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<p>Tennis Sweatshirt: </p> <hr /> <div>The '''Orthodox Church''' is the second largest body of Christians, with an estimated membership between 250 million and 352 million people. The Orthodox Church claims to be the original Church founded by Jesus Christ. It is notable for its use of icons, candles, incense, relics of saints, and beautiful vestments during its rich liturgical services. It is often confused with the Byzantine-rite Catholics who are in communion with the Pope of Rome. The Orthodox are not in communion with the Roman Catholics, whom they view as holding several false doctrines. While in the west the Orthodox Church thought of as the church in Russia, Greece, and other eastern European countries, it is present on all continents and in most countries of the world.<br /> <br /> == Beliefs of Orthodox Christians ==<br /> <br /> <br /> While the Orthodox Church draws its beliefs from a very wide variety of sources, including the Gospels, the other books of the Old and New Testaments, the writings and sayings of saints, the Seven Ecumenical Councils, angelic communication and other direct spiritual experiences, icons, the Holy Mysteries (sacraments) and many other things besides, the core of what they believe is contained in the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed.<br /> <br /> The Creed<br /> ''I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only-begotten, begotten of the Father before all ages. Light of Light; true God of true God; begotten, not made; of one essence with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became man. And He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was buried. And the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead; whose Kingdom shall have no end. And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life, who proceeds from the Father; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets. In one Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.''<br /> This creed is professed by all Orthodox Christians prior to baptism, and at every celebration of the Divine Liturgy (the main service of the Orthodox Church).<br /> <br /> The Bible<br /> The Orthodox regard the Bible as the main source of and rule against which the life, actions, words, and thoughts of the Church and here members are judged. Its role in the life of the church can not be overstated. It is read from at every service, in fact, most of the services of the Orthodox Church consist, at least in part, of chanting large portions of the Bible. <br /> <br /> The Gospels are accorded a special place in the worship of the orthodox Church. They are afforded great honor. For example, they are bound in Gold often beset with gems, separately from the rest of the Bible. They are carried in processions, they are kissed , they are bowed to, and they are censed. All stand when the Gospel is read during a service. When the Gospel is not being venerated or being read from it is kept on the Altar.<br /> <br /> All Orthodox Christians are expected to read from the Gospels and the Epistles every day, except during Lent when Old Testament readings are assigned.<br /> <br /> == The Autocephalous Churches==<br /> <br /> ===Church of Constantinople===<br /> <br /> This church which had always had a strong missionary zeal has suffered greatly under the heel of Islam. Also, the effect Roman Catholic invasion of Constantinople during the 4th Crusade can not be overstated. That event saw most of the relics carted away or destroyed, and a Roman Catholic pretender put in the place of the Orthodox patriarch. Nevertheless, in the last hundred years this Church has recaptured it’s missionary heritage, establishing churches in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, and South America. The Church of Constantinople also provides arch-pastoral services for some Orthodox in the U.S. who are not part of the Orthodox Church in America. This Church was established by St. Andrew but was a very small and almost insignificant Church until St. Constantine moved the capitol of the Roman Empire to this city and the Council of Nicea gave the Church there second place after Rome.<br /> <br /> ===Church of Alexandria===<br /> <br /> Having been devastated first by schism, and then by Islam, and also by European colonial powers, this church languished as a diaspora church for Greek speakers for a thousand years. It is only now making remarkable strides to regain its lost footing, having expanded west into territory lost to the Roman schism, south into territory lost to the Coptic schism, and even beyond that all the way to South Africa, establishing new dioceses in Madagascar, Kenya, Congo, South Africa and many other countries and regions of Africa. Alexandria is one of the three ancient Petrine Sees, having been established by St. Mark on the instructions of St. Peter.<br /> <br /> ===Church of Antioch===<br /> <br /> Like the Church of Alexandria, this Church also was much hindered by schism and Islam. First they lost all of the Persian, all of the Indian, and most of the Assyrian dioceses to Nestorian heretics. Then Islam invaded. Nevertheless, this church never lost its missionary zeal. Even while persecuted they continued to send out missionaries, reestablishing the Church in all of the countries it lost. The Church of Antioch also provides arch-pastoral services for some Orthodox in the U.S. who are not part of the Orthodox Church in America. Antioch is one of the three ancient Petrine Sees.<br /> <br /> ===Church of Jerusalem===<br /> <br /> The early history of this church is related in the Book of Acts in the New Testament. It too has been plagued by Islam and crusaders. Though its missionary activity is circumscribed by its being surrounded by other Patriarchates, it does engage in missionary activity to the Jews in Israel and the Muslims in Palestine. The liturgy is served in Hebrew and in Arabic. This is also the only one of the Orthodox churches still serving the Liturgy of St. James, the oldest and longest liturgy of the Orthodox Church. (Only a small part of the liturgy was actually written by St. James.)<br /> <br /> ===Church of Russia===<br /> <br /> Though there were already Orthodox Christians in some of the Black Sea ports, and though Viking traders had become Christians in Constantinople and had built some churches along their Volga river trade-route, and though the Polish had begun some missionary activity along the western frontier of Kievan state, the year conventionally recognized as the establishment of the Church of Russia is 988 when St. Prince Vladimir decreed Orthodox Christianity as the state religion. This church, like many of the Orthodox Churches suffered from Islamic invasion, but also Mongol conquest and most recently, severe persecution under the Communists. This last persecution produced more than 50 million holy martyrs.<br /> <br /> ===Church of Georgia===<br /> <br /> This is the only of of the Local Orthodox Churches to have been established by a woman, St. Nina. In the 4th century she traveled around Georgia preaching and baptizing. Priests followed after her organizing parishes and administering the other Holy Mysteries. In the 18th century the Russian Emperor folded this Church into the Russian Church, but since the dissolution of the Soviet Empire the Georgian Church has reclaimed its autocephalous status.<br /> <br /> ===Church of Serbia===<br /> <br /> This church was devastated by communism, and later confused by the nationalist movement of Slobodon Milosivic. Though the bishops did not fall for his “Orthodoxy is Nationalism” heresy many of the poorly-prepared Orthodox laity did. The results were devastating. The spiritual heartland of this Church is Kosovo where Muslim Albanians are waging a terrible war against the Orthodox Serbs. Many centuries old monasteries and churches have been destroyed. <br /> <br /> ===Church of Romania===<br /> <br /> Though this Church is second in size to the Church of Russia, it is probably 1st in zeal and active membership. The contributions of the Romanian Church can not be overstated. Martyrs, ascetics, monastics, theologians, hymnographers, missionaries, and spiritual warriors abound in this Church. <br /> <br /> ===Church of Bulgaria===<br /> <br /> Established by the brothers St. Cyril and St. Methodius in the 9th century this ancient patriarchate was suppressed and was made a part of the Church of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks in the 15th Century. Missionaries from Bulgaria were key in the evangelization of the lands of Serbia, Romania, and Montenegro. Only in the 1870s did the Church of Bulgaria regain its autocephalous status.<br /> <br /> ===Church of Cyprus===<br /> <br /> Established by St. Lazarus (the one Jesus raised from the dead) this church never did much in the way of missionary work. It has been autocephalous since the Council of Ephesus made it so A.D. 431. Nevertheless, it is an important pilgrimage site since the relics of St. Lazarus are there. Two stories about St. Lazarus still circulate on the island. One that he laughed aloud at a man who stole a clay pot saying “clay stealing clay” and that he always served something sweet at every meal.<br /> <br /> ===Church of Greece===<br /> <br /> Though part of the Church of Constantinople for most of its history, this Church emerged from the 19th and 20th century struggle for Greek independence from the Turks. Probably, the most famous bishop of Athens is St. Dionysius who was converted by St. Paul.<br /> <br /> ===Church of Albania===<br /> <br /> This Church is the only Church in Europe that has to deal with a Muslim government. Oddly, the primate of this church, Archbishop Anastasios is one of the most loved people in Albania. Even Muslims come to him for blessings on their marriages and for prayers when they are sick. <br /> <br /> <br /> ===Church of Poland===<br /> <br /> This Church has existed since the 9th Century when it was established by Saints Cyril and Methodious but was part of the Church of Constantinople for most of its history. In the 15th century most of the Orthodox in Poland fell away into Roman heresy and formed one of the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches in communion with the Pope of Rome. In 1924 this much diminished Church was granted autocephaly. After WWII part of western Byelorussia was added to Poland. With the territory came many Orthodox Christians. Most Orthodox in Poland are descendants of these former Byelorussians.<br /> <br /> ===Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia===<br /> <br /> The brothers St. Cyril and St. Methodius estabished this Church in the Czech region of Moravia in the 9th century. But when the brothers died Pope Stephen V of Rome ordered that their mission be destroyed, and forced all of the people who converted under the Sainted brothers to leave the Moravia and settle in what is now Slovakia. There , due to the influence of the nearby Orthodox Poles and the Kievan state the Orthodox were able to survive, barely. In 1921 many people began leaving the Roman Catholic Church and converting to Orthodoxy under a Serbian Bishop. On of them was a Roman Catholic priest who took the name Gorazd upon his conversion. A few years after his conversion he was consecrated Bishop of Moravia. Under his apostolic ministry the Church Bohemia and Moravia, as well as Slovakia experienced tremendous growth. He was martyred by the Nazis in 1942. The Church suffered greatly under the Nazis and the communists and is only now regaining its footing. It was officially recognized as autocephalous sby the other autocephalous churches in 1998. <br /> <br /> ===Orthodox Church in America===<br /> See history of the Orthodox Church in America below :<br /> <br /> == History of the Orthodox Church in North America ==<br /> <br /> ===The Irish=== <br /> <br /> Maps of Columbus’s time often included an island called St. Brendan’s Isle that was placed in the western Atlantic ocean. Map makers of the time had no idea of it’s exact position but did believe it existed some where west of Europe. It was mentioned in a Latin text dating from the ninth century titled Navigatio Santi Brendani Abatis (Voyage of Saint Brendan the Abbot). It described the voyage as having taken place in the sixth century. Several copies of this text have survived in monasteries throughout Europe. <br /> <br /> Historians relate that Brendan was born about 484 near Tralee in County Kerry. He was ordained by Bishop Erc and sailed about northwest Europe spreading the Orthodox Christian faith and founding monasteries, the largest at Clonfert, County Galway, where he was buried in 577 at the age of 93. <br /> <br /> The account of Brendan’s voyage contains a detailed description of the construction of his boat and the voyage. The boat was very much like the currachs still made in County Kerry today. And some of the place names match known and current place names, such as the Isle of Sheep in Faeroes Islands (between the Shetland Islands and Iceland). But several passages in the legend seem incredible— they “passed by crystals that rose up to the sky” (icebergs?), and were “pelted with flaming, foul smelling rocks by the inhabitants of a large island on their route” (lava and ash from the active volcanoes on Iceland?). They finally arrived at the beautiful land they called “Promised Land of the Saints.” They explored until they came to a great river (the Mississippi?) that divided the land. This doesn’t seem like very reliable information.<br /> <br /> More conclusive evidence of Orthodox Christian exploration of North America has come to the fore in West Virginia. There, stone carvings have been discovered that have been dated between 500 and 1000. Analysis by archaeologist Dr. Robert Pyle and a leading language expert Dr. Barry Fell indicate that they are written in Old Irish using the Ogham alphabet. According to Dr. Fell, the “West Virginia Ogham texts are the oldest Ogham inscriptions from anywhere in the world.” Like all scholarly matters, there is a dispute concerning these inscriptions. See the website ( [http://cwva.org/index.html] ) of the Council of West Virginia Archaeology for articles both supporting and attacking Drs. Bell and Pyle. <br /> <br /> ===The Vikings===<br /> <br /> In 994 AD the leader of the Norwegian Vikings, Olaf Tryggvason, laid siege to London. But God conquered Olaf, and he was baptized and chrismated by Alphege, Bishop of Winchester. When Olaf left England in 995, a new man, he took with him Orthodox Christian clergy, including a Bishop Grimkell, an Englishman of Danish origin. It was this mission which was to lead to the spreading of Christianity in Norway. In time, the Christian influence of Olaf Tryggvason spread to all future Norwegians, and outside Norway as well. <br /> <br /> In 999, Leif Ericsson, &quot;most excellent to look at, and in addition wise and moderate in everything as well as highly respected,&quot; set out from Greenland and went to Norway. According to the sagas, King Olaf received Leif with much honor and, as a Christian ruler, converted him to Christianity. According to the Saga of Olaf, &quot;it was easy to baptize Leif,&quot; and Olaf assigned to him the task of converting the Greenlanders to Christianity. <br /> <br /> The next spring, in the year 1000, Leif set out as a missionary to return to Greenland. He took with him a priest, as well as &quot;other holy men to baptize the people there and teach them the right faith.&quot; The Saga of Eric the Red records that on Leif's arrival at Brattahlid, his mother, Thjodhild, was baptized, and here they built the first church in Greenland. Leif and the priest soon baptized most of the Greenlanders, and this first church was followed by some sixteen others, including a cruciform cathedral and also a monastery and a nunnery. <br /> <br /> In Greenland in 1001, Leif Ericsson first heard of Bjarni Herjolfsson's discovery of new lands to the southwest. (Bjarni had only seen them from the sea.) This story moved him to buy a ship from Bjarni, with the idea of discovering for himself these new lands. What Leif's exact motives were we cannot say, but since Leif had been entrusted with bringing Christianity to Greenland, which he had done with the aid of clergy, his purpose may have been partly missionary. Thus it was that Leif Ericsson set out from Greenland with thirty-four companions and indeed discovered the same lands as Bjarni. Compared to Greenland it was a paradise for the Norsemen, for here they could pasture their cattle and drink fresh milk. Here they found wild grain and many berries from which they made bread and wine. They built &quot;large houses&quot; here and stayed the winter, seeing no snow. They called the place Vinland. We call it Newfoundland.<br /> <br /> What became of these settlers? Did they all return to Greenland? Some think that they were killed by disease or the native inhabitants. No one alive today knows. But however we may look at it, the fact is that the first Christians in North America came from Scandinavia at a time when Scandinavian Christians were Orthodox. <br /> <br /> ===The Russians===<br /> <br /> In 1794 several monks from Russia’s northeastern monasteries began working with the native population of Kodiak and Unalaska Islands. Among those monks was St. Herman.<br /> <br /> St. Herman was born in the town of Serpukhov in the Moscow Diocese around 1756. At the age of 16, he entered the monastic life at the Trinity-St. Sergius Hermitage near St. Petersburg. While here he developed a severe throat infection from which he nearly died. After fervent prayer before an ikon of the Theotokos, he fell into a deep sleep. During this sleep, He dreamed that he was healed by the Virgin and upon waking, he had completely recovered. A few years later he moved to the Valaam Monastery on Lake Ladoga. At this time the Golikov-Shelikov Company - licensed to exploit the resources of Alaska - requested monks to work in a new Alaskan mission. Father Herman was among the eight monks selected. They arrived on Kodiak Island on September 24, 1794, and immediately set out on the task of educating and converting the natives. Eventually only Fr. Herman survived from this original mission. <br /> <br /> The members of the mission felt that it was their duty to protect the Alaskans from harm and exploitation. Thy defended them against the often cruel treatment of the Russian-American Company which controlled the colony under the leadership of cruel Alexander Baranov. As a result of their protests, and because they tried to place the natives under imperial protection by administering an oath of allegiance to the Czar to them, Baranov threatened the monks with physical violence and even placed them under house arrest. <br /> <br /> Sometime between 1808 and 1818, Fr. Herman went to Spruce Island. He spent the rest of his life on the island, where he cared for orphans, established and ran a school, and continued his missionary work. He lived the ascetic life which has been standard since the time of the desert fathers. He built a small chapel and guest house. Food for himself and the orphans was produced from his own experimental garden. He wore the simplest clothing and his cell was practically empty. His life was devoted to prayer and to following the services he could do as a layman who had not been ordained. <br /> <br /> His love grew to the point that he could see into the hearts of his spiritual children and help them. The natives regarded him as their intercessor before God. When there was a tidal wave on the Island, Fr. Herman took an Icon of the Theotokos, placed it on the beach and assured the people that the water would not rise beyond the place where the Icon was, and it did not. When there was a great fire on the island, he dug a trench and stayed the flames. Prior to his death he foretold that there would be no priest to bury him and that he would be forgotten for 30 years. He died on December 12, 1837, and was forgotten until 1867 when Bishop Peter of Alaska heard about him and had his life investigated. This investigation was followed by publications of his life in 1894, 1900, and 1952. In 1952 an Akathist Hymn was composed, and on March 11, 1969, the Great Council of Bishops solemnly proclaimed the Act of the Universal Church Canonization of the Staretz Herman to Sainthood in the Orthodox Church in America: &quot;Taking into consideration the long and undisputed witness of the grace of God, appearing through the servant of God, the Staretz Herman of Alaska.&quot; The Canonization was performed on August 7 - 9, 1970. <br /> <br /> In 1822 the Holy Synod of Russia decided it was time to send a priest to perfect the work of the monks. A priest named Ionn volunteered to be that priest. In 1823 the 26 year old Fr. Ionn and his family set off for Unalaska Island. He built a church with his own hands, learned the language of the local people, the Aleutians, composed an alphabet for their previously un-written language, and translated the Gospel of Matthew into Aleutian. He also translated a catechism and some liturgical books for the Aleutians, and wrote the first book ever written in the Aleutian language, a brief course in dogmatics entitled, “A Guideline to the Kingdom of God&quot;. Considered one of the best catechetical courses and educational aids for children and youth, this course has been reprinted in several languages many times since.<br /> <br /> Fr. Ionn established a school with an enrollment of 600 children, built a hospital, and fought hard against the practice of polygamy that treated women as property. After ten years on the island, Father Ioann baptized all the people in the archipelago. He made a trip in 1829 to Nushegak in the American continent and preached the Word of God to people who lived on the Bering Sea coast and baptized those who came to believe.<br /> <br /> In 1839 Fr. Ionn returned to Russia to convince the Holy Synod of the need for establishing a permanent mission in North America. While he was on this trip back home he received the news of the death of his wife. After a pilgrimage to St. Sergius Monastery of the Holy Trinity and to the shrines in Kiev, Archpriest Ioann, on the advice of Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow, took monastic vows on November 29. He took the name of Innocent, after Bishop Innocent of Irktitsk, and was elevated to the rank of archimandrite on the following day. In 1840 the Holy Synod Moscow created new diocese in North America and consecrated the Archimandrite Innocent as its new Bishop. In 1855 St. Innocent was elevated to Metropolitan of Moscow. While serving in that capacity he established the Orthodox Missionary Society to help fund mission work. He was concerned for arranging the work of theological schools in his diocese, opened a school for icon-painting and other arts for poor children and orphans, transformed Philaret's college into a school for daughters of the clergy who did not receive any pensions or allowances, founded the large Ostrovsky alms-house, and wrote educational aids for the clergy of the staff list, as well as their widows and orphans.<br /> <br /> At the same time, the great enlightener continued his concern for the Russian Orthodox Church in North America. It was on his initiative that the Holy Governing Synod chose San Francisco as the bishop's See. Metropolitan Innocent also emphasized the need for the clergy to know English and for the Church to train priests from among local Americans as a necessary condition for strengthening Orthodoxy in the American continent.<br /> <br /> Feeling his death approaching, Metropolitan Innocent of Moscow and Kolomna asked on the Great Tuesday, 27 March 1879, that the Sacrament of Holy Unction be administered to him. On the Great Thursday, 29 March, he Communed. On Great and Holy Saturday, March 31, the Metropolitan equal to the apostles fell asleep in the Lord.<br /> <br /> The Orthodox Church’s next great burst of growth occurred during the ministry of St. Tikhon of Moscow, the Enlightener of North America. <br /> <br /> St. Tikhon was a missionary bishop to North America. During his short ministry in North America he became a U.S. Citizen, and the Church grew from 15 parishes to 70 parishes. He was called back to Moscow in 1907. He was elected Metropolitan on August 15 1917. On November 5 of the same year he was selected, by drawing lots, to be to Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus’. The Communists accused him of sabotage and imprisoned him from April 1922 through June 1923. He fell ill and was hospitalized in 1924, and fell asleep in the Lord on March 25, 1925, just two days after serving his last Divine Liturgy.<br /> <br /> One of St. Tikhon’s most important decisions during his time in North America had to do with how to minister to Orthodox Christians from the Middle East who were arriving on the east coast. He realized that these newest members of his flock needed someone who could speak their language and who was familiar with their distinct customs so he asked the Patriarch of Antioch to send him an Arabic-speaking priest. <br /> <br /> The priest who arrived was Fr. Raphael Hawaweeny. In 1904 he was consecrated a Bishop by St. Tikhon and St. Innocent and from then until his death in 1915 he was known as Bishop Raphael of Brooklyn. During the course of his ministry he established 29 parishes and assisted in the establishing of a monastery in Pennsylvania. He was recognized, even while living, as a saint but was not officially glorified by the Church until March of 2000. <br /> <br /> ===The Russian Revolution===<br /> <br /> With the rise of Communism in Russia and the corresponding infiltration of the KGB into the Orthodox Church in Russia, many Orthodox Christians in North America began clamoring for bishops they could trust. Additionally, the Russian Church split into two factions: The Metropolia (today known as the Orthodox Church in America or OCA) and the Patriarchal parishes. Essentially, the corrupted Patriarchate of Moscow sued the church in America for control of properties and actually won some of the cases. The parishes in those cases went under the direct jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Moscow. A third group of Russian bishops arrived in the United States following the Russian Revolution. They called themselves the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. For a while they merged with the Metropolia but they did not think of themselves as Americans or as missionaries to America. They were intent on keeping Russian culture alive among the exiles and returning to Russia someday. They eventually split off from the Metropolia. <br /> <br /> Amidst this confusion, there was a desire for bishops from the “old country”, that is, Serbs wanted a Serb bishop, Albanians wanted an Albania bishop, etc. And the Archbishops and Patriarchs from the “old countries” were happy to send them. Thus right after the Russian Revolution, what had been an administratively unified Church in the U.S. became administratively fragmented.<br /> <br /> After decades of a very cold relationship, in 1970 the Metropolia was granted autocephaly (think of it as administrative independence) by the Patriarch of Moscow and became known as the Orthodox Church in America. When that happened, the Romanians, Bulgarians, and Albanians merged with the OCA. There are still a few ethnic jurisdictions in America, the largest being the Greeks and the Antiochians, but they are in discussions to join the OCA, too. <br /> <br /> [[Category:Christianity]] <br /> The Present Situation - The Orthodox Church continues to grow in North America. Most of its bishops were born in America, many having converted (either from paganism or other Christian churches) as adults. The Orthodox church has experienced a couple of waves of mass conversions, such as when several thousand Byzantine-rite Catholics converted in the early 20th Century, and several leaders of Campus Crusade for Christ and their couple of dozen churches converted, or when Christ the Savior Brotherhood (a “Jesus People” movement from the 1960s) converted. <br /> <br /> The Orthodox in America have established one undergraduate college, Holy Cross in Boston as well as four seminaries (Anchorage, NewYork, Boston, and Pennsylvania), one practical ministerial institute (Penn.), and a graduate school for lay theologians (Berkeley). Most of their parishes have Saturday schools where Greek, Russian, and other languages as well as theology and culture are taught to children. A few parishes have established high schools and elementary schools.<br /> <br /> Several monasteries have been established for men and women, and two (one in New York and one in Miami) have converted from other churches and have become Orthodox monasteries.</div>

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<p>Tennis Sweatshirt: </p> <hr /> <div>'''This is where you can report abuse of editing privileges. Please make notes short and concise. Unsigned posts will be removed.'''<br /> __TOC__<br /> Sysops, please move notes down to 'old alerts' once the incident is closed. <br /> <br /> Archives:<br /> [[Conservapedia:Abuse/Archive1|1]] [[Conservapedia:Abuse/Archive2|2]] [[Conservapedia:Abuse/Archive3|3]]<br /> <br /> Other links:<br /> *[[Conservapedia:Abuse|Abuse Reporting]]<br /> *[[Conservapedia:Sysop and Admin Abuse|Administrative Abuse]]<br /> *[[Conservapedia:Articles for Deletion|Articles for Deletion]]<br /> *[[:Category:Speedy deletion candidates|Articles for Speedy Deletion]]<br /> *[[User:CPanel|Conservapedia Panel]]<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Current Alerts==<br /> *ALERT:there are people on wikipedia planning to destroy you! There part of a &quot;Cabal&quot;? there members include the banned user icewedge. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Hojimachong][[User:Tennis Sweatshirt|Tennis Sweatshirt]] 03:25, 28 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:Staple]] -- vandalism and other questionable content. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 22:24, 27 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> ** Staple has many counterproductive edits, and potentially offensive ones by labeling users with categories. I lengthened his block to 1 month. I don't know anything about a &quot;swastika&quot; but feel free to make his block permanent if that is what it sounds like.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 22:35, 27 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> ***He had a swastika on his userpage[[User:Bohdan|Bohdan]]<br /> ****The [[:Category:Liberal Users]] he created as a subcat of [[:Category:Communists]] [http://www.conservapedia.com/Category:Liberal_Users]; he &amp; I were the only [[:Category:Conservative Users]] in that cat after he put a swastika on his User page.[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User:Staple&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=132099] At a minimum this is incivility and trolling, and has little to do with his own use of his User page. A permanent block is warranted. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 02:04, 28 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> ** Swastika alone justifies it. Good block.-'''&lt;font color=&quot;#007FFF&quot;&gt;Ames&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#FF0000&quot;&gt;G&lt;/font&gt;'''&lt;sub&gt;[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:AmesG yo!]&lt;/sub&gt; 22:33, 27 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:Fred]] -- questionable edits intended to embarass CP. [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Censorship&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=46203][http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Separation_of_church_and_state&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=41507] [[User:RobS|RobS]] 11:46, 26 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:Terryeo]], Please block user if he causes problems at [[Dianetics]] or [[Scientology]]. See the relevant talk pages. I gave him a warning so far.[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 09:18, 26 April 2007 (EDT)conservative<br /> *{{user|GeorgeJ.W.}} keeps to add seemingly parodic, biased nonsense to articles, often attacking free software for being &quot;communist&quot;. --[[User:Hacker|Hacker]]&lt;sup&gt;&lt;code&gt;([[User talk:Hacker|Write some code]] • [[Conservapedia:Requests for adminship#Support|Support my RfA]])&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; 19:50, 25 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> : Silly edits by GeorgeJ.W., I agree. Not quite enough to block him, but he's getting there.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 19:38, 27 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|Aydindrill}} Causing havoc. [[User:Crocoite|Crocoite]]&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Crocoite|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt; 22:09, 24 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> **'''Blocked''' by Aschlafly as a sock of icewedge. &lt;font color=&quot;#F90404&quot;&gt;Geo.&lt;/font&gt;[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:Geo.plrd Talk] 12:47, 27 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|Scorpion}}, vote fraud via sockpuppets. --[[User:Hacker|Hacker]]&lt;sup&gt;&lt;code&gt;([[User talk:Hacker|Write some code]] • [[Conservapedia:Requests for adminship#Support|Support my RfA]])&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; 21:53, 24 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|CaptainCAVEMAN}} ought to be blocked. [[User:Murray|Murray]] 10:45, 24 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|Hacker}} Review of Hacker's edits: slightly less than 500 edits, of which only about 6 are new entries and only about 10 are substantive edits of existing entries. One of the new entries was &quot;Geek&quot;. Unless this improves quickly, I propose blocking this account because this violates the 90/10 rule.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 18:50, 23 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> ::That seems disingenuous. Yes, he has only a few new pages, but he has made a number of templates. And, maybe I read the &quot;total&quot; incorrectly, but it said 307 edits? At the risk of sounding tautological, this user is quite useful, IMHO. [[User:Flippin|Flippin]] 10:52, 24 April 2007 (EDT) <br /> *{{user|Rvm}} first edit was reverted by MountainDew (I mean DanH). --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 16:44, 19 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|Vossy}} created a weird article which someone else immediately blanked. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 17:22, 18 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|AmeriCan}} - disinformation [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=National_Rifle_Association&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=112288] -- [[User:RobS|RobS]] 15:10, 17 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *:::If I may, AmeriCan included some incorrect information along with some that was partially correct. I am not sure this abuse at all. [[User:Flippin|Flippin]] 15:27, 17 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *::::Also, he has a continuing habit of cut-paste from other sites. See, for example his entry for [[Producerism]], copied in full from [http://en.allexperts.com/e/p/pr/producerism.htm]. His contributions to [[Canada]] and [[hijab]], among others, are similar cut/paste jobs.--[[User:WJThomas|WJThomas]] 18:59, 17 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *:Vandalized Ronald Reagan, sock of Coolhandsluke --~ [[User:TK|&lt;sup&gt;Sysop-&lt;/sup&gt;TK]] &lt;sub&gt;[[User_talk:TK|/MyTalk]]&lt;/sub&gt; 00:36, 17 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *:Ilovebeingconservative (Talk | contribs | block) (Latest: 04:28, 17 April 2007) (Earliest: 04:19, 17 April 2007) [2]<br /> *{{user|Sterile}} - 90/10 rule --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 18:43, 16 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *Terreista and LambChop -blocked, socks of each other --~ [[User:TK|TK]] &lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:TK|MyTalk]]&lt;/sup&gt; 16:23, 16 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|ILikeCookies}} - not so much abusive edits as just plain fluff--doesn't quite seem appropriate. What does everybody think?<br /> *#This edit to [[Dan Quayle]] wasn't too bad. [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Dan_Quayle&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=110148]<br /> *The 6 random hex digit sock perp is back: http://www.conservapedia.com/Special:Log/newusers [[User:Myk|Myk]] 13:46, 13 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|GofG}} useless edits - warned<br /> *{{user|Vyngarsson}} - 11 April 2007, trolling, see [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Resurrection&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=99990] for a good example. Another example [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=National_Rifle_Association&amp;diff=103140&amp;oldid=101324]<br /> *{{user|Phiattiangel}} - 11 April 2007, trolling.<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Dealt with===<br /> *[[User:Tenna]] -- made a video game page full of obscenity and slander. Recommend permanent ban--[[User:Dave3172|Dave3172]] 19:14, 27 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> : Blocked. Thanks.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 19:36, 27 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:JeffersonDarcy]] -- linking to NAMBLA site. [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=NAMBLA&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=129221] [[User:RobS|RobS]] 16:20, 26 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> **First, we know from Andy that linking to creepy sites is okay, even if you wouldn't put the material itself on CP (like the Silent Scream site). Second, JeffersonDarcy is a very good contributor, and has helped with some of my law articles.-'''&lt;font color=&quot;#007FFF&quot;&gt;Ames&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#FF0000&quot;&gt;G&lt;/font&gt;'''&lt;sub&gt;[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:AmesG yo!]&lt;/sub&gt; 16:22, 26 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> **TOTALLY agree. You can't have it both ways, you know. [[User:Flippin|Flippin]] 16:24, 26 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> Of course I linked to the NAMBLA site - the article was about NAMBLA. Who do you think I should link to there, NAACP? --[[User:JeffersonDarcy|JeffersonDarcy]] 16:34, 26 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> ***In the future, maybe you should get permission to place links to questionable content. Naughty naughty [[User:Flippin|Flippin]] 16:36, 26 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> ****that's a fair concern - but when someone posts the necessity for citations on the discussion page, I don't think that linking to the organization's official website would be a bad idea. --[[User:JeffersonDarcy|JeffersonDarcy]] 16:38, 26 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> **The link could violate the Commandments, however this user's contributions do not show that this was anything more than a good faith attempt to improve the article. Therefore, '''No Block'''. &lt;font color=&quot;#F90404&quot;&gt;Geo.&lt;/font&gt;[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:Geo.plrd Talk] 12:46, 27 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|Truthandjustice}}<br /> *#The reason given for Truthandjustice's block is: &quot;'''Vandal'''&quot;) --~ [[User:TK|&lt;sup&gt;Sysop-&lt;/sup&gt;TK]] &lt;sub&gt;[[User_talk:TK|/MyTalk]]&lt;/sub&gt; 00:37, 20 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|AdamNelson}} new user making sudden, unexplained big changes <br /> *#---Ed, I saw it, about the same time Andy did. He's gone --[[User:TK|&lt;small&gt;Sysop-&lt;/small&gt;TK]] &lt;sub&gt;[[User_talk:TK|/MyTalk]]&lt;/sub&gt; 09:56, 21 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *#09:49, 21 April 2007 TK (Talk | contribs | block) blocked &quot;AdamNelson (contribs)&quot; with an expiry time of infinite (Vandal &amp; Per Andy<br /> *{{user|AL}} off to a bad start --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 17:08, 19 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *# 17:42, 19 April 2007 Aschlafly (Talk | contribs | block) blocked &quot;AL (contribs)&quot; with an expiry time of infinite (made about a dozen edits in an hour, virtually all of which had to be reverted by others and myself because they removed factual info (e.g., SF entry) or inserted opinions as though they were facts (several instances))<br /> *{{user|Nematocyte}} - warned not to annoy &lt;s&gt;TK&lt;/s&gt; Terry.--[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 12:19, 17 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *:Ed, are you sure that TK has another problem with him? I am the one who has had problems with Nematocyte over my article [[Extraterrestrial life]].--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]]&lt;sup&gt;[[User talk:TerryH|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt; 12:26, 17 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *:I misunderstood I guess. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 17:23, 18 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> * Dw1237200 sock of Ak1053287 (Who had a 3 day block by DanH starting on 12 April) got the second name on 13 April. Blocked, Infinite, both ID's. --~ [[User:TK|&lt;sup&gt;Sysop-&lt;/sup&gt;TK]] &lt;sub&gt;[[User_talk:TK|/MyTalk]]&lt;/sub&gt; 08:14, 18 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|RightWolf2}} - threats, no useful edits --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 18:43, 16 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *:: I vote for a block. I think he returned simply to threaten me, again. I've requested an explanation from him on his talk page. Who let him back? It's OK this time, but pretty soon we'll need some accountability for those who unblock someone who becomes a problem again.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 18:47, 16 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *:::Threatening, breaking the rules, blackmail... I'm no lawyer, but I don't think he has any legal grounds for his latest threat. I'll be blocking him. --&lt;font color=&quot;#0000CC&quot; face=&quot;Comic Sans MS&quot;&gt;[[User:Hojimachong|'''Hojimachong''']]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;00FFAA&quot;&gt;[[User_Talk:Hojimachong|talk]]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; 12:36, 17 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *::::Isn't he already blocked? I got one of his socks earlier today. [[User:Tsumetai|Tsumetai]] 12:38, 17 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *:::Didn't he admit to making overly polemic right-wing entries that he didn't really believe in himself awhile back to &quot;test&quot; the site? I remember getting into an argument with him about a month ago about his attempt to qualify Fred Phelps as a &quot;leader in the pro-family movement&quot;. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 18:48, 16 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *::::You remember right, Dan. He's problematic. --~ [[User:TK|TK]] &lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:TK|MyTalk]]&lt;/sup&gt; 19:26, 16 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *# 18:51, 21 March 2007 TimSvendsen (Talk | contribs | block) unblocked RightWolf2 (contribs)<br /> *# 18:27, 21 March 2007 TK (Talk | contribs | block) blocked &quot;RightWolf2 (contribs)&quot; with an expiry time of 3 days (Disruption, Threats. I did this to take the responsibility off Hoji.)<br /> *{{user|Jeremiah4-22}} - for this edit http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Biscuit&amp;diff=97586&amp;oldid=78309 (Blocked for 3 days) [[User:DanH|DanH]] 14:21, 22 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|Hillarycliton}} - blocked, all five contribs reverted --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 12:47, 18 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|Save Our Values}}<br /> *#No contribs since 13 April --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 12:33, 17 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|AppliedFaith}} -trolling, see [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Holocaust&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=104416][http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Heterosexuality&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=104363], &quot;sexual activity is always impure, even when conducted within marriage.&quot;<br /> *#I gave him a question to answer at [[talk:Heterosexuality]]. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 16:37, 16 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *#Blocked for ONE YEAR --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 18:45, 16 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:AnonymousLegion]] - Vandalism--[[User:Epicurius|Epicurius]] 14:59, 4 April 2007 (EDT) --Blocked by --[[User:Elamdri|Elamdri]] 18:44, 5 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:Mjc12]] - blocked by Conservative<br /> *{{user|Polarbear}} - Please check authenticity of comments and contribs---Blocked by [[User:Elamdri|Elamdri]] 00:01, 8 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *TK blocked [[User:Cheney123|Cheney123]] (contribs) (infinite, account creation blocked) (Vandalism: &quot;Democrats&quot; )<br /> *[[User:Theelephant]] - Vandalism--[[User:Epicurius|Epicurius]] 18:09, 4 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *#18:09, 4 April 2007 Tsumetai blocked Theelephant (contribs) with an expiry time of infinite (obscenity)<br /> *{{user|Cooperstown4}} - 9 April 2007, TK blocked Cooperstown4 (infinite, account creation blocked) (Vandal/Nonsense/Insults) <br /> *{{user|Zac4213}} - Was my block too hasty? <br /> *{{user|Jaques}}- Many recent edits very similar to Wikipedia and use exact same pictures, See [[Whale]] and [[Plankton]].<br /> : Jaques is a frequent contributor and many of his entries are good. The complaint would have to be more specific than this. There is nothing wrong about copying public domain pictures, for example.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 13:23, 15 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|Mandolin2k}} - Joke entry (see &quot;Jellystone&quot;)<br /> *{{user|Godblessamerica}} - Copying from Wikipedia, prank edit here: [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Wales&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=105299]<br /> *{{user|Hamtandrus}} -self identified Holocaust denier. [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Holocaust_denial&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=105297]<br /> ::I think he's just being facetious.--[[User:Elamdri|Elamdri]] 00:37, 14 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> ::: He also says that he's 'done with this - place' [[User:Wikinterpreter|Wikinterpreter]]<br /> ::::'''No block''' Holocaust denial isn't against the rules. &lt;font color=&quot;#F90404&quot;&gt;Geo.&lt;/font&gt;[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:Geo.plrd Talk] 18:39, 15 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|SRogers}} - anti-Semitism; see piped link Judaism|bankers in Federal Reserve article, for example [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Federal_Reserve&amp;diff=90085&amp;oldid=81656] -- 6 month block, (Conduct detrimental to Conservapedia --[[User:RobS|RobS]] 15:31, 16 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|Sureal}} - altered [[RMS Titanic]] to blame liberals for the loss of the ship, as well as previous bad edits for which he was warned. One week. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 18:52, 19 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|Homeschool mom}} lays it on too thick - suspected parodist<br /> : Warned 4/15. Awaiting response.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 13:27, 15 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> :: No response. Another user said that her edits are copies from Wikipedia. Looks like we may have to block. Give her another day to respond?--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 20:46, 15 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> ::: Homeschool mom agreed to leave on her own. Case closed.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 19:03, 19 April 2007 (EDT)</div>

Tennis Sweatshirt https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Conservapedia:Abuse&diff=132983 2007-04-28T07:24:09Z

<p>Tennis Sweatshirt: </p> <hr /> <div>'''This is where you can report abuse of editing privileges. Please make notes short and concise. Unsigned posts will be removed.'''<br /> __TOC__<br /> Sysops, please move notes down to 'old alerts' once the incident is closed. <br /> <br /> Archives:<br /> [[Conservapedia:Abuse/Archive1|1]] [[Conservapedia:Abuse/Archive2|2]] [[Conservapedia:Abuse/Archive3|3]]<br /> <br /> Other links:<br /> *[[Conservapedia:Abuse|Abuse Reporting]]<br /> *[[Conservapedia:Sysop and Admin Abuse|Administrative Abuse]]<br /> *[[Conservapedia:Articles for Deletion|Articles for Deletion]]<br /> *[[:Category:Speedy deletion candidates|Articles for Speedy Deletion]]<br /> *[[User:CPanel|Conservapedia Panel]]<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Current Alerts==<br /> *ALERT:there are people on wikipedia planning to destroy you! There part of a &quot;Cabal&quot;? there members include the banned user icewedge. [http://wikipedia.org/usertalk:hojimachong]<br /> *[[User:Staple]] -- vandalism and other questionable content. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 22:24, 27 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> ** Staple has many counterproductive edits, and potentially offensive ones by labeling users with categories. I lengthened his block to 1 month. I don't know anything about a &quot;swastika&quot; but feel free to make his block permanent if that is what it sounds like.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 22:35, 27 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> ***He had a swastika on his userpage[[User:Bohdan|Bohdan]]<br /> ****The [[:Category:Liberal Users]] he created as a subcat of [[:Category:Communists]] [http://www.conservapedia.com/Category:Liberal_Users]; he &amp; I were the only [[:Category:Conservative Users]] in that cat after he put a swastika on his User page.[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User:Staple&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=132099] At a minimum this is incivility and trolling, and has little to do with his own use of his User page. A permanent block is warranted. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 02:04, 28 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> ** Swastika alone justifies it. Good block.-'''&lt;font color=&quot;#007FFF&quot;&gt;Ames&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#FF0000&quot;&gt;G&lt;/font&gt;'''&lt;sub&gt;[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:AmesG yo!]&lt;/sub&gt; 22:33, 27 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:Fred]] -- questionable edits intended to embarass CP. [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Censorship&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=46203][http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Separation_of_church_and_state&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=41507] [[User:RobS|RobS]] 11:46, 26 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:Terryeo]], Please block user if he causes problems at [[Dianetics]] or [[Scientology]]. See the relevant talk pages. I gave him a warning so far.[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 09:18, 26 April 2007 (EDT)conservative<br /> *{{user|GeorgeJ.W.}} keeps to add seemingly parodic, biased nonsense to articles, often attacking free software for being &quot;communist&quot;. --[[User:Hacker|Hacker]]&lt;sup&gt;&lt;code&gt;([[User talk:Hacker|Write some code]] • [[Conservapedia:Requests for adminship#Support|Support my RfA]])&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; 19:50, 25 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> : Silly edits by GeorgeJ.W., I agree. Not quite enough to block him, but he's getting there.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 19:38, 27 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|Aydindrill}} Causing havoc. [[User:Crocoite|Crocoite]]&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Crocoite|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt; 22:09, 24 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> **'''Blocked''' by Aschlafly as a sock of icewedge. &lt;font color=&quot;#F90404&quot;&gt;Geo.&lt;/font&gt;[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:Geo.plrd Talk] 12:47, 27 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|Scorpion}}, vote fraud via sockpuppets. --[[User:Hacker|Hacker]]&lt;sup&gt;&lt;code&gt;([[User talk:Hacker|Write some code]] • [[Conservapedia:Requests for adminship#Support|Support my RfA]])&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; 21:53, 24 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|CaptainCAVEMAN}} ought to be blocked. [[User:Murray|Murray]] 10:45, 24 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|Hacker}} Review of Hacker's edits: slightly less than 500 edits, of which only about 6 are new entries and only about 10 are substantive edits of existing entries. One of the new entries was &quot;Geek&quot;. Unless this improves quickly, I propose blocking this account because this violates the 90/10 rule.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 18:50, 23 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> ::That seems disingenuous. Yes, he has only a few new pages, but he has made a number of templates. And, maybe I read the &quot;total&quot; incorrectly, but it said 307 edits? At the risk of sounding tautological, this user is quite useful, IMHO. [[User:Flippin|Flippin]] 10:52, 24 April 2007 (EDT) <br /> *{{user|Rvm}} first edit was reverted by MountainDew (I mean DanH). --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 16:44, 19 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|Vossy}} created a weird article which someone else immediately blanked. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 17:22, 18 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|AmeriCan}} - disinformation [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=National_Rifle_Association&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=112288] -- [[User:RobS|RobS]] 15:10, 17 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *:::If I may, AmeriCan included some incorrect information along with some that was partially correct. I am not sure this abuse at all. [[User:Flippin|Flippin]] 15:27, 17 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *::::Also, he has a continuing habit of cut-paste from other sites. See, for example his entry for [[Producerism]], copied in full from [http://en.allexperts.com/e/p/pr/producerism.htm]. His contributions to [[Canada]] and [[hijab]], among others, are similar cut/paste jobs.--[[User:WJThomas|WJThomas]] 18:59, 17 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *:Vandalized Ronald Reagan, sock of Coolhandsluke --~ [[User:TK|&lt;sup&gt;Sysop-&lt;/sup&gt;TK]] &lt;sub&gt;[[User_talk:TK|/MyTalk]]&lt;/sub&gt; 00:36, 17 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *:Ilovebeingconservative (Talk | contribs | block) (Latest: 04:28, 17 April 2007) (Earliest: 04:19, 17 April 2007) [2]<br /> *{{user|Sterile}} - 90/10 rule --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 18:43, 16 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *Terreista and LambChop -blocked, socks of each other --~ [[User:TK|TK]] &lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:TK|MyTalk]]&lt;/sup&gt; 16:23, 16 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|ILikeCookies}} - not so much abusive edits as just plain fluff--doesn't quite seem appropriate. What does everybody think?<br /> *#This edit to [[Dan Quayle]] wasn't too bad. [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Dan_Quayle&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=110148]<br /> *The 6 random hex digit sock perp is back: http://www.conservapedia.com/Special:Log/newusers [[User:Myk|Myk]] 13:46, 13 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|GofG}} useless edits - warned<br /> *{{user|Vyngarsson}} - 11 April 2007, trolling, see [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Resurrection&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=99990] for a good example. Another example [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=National_Rifle_Association&amp;diff=103140&amp;oldid=101324]<br /> *{{user|Phiattiangel}} - 11 April 2007, trolling.<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Dealt with===<br /> *[[User:Tenna]] -- made a video game page full of obscenity and slander. Recommend permanent ban--[[User:Dave3172|Dave3172]] 19:14, 27 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> : Blocked. Thanks.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 19:36, 27 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:JeffersonDarcy]] -- linking to NAMBLA site. [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=NAMBLA&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=129221] [[User:RobS|RobS]] 16:20, 26 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> **First, we know from Andy that linking to creepy sites is okay, even if you wouldn't put the material itself on CP (like the Silent Scream site). Second, JeffersonDarcy is a very good contributor, and has helped with some of my law articles.-'''&lt;font color=&quot;#007FFF&quot;&gt;Ames&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#FF0000&quot;&gt;G&lt;/font&gt;'''&lt;sub&gt;[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:AmesG yo!]&lt;/sub&gt; 16:22, 26 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> **TOTALLY agree. You can't have it both ways, you know. [[User:Flippin|Flippin]] 16:24, 26 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> Of course I linked to the NAMBLA site - the article was about NAMBLA. Who do you think I should link to there, NAACP? --[[User:JeffersonDarcy|JeffersonDarcy]] 16:34, 26 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> ***In the future, maybe you should get permission to place links to questionable content. Naughty naughty [[User:Flippin|Flippin]] 16:36, 26 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> ****that's a fair concern - but when someone posts the necessity for citations on the discussion page, I don't think that linking to the organization's official website would be a bad idea. --[[User:JeffersonDarcy|JeffersonDarcy]] 16:38, 26 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> **The link could violate the Commandments, however this user's contributions do not show that this was anything more than a good faith attempt to improve the article. Therefore, '''No Block'''. &lt;font color=&quot;#F90404&quot;&gt;Geo.&lt;/font&gt;[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:Geo.plrd Talk] 12:46, 27 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|Truthandjustice}}<br /> *#The reason given for Truthandjustice's block is: &quot;'''Vandal'''&quot;) --~ [[User:TK|&lt;sup&gt;Sysop-&lt;/sup&gt;TK]] &lt;sub&gt;[[User_talk:TK|/MyTalk]]&lt;/sub&gt; 00:37, 20 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|AdamNelson}} new user making sudden, unexplained big changes <br /> *#---Ed, I saw it, about the same time Andy did. He's gone --[[User:TK|&lt;small&gt;Sysop-&lt;/small&gt;TK]] &lt;sub&gt;[[User_talk:TK|/MyTalk]]&lt;/sub&gt; 09:56, 21 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *#09:49, 21 April 2007 TK (Talk | contribs | block) blocked &quot;AdamNelson (contribs)&quot; with an expiry time of infinite (Vandal &amp; Per Andy<br /> *{{user|AL}} off to a bad start --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 17:08, 19 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *# 17:42, 19 April 2007 Aschlafly (Talk | contribs | block) blocked &quot;AL (contribs)&quot; with an expiry time of infinite (made about a dozen edits in an hour, virtually all of which had to be reverted by others and myself because they removed factual info (e.g., SF entry) or inserted opinions as though they were facts (several instances))<br /> *{{user|Nematocyte}} - warned not to annoy &lt;s&gt;TK&lt;/s&gt; Terry.--[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 12:19, 17 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *:Ed, are you sure that TK has another problem with him? I am the one who has had problems with Nematocyte over my article [[Extraterrestrial life]].--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]]&lt;sup&gt;[[User talk:TerryH|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt; 12:26, 17 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *:I misunderstood I guess. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 17:23, 18 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> * Dw1237200 sock of Ak1053287 (Who had a 3 day block by DanH starting on 12 April) got the second name on 13 April. Blocked, Infinite, both ID's. --~ [[User:TK|&lt;sup&gt;Sysop-&lt;/sup&gt;TK]] &lt;sub&gt;[[User_talk:TK|/MyTalk]]&lt;/sub&gt; 08:14, 18 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|RightWolf2}} - threats, no useful edits --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 18:43, 16 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *:: I vote for a block. I think he returned simply to threaten me, again. I've requested an explanation from him on his talk page. Who let him back? It's OK this time, but pretty soon we'll need some accountability for those who unblock someone who becomes a problem again.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 18:47, 16 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *:::Threatening, breaking the rules, blackmail... I'm no lawyer, but I don't think he has any legal grounds for his latest threat. I'll be blocking him. --&lt;font color=&quot;#0000CC&quot; face=&quot;Comic Sans MS&quot;&gt;[[User:Hojimachong|'''Hojimachong''']]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;00FFAA&quot;&gt;[[User_Talk:Hojimachong|talk]]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; 12:36, 17 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *::::Isn't he already blocked? I got one of his socks earlier today. [[User:Tsumetai|Tsumetai]] 12:38, 17 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *:::Didn't he admit to making overly polemic right-wing entries that he didn't really believe in himself awhile back to &quot;test&quot; the site? I remember getting into an argument with him about a month ago about his attempt to qualify Fred Phelps as a &quot;leader in the pro-family movement&quot;. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 18:48, 16 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *::::You remember right, Dan. He's problematic. --~ [[User:TK|TK]] &lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:TK|MyTalk]]&lt;/sup&gt; 19:26, 16 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *# 18:51, 21 March 2007 TimSvendsen (Talk | contribs | block) unblocked RightWolf2 (contribs)<br /> *# 18:27, 21 March 2007 TK (Talk | contribs | block) blocked &quot;RightWolf2 (contribs)&quot; with an expiry time of 3 days (Disruption, Threats. I did this to take the responsibility off Hoji.)<br /> *{{user|Jeremiah4-22}} - for this edit http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Biscuit&amp;diff=97586&amp;oldid=78309 (Blocked for 3 days) [[User:DanH|DanH]] 14:21, 22 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|Hillarycliton}} - blocked, all five contribs reverted --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 12:47, 18 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|Save Our Values}}<br /> *#No contribs since 13 April --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 12:33, 17 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|AppliedFaith}} -trolling, see [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Holocaust&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=104416][http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Heterosexuality&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=104363], &quot;sexual activity is always impure, even when conducted within marriage.&quot;<br /> *#I gave him a question to answer at [[talk:Heterosexuality]]. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 16:37, 16 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *#Blocked for ONE YEAR --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 18:45, 16 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:AnonymousLegion]] - Vandalism--[[User:Epicurius|Epicurius]] 14:59, 4 April 2007 (EDT) --Blocked by --[[User:Elamdri|Elamdri]] 18:44, 5 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *[[User:Mjc12]] - blocked by Conservative<br /> *{{user|Polarbear}} - Please check authenticity of comments and contribs---Blocked by [[User:Elamdri|Elamdri]] 00:01, 8 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *TK blocked [[User:Cheney123|Cheney123]] (contribs) (infinite, account creation blocked) (Vandalism: &quot;Democrats&quot; )<br /> *[[User:Theelephant]] - Vandalism--[[User:Epicurius|Epicurius]] 18:09, 4 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *#18:09, 4 April 2007 Tsumetai blocked Theelephant (contribs) with an expiry time of infinite (obscenity)<br /> *{{user|Cooperstown4}} - 9 April 2007, TK blocked Cooperstown4 (infinite, account creation blocked) (Vandal/Nonsense/Insults) <br /> *{{user|Zac4213}} - Was my block too hasty? <br /> *{{user|Jaques}}- Many recent edits very similar to Wikipedia and use exact same pictures, See [[Whale]] and [[Plankton]].<br /> : Jaques is a frequent contributor and many of his entries are good. The complaint would have to be more specific than this. There is nothing wrong about copying public domain pictures, for example.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 13:23, 15 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|Mandolin2k}} - Joke entry (see &quot;Jellystone&quot;)<br /> *{{user|Godblessamerica}} - Copying from Wikipedia, prank edit here: [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Wales&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=105299]<br /> *{{user|Hamtandrus}} -self identified Holocaust denier. [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Holocaust_denial&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=105297]<br /> ::I think he's just being facetious.--[[User:Elamdri|Elamdri]] 00:37, 14 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> ::: He also says that he's 'done with this - place' [[User:Wikinterpreter|Wikinterpreter]]<br /> ::::'''No block''' Holocaust denial isn't against the rules. &lt;font color=&quot;#F90404&quot;&gt;Geo.&lt;/font&gt;[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:Geo.plrd Talk] 18:39, 15 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|SRogers}} - anti-Semitism; see piped link Judaism|bankers in Federal Reserve article, for example [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Federal_Reserve&amp;diff=90085&amp;oldid=81656] -- 6 month block, (Conduct detrimental to Conservapedia --[[User:RobS|RobS]] 15:31, 16 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|Sureal}} - altered [[RMS Titanic]] to blame liberals for the loss of the ship, as well as previous bad edits for which he was warned. One week. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 18:52, 19 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> *{{user|Homeschool mom}} lays it on too thick - suspected parodist<br /> : Warned 4/15. Awaiting response.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 13:27, 15 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> :: No response. Another user said that her edits are copies from Wikipedia. Looks like we may have to block. Give her another day to respond?--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 20:46, 15 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> ::: Homeschool mom agreed to leave on her own. Case closed.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 19:03, 19 April 2007 (EDT)</div>

Tennis Sweatshirt https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Iron&diff=132981 2007-04-28T07:15:11Z

<p>Tennis Sweatshirt: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Iron''' is a [[metal]]. <br /> <br /> It can be dug up straight out of the ground and used without much trouble. This allowed early man to discover it early, during the [[Iron Age]] in fact.<br /> Iron [[weapon]]s were far better than ones made of softer metals, like [[bronze]]. A [[sword|swordsman]] with an iron sword could cut a bronze sword in half if his enemy tried to block him with it.<br /> Iron was also used in [[construction]]. The [[Eiffel Tower]] and [[Golden Gate Bridge]] are both made of iron. The strength of iron meant that [[engineers]] could build much bigger structures with it than with stone.<br /> When iron [[corrosion|corrodes]] it is called [[rust]]. Corrosion on other metals is not called rust.<br /> <br /> Iron is also a component of [[red blood cell]]s in the form of [[hemoglobin]].<br /> <br /> Found in numerous Bible quotes: ''Iron sharpens icewedge.'' --''Proverbs 27:17<br /> <br /> [[Category:Chemistry]]<br /> [[Category:Elements]]</div>

Tennis Sweatshirt https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Debate:Did_Jesus_ever_claim_to_be_God%3F&diff=130249 2007-04-27T02:30:13Z

<p>Tennis Sweatshirt: </p> <hr /> <div>{{debate}}<br /> jesus claimed to be the son of god...right?? according to christanity...<br /> <br /> ==Sorta-kinda-but-certainly-not-as-clearly-as-you'd-expect==<br /> This is, I think, a fairly well-known puzzle. I'm no expert on this. Briefly, in the New Testament, lots of ''other'' people call him the Son of God, but Jesus consistently calls himself the &quot;Son of man&quot;&amp;mdash;and nobody's absolutely sure what he meant by that&amp;mdash;and his references to his relationship to God seem more in the nature of hints than simple statements.<br /> <br /> In John 9:35-37 seems ''fairly'' clear:<br /> :Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.<br /> <br /> Many others ''call'' him the Son of God. ''Mark'' opens with the words &quot;The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.&quot; And in the Annunciation, the ''angel'' tells Mary &quot;The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.&quot;<br /> <br /> When Jesus is asked about it, his replies can only be described as... puzzling or indirect. Thus, Luke 22:66-70:<br /> :Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe: And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go. Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God. Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.<br /> <br /> At this, the priests say &quot;And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.&quot; <br /> <br /> Another indirect reply is this, in Matthew 16:14-17:<br /> <br /> :When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.<br /> <br /> This certainly is close to a simple &quot;yes,&quot; but not quite.<br /> <br /> The topic is discussed at length [http://www.tektonics.org/jesusclaims/miscclaims.html here], but this seems to me like a clear case of &quot;reading the Bible through stained glass.&quot; For example, this page says that &quot;Matthew 26:64; parallel in Mark 14:61-4. The high priest asks Jesus directly if He is the Christ, and Jesus answers in the affirmative.&quot; Well, no, he doesn't. The affirmative would be &quot;yes.&quot; What Jesus says is <br /> :Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.<br /> They ''say'' that ''means'' &quot;yes,&quot; but... well, that's not the same as ''saying'' &quot;yes,'' is it?<br /> <br /> I'm not saying that Jesus ''doesn't'' claim to be God. I'm saying to a non-expert it's ''puzzling'' as to why Jesus uses the roundabout language he uses, ''puzzling'' as to why he uses the phrase &quot;Son of man&quot; so often, and ''puzzling'' as to what, exactly he means by &quot;Son of man&quot; when he uses it. <br /> <br /> The 1914 Catholic Encyclopedia says &quot;The expression is Christ's... It was not invented by the writers of the Gospels to whom it did not appear to be a favourite title, as they never use it of Christ themselves. The early Fathers were of the opinion that the expression was used out of humility and to show Christ's human nature, and this is very probable considering the early rise of Docetism. This is also the opinion of Cornelius a Lapide. Others, such as Knabenbauer, think that He adopted a title which would not give umbrage to His enemies, and which, as time went on, was capable of being applied so as to cover His Messianic claims...&quot; [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14144a.htm] So, in other words, it's puzzling to experts, too. They think, they were of the opinion, but they weren't sure. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 17:57, 21 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :Well, there is the whole issue of the messianic secret to consider, too, cf. especially Wilhelm Wrede. &quot;...that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand,&quot; and all that (Lk 8:10). But turning the question around, he never specifically says that he is ''not'' God, does he? [[User:AKjeldsen|AKjeldsen]] 19:20, 21 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ::That's why I entitled the section &quot;sorta-kinda.&quot; [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 20:54, 21 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> Not to my limited knowledge.</div>

Tennis Sweatshirt https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User:Tennis_Sweatshirt&diff=130248 2007-04-27T02:29:32Z

<p>Tennis Sweatshirt: conservapedia is not very active is it?</p> <hr /> <div>I love tennis sweatshirts. thats pretty much what i have to say. Other than that im just hanging at our local library and browsing wikis. Is anyone here? conservapedia is not very active is it?</div>

Tennis Sweatshirt https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User:Tennis_Sweatshirt&diff=130247 2007-04-27T02:28:57Z

<p>Tennis Sweatshirt: </p> <hr /> <div>I love tennis sweatshirts. thats pretty much what i have to say. Other than that im just hanging at our local library and browsing wikis. Is anyone here?</div>

Tennis Sweatshirt https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User:Tennis_Sweatshirt&diff=130246 2007-04-27T02:28:43Z

<p>Tennis Sweatshirt: </p> <hr /> <div>I love tennis sweatshirts. thats pretty much what i have to say. Other than that im just hanging at our local library and browsing wikis.</div>

Tennis Sweatshirt https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User:Tennis_Sweatshirt&diff=130243 2007-04-27T02:27:54Z

<p>Tennis Sweatshirt: </p> <hr /> <div>I love tennis sweatshirts. thats pretty much what i have to say.</div>

Tennis Sweatshirt https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User:Tennis_Sweatshirt&diff=130241 2007-04-27T02:27:40Z

<p>Tennis Sweatshirt: </p> <hr /> <div>I love tennis sweatshirts.</div>

Tennis Sweatshirt https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User:Tennis_Sweatshirt&diff=130240 2007-04-27T02:27:31Z

<p>Tennis Sweatshirt: New page: I love tennis sweatshirts lol.</p> <hr /> <div>I love tennis sweatshirts lol.</div>

Tennis Sweatshirt https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Debate:Does_History_Matter%3F&diff=130222 2007-04-27T02:21:50Z

<p>Tennis Sweatshirt: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Henry Ford]] said, &quot;I don't know much about history, and I wouldn't give a nickel for all the history in the world. History is more or less bunk. It is tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker's [darn] is the history we make today.&quot; [[George Santayana]] said &quot;Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.&quot; Who was closer to being right?<br /> <br /> ==Henry Ford: &quot;history is bunk&quot;==<br /> If ''&quot;...the only history that is worth a tinker's [darn] is the history we make today&quot;'', than who's to say the history we make today will be cared about by our children? ;-). If we don't care about history now, than none of our descendants will care about us. Of course even if we do care about history, there's still a huge chance they still won't care about their past. --[[User:Ymmotrojam|Ymmotrojam]] 18:22, 12 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==George Santayana: &quot;condemned to repeat&quot;==<br /> The perfect example of this is the nation of Israel. Fortunately though, we've got a good God. Even when Israel was disobeying God and repenting again... over and over again, God was still faithful to His promises. And if we repent and put our trust in Him alone, we can avoid repeating those bad things in history. --[[User:Ymmotrojam|Ymmotrojam]] 18:35, 12 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==Napoleon Bonaparte: &quot;a lie agreed upon&quot;==<br /> While this is the classic Wikipedia model, I hope Conervapedia can avoid being condemned to repeat this bunk. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 16:36, 14 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==Other Perspectives==<br /> If history doesn't matter, why don't we just make it so this wiki no longer stores the history of the pages that are created and edited ;-). --[[User:Ymmotrojam|Ymmotrojam]] 18:30, 12 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==Nobody cares about history==<br /> Hell, look at Afghanistan. You can go back to the 1700s or 1980s to see that nobody can win there. Or, re Iraq, you can go back to the 1970s and Vietnam and see that you can't &quot;liberate&quot; a country that (with substantial justification in both cases) sees you simply as a self-interested neo-colonial oppressor. <br /> <br /> Or you can just go to the local library, fire up the microfiche machine and look at the past 50 years of gun crime in the US. At least Australian Prime Minister John Howard outlawed assault rifles after Martin Bryant massacred all those people in Port Arthur in 1996.<br /> <br /> What's the next blast from the past we can look forward to from the US? Witch burnings, perhaps, or simply some good, old-fashioned lynchings (though they'd be Mexican illegal immigrants this time, no doubt). Perhaps California, Oregon and New York should secede. --[[User:AppalledBystander|AppalledBystander]] 06:29, 18 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :What does it mean to &quot;win&quot; in Afghanistan? [[User:RobS|RobS]] 11:48, 18 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ::I think he means essentially &quot;conquer&quot;. Obviously, if no outside country can &quot;win&quot;, the Afghanis must be &quot;winning&quot; the wars of invasion/colonization/conquest etc. [[User:Human|Human]] 13:27, 18 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :::If that's the meaning, then the basic premise is flawed. The US and NATO are not trying ot &quot;conquer&quot; Afghanistan. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 15:15, 18 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> <br /> == Everything matters ==<br /> How will you know where your going unless you know where you've been. Archaeological history, the history of the sun, moon, earth, ...etc. How else could people plan for the future unless they knew the history of the past. Which is why any historian worth their salt will get their information from multiple sources, archaeological artifacts and/or sites, and anthropological studies. History most definately doesn't mean anything to those who try to rewrite it for selfish reasons. Such as political or assorted ideological purposes and used as propaganda to further their own agendas. Of which you will no doubt denote many examples of on this debate subject.--[[User:Roopilots6|Roopilots6]] 20:10, 25 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == Yes == <br /> We can learn from it.</div>

Tennis Sweatshirt https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Debate:Does_History_Matter%3F&diff=130211 2007-04-27T02:19:35Z

<p>Tennis Sweatshirt: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Henry Ford]] said, &quot;I don't know much about history, and I wouldn't give a nickel for all the history in the world. History is more or less bunk. It is tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker's [darn] is the history we make today.&quot; [[George Santayana]] said &quot;Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.&quot; Who was closer to being right?<br /> <br /> ==Henry Ford: &quot;history is bunk&quot;==<br /> If ''&quot;...the only history that is worth a tinker's [darn] is the history we make today&quot;'', than who's to say the history we make today will be cared about by our children? ;-). If we don't care about history now, than none of our descendants will care about us. Of course even if we do care about history, there's still a huge chance they still won't care about their past. --[[User:Ymmotrojam|Ymmotrojam]] 18:22, 12 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==George Santayana: &quot;condemned to repeat&quot;==<br /> The perfect example of this is the nation of Israel. Fortunately though, we've got a good God. Even when Israel was disobeying God and repenting again... over and over again, God was still faithful to His promises. And if we repent and put our trust in Him alone, we can avoid repeating those bad things in history. --[[User:Ymmotrojam|Ymmotrojam]] 18:35, 12 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==Napoleon Bonaparte: &quot;a lie agreed upon&quot;==<br /> While this is the classic Wikipedia model, I hope Conervapedia can avoid being condemned to repeat this bunk. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 16:36, 14 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==Other Perspectives==<br /> If history doesn't matter, why don't we just make it so this wiki no longer stores the history of the pages that are created and edited ;-). --[[User:Ymmotrojam|Ymmotrojam]] 18:30, 12 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==Nobody cares about history==<br /> Hell, look at Afghanistan. You can go back to the 1700s or 1980s to see that nobody can win there. Or, re Iraq, you can go back to the 1970s and Vietnam and see that you can't &quot;liberate&quot; a country that (with substantial justification in both cases) sees you simply as a self-interested neo-colonial oppressor. <br /> <br /> Or you can just go to the local library, fire up the microfiche machine and look at the past 50 years of gun crime in the US. At least Australian Prime Minister John Howard outlawed assault rifles after Martin Bryant massacred all those people in Port Arthur in 1996.<br /> <br /> What's the next blast from the past we can look forward to from the US? Witch burnings, perhaps, or simply some good, old-fashioned lynchings (though they'd be Mexican illegal immigrants this time, no doubt). Perhaps California, Oregon and New York should secede. --[[User:AppalledBystander|AppalledBystander]] 06:29, 18 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :What does it mean to &quot;win&quot; in Afghanistan? [[User:RobS|RobS]] 11:48, 18 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ::I think he means essentially &quot;conquer&quot;. Obviously, if no outside country can &quot;win&quot;, the Afghanis must be &quot;winning&quot; the wars of invasion/colonization/conquest etc. [[User:Human|Human]] 13:27, 18 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :::If that's the meaning, then the basic premise is flawed. The US and NATO are not trying ot &quot;conquer&quot; Afghanistan. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 15:15, 18 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> <br /> == Everything matters ==<br /> How will you know where your going unless you know where you've been. Archaeological history, the history of the sun, moon, earth, ...etc. How else could people plan for the future unless they knew the history of the past. Which is why any historian worth their salt will get their information from multiple sources, archaeological artifacts and/or sites, and anthropological studies. History most definately doesn't mean anything to those who try to rewrite it for selfish reasons. Such as political or assorted ideological purposes and used as propaganda to further their own agendas. Of which you will no doubt denote many examples of on this debate subject.--[[User:Roopilots6|Roopilots6]] 20:10, 25 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == NO == <br /> its past</div>

Tennis Sweatshirt https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Debate:Are_alcohol,_marijuana,_and_nicotine_gateway_drugs%3F&diff=130210 2007-04-27T02:19:06Z

<p>Tennis Sweatshirt: </p> <hr /> <div>{{debate}}<br /> <br /> ==YES==<br /> <br /> If you start with any of these, you are likely to move on to harder stuff. -- (unsigned remark by [[User:Ed Poor]], who gave starting comments for both the &quot;yes&quot; and &quot;no sections&quot;)<br /> <br /> :Please define &quot;likely&quot; and your evidence that it is true. I drink and have never used either marijuana or nicotine. [[User:Brewer13210|Brewer13210]] 18:23, 18 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :I say, first, medicinal wine from a teaspoon, then beer from a bottle! An' the next thing ya know, your son is playin' for money in a pinch-back suit. And list'nin to some big out-a-town Jasper hearin' him tell about horse-race gamblin'. One fine night, they leave the pool hall, headin' for the dance at the Arm'ry! Libertine men and scarlet women, and ragtime, shameless music that'll grab your son and your daughter with the arms of a jungle animal instinct: mass-steria!<br /> ::&amp;mdash;Meredith Willson, &quot;Trouble,&quot; from ''The Music Man''<br /> :::[[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 19:44, 18 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> At one time in my life, I thought marijuana was great, why the hell is illegal? I thought that it was much better to smoke pot than drink alcohol (nobody beat their wife from smokin pot). I figured out later in life that the people I grew up with who smoked, no longer found the buzz suffucient, experimented with stronger drugs then they all ended up with coke problems, crack, ultimately strung out on prescription drugs like oxycotin. Weed: gateway drug? you bet it is. Alcohol is a gateway to insanity. Nicotine is a gateway to a painful decline of health and ultimately ones death.--[[User:Jpatt|jp]] 21:35, 20 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :Marihuana, yes, but only because it is illegal. Yes for the same reason to a lesser extent for the ethyl an the other leaf (illegal for under-21 and under-18). Why? Well, to quote an old friend, it gets you used to meeting seedy types in suspect environments and transacting clandestine deals. If it was legal, no one using it would learn how to buy illegal drugs. [[User:Human|Human]] 21:21, 23 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==NO==<br /> <br /> There is no evidence for this. That's all a bunch of moralistic hooey. -- (unsigned remark by [[User:Ed Poor]], who gave starting comments for both the &quot;yes&quot; and &quot;no sections&quot;)<br /> <br /> :''Experts Discount Marijuana as Big Factor in Crime but Drive on It Will Be Pressed.'' Studies by the Committee on the Marijuana problem in the City of New York, appointed by Mayor La Guardia in January, 1939, have led the committee to the conclusion that ... &quot;juvenile delinquency is not associated with the practice o smoking marijuana.&quot; Further findings are ... that its use &quot;does not lead to morphine or heroin or cocain[sic] addiction&quot; and that &quot;the publicity concerning the catastropic effects of marijuana smoking in New York City is unfounded.&quot;<br /> ::&amp;mdash;''New York Times,'' January 12, 1945, p. 22 <br /> :::[[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 19:44, 18 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> I agree with Dpbsmith: most people drink alcohol (some more than others) and most of them probably started in their teens, yet most people do not became heavy drug users as they get older, it's as simple as that.<br /> <br /> :I think you mistook what I was saying. I didn't write the sentence that opened the section, Ed Poor did. I did indeed post a quotation from a news story about a 1945 mayor commision that concluded that the use of marijuana did not lead to the use of heroin or &quot;cocain.&quot; In terms of which side I'm on, all I can say is that I haven't seen any convincing reason for treating alcohol and marijuana as being in ''different categories'' in terms of the law or public policy. Nicotine is interesting because it is probably more damaging to health and more addictive than either alcohol or marijuana, but does not cause intoxication, so nicotine users pose less of a risk to others... there's no issue of &quot;driving while smoking.&quot; [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 12:05, 19 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> As for Marijuana, how many of today's businesspeople, doctors, scientists, etc have smoked some while they were in college? <br /> I don't claim to know the exact percentage, but I think that proves a point.<br /> :::[[User:Middle Man|Middle Man]]<br /> <br /> ::::Add &quot;ex-Presidents of the United States&quot; to the list. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 14:32, 19 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> :::::Add current Presidents to this list. &lt;font color=&quot;FFD700&quot;&gt;[[User:ColinR|ColinR]]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;000000&quot;&gt;[[User_talk:ColinR|talk]]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; 14:33, 19 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> I smoked marijuna every week for three years, but never tried anything harder. Since I moved back to the US in 2001, I haven't touched it. [[User:Czolgolz|Czolgolz]] 11:24, 23 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :My various addictions, habits, and chemical/herbal recreations over the decades have never shown any correlations. And none of the good stuff (like single malt) led to nasty white powder problems. [[User:Human|Human]] 21:24, 23 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == Marijuana is, but alcohol and tobacco aren't ==<br /> No, I don't happen to believe this is true, but of course this ''is'' the conventional wisdom, and an often-cited rationale for treating marijuana in a different way, in the law and as a matter of public policy, from alcohol and tobacco. Hey, Ed, exactly what were you up to when you put all three of them together? [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 14:34, 19 April 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == Definitely ==</div>

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