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Cult

2007-04-14T20:14:03Z

Nematode:

A '''cult''' is a negative term applied to a religion or community of belief that is regarded as illegitimate, heretical, or far outside mainstream beliefs. Thus, it is a statement of opinion; many groups consider themselves "sects," no group considers itself to be a "cult." Some cults have proven to be destructive, such as [[Jim Jones]]'s group in the late 1970's in Guyana (see below).

Typical lists of "cult" characteristics given by their opponents include:
*recent origin
*autocratic rule by a single charismatic leader
*extraordinary demands on converts (such as that they surrender all their property to the cult) and
*a maniacal focus on proselytizing and winning new converts.

which sounds a bit like Conservapedia.

There have been cults which have claimed to be [[Christian]], as well as cults which claim some other religious affiliation, or no affiliation at all. One notable example of a cult is the "Peoples Temple" operated by [[Jim Jones]] . Jones's insistence that all his true followers drink poisoned fruit punch led to the deaths of 913 of his converts at their enclave of [[Jonestown]] in [[Guyana]].

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Talk:Cerne Abbas Giant

2007-04-14T20:10:38Z

Nematode: Denial of the body is denial of God.

Oh, the picture has been deleted. What, precisely, was wrong with it? [[User:Chrysogonus|Chrysogonus]] 10:19, 14 April 2007 (EDT)
: I have a hunch that you know what was wrong with it. [[User:CPWebmaster|CPWebmaster]] 10:19, 14 April 2007 (EDT)

It was a picture of a well-known English landmark. Was it anti-American perhaps? [[User:Chrysogonus|Chrysogonus]] 10:22, 14 April 2007 (EDT)

: Read our [[rules]]. The user who uploaded that image is going to be blocked, and your account is going to be blocked if you try to push obscenity further here. Thank you.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 11:22, 14 April 2007 (EDT)

Excuse me? What obscenity have I been pushing? [[User:Chrysogonus|Chrysogonus]] 12:24, 14 April 2007 (EDT)

If the Cerne Abbas Giant is considered to be obscene, why is this allowed? http://www.conservapedia.com/Michelangelo

:I think this is an interesting point. On the Brest Exam talk page, where there is an ongoing discussion re "obscene" pictures someone makes the point that whereas they would delete photographs of naked people it is ok to have a picture of ''David'' because that is a statue, and not a real person. Surely that applies here also? You really need to have a clear policy in place because at the moment we are getting these inconsistencies. Also, threatening someone with a banning just for this seems pretty draconian; it's not like he's posting up porn or something. It IS a very well known landmark and I think it is over the top to label it obscene, just as it would be crazy to remove the picture from the Michelangelo page. [[User:Silverfish|Silverfish]] 14:12, 14 April 2007 (EDT)

Since no real person's nakedness is being exposed (cf Michaelangelo's David) I do not see what the problem is. (Biblical references to nakedness (mostly in Leviticus 18 and 20), seem to refer mainly to relatives.) The Cerne Abbas Giant is a very famous British landmark, one of the finest surviving examples of prehistoric hill figures. --[[User:Jeremiah4-22|Jeremiah4-22]] 14:40, 14 April 2007 (EDT)

: Folks, I'm not going to waste time debating what constitutes "clean" and "family-friendly". I'm building an encyclopedia here, and hope you can too. You wouldn't see this image in a real encyclopedia. It's crass obscenity. By the way, it's not prehistoric either. You can have the last word here if you like.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 14:43, 14 April 2007 (EDT)

::You won't see articles promoting creationism or Noah's Ark in a real encylcopaedia either [[User:Silverfish|Silverfish]] 15:32, 14 April 2007 (EDT)

Hah! He's got you there, Andy! What was the picture that was deleted about?-'''AmesG'''[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:AmesG yo!] 15:33, 14 April 2007 (EDT)

It was a picture of the Cerne Abbas giant. Nothing more, nothing less. [[User:Chrysogonus|Chrysogonus]] 15:34, 14 April 2007 (EDT)

The Hutchinson encyclopedia is a real encyclopedia as far as I know and that has a small picture of the Cerne Abbas Giant on it. [http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/hill+figure]It's a well-known landmark locally and absolutely enormous. Are we to assume that all the local children and all the thousands of tourists who visit it every year are irredeemably corrupt? --[[User:Britinme|Britinme]] 16:00, 14 April 2007 (EDT)

Genesis 1:27: So God created man in his [[own]] image in the image of God created he him: male and female created he them. Anyone who denies the beauty of the human body is denying God himself, and will have to answer to God for it.

Doncaster

2007-04-14T17:07:47Z

Nematode: New page: A town and Metropolitan District in South Yorkshire. Doncaster lies on the River Don, one of the oldest rivers in Europe, and was first settled by the Romans c. 80 C.E. and known as Danum ...

A town and Metropolitan District in South Yorkshire. Doncaster lies on the River Don, one of the oldest rivers in Europe, and was first settled by the Romans c. 80 C.E. and known as Danum ('place of the Danes'). It became a significant marjey and horse racing centre and is known for the classic St. Leger race, named after the town's patron saint (believed to be an adaption of the Celtic deity Ledgerum, to whom an altar and various dedicatory tablets were recovered from the banks of the River Don by the Yorkshire Archaeological Society in 1882). Doncaster became an important railway maintenancem, engineering and manufacturing centre on the opening of the Great Northern Railway in 1850 (providing a direct route between London and Edinburgh). It was notorious in the 1990s for a series of local government scandals, collectively known as Donnygate; several councillors and officials were gaoled as a result, possibly in the newly-built local prson, one of the earliest prisons in Britain to be run by a private company, and known locally as Doncatraz.

Sunderland

2007-04-14T17:00:00Z

Nematode: Lewis Carrol

A port city on the north-east coast of England, formerly famous as a shipbuilding and coal exporting centre, and now for the manufacture of motor vehicles for Nissan. The people of Sunderland are knows as Mackems. Until recently, Sunderland was the largest urban centre in the UK without a cinema. St Bede was born at Monkton near Sunderland. Lewis Carrol wrote 'Alice in Wonderland' after having a drug-induced exdperiencxe in Sunderland, a city he visited frequently because of family connections in the area. Much of the work - and of 'Alice Through the Looking Glass' - contains images and symbols from Sunderland and adjacent areas of County Durham (eg the phrase 'my beamish boy' relates to the village of Beamish in NW Durham). In recognition of this, Sunderland City Council have placed a large statue of a walrus next to the lake in the city centre Mowbray Park.