two operations are inverses -- to find the area under the graph of f(x) between a and b, find the function g(x) whose derivative is f(x) (that is, find the ''antiderivative'' of f). The area under the graph of f between x=a and x=b is just g(b)-g(a).

The antiderivative of a function is often called the ''indefinite integral''. (Indefinite because the limits a and b haven't been specified.) So, for example, the derivative of <math>\frac{x^3}{3}+7</math> is <math>x^2</math>. From this it follows that the antiderivative of
<math>x^2</math> could be <math>\frac{x^3}{3}+7</math>. But note that the "7" in that formula was a red herring. Adding any constant to a function doesn't change its derivative, so the antiderivative of <math>x^2</math> could have any constant added to it. This arbitrary constant is usually written '''C''' and is called the "constant of integration". The indefinite integral could be written:

:<math>\int x^2\ \mathrm{d}x = \frac{x^3}{3} + C\,</math>,

The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus says that the area under the graph of <math>x^2</math> between a and b is the difference in the values of <math>\frac{x^3}{3}+C</math> between a and b. Note that the constant of integration cancels out.

This kind of integral is called a ''definite integral'', written with the limits:

:<math>\int_a^b x^2\ \mathrm{d}x = \frac{b^3}{3} - \frac{a^3}{3}\,</math>,

The above is a simplified "intuitive" treatment of calculus and of this theorem. The actual "rigorous" proof, "rigorous" definitions of derivative and integral, and statement of the conditions under which the theorem is true, are beyond the scope of this article.

[[Category:Calculus]]
[[Category:Mathematics]]

Mycenaean

2008-07-04T22:36:05Z

Martin: Redirecting to Mycenae

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Mykonos

2008-07-04T22:35:45Z

Martin: Redirecting to Mycenae

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Mycenae

2008-07-04T22:34:47Z

Martin: restore previous version

'''Mycenae''' (in Greek, ''Mykonos'') is the site of a fortified palace complex in southern [[Greece]] that controlled a late [[Bronze Age]] kingdom. In [[Homer]]'s epic poems, Mycenae was the base of King [[Agamemnon]], who commanded the Greeks besieging [[Troy]].

Contemporary archaeologists call the complex Greek society of the second millennium B.C. "Mycenanean"

The civilization of Mycenae was highly advanced for its time, both in [[art]] and in [[science]]. The height of its power was roughly contemporananeous with God's calling unto [[Abraham]], about 1900 BC.

==Sources==
*''The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History'', Bulliet et al, 2005.
*[http://www.dearauntnettie.com/gallery/museum-twomommies.htm Example of Mycenanean sculpture]

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[[Category: Ancient Greece]]

Drug abuse

2008-07-04T22:32:41Z

Martin: spelling: tables -> tablets

'''Drug abuse''' is the use of substances, such as medicines which may otherwise be helpful in the prescribed amount, at dangerous levels, to reap the "benefits" of side effects. For example, a traffic accident victim derives medical benefits from painkillers, but in an amount even slightly above the prescribed amount, painkillers may become (1) addictive, (2) self-perpetuating, (3) dangerous for their negative [[narcotic]] side effects, and (4) "gateways" to more dangerous drugs. Since drugs affect one's perception of himself or herself, as well as the decision-making process, a transition from drug ''use'' to drug ''ab''-use may be subtle, and may even occur without one's volition.

The short answer, then, is to avoid using even common over-the-counter or prescription drugs, except upon the direct advice of a physician or when in obvious need (in the case of over-the-counter drugs), and then, only in the stipulated amount. For example, someone suffering from a horrible headache should not take 4 painkillers in 24 hours, when the directions say only 2 tablets should be taken in 24 hours. Any deviation may be seriously dangerous.

Similarly, non-prescription illegal "street [[drugs]]" are ''always'' dangerous, and should be avoided in ''all situations.'' [[Marijuana]] is an example of one such drug which carries serious consequences for its use. While [[television]] and [[movie|movies]] may glamorize these illegal substances, there is nothing glamorous about them, and in real life, even slight use may be deadly.

== See also ==

*[[Values]]
*[[Sanctity of life]]
*[[Virginity]]

[[Category:Ethics]]
[[Category:Illegal Drugs]]