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A '''rainbow''' is an artistic circular [[color]] [[spectrum]] appearing in the [[sky]], predicted by the [[Bible]] as a sign from [[God]] after the [[Great Flood]].  As explained in [[Genesis 9-16 (Translated)#Chapter 9|Genesis 9:13]], [[God]] told [[Noah]] that the rainbow would remind God and Mankind of God's promise never to flood the [[Earth]] again: "I am setting My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall serve as a banner of a binding agreement between Me and the earth."

A '''rainbow''' is an artistic circular [[color]] [[spectrum]] appearing in the [[sky]], predicted by the [[Bible]] as a sign from [[God]] after the [[Great Flood]].  As explained in [[Genesis 9-16 (Translated)#Chapter 9|Genesis 9:13]], [[God]] told [[Noah]] that the rainbow would remind God and Mankind of God's promise never to flood the [[Earth]] again: "I am setting My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall serve as a banner of a binding agreement between Me and the earth."

Physicists describe rainbows based on the [[refraction]] and multiple [[reflection]]s of sunlight in droplets of [[water]]. Though appearing semicircular from the ground, rainbows are actually circular. Rainbows appear when water droplets are lit by direct sunlight, a condition that rarely occurs ''during'' a [[storm]], because the [[cloud]]s block the [[sun]]. Rainbows are frequently seen ''after'' a storm, when the falling rain has moved into the distance and the sun is roughly behind the observer when the observer is facing the patch of rain.

Physicists describe rainbows based on the [[refraction]] and multiple [[reflection]]s of sunlight in droplets of [[water]]. Though appearing semicircular from the ground, rainbows are actually circular. Rainbows appear when water droplets are lit by direct sunlight, a condition that rarely occurs ''during'' a [[storm]], because the [[cloud]]s block the [[sun]]. Rainbows are frequently seen ''after'' a storm, when the falling rain has moved into the distance and the sun is roughly behind the observer when the observer is facing the patch of rain.

It is extremely difficult to reproduce the subtle, faint [[pastel]] colors of a rainbow on a printed page, or even in a color photograph, partly because a rainbow contains colors that are not within the range that can be produced by mixing three primaries, and partly because rainbows are faint; printed depictions of them almost invariably have been enhanced to make them look brighter and more intensely colored than they really are.

It is extremely difficult to reproduce the subtle, faint [[pastel]] colors of a rainbow on a printed page, or even in a color photograph, partly because a rainbow contains colors that are not within the range that can be produced by mixing three primaries, and partly because rainbows are faint; printed depictions of them almost invariably have been enhanced to make them look brighter and more intensely colored than they really are.

==Liberal redefinitions==

== Liberal redefinitions ==

Historically, the white banner emblazoned with a rainbow was used by the 16th century [[German]] [[heretical]] movement of [[revolution]]ary Thomas Münzer who preferred the illuminism of an interior revelation to the written [[Revelation]] and combined a streak of madness and considerable pride with real knowledge.<ref>{{cite book |title=A History of Protestantism: I.The Reformation |author=Émile G. Léonard |publisher=Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. |year=1965 |pages=100, 101 |url=http://books.google.com/books?ei=v7DvVIOSHIP8UqiwgsAN&id=ozEsAQAAMAAJ&q=rainbow&hl=no&redir_esc=y}}</ref> When [[East Germany]] was still [[Communist]], Münzer was perceived by [[Marxist]] history as a hero, kind of secular saint who led the poor to class revolution and was a martyr to the cause of the working classes on their longer move towards the eventual [[proletarian]] state.<ref>{{cite web |author=Paul Boyer |title=Who was Thomas Muentzer? |publisher=http://www.pbs.org |url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/apocalypse/explanation/muentzer.html |quote=Muentzer's flag had a rainbow on it, harkening back to the rainbow that Noah was given, the covenant with God. |accessdate= February 27, 2015}}</ref> In his 1926 essay ''“The Next Heresy”'', [[Gilbert Keith Chesterton]] expressed his opinion that the "madness of tomorrow" will have to do with an attack on sexual morality.<ref>{{cite web

Historically, the white banner emblazoned with a rainbow was used by the 16th century [[German]] [[heretical]] movement of [[revolution]]ary Thomas Münzer who preferred the illuminism of an interior revelation to the written [[Revelation]] and combined a streak of madness and considerable pride with real knowledge.<ref>{{cite book |title=A History of Protestantism: I.The Reformation |author=Émile G. Léonard |publisher=Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. |year=1965 |pages=100, 101 |url=http://books.google.com/books?ei=v7DvVIOSHIP8UqiwgsAN&id=ozEsAQAAMAAJ&q=rainbow&hl=no&redir_esc=y}}</ref> When [[East Germany]] was still [[Communist]], Münzer was perceived by [[Marxist]] history as a hero, kind of secular saint who led the poor to class revolution and was a martyr to the cause of the working classes on their longer move towards the eventual [[proletarian]] state.<ref>{{cite web |author=Paul Boyer |title=Who was Thomas Muentzer? |publisher=http://www.pbs.org |url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/apocalypse/explanation/muentzer.html |quote=Muentzer's flag had a rainbow on it, harkening back to the rainbow that Noah was given, the covenant with God. |accessdate= February 27, 2015}}</ref> In his 1926 essay ''“The Next Heresy”'', [[Gilbert Keith Chesterton]] expressed his opinion that the "madness of tomorrow" will have to do with an attack on sexual morality.<ref>{{cite web

|quote=For the next great heresy is going to be simply an attack on morality; and especially on sexual morality. And it is coming, not from a few Socialists surviving from the [[Fabian Society]], but from the living exultant energy of the rich resolved to enjoy themselves at last, with neither Popery nor [[Puritans|Puritanism]] nor [[Socialism]] to hold them back … The madness of tomorrow is not in Moscow, but much more in Manhattan.

|quote=For the next great heresy is going to be simply an attack on morality; and especially on sexual morality. And it is coming, not from a few Socialists surviving from the [[Fabian Society]], but from the living exultant energy of the rich resolved to enjoy themselves at last, with neither Popery nor [[Puritans|Puritanism]] nor [[Socialism]] to hold them back … The madness of tomorrow is not in Moscow, but much more in Manhattan.

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Over the last few decades, a rainbow has also been used as a symbol of [[homosexuality]], specifically the display of a "rainbow flag" showing several color bands. It is a prime example of the corrupting influence of homosexuality on language. The policy of [[LGBT]]I [[gleichschaltung]] attacking the genuine [[Christian]] [[faith]] included also an effort to rewrite the [[Bible]] in the [[Gnosticism#Gnostic traits in LGBT Ideology|gnostic]] spirit that has resulted in the so-called '''Queen James Bible''', which is emblazoned with a large rainbow cross on the front cover.<ref>{{cite web|title=Queen James Bible Claims To Be First-Ever 'Gay Bible,' But Some Say It Rewrites Scripture|author=Meredith Bennett-Smith|publisher=msnNOW.com|date=12/18/2012|accessdate=24/02/2013|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/18/queen-james-bible-claims-first-ever-gay-bible_n_2324962.html|quote=}}</ref> [[Scott Lively]] and Kevin Abrams argue in their book ''The Pink Swastika: Homosexuality in Nazi Party'' that the homosexual movement changed their symbol to the rainbow flag from the pink triangle when they tried to invest in a campaign to equate homosexuals with [[Jew]]s as [[Nazi]] victims in order to exploit the [[Holocaust]] for their political advantage but were challenged with research suggesting that the Nazi Party was conceived, organized and controlled throughout its short history by masculine-oriented male homosexuals who hid their sexual proclivities from the public. After this disclosure of Nazi history, homosexual community stopped talking about the Nazis almost entirely.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Pink Swastika: Homosexuality in Nazi Party |author=Scott Lively and Kevin Abrams |edition=The 5th Edition for Internet |url=http://www.thepinkswastika.com  |quote=If The Pink Swastika were the "pack of lies" the homosexual movement claims it is, the book would not have influenced their "Gay Holocaust" strategy in the smallest degree. It would have been easy to discredit and disregard. Instead, how did the "gay" leaders respond to its challenge? They stopped talking about the Nazis almost entirely and changed their symbol from the pink triangle to the rainbow flag.}}</ref>

Over the last few decades, a rainbow has also been used as a symbol of [[homosexuality]], specifically the display of a "rainbow flag" showing several color bands. It is a prime example of the corrupting influence of homosexuality on language. The policy of [[LGBT]]I [[gleichschaltung]] attacking the genuine [[Christian]] [[faith]] included also an effort to rewrite the [[Bible]] in the [[Gnosticism#Gnostic traits in LGBT Ideology|gnostic]] spirit that has resulted in the so-called '''Queen James Bible''', which is emblazoned with a large rainbow cross on the front cover.<ref>{{cite web|title=Queen James Bible Claims To Be First-Ever 'Gay Bible,' But Some Say It Rewrites Scripture|author=Meredith Bennett-Smith|publisher=msnNOW.com|date=12/18/2012|accessdate=24/02/2013|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/18/queen-james-bible-claims-first-ever-gay-bible_n_2324962.html|quote=}}</ref> [[Scott Lively]] and Kevin Abrams argue in their book ''The Pink Swastika: Homosexuality in Nazi Party'' that the homosexual movement changed their symbol to the rainbow flag from the pink triangle when they tried to invest in a campaign to equate homosexuals with [[Jew]]s as [[Nazi]] victims in order to exploit the [[Holocaust]] for their political advantage but were challenged with research suggesting that the Nazi Party was conceived, organized and controlled throughout its short history by masculine-oriented male homosexuals who hid their sexual proclivities from the public. After this disclosure of Nazi history, homosexual community stopped talking about the Nazis almost entirely.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Pink Swastika: Homosexuality in Nazi Party |author=Scott Lively and Kevin Abrams |edition=The 5th Edition for Internet |url=http://www.thepinkswastika.com  |quote=If The Pink Swastika were the "pack of lies" the homosexual movement claims it is, the book would not have influenced their "Gay Holocaust" strategy in the smallest degree. It would have been easy to discredit and disregard. Instead, how did the "gay" leaders respond to its challenge? They stopped talking about the Nazis almost entirely and changed their symbol from the pink triangle to the rainbow flag.}}</ref>