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Hinduism

2007-07-07T22:35:49Z

Bdam:

'''Hinduism''' is the fourth largest religion in the world<ref> The largest being Christianity, Islam, Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist, and Hinduism, in that order[http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html]</ref>. Unfortunately, while the beliefs of many Hindus are sincere, they are worshipping a false religion, which is immoral. Only those who believe in Jesus Christ will share in the glory of the forever hereafter. Hinduism is the first [[Dharmic religion]]. It can be called "the religion of India;" about 800 million of the world's 1000 million Hindus live in India, and about 80 percent of Indians are Hindus.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.net/religiondata/Brief_analysis.pdf Census of India, religion data, brief analysis (PDF)]; "At the national level, of 1028 million population, 828 million (80.5 percent) have returned their religion as Hindus followed by 138 million (13.4 percent) as Muslims and 24 millions (2.3 percent) Christians. 19 million (1.9 percent) persons follow Sikh religion; 8 million (0.8 percent) are Buddhists and 4.2 million (0.4 percent) are Jains as per the 2001 Census. In addition to these, 6.6 million belong to ‘Other Religions and Persuasions’ including tribal religions which are not part of the six main religions stated above. About seven lakh (or 0.7 million) persons have not stated their
religion."</ref>

It dates back to the ancient days. Hindus believe in reincarnation and eventual unity with what is known as [[Brahman]] as well as respect for all life forms. Their holy writings are known as the [[Vedas]]. The goal of Hindus is to advance to higher caste in next life through "[[karma]]" and achieve unity with Brahma.

In 1966, the Supreme Court of India defined what Hinduism is for legal purposes:

1. Belief in the authority of the Vedas (an ancient hymns to the gods, written in Sanskrit). The oldest collection of hymns in the Vedas is the Rig Veda, which was written between 1800 and 1300 B.C. The greatest Veda hymn is the “Bhagavad Gita,” a section in the Mahabharata concerning life’s never-ending spiritual journey towards perfection, to be attained by adhering to a code of conduct. The Bhagavad Gita is a spiritual guide to life’s problems, like the parable in Christianity.

2. Spirit of tolerance and willingness to understand and respect an opponent’s view.

3. Belief in world rhythms: long periods of creation, maintenance and dissolution follow each other in endless succession.

4. Belief in reincarnation (rebirth) and pre-existence.

5. Belief that there are many ways to salvation.

6. Unlike most other religions, Hinduism is not defined by a specific set of philosophical concepts.

7. Belief in one god. Contrary to popular belief, Hinduism is not a polytheistic religion. The Vedas, the primary Hindu holy scriptures states that there is only one God but can manifest in many forms. This is the reason why there are many deities. A common example used to explain this is that an individual can be called different names depending on the relationship has with another. A man can be a son to his parents, a nephew to his uncle, a father to his son, and a husband to his wife all at the same time. None of these different relationships suggest multiple people but rather different aspects of one person. The same is applied to God in Hinduism, which has no form and is infinite. Hindus may call God, Paratman(Supreme Soul), Brahmana(Eternal Spirit), or Ishvara(Supreme Lord). Deities have various names but represent aspects of God that manifest in the world. For example Agni(fire, Divine spark), Vayu(wind, or breath which could mean life force, Indra(in mythology king of gods but also refers to the senses such as vision, hearing, touch, taste), Lakshmi(fortune).

For more on Hinduism, see [[World History Lecture Three]].

==References==
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[[Category:Hinduism]]

Hinduism

2007-07-07T22:34:50Z

Bdam:

'''Hinduism''' is the fourth largest religion in the world<ref> Unfortunately, while the beliefs of many Hindus are sincere, they are worshipping a false religion, which is immoral. Only those who believe in Jesus Christ will share in the glory of the forever hereafter. The largest being Christianity, Islam, Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist, and Hinduism, in that order[http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html]</ref>. Hinduism is the first [[Dharmic religion]]. It can be called "the religion of India;" about 800 million of the world's 1000 million Hindus live in India, and about 80 percent of Indians are Hindus.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.net/religiondata/Brief_analysis.pdf Census of India, religion data, brief analysis (PDF)]; "At the national level, of 1028 million population, 828 million (80.5 percent) have returned their religion as Hindus followed by 138 million (13.4 percent) as Muslims and 24 millions (2.3 percent) Christians. 19 million (1.9 percent) persons follow Sikh religion; 8 million (0.8 percent) are Buddhists and 4.2 million (0.4 percent) are Jains as per the 2001 Census. In addition to these, 6.6 million belong to ‘Other Religions and Persuasions’ including tribal religions which are not part of the six main religions stated above. About seven lakh (or 0.7 million) persons have not stated their
religion."</ref>

It dates back to the ancient days. Hindus believe in reincarnation and eventual unity with what is known as [[Brahman]] as well as respect for all life forms. Their holy writings are known as the [[Vedas]]. The goal of Hindus is to advance to higher caste in next life through "[[karma]]" and achieve unity with Brahma.

In 1966, the Supreme Court of India defined what Hinduism is for legal purposes:

1. Belief in the authority of the Vedas (an ancient hymns to the gods, written in Sanskrit). The oldest collection of hymns in the Vedas is the Rig Veda, which was written between 1800 and 1300 B.C. The greatest Veda hymn is the “Bhagavad Gita,” a section in the Mahabharata concerning life’s never-ending spiritual journey towards perfection, to be attained by adhering to a code of conduct. The Bhagavad Gita is a spiritual guide to life’s problems, like the parable in Christianity.

2. Spirit of tolerance and willingness to understand and respect an opponent’s view.

3. Belief in world rhythms: long periods of creation, maintenance and dissolution follow each other in endless succession.

4. Belief in reincarnation (rebirth) and pre-existence.

5. Belief that there are many ways to salvation.

6. Unlike most other religions, Hinduism is not defined by a specific set of philosophical concepts.

7. Belief in one god. Contrary to popular belief, Hinduism is not a polytheistic religion. The Vedas, the primary Hindu holy scriptures states that there is only one God but can manifest in many forms. This is the reason why there are many deities. A common example used to explain this is that an individual can be called different names depending on the relationship has with another. A man can be a son to his parents, a nephew to his uncle, a father to his son, and a husband to his wife all at the same time. None of these different relationships suggest multiple people but rather different aspects of one person. The same is applied to God in Hinduism, which has no form and is infinite. Hindus may call God, Paratman(Supreme Soul), Brahmana(Eternal Spirit), or Ishvara(Supreme Lord). Deities have various names but represent aspects of God that manifest in the world. For example Agni(fire, Divine spark), Vayu(wind, or breath which could mean life force, Indra(in mythology king of gods but also refers to the senses such as vision, hearing, touch, taste), Lakshmi(fortune).

For more on Hinduism, see [[World History Lecture Three]].

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Hinduism]]

Talk:Dick Cheney

2007-07-07T22:25:22Z

Bdam:

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==Spelling==
There are several spelling errors on the page. Several links direct to the wrong article. Can this be fixed before he leaves office?
-_-[[User:Rob Pommer| Cracker]][[User_talk:Rob_Pommer|talk]] 01:03, 5 April 2007 (EDT)

Can't we use his REAL first name, to avoid obscenity? --[[User:Ballon|Ballon]] 21:07, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

:If you mean the article name: I think it goes by what he's best known as, just like [[Bill Clinton]] is not at [[William Jefferson Clinton]] (it had been moved there briefly, but then got moved back). --[[User:Sid 3050|Sid 3050]] 21:16, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

:Are you serious? His first name is obscene? Get real.[[User:McTavidge|McTavidge]] 23:16, 13 March 2007 (EDT)

Whenever this article gets unprotected, it should be put under [[:Category:Vice Presidents of the United States]]. --[[User:Interiot|Interiot]] 21:25, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

And what's the deal with the protection? That's lame -- are the party leaders to remain untouched by the editing of the masses? Surely they can take it. [[User:McTavidge|McTavidge]] 23:47, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

And speaking of the article, someone just edited and left it a mess -- look at the fifth section, unhelpfully entitled "S:" (after bouncing back and forth between "Accidents:" and "S:" a couple of times. [[User:McTavidge|McTavidge]] 00:04, 20 March 2007 (EDT)

==Daughters==

Hahaha, they removed an objective statement about the birth of his sixth grandchild because it mentioned they child was born to Mary Cheney and Heather Poe--didn't even mention homosexuality (although certainly it was implied). Nevertheless, this statement is 100% factual, and relavant as it is the most up-to-date piece of information pertaining to the Cheney family.

Cut from article:

:Mary is a controversial figure, as she is a lesbian, who has a daughter with her same-sex partner. This is direct contrast with the views of a large number of the Bush Administration's supporters, who are opposed to homosexuality on religious and moral grounds. Mr. Cheney believes same-sex marriage and other laws relating to homosexuality should be decided at State Level. [http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/24/cheney.samesex/2]

Is she controversial? Or do Cheney opponents want to use her as a pawn in a political battle?

Are we judged by what our children or other relatives are (or do)? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 16:37, 29 March 2007 (EDT)

:He's a republican vice-president. His party is against [[same-sex marriage|gay marriage]], deleting this reference eliminates depth of the man. (He, personally, doesn't care one way or the other on gay marriage, IIRC.) BTW, I don't think anybody used Mary although they may have sought to try but I think ''she'' put a stop to any sorts of moves years ago. [[User:Rob Pommer| Rob Pommer]][[User_talk:Rob_Pommer|TALK]] 16:47, 29 March 2007 (EDT)

==Pic==
[[Image:rcheney.jpg|right|thumb]]

== Mary Cheney ==

Even though it has been widely used in an attempt to discredit Cheney, the fact that his daughter is living a homosexual lifestyle remains just that, a fact. To the effect that this personal matter likely affects Cheney's ideas about "gay marriage" is both public knowledge and instructive to who he is politically. I think in the interest of avoiding the pitfalls of wiki, one of which is leaving out facts which aren't convienent to the liberal mindset, we should strive to be inclusive with the truth.

== Broken link ==
The cite for Cheney's education (#1 I think) is linked incorrectly...should be http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/. A sysop should fix this as the page is locked. [[User:Murray|Murray]] 13:24, 13 April 2007 (EDT)

==Picture==
Could someone put a picture of Cheney on the actual article, please? --[[User:Additioner]] 16:51, 15 April 2007

Thank you for the picture --[[User:Additioner]] 13:29, 16 April 2007

*No problem! Sorry, I didn't remember the picture you put here! If you'd like, I will switch them. --~ [[User:TK|Sysop-TK]] [[User_talk:TK|/MyTalk]] 23:23, 16 April 2007 (EDT)

We might want to add a rule from the Americans for Gun Safety Foundation regarding hunting safety, to whit:
"When hunting with companions, determine ahead of time the "zone of fire" or area within which each hunter will track and fire should game appear." <ref>http://w3.agsfoundation.com/safety/r_hunting.html#zones</ref>

==What's about Dick's other lives?==
Nobody knows anything about Dick's involvement in Bechtel and Haliburton - and nowadays projects going through Afghanistan? The oil pipeline from the Caspian Sea to Pakistan through south Afghanistan is not relevant enough? Mr. Cheney was one of the leaders of this project. Nobody knows...
Should be time to open the books, to see behind the official stories...
--[[User:Turbo]]
:None of this liberal backwash has been proven true (although Haliburton's plans for this natural gas pipeline existed as early as 1983). Please post such trash on Wikipedia. We have no use for factual evidence on this site.[[User:J2xl|J2xl]] 20:41, 27 June 2007 (EDT)

==Category==
Might want to add this: <nowiki>[[category:United States]]</nowiki> to the article. [[User:Jrssr5|Jrssr5]] 14:31, 19 April 2007 (EDT)

==The Whole Story?==
These pages I assume are intended to allow folks to add contributions. A man who served in the upper echelons of government should have more than 2 paragraphs. In my humble opinion you should stomach the failings of such a figure in order to have a complete and accurate picture. What you have here is a third grade summary, of quite possibly the most influential conservative in the world. Unfortunately, it may be the very nature of conservatives to not collaborate that may lead this site's demise. Grow a pair and best wishes.

:A lot of pages here should have more than 2 paragraphs - especially if those new paragraphs include objective information, as opposed to radical, fringe opinion. Several recent reverts in the Recent Changes link come to mind... [[User:Stryker|Stryker]] 12:17, 3 July 2007 (EDT)

Dick Cheney

2007-07-06T14:13:37Z

Bdam:

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'''Richard B. Cheney''' serves as the Vice President of the United States, first elected in 2000 along with President [[George W. Bush]]. Cheney was re-elected along with President Bush in 2004.

== Life and Family ==
Richard 'Dick' Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska.[http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/1] He has both a BA and an MA in Political Science from the University of Wyoming [http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/2]. He married his wife [[Lynne Cheney]] in 1964. They have two daughters; Elizabeth and Mary.

On May 23, 2007, Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne Cheney welcomed their sixth grandchild, Samuel David Cheney. Samuel is the son of Mary Cheney and her partner, Heather Poe.

== Political Career ==
Richard Cheney assumed his first political post as an assistant to Wisconsin Governor Warren P. Knowles in the early 1960s. at the age of 28 when he became an intern near the beginning of the [[Richard Nixon]] administration. He quickly came to the attention of [[Donald Rumsfeld]], then directing the Office of Economic Opportunity, and was promoted to a paid position in 1971. When [[Watergate]] forced Nixon's resignation in 1973, Cheney became vice president of an investment firm for a year, but Rumsfeld convinced [[Gerald Ford]] upon the latter's accession to the presidency that Cheney was indispensible, and he was recalled to public service. Eventually Cheney replaced Rumsfeld as [[Chief of Staff]] to Ford as Rumsfeld was promoted to [[Secretary of Defense]].

[[Image:Cheney3.jpg‎|left|thumb|150px|Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Mrs. Lynne Cheney welcomed their fifth grandchild, 2006]]Upon hearing that Cheney had been chosen by Bush as his running mate, [[Paula Jones]] who was notable in some of the early [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] scandals sued to disqualify them from receiving the electoral votes of [[Texas]]. Her theory was that under the [[12th Amendment]] to the [[U. S. Constitution]], no state may give its electoral vote to a Presidential ticket both of whose members are from that state. [[Republican]] lawyers argued that Cheney's ties to [[Wyoming]] were more significant than those to Texas, which had effectively been dissolved as soon as Lynne carried out Richard's instructions to sell their house there. This argument prevailed in Federal district court, and Jones did not appeal.

== Health Issues: ==
In March 2007 Mr. Cheney had surgery to remove a blood clot in his leg, the result of extended periods of sitting while airborne.

==Hunting accident==
On February 11, 2006, Mr. Cheney shot his hunting partner in the face after his partner moved into his "blind spot". [http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/17/cheney/]

[[Category:Vice Presidents of the United States|Cheney, Dick]][[category:United States]]