User:Fnarrow
I believe strongly in being open and honest so I'm going to lay everything out on the line here about who I am and what I believe.
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Email Address
conservapediauserfnarrow@gmail.com (Admins/Sysops/anyone, if there is a better way for me to put this on here, please let me know. I try to follow the site rules, but couldn't find one relating to this. Thanks.)
Feel free to send me any non-spam email you'd like. After I made my promise on Talk:Main Page to provide my email address, I remembered my SEO and other website training and realized I didn't want all the spam that would surely come from putting my personal email address on a website... especially one which gets attacked as often as conservapedia does. So, I created this account specifically for my usage on this site to make it easy to maintain. Unless I'm sleeping, I'll usually respond within a few minutes of receiving your message.
Personal/Professional:
I'm a 28 year old physicist and freelance writer by both trade and training. I live in Michigan and have a very strong interest in all aspects of science and try to learn as much as possible whenever I have the time. My current obsession is learning everything I can about space, particularly space exploration and colonization with a special emphasis on extra-orbital propulsion design and theory.
Politics:
I don't really identify with any particular party specifically. I call myself a "conservative libertarian" as I lean toward a preference toward a very small federal government and am a strong supporter of both personal and states' rights. While I do not use recreational drugs myself beyond the occasional beer or cocktail, I support the legalization and regulation of most drugs for other adults who might choose to use them. I've recently discovered the Modern Whig Party and support many, but not all, of their platforms.
Religion:
I was raised Lutheran but have gradually grown away from organized religion as a whole over the past 15 or so years. I have a personal relationship with God and still follow the tenants of Christianity, it has been my personal experiences with man's interpretation of God, his words and his love which have driven me away from the physical church as an organization. Once again, in the interest of honesty and full disclosure; I have described myself as a "Christian Agnostic" but I'm not sure if that's a real term or not so I'll explain. While I feel the science and other historical facts neither support or refute the existence of God in a definitive manner; my heart and soul tell me that he most certainly exists and that Jesus was his one and only son. To my personal belief, not only is there no reason why science and religion cannot coexist, but I also feel that when looked at with an open mind they are each more likely to support and strengthen the other. This obviously leads to a much more productive society than when they are used to fight the other with no purpose other than to cause anger and division.
A Quote from Each "Side" Supporting My Belief in the Compatibility of Science and Religion
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." -- Albert Einstein
"Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Each can draw the other into a wider world, a world in which both can flourish.... We need each other to be what we must be, what we are called to be." -- Pope John Paul II
Current Conservapedia Project/Goals
In addition to my previously stated and overarching goal of increasing Conservapedia's status as a viable competitor to Wikipedia through the removal of vandalism, hate, personal attacks and unsupported bias; I've also decided to put my efforts into the following:
- Eliminate/improve the lists of Orphaned pages, Dead-end pages and Oldest pages where ever my knowledge and ability will allow. UPDATE: I have reduced the "Dead-end page" list by more than 40% (less than 420 left to go after starting at over 700!) and intend to continue until it reaches zero.
A Sad Sate of Affairs
Some aspects of this site are in dire need of improvement... Someone needs to decide whether they want to make this site a viable alternative to Wikipedia or allow a small group of editors continue to run rampant over the Conservapedia:Commandments in order to promote their extreme beliefs and outside interests. Filling a page with non-encyclopedic, and in many cases unsupported, statements and then locking the page should be universally condemned on any website which claims to want allow the "best of the public" to present the facts in order for conservatism to prevail.
