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It has the tag line of: "The Web Log for Prepared Individuals Living in Uncertain Times."  SurvivalBlog has created a virtual "[[American Patriots|patriot]] prepper" community of people in a wide variety of disciplines. Despite their differences, they all have an interest in preparedness and survivalism.  The blog has 1,441 pages of articles.<ref>SurvivalBlog Archive DVD 2005-2013. - http://survivalblog.com/archivecd Accessed December 5, 2014.</ref>

It has the tag line of: "The Web Log for Prepared Individuals Living in Uncertain Times."  SurvivalBlog has created a virtual "[[American Patriots|patriot]] prepper" community of people in a wide variety of disciplines. Despite their differences, they all have an interest in preparedness and survivalism.  The blog has 1,441 pages of articles.<ref>SurvivalBlog Archive DVD 2005-2013. - http://survivalblog.com/archivecd Accessed December 5, 2014.</ref>

[[James Wesley Rawles]] ("JWR") founded the blog. Rawles is a [[Conservative]] [[Christian]] [[Libertarian]] New York Times best-selling [[:Category:Survivalism|Survivalist]] author who lives "Somewhere West of the Rockies." JWR is the most popular survivalist author (for both non-fiction and [[Survivalist fiction]] / dystopian fiction) according to both the [[New York Times]] and [[Amazon.com]] and is a former [[U.S. Army]] [[Intelligence]] officer and technical writer. He is now a full-time novelist and part-time blogger and [[Survivalist retreat]] consultant. He founded SurvivalBlog in 2005, and now serves as Senior Editor. Day-to-day operation of the blog is handled by Hugh J. Latimer (“HJL”), their Managing Editor.  

[[James Wesley Rawles]] ("JWR") founded the blog. Rawles is a [[Conservative]] [[Christian]] [[Libertarian]] New York Times best-selling [[:Category:Survivalism|Survivalist]] author who lives "Somewhere West of the Rockies." JWR is the most popular survivalist author (for both non-fiction and [[Survivalist fiction]] / dystopian fiction) according to both the [[New York Times]] and [[Amazon.com]] and is a former [[U.S. Army]] [[Intelligence]] officer and technical writer. He is now a full-time novelist and part-time blogger and [[Survivalist retreat]] consultant. He founded SurvivalBlog in 2005, and now serves as Senior Editor. Managing Editor, Hugh J. Latimer (“HJL”), handles day-to-day operation of the blog.  

JWR is a Christian, and holds to [[Calvinism|Reformed doctrine]] / [[Reformed Churches]] [[denomination]]. He has adopted the determinist view of [[history]].<ref>"1. (Sociology) social theory that human activity is determined by [[geography|geographical]] conditions. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Geographical+determinism Accessed December 5, 2014</ref><ref>[[Jared Diamond]] states "Many human phenomena and characteristics – such as behaviors, beliefs, economies, genes, incomes, life expectancies, and other things – are influenced both by geographic factors and by non-geographic factors.  Geographic factors mean physical and biological factors tied to geographic location, including [[climate]], the distributions of wild plant and animal species, [[soil]]s, and [[topography]]." http://jareddiamond.org/Jared_Diamond/Geographic_determinism.html Accessed December 5, 2014</ref> and his view of [[economics]] is of the [[Fiscal conservatism|fiscally conservative]] [[Austrian School of Economics]]. [[Political]]ly, Mr. Rawles is a [[Constitutionalist]] Christian [[libertarian]].

JWR is a Christian, and holds to [[Calvinism|Reformed doctrine]] / [[Reformed Churches]] [[denomination]]. He has adopted the determinist view of [[history]].<ref>"1. (Sociology) social theory that human activity is determined by [[geography|geographical]] conditions. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Geographical+determinism Accessed December 5, 2014</ref><ref>[[Jared Diamond]] states "Many human phenomena and characteristics – such as behaviors, beliefs, economies, genes, incomes, life expectancies, and other things – are influenced both by geographic factors and by non-geographic factors.  Geographic factors mean physical and biological factors tied to geographic location, including [[climate]], the distributions of wild plant and animal species, [[soil]]s, and [[topography]]." http://jareddiamond.org/Jared_Diamond/Geographic_determinism.html Accessed December 5, 2014</ref> and his view of [[economics]] is of the [[Fiscal conservatism|fiscally conservative]] [[Austrian School of Economics]]. [[Political]]ly, Mr. Rawles is a [[Constitutionalist]] Christian [[libertarian]].