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==Opinion of Conservapedia==
It is a very intriguing project, but I do see some limitations in it. Now I don't want to overgeneralize, but I will give an example. It seems like Conservapedia in general tends to be very culturally focused rather than information focused. And by that I don't mean that we should address culturally relevant issues, but sometimes the articles overly address them. For example, the [[Video game]] articles start out like this, "Video games are electronic games commonly played by a wide portion of the population." The only definition of what a video game is that I saw was "electronic game." Even in that first sentence we encounter a cultural item: "a wide portion of the population." The rest of the paragraph and article seems to focus on types of games, genres, laws, moral issues, etc, but there is no other explicit definition of what a Video game actually is.
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It is a very intriguing project, but I do see some limitations in it. Now I don't want to overgeneralize, but I will give an example. It seems like Conservapedia tends to be very culturally focused rather than information focused. And by that I don't mean that we should not address culturally relevant issues, but sometimes the articles overly address them. For example, the [[Video game]] articles start out like this, "Video games are electronic games commonly played by a wide portion of the population." The only definition of what a video game is that I saw was "electronic game." Even in that first sentence we encounter a cultural item: "a wide portion of the population." The rest of the paragraph and article seems to focus on types of games, genres, laws, moral issues, etc, but there is no other explicit definition of what a Video game actually is.
  
 
Now I realize it's a work in progress, and this may not and does not reflect every article. There are some articles that have very careful and explicit definitions, but this one does not.
 
Now I realize it's a work in progress, and this may not and does not reflect every article. There are some articles that have very careful and explicit definitions, but this one does not.

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This user has repented of his sin against God and accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.
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This user believes that the Big Bang explains the end of the Universe. (2 Peter 3:10)
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  — 6,000 years old.

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This user doesn't believe but knows that evolution cannot explain the complexity of species.
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. -- Psalm 111:10
ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος --John 1:1 Greek

My real name is Tom Major, and I am a follower of Jesus Christ. I have a passion for learning God's Word and growing in a deeper relationship with my Savior. I see no conflict between faith and knowledge, and simply see faith as another type of knowledge, rather than antithetical to knowledge. I also have a passion for reaching out to the world through street evangelism and the aid of wiki software. I am an administrator of the following Christian wiki sites.

  • BrethrenPedia.org
  • Creationwiki.org
  • Mormonwiki.org
  • Theopedia.com
  • Wikible.org

I currently attend Springbrook Bible Chapel when in Blasdell, NY, and Arbor Oaks Bible Chapel when in Dubuque, IA.

Education

Highschool:

College:

Future ambitions:

  • Seminary. Possibly DTS. Still looking.

Opinion of Conservapedia

It is a very intriguing project, but I do see some limitations in it. Now I don't want to overgeneralize, but I will give an example. It seems like Conservapedia tends to be very culturally focused rather than information focused. And by that I don't mean that we should not address culturally relevant issues, but sometimes the articles overly address them. For example, the Video game articles start out like this, "Video games are electronic games commonly played by a wide portion of the population." The only definition of what a video game is that I saw was "electronic game." Even in that first sentence we encounter a cultural item: "a wide portion of the population." The rest of the paragraph and article seems to focus on types of games, genres, laws, moral issues, etc, but there is no other explicit definition of what a Video game actually is.

Now I realize it's a work in progress, and this may not and does not reflect every article. There are some articles that have very careful and explicit definitions, but this one does not.

Right now that is probably my only major complaint, since I haven't been very actively involved.

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