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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: /* Thank you for your kind words */ new section&lt;/p&gt;
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== re: Atheism article  ==&lt;br /&gt;
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If you want to replace the bare link footnotes of the [[Atheism]] article with more descriptive non-bare links, that would be most welcome. I am involved in some major projects right now and I am pressed for time. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:00, 16 July 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Okay, I'll do some more then.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 16:01, 16 July 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Thanks. Much appreciated. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 16:26, 16 July 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Thank you again for all your work on the atheism article. It's appearance looks noticeably better plus it is more informative. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 00:43, 15 January 2015 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::You're welcome.  I also like the article and appreciate all the research you've done for it.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 00:47, 15 January 2015 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Thanks. I don't think I would do the research again. Atheism is a rather stale topic and its prospects in terms of adherents [[Global atheism|looks poor]] in the 21st century. I agree with [[John Updike]] who said, &amp;quot;Among the repulsions of atheism for me has been its drastic un-interestingness as an intellectual position.&amp;quot; If I knew the [[New Atheism]] was just a fad, I wouldn't have bothered. In hindsight, it has a lot of indicators that it was merely a fad. &lt;br /&gt;
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:::My research had a ''The Bridge on the River Kwai''/Gestalt principle like element to it. Once I started the task, I wanted to finish it. :) [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 01:13, 15 January 2015 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::You gathered in one place a lot of supporting evidence that otherwise would have been scattered all over the internet and of limited use.  I think you deserve a kudos for that.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 01:17, 15 January 2015 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::I did put a fly in the evangelical/militant atheist soup by putting this evidence together in one place. And a good [[Christian apologetics]] team has both an offense/defense (Saying why other worldviews are wrong and why Christianity is correct). So some good came out of it. But there is the issue of the [[opportunity cost]]. I could have used the time to advance other causes (Christian evangelism, anti-slavery efforts, anti-poverty efforts, etc. etc.). If you look [http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=atheist%2C%20atheism%2C%20New%20Atheism%2C%20Richard%20%20Dawkins&amp;amp;cmpt=q&amp;amp;tz= HERE] and [http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=atheist%2C%20atheism%2C%20New%20Atheism%2C%20Richard%20%20Dawkins&amp;amp;geo=US&amp;amp;cmpt=q&amp;amp;tz= HERE]and [http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=atheist%2C%20atheism%2C%20New%20Atheism%2C%20Richard%20%20Dawkins&amp;amp;geo=GB&amp;amp;cmpt=q&amp;amp;tz= HERE] and [http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=atheist%2C%20atheism%2C%20New%20Atheism%2C%20Richard%20%20Dawkins&amp;amp;geo=AU&amp;amp;cmpt=q&amp;amp;tz= HERE] and [http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=atheist&amp;amp;cmpt=q&amp;amp;tz= HERE] and [http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=atheist&amp;amp;geo=US&amp;amp;cmpt=q&amp;amp;tz= HERE] and at the [[global atheism]] article, it does seem like atheism is losing steam in the world, the US, the UK and Australia in recent years.  &lt;br /&gt;
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:::::Part of this downward trend is due to Christian efforts and a lot of it is due to atheists shooting themselves in the foot through their ill behavior and infighting (see: [[Atheist movement]] and [[Elevatorgate]]).  In addition, the more we know about the physical world and about the nature of man, the less plausible atheism is. In addition, the atheist community has largely [[Atheism and politics|allied itself with the left end of the political spectrum]] and in recent years, the left has not fared very well. And high sovereign debt around the world in developed countries, makes the left's prospects dimmer. Austerity measures are often not something a country chooses. It is something that is forced upon them. And austerity measures and leftism are not a good match. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 17:01, 15 January 2015 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
I just noticed something.  If you look at those graphs, you will see that upward part of the graphs correlate with the rise of [[New Atheism]] and the political left (Obama, etc. etc.), but the descent of the graphs is correlated with the fall of the [[New Atheism]] and the political left losing favor. I didn't notice the political aspect until just now. Christendom has a higher degree of diversity in terms of politics due to its high geographic diversity. Like I am politically to the right within the multiple Christian editors of User: Conservate-ism and politically to the right of former admin Philip Rayment for example. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 17:20, 15 January 2015 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Great job and small request ==&lt;br /&gt;
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You are doing a superb job as far as the atheism footnotes. &lt;br /&gt;
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I have a small request as far as the atheism article footnotes.  For various reasons, I try to keep all the links on the page highly relevant. Like all the links going to the specific source pages. So if you could avoid the links going to the home pages of the news websites (or other websites), I would appreciate it. &lt;br /&gt;
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The article is going to look fantastic when the footnoting is finished and it will be more helpful to readers as well. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 21:28, 17 July 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Okay, I'll compress them if you like.  Thanks for the compliments.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 21:40, 17 July 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::OK, I just compressed one.  The footnote to the Marxism website. You can see what I did. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 21:59, 17 July 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== re: two other articles ==&lt;br /&gt;
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After you finish footnoting the atheism article, consider footnoting the [[evolution]] and [[homosexuality]] articles because those articles are popular articles too. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 20:11, 20 July 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Thank you.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 20:05, 20 July 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== footnotes - atheism article ==&lt;br /&gt;
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The only reason I changed one of the footnotes in the article is because I found a better source. Your footnoting is excellent and makes the article more user friendly which is important. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 17:29, 21 July 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Thank you, I was just about to ask you about that change.  And thank you for the compliments.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 17:33, 21 July 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::The [[Evolution]] article is probably the most popular article on this website.  And the topic is related to atheism too. Would you like to do the footnoting for the evolution article too? [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 21:43, 28 July 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::That one is very long.  I would prefer to work on some of the smaller &amp;quot;Liberal characteristics and traits&amp;quot; articles first.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 00:01, 29 July 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::OK.  There is an article which has under 50 footnotes and over 1,000,000 page views.  The [[liberal]] article. This would be an excellent candidate to do better footnoting. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 01:46, 29 July 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== spammer on the loose ==&lt;br /&gt;
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See Recent changes at 23:52.  [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 00:16, 28 September 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::I'm [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&amp;amp;type=rights&amp;amp;user=&amp;amp;page=User%3AVargasMilan&amp;amp;year=&amp;amp;month=-1| pretty sure you do have blocking powers].  Did Andy not congratulate you?  [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 01:32, 28 September 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::We now have confirmation direct from Andy.  It's on [[User_talk:SamHB | my talk page]].  Go have a look.  He appreciates your work.  (As do I.)  [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 01:01, 29 September 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== News maybe? ==&lt;br /&gt;
I found this article on cracked.com mentioning 6 studies that proves that not all fields of science are trustworthy and that some scientists will do what they can to get more funds for their &amp;quot;research&amp;quot;. I'm not 100% sure if it's trustworthy, but maybe after proofreading it you guys could use this in your news or global warming article somewhere. [[User:MontanaMax|MontanaMax]] 01:20, 30 September 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Thanks, I'll look into it.  But how do you think we would look linking to ''Cracked'' on the front page? [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 01:25, 30 September 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::I guess I understand, but its rare to see a usually liberal/gray site admit something like this. [[User:MontanaMax|MontanaMax]] 01:28, 30 September 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::They also did a piece something like &amp;quot;10 things you didn't know about life behind the iron curtain&amp;quot; featuring a writer who lived in Romania.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 01:36, 30 September 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::I suggest you be vigilant with the main page as some may try to vandalize it with crude drawings using this &amp;quot;hidden&amp;quot; graffiti program -&amp;gt; http://dudl.me/ Vandals use it all the time on major sites. -[[User:MontanaMax|MontanaMax]] 16:54, 3 October 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== If you like doing administrative tasks ==&lt;br /&gt;
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If you like doing administrative tasks, there are a lot of orphan pages that need to be linked to from other pages.  You can find the list of them here: http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Special:LonelyPages&amp;amp;limit=500&amp;amp;offset=0  [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 16:14, 11 October 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::I started the work by deorphanizing the [[African Burial Ground]] article. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 16:23, 11 October 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Relativity ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for calling that missing counterexample to my attention, and thereby (that means &amp;quot;because of what preceded&amp;quot;  :-) keeping the numbering consistent.  I'll get on it when I have the time.  It will be a fairly straightforward one.  In fact, there have been very few truly original &amp;quot;counterexamples&amp;quot; lately.  I will try to eschew sesquipedalian expressions, and generally avoid &amp;quot;a stance of withering patrician disdain for the untutored mind&amp;quot;  :-)  Though such disdain is often hard to avoid on that page  :-)  [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 12:13, 12 October 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:There's a lot to be said for self-confidence I suppose.  Have at it. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 13:09, 12 October 2014 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== another spammer on the loose ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Check RC.  I'm sure you would have noticed it pretty soon.  [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 15:30, 30 November 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Thank you. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 15:40, 30 November 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== No hard feelings, I hope? ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I really do respect you.  And I see that, with your recent edits to the National debt, along with many other things, you really are a subject matter expert, and willing to use that expertise.  There are a lot of people that just fix punctuation and stuff, in what appears to be just an attempt to curry favor.&lt;br /&gt;
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Now if I could just figure out what &amp;quot;withering patrician disdain&amp;quot; means!&lt;br /&gt;
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:Do a search of the phrase in Conservapedia!  It's one of Conservative's favorite quotes.  You'll see who the original missive was ''actually'' aimed at without the substitution of your name.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 00:25, 1 December 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::My goodness, you're right!  I hadn't thought of that.  Amazing.  The way so much of his &amp;lt;s&amp;gt;garbage&amp;lt;/s&amp;gt; writing is.  [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 00:40, 1 December 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Proper use of mainpage talk ==&lt;br /&gt;
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OK, I'm going to follow your example, and try to get people to use main talk for discussion of the main page content only, and the community portal for general discussion, flaming, arguing, etc.  We'll see how that goes.  Maybe people are just too set in their ways, and they'll go back to the old way.&lt;br /&gt;
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By the way, I have a vague recollection of someone fixing the lose vs. loose error recently, and I think it was you.  If so, thank you.  I fear that I am loosing my mind over this.  [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 17:31, 6 December 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The switch over to the community portal seems to be going extremely well.  I'm pleased that something I did is already getting people to use the right page.  By the way, at the very bottom you will see a note by me about a user (&amp;quot;TheonlySIL&amp;quot;, or whatever) that really, really, really desires to be blocked.  Just sayin'  [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 21:51, 6 December 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Project ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Would you like to collaborate with other editors on a wiki project to help Conservapedia be a strong resource for a given topic.&lt;br /&gt;
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The topic could be decided by the editors participating. &lt;br /&gt;
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If you are interested, please go to: [http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Community_Portal#A_project_for_active_editors_to_collaborate_on The collaborative project]. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 22:04, 25 December 2014 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
==Survivalblog==&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you for your edits.  Don't you think that this edit [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=The_Survival_Blog&amp;amp;curid=132924&amp;amp;diff=1131585&amp;amp;oldid=1131584] was rather rambling to the point of distracting the reader from what we are trying to say?  Could you please consider rewriting it for clarity?  I think the reader can get the idea without a parody of the blog's writing style. Many thanks, [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 01:25, 13 January 2015 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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Your edit improves things.  It would be my preference to have moved the discussion to a general overview article like [[Survivalism]] and the long quote to [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia]], but I am dropping my concerns. Again, many thanks, [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 01:53, 13 January 2015 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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Could you give me a link to this? Thanks. --[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 01:50, 14 January 2015 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:They edited together consecutively within the space of one or two minutes. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 01:55, 14 January 2015 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Sorry, I didn't know that ''not objecting to'' means ''vouching for''. --[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 02:00, 14 January 2015 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== I got rid of Burke trash and other trash on your talk page for you ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I got rid of Burke trash and other trash on your talk page for you.[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 05:20, 21 March 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Account promoted ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Your account has been promoted to make it easier for you to revert edits, and also for you to have night editing.  Congratulation!&lt;br /&gt;
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:Thank you, Andy!  I appreciate it.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 22:57, 29 March 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Fixed typo on main page ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I fixed the typo on the main page. Thanks. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 03:20, 31 March 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== I don't understand ... ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Why do you keep reverting my edits to the Obama and Unemployment page? We all know that unemployment has fallen (albeit with a lowering workforce participation), why shouldn't the article reflect that?&lt;br /&gt;
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== I updated the Barack Obama and United States Unemployment article ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I updated the [[Barack Obama and United States Unemployment]] article. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 15:36, 30 April 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== I just sent you an email ==&lt;br /&gt;
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VargasMilan, I just sent you an email. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 18:18, 9 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Thanks for the welcome.  I sent you a reply regarding what you said in your e-mail.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 19:05, 9 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::OK.  I just sent you a followup email. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 20:30, 9 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Thank you.  I will check into those to see if there's anything I've missed from my own research.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 20:40, 9 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::OK. I just sent you a final email to tie things up as far as our recent discussions. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 05:24, 10 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Inserting false information==&lt;br /&gt;
When you banned me you put as the reason for my ban, &amp;quot;inserting false information&amp;quot;, what was the false information I inserted? I just want to know so that I'm more careful and do not do the same thing again this time. [[User:Burke39|Burke39]] 23:53, 11 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Also, what was my bad behavior in general? I want to make sure I know what mistakes to avoid in the future.[[User:Burke39|Burke39]] 00:17, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Well the CNN article was one.  I just remember there being a number of problems.  I believe I noted the problems in the edit summaries.&lt;br /&gt;
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:When you asked about edits to the LDS article, I thought you were referring to the talk page, but in the article you made a mistake there too that I noted in the edit summary.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 00:29, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::But thank you for your positive contributions.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 00:44, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Was a feeling that my editing was &amp;quot;liberal&amp;quot; part of the reason I was banned, or was it more so for poorly sourcing what I wrote? Because when I saw the &amp;quot;creepy bizarre/liberal sex topic quota&amp;quot; I thought that comment was odd because I'm actually far right politically on most other issues, although I guess I might be less conservative than this site in that one area. [[User:Burke39|Burke39]] 00:53, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:You were behaving like a liberal spammer.  The results of the edits being somewhat liberal made them seem more deliberate.  &lt;br /&gt;
:As for the comment, I'd just be speculating.  It was User:Conservative who said it.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 01:06, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I think it might have been because of edits like this,[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Pedophilia&amp;amp;action=historysubmit&amp;amp;diff=1144550&amp;amp;oldid=1144544], I was making a positive statement in this edit, not a normative one. A positive statement is a neutral statement of fact that is not related to issues of right or wrong, while a normative statement refers to statements of fact that involve moral judgements. I was not saying pedophilia was ok in that edit, I was saying that I did not agree all religions condemned it, because numerous sources have said that Mohammad married a child and that the Talmud (which is a book some Jewish denominations use as a supplement to the Bible) allowed child marriage, I was not saying that what Mohammad allegedly did was right or that what the Talmud allegedly said was right, I was saying that because numerous sources have said that, the statement that all religions condemn pedophilia is questionable. That's not the same thing as saying pedophilia is ok, that's  not what I was saying. And when I removed the part about homosexuals being connected to the pedophile advocates from the article, the reason was because homosexuality isn't the same thing as pedophilia, and because the advocates I saw mentioned looked like they were more so advocating a slight reduction in the legal age for sex, not legalizing pedophilia. I was not saying that I approved of homosexuality or that I agreed with their proposals. In the Alfred Kinsey article, when I removed the part saying he advocated adult sexual abuse of children, I did not remove it because it was not true, but because it did not have a source [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Alfred_Kinsey&amp;amp;action=historysubmit&amp;amp;diff=1144742&amp;amp;oldid=1144681]. I was not saying the statement was incorrect or defending Kinsey in any way. In the ephebophilia article,when I said that was not a problem [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Ephebophilia&amp;amp;action=historysubmit&amp;amp;diff=1145014&amp;amp;oldid=1144906], I was going by what the reliable sources says, that attraction includes attraction to legal adults, 18-19 year olds, so it isn't the same thing as pedophilia, saying its not a sexual perversion is not the same thing as saying it would be appropriate to act on it. So I think some of my edits were misinterpreted. [[User:Burke39|Burke39]] 01:25, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Like I said, they, perhaps incidentally, lined up on the side of liberalization.  Because...treating human sexuality positively rather than normatively is in itself a liberal red flag.  Beginning with Havelock Ellis.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 01:39, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Ok, that is true. I remember Sigmund Freud, another advocate of sexual perversion whose writings I find highly disturbing, saying that he was not concerned with value judgements, and I think that is disgusting to ignore a normative role completely, because then things as heinous as pedophilia or sadism become acceptable. But when I made that statement about my statement about religious views on pedophilia being positive not normative, I was not saying I would treat the subject in general positively. It should be treated normatively because pedophilic acts are heinous and the attraction is disordered. I was just making the positive statement that some religions seemed to condone it, I was not advocating treating the topic in general in a positive way, in fact I maybe even should have followed making that statement by making clear with a normative statement that if a religion condones something that heinous, it is doing something morally repugnant and wrong. [[User:Burke39|Burke39]] 01:47, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christian_Science&amp;amp;type=revision&amp;amp;diff=657309022&amp;amp;oldid=657229724] Wikipedia begins its article about Christian Science with the statement, &amp;quot;It was developed in 19th-century New England by Mary Baker Eddy&amp;quot; without saying &amp;quot;or as her adherents would prefer to say, discovered.&amp;quot; I'm not going to edit war about this, but adding the second statement seems redundant and unencyclopedic to me. Saying that she founded does not imply that its a false religion, it just says that she is the person who started the religion in this world. [[User:Burke39|Burke39]] 01:32, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Did you read my edit summary?  She is presented by the sect as discovering the laws of spiritual forces rather than as treating symptoms. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 01:39, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I did read it, I just don't agree that its necessary to put that in the lead. I don't think saying she started the religion in this world, implies that her claims that she discovered spiritual laws are false. And I think its less redundant. [[User:Burke39|Burke39]] 01:49, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::I don't know, doesn't it kind of provide a flash of insight that would make the reader interested to read more? [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 01:57, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Maybe, but it does not look like its neutral, it looks like its endorsing the religion's claims. Is the purpose of the article to neutrally cover the church, or to be an advertisement for the church? If the purpose is the former, then it does not make sense to make that the first sentence. Anyway, it still is redundant, that's the main problem I have with it. I know this encyclopedia is not supposed to be neutral the way wikipedia allegedly is, but I still think there should be some level of neutrality in reporting information here. [[User:Burke39|Burke39]] 02:01, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::But if the article can get a conservative to personally understand the appeal, it might put a conservative more on guard against its potential religious unorthodoxy as described later in the article. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 02:10, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Honestly, to me it looked like the statement was endorsing Christian Science as the correct religion. (Since it seems like my saying the Talmud condoned pedophilia lead to people mistakenly viewing me as a pedophile advocate, I will clarify that I'm not saying I think Christian Science is true, I'm saying it looked to me like the article was saying that). [[User:Burke39|Burke39]] 02:13, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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The article about the Soviet Union,[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Soviet_Union&amp;amp;action=historysubmit&amp;amp;diff=1152397&amp;amp;oldid=1152395], has a photograph of a cat in it. That just seems kind of bizarre and off topic to me. But I'm not going to remove it myself because I don't want to cause problems. But my opinion is that it should be removed. What do you think? [[User:Burke39|Burke39]] 02:05, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:It does seem strange.  But it was added by the same administrator who imposed your topic ban.  He'd think you were getting even with him, so you'd better ask him about it first.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 02:17, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I honestly didn't know that. Which administrator is that? I already removed it.[[User:Burke39|Burke39]] 02:19, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::You readied it?  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 02:23, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I meant I re-added it, or I thought I had. It was a typo. [[User:Burke39|Burke39]] 02:25, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Perhaps in your fantasies you did, but in reality, you didn't!  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 02:30, 12 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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If you want to review the article [[Atheism and intolerance]] and fix any grammatical/formatting errors, it would be appreciated. &lt;br /&gt;
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More work on the footnoting of the article is going to be done by the [[User: Conservative]] account this coming weekend. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 23:12, 17 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Thanks for the work you did so far on the article. Much appreciated. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 04:16, 18 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::You're welcome.  I did some more footnoting for the article.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 03:54, 20 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Thanks for footnoting the entire article. Your assistance is much appreciated. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:01, 20 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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for showing me (by example in the Ronald Reagan page) how to group multiple references together.  Our little dust-up over the number 111 would not have happened if I had read them all.  Sorry about that.  Be that as it may, I'm using that technique in the Robert Dicke page.  [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 22:17, 20 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:You're welcome.  There's a tutorial page on Conservapedia that I learned it from, but I don't where that page is now.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 01:15, 21 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::You also have the problem of not being able to find your way around the help pages?  I can never find the really tricky things.  I know how to use square brackets and double single quotes and stuff, but I can never remember complicated things like footnotes and tables, so I usually try to find a page that has it, and copy it.  So, I've been using a page of handwritten notes.  I finally typed it in.  It's [[How_to_put_links_and_footnotes_into_your_articles]].  Enjoy.  [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 23:03, 23 May 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== E=mc^2 ==&lt;br /&gt;
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The reason I called your edit malicious is that it is not true that I was just sneaking in previous material.  I rewrote the Cockcroft/Walton paragraph ''yet again''.  Your edit comment said that I was just doing the same thing again.  I wasn't.  You need to read edits before you just blindly revert them.  The same thing goes for your earlier reversion, when you put a redundant pair of sentences ''back in''.  You need to pay attention.  Many aspects of your recent behavior suggest that you are allowing some kind of personal vendetta to negatively impact your contributions to CP.&lt;br /&gt;
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::&amp;quot;their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei ....&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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::&amp;quot;This experiment is replicated ... hundreds of times each year.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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(That comment, in fact almost all of this paragraph was written by AugustO, as part of his battle with Andy, not by me.  AugustO and I have been fighting over this in email.)&lt;br /&gt;
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::&amp;quot;Neither the Nobel Committee nor the prize recipients made any claim to verify .....&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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::&amp;quot;... the equation had already been known and understood for many years ...&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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Do you dispute that?  Atomic weights and mass defects (&amp;quot;packing fractions&amp;quot;) had been known since the early 30's.  Do you dispute that?  Can you explain, in your own words, how the awareness of atomic weights and mass defects evolved in the early decades of the 20th century?&lt;br /&gt;
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::&amp;quot;analysis of the experiment does in fact verify the equation.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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:You accuse ''me'' of being malicious and destructive?  You suddenly level accusations of negligence on my part and just as suddenly declare the accusations to be settled.  Is that how carelessly you treat the truths of science as well?&lt;br /&gt;
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:Here's another example:  AugustO and Andy are discussing the nature of the verification of the equation.  Andy says &amp;quot;Do you really think that one experiment from long ago &amp;quot;proved&amp;quot; the formula as a fundamental law of nature?&amp;quot;  Then you rush in all of a sudden to make sure that there is a statement in the article that insists the equation is already &amp;quot;verified&amp;quot;—while the meaning of that verification is simulataneously being discussed!  Is that how you treat the truths of science, by judging the ones to be true as those belonging to whomever can cram in their assertions first?&lt;br /&gt;
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:Here's a third example:  Once you can't cram in your assertions the first, you label my actions malicious and destructive as if I were harming the article, but really I'm just harming your ability to gain the upper hand.  You immediately turn and chop the statement I was objecting to into pieces in fatuous eagerness to pursue an effort to pick my brain to see where you can gain the advantage against Andy in other ways.  Is that how you treat the truths of science, that that science should be whatever is left over after one person carries out an effort to argumentively overpower another and that might makes right science?  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 00:14, 15 June 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I sent you an email. Please check your email.&lt;br /&gt;
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OK, accept your latest version.  In fact, I just made an edit that made no change at all to the article, but had the edit comment &amp;quot;I accept that.  So we're OK, right?&amp;quot;.  But the oh-so-smart wiki software apparently drops any edit that makes no changes to the text.  So I'm telling you here.&lt;br /&gt;
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== re: Militant atheism article ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Could you please condense the amount of footnotes appearing the first paragraph of the article [[militant atheism]].  Like the first sentence ends in 6 footnotes which looks horrible. That is too many and is distracting.  I know there is a way to have the same number of footnotes appearing at the bottom, but just have the number of footnotes appearing in the text be less. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 15:40, 25 June 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:That looks like an interesting article.  Are you going to promote it soon?  If it is urgent I can do some work on it, but I am actually on vacation until Tuesday.  Don't hesitate to respond via e-mail if you need to and take care.   [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 02:32, 26 June 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::It is not urgent and can wait until Tuesday.  It is a nice article. At this time, I have some things to attend to so I don't have any plans to promote the article soon. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 07:33, 26 June 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Don't forget about tidying up the opening sentence of [[militant atheism]] so it doesn't appear as if there are 6 footnotes for that sentence in the text for that sentence. You can have 6 footnotes show up after someone clicks the footnote, but I don't want so many footnotes appearing in the sentence when you first read it. Thanks again for all your assistance. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 21:05, 3 July 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
Actually, I just want the footnoting for the first sentence of the article [[militant atheism]] fixed so it appears as if there are 1-3 footnotes at first glance. Of course, once they click a footnote, it can consist of more than one footnote at the bottom of the page. &lt;br /&gt;
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You can keep the rest of the footnoting of the article the same. Just fix the first sentence. &lt;br /&gt;
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Again, thanks for all your assistance. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 22:57, 3 July 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Is the footnoting formatting fix for the first sentence of the [[militant atheism]] article an easy fix or is the authors frequent use of a lot of text in his footnotes a big problem as far as fixing the footnoting.  &lt;br /&gt;
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:I think 6 footnotes appearing in the text for one sentence is excessive so I want to hide them in the bottom of the page.  Ideally, I would want 1-3 footnotes appearing in the body of the text for the first sentence. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:48, 5 July 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::They get recombined with later footnotes, and these later footnotes get connected with still later footnotes, so they and the later footnotes need to be duplicated.  I am trying what I think is the fastest way, and that is to work from the bottom up.  This isn't some obscure article; it was obviously very well documented by you and others, so I'm sure the effort has high enough priority to be well worth while.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 18:04, 7 July 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::I'm halfway through; it should take three and a half hours at the very most.  I'll be able to spend a few hours on them tonight and two hours tomorrow night to take care of whatever's left.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 18:13, 7 July 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::OK.  The only reason I want this done is have the first sentence appear as if it has 1 to 3 footnotes. 6 footnotes in the key first sentence does not look attractive. It is OK if those same 6 footnotes appear on the bottom though. For cosmetic reasons, I just want it to be appear as if 1-3 footnotes as far as the first sentence text. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:45, 7 July 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Hello User:VargasMilan, I am the main author of the [[militant atheism]] article and I appreciate your efforts to improve the formatting of the article. In the style that I wrote the article, because some of my references were used throughout the article, one could simply go to the references section and see all the specific locations in the article where one reference was being used. I am concerned that one may no longer be able to do this with your new formatting. I am okay with User:Conservative's wish to have references combined only in the introduction of the article. However, in the rest of the article, I think it would be best to have the original formatting restored, so that individuals will be able to locate all the places where one reference is being used. What are your thoughts? With regards, [[User:Anupam|Anupam]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:Anupam|Talk]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:15, 9 July 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I was following [[Conservapedia:Footnotes_-_technical_help#Avoid_multiple_footnotes._Put_all_sources_into_a_single_note.]] which is a link on the Conservapedia Manual of Style page.  I don't think I should have to change them back unless there is an error in the Manual of Style.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 17:49, 9 July 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Another atheism article is coming out probably  in July 0f 2015  and then another one in August ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Another atheism article is coming out probably in July 0f 2015. And then another one in August of 2015. It is going to be a TERRIBLE summer for atheism this year. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 21:06, 28 June 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I look forward to seeing them.  I hope they will be on more tasteful subjects than bestiality and of more far-reaching significance than something Richard Dawkins said in an elevator.  Otherwise, I doubt that they will contribute to it being a terrible summer for atheism.  I can't imagine someone accepting Christianity because of someone's crude remark in an elevator.  You really can do better than that.  [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 00:02, 29 June 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::SamHB, it wouldn't surprise me if you were an atheist and if you edited another wiki whose editors are often obsessed with me. &lt;br /&gt;
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::''This discussion has strayed off topic and has been moved to [[User_talk:SamHB#Another_atheism_article_is_coming_out_probably_in_July_0f_2015_and_then_another_one_in_August]]''&lt;br /&gt;
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== Militant atheism and red links in footnotes ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I have a dozen plus projects that I have to tackle as soon as possible, but I did make a lot of progress in terms of &amp;quot;dered&amp;quot; linking the red links in the [[militant atheism]] footnotes. &lt;br /&gt;
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If you could finish the &amp;quot;dered&amp;quot; linking the footnotes, the footnotes are good enough at this point. I just wanted to make this excellent article look more visually appealing. &lt;br /&gt;
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And thanks for all the help you did so far. Much appreciated. I am sure the main author of this article will be very pleased with the assistance you provided. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 02:03, 8 July 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:You're welcome.  Just remove the brackets?  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 02:04, 8 July 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Yes, just remove the brackets. Once the red links are gone, the article will look fantastic. Red links are an eyesore and detract from the appearance an article. I think they should be created only if the editor knows they will be filled in soon. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 02:15, 8 July 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Militant atheism remaining work ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I largely fixed all the red links in the footnotes.  &lt;br /&gt;
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Second, using a dead link checker (see: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/linkchecker/ or https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/check-my-links/ojkcdipcgfaekbeaelaapakgnjflfglf?hl=en-GB ), I found that footnotes 3,44,66,67,85,90,119 and 124 have some dead link issues. &lt;br /&gt;
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If you could replace the dead links with live links, it would be appreciated. &lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for all your assistance so far.[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 17:01, 8 July 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Thanks for all your work on the militant atheism article. &lt;br /&gt;
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::There are still a few red links and they are associated with dates. If you know how to get rid of the handful of red links remaining, it would be appreciated. &lt;br /&gt;
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::I am hoping we get the article in perfect shape this month. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 02:28, 9 July 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== re: final steps for militant atheism article ==&lt;br /&gt;
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The main author of the militant atheism article is going to work on the article some more later this month. He likes a lot of the stuff we did.  &lt;br /&gt;
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He put a lot of work into the article and is kind of particular about the article.&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for all your help. And he thanks you as well. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 21:58, 9 July 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Conservative and you blocking me. ==&lt;br /&gt;
I do not want to be offensive but every time I come back on here you reblock me. The first time I was unblocked you reblocked me for trolling, but did not specify what you meant by that. The second time I came back Conservative reblocked me for changing the hyphens in my signature on sexuality article talk pages. I do not feel that violated the topic ban in that area, because hyphens surely have nothing to do with the meaning of what I wrote there. Changing my signature is surely not making statements or asking questions of any kind about sexuality.Paul Bustion 15:10, 19 July 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Burke39, do not edit any Conservapedia articles related to sexuality and do not edit their talk pages. VargasMilan and I are in agreement that some of the material you created on these topics was errant and we don't want to spend additional time monitoring your edits on topics related to sexuality. Topics related to sexuality are often sensitive and can easily offend readers - especially when they are errant. &lt;br /&gt;
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:Topical areas outside of sexuality are a vast universe of topics. There should be no shortage of contributions you can make to Conservapedia. &lt;br /&gt;
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:VargasMilan and I do not want to discuss this matter with you further. If you want to appeal this matter, please contact the owner of Conservapedia at: [[User talk:Aschlafly]]. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:53, 19 July 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== I sent you an email ==&lt;br /&gt;
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VargasMilan, I just sent you an email. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 18:48, 19 July 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Thank you and new atheism article are coming in August and henceforth ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thank you for your continued efforts to footnote that various atheism articles. It is very much appreciated. &lt;br /&gt;
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Starting in about August/September and henceforth, additional atheism articles will added to Conservapedia. And the new articles will be original content. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 09:45, 28 July 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:You're welcome.  I have profited from reading your articles, and I am sure many others have as well, so I am looking forward to the new ones. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] 15:08, 28 July 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Xephos ==&lt;br /&gt;
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You may wish to look into this individual and their bad faith edit to [[Creationism]] [[User:FFAF|FFAF]] ([[User talk:FFAF|talk]]) 23:15, 6 August 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Good block ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Good recent block based on the similarity of the name.  Well done.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 23:49, 7 August 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Terrific block and reverts ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Terrific block and reverts a little while ago!--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 16:35, 12 August 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:You're welcome, Andy.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) 16:38, 12 August 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Humanperson has a permanent topical ban as far as editing atheism/evolution articles and their associated talk pages. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 01:22, 5 September 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==The Pope and Climate Change==&lt;br /&gt;
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I don't really understood why you reverted the section about Pope Francis and his views on climate change for &amp;quot;liberal POV&amp;quot;.  The Pope has really publicly come out and called for actions to fight climate change.  He's made it a big part of his pastoral mission.  Whether he's right or wrong to hold those views is another question, of course.  But it's not a liberal edit to point out that he holds those views. --[[User:Whizkid|Whizkid]] ([[User talk:Whizkid|talk]]) 23:44, 28 September 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::So, I guess the question is, how do we best edit the section to keep the Pope's views on climate change in, while at the same time, removing whatever bias exists?  I can try to make an attempt at it tomorrow, if you'd like.--[[User:Whizkid|Whizkid]] ([[User talk:Whizkid|talk]]) 00:01, 29 September 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Made the change you requested about  Brent Bozell on the main page. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 09:47, 23 October 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Thank you.  Bozell somehow has the time to run multiple organizations, and the one you happened to mention there is new to me.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) 17:18, 23 October 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Marriage article - please explain ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi Vargas, I'm not sure why you reverted my edits (twice) as you didn't provide an explanation. If you're not happy with the way it's written, why not alter it? If you don't believe that gay marriage is now legal in the United States ... well, I'm afraid it is for the time being. If that changes we can update the article again. Anyway, at least let me know what the issue is so that I may make a better contribution. [[User:RyanFT|RyanFT]] ([[User talk:RyanFT|talk]]) 07:46, 24 October 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:You haven't even read the article you're editing.  It says in the first paragraph the only true marriages are between a man and a woman.  Secondly, even if you accept a very different definition, the court case that determined that isn't a state law because of the constitutional separation of powers.  Finally even if you insist that the court case compels a state law, the law doesn't &amp;quot;legalize&amp;quot; this very different definition of marriage; beforehand it wasn't at all illegal to perform a private ceremony based on it.  And frankly you don't seem afraid at all to think about marriage in these strange new ways.  In fact you seem eager to assert them as quickly and broadly as possible! [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) 08:20, 24 October 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Well, given that the section is entitled the &amp;quot;Modern history of marriage law&amp;quot;, how would you suggest I re-word my entry to reflect the Supreme Court's decision? I'm sure you'd agree it is a significant enough event to be mentioned in that section of that article. [[User:RyanFT|RyanFT]] ([[User talk:RyanFT|talk]]) 08:34, 24 October 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::The owner of this website noted that the decision is subject to review.  It's a significant &amp;quot;event&amp;quot; just as any government overreach is but not necessarily as anything new relating to the definition of marriage. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) 08:41, 24 October 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::In my opinion the Supreme Court decision is noteworthy enough to be included in that section, but so be it. Please note that my other objection was that no explanation for the reversion was offered. That is all. [[User:RyanFT|RyanFT]] ([[User talk:RyanFT|talk]]) 08:54, 24 October 2015 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
==National debt of the United States==&lt;br /&gt;
Somebody has been cutting and pasting the same long list of &amp;quot;See alsos&amp;quot; into a bunch of different articles.  I think there is a downside to a long list of weakly connected articles into a &amp;quot;see also&amp;quot; list.  First, if an article is already a link in the text of the article, there is no need to also put the link in the &amp;quot;see also&amp;quot; list.  Second, there is no relationship between the National Debt of the US and the United Nations or Obama donor list.  How can we work out what a good &amp;quot;see also&amp;quot; list should be?  Is the test, &amp;quot;a reader would feel cheated if he read the 'see also' article and does not see a clear relationship to the National Debt of the US&amp;quot;?  Many thanks [[User:JDano|JDano]] ([[User talk:JDano|talk]]) 01:32, 6 March 2016 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Could you please indicate which items on the &amp;quot;see also&amp;quot; list you view as relevant and which you do not.  So far, all you said was that some items on the list were relevant.  I then put the list in the correct bullet list format, and you reverted instead of deleting items that you believe are not relevant.  So, I deleted what I thought were the worst items, and you deleted it without any comment.  What do you think. Thank you. [[User:JDano|JDano]] ([[User talk:JDano|talk]]) 13:45, 9 March 2016 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::I had replied at [[Talk:National debt of the United States]]. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) 17:04, 9 March 2016 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== The political super hurricane that political scientists did not predict ==&lt;br /&gt;
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27 percent of American political scientists believe in the existence of God while 76 percent of American doctors said they believe in God.[http://www.livescience.com/379-scientists-belief-god-varies-starkly-discipline.html][http://www.nbcnews.com/id/8318894/ns/health-health_care/t/survey-most-doctors-believe-god-afterlife/]&lt;br /&gt;
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See also: [[Atheism and science]].  :)[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 18:16, 12 April 2016 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
== Conservapedia's web traffic is up ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Conservapedia continues to receive millions of page views per month.&lt;br /&gt;
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I have once again been shown to be a failure by that compulsive obsessive bot of DanielB. Instead of just wearing the ignominy, I thought I would transfer some of the shame by asking for help from someone who is interested in France and who obviously has Marianne's interests at heart.&lt;br /&gt;
: So perhaps you could help. I left a red link to http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Cardinal_Richelieu&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1  Perhaps you could enliven it. There are also very notable Frenchmen within the article: Colbert. Vauban . Perhaps you could also put in a word for the [[Bay of Biscay]] whose shores I have enjoyed.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Top conservatives on Twitter==&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you for this interesting list.  Would it be possible to add a source to the article? If there is no source, perhaps we could add a sentence like, &amp;quot;This list is compiled by Conservapedia editors using the data displayed on each Twitter profile page.&amp;quot; [[User:JDano|JDano]] ([[User talk:JDano|talk]]) 06:06, 7 December 2016 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Well, I used to have to drive a long way to work, and I used to listen to conservative talk radio.  That, and following through all the same people's Twitter connections to the end, indicated to me who the major conservative Twitter participants were as well as enabling me to make a list of strong candidates for those on the lower and lesser-known ranks as they grow.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Since the &amp;quot;conservative civil war&amp;quot;, it was shown that not all people who present themselves to be conservatives are all that committed to the &amp;quot;three legs of the conservative stool&amp;quot; as User:Conservative put it.  So you can't always trust what is said on their Twitter profile description and, on the other hand, personally reserved but active conservatives who don't want to either stress ideology and/or be targeted for harassment may not include a profession of conservatism at all.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Besides me, there aren't any other users editing that page.  I've tried to keep the criteria, beyond the three legs of the stool, as who is &amp;quot;generally accepted as conservative&amp;quot;.  It may be easier than it sounds, because most of these same candidates are competitively trying to gain followers by performing concrete acts to advance conservatism.&lt;br /&gt;
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:So all this is to show that the source is, besides me, really the large number of Twitter followers itself, because they tend to become targets and have to defend themselves along the argumentative lines of conservative principles.  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) 23:47, 9 December 2016 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Merry Christmas ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thank you for all your contributions to Conservaoedia as far your web article content. &lt;br /&gt;
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Merry Christmas!  And have a happy New Year's Day. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 16:42, 24 December 2016 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
== Thanks! ==&lt;br /&gt;
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You helped make [http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/conservapedia.com THIS] happen. &lt;br /&gt;
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I have never seen a non-profit website go from below 100,000 rank to nearly a 50,000 Alexa ranking in about a year. And Andy payed zero dollars for internet marketing services during this period. &lt;br /&gt;
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And there is no sign of a nearing web traffic plateau. My guess is that Trump supporters/Trump era and the resulting political waves significantly explains the boost in traffic.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump supporters seem very loyal so the traffic boost could be long lasting. It also seems like there is a reawakening of right-wing politics/nationalism that will be long lasting.  And right-wing populism and &amp;quot;[[best of the public]]&amp;quot; go together like peanut butter and jelly. :)  [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 17:30, 13 February 2017 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
== Debt bomb under Trump ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*[http://economiccollapsenews.com/2017/01/27/peter-schiff-warns-debt-bomb-will-explode-under-donald-trump/ Peter Schiff warns ‘debt bomb’ will ‘explode’ under Donald Trump]&lt;br /&gt;
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*[http://economiccollapsenews.com/2017/01/20/peter-schiff-warns-republicans-trump-deficits-will-be-huge/ Peter Schiff warns Republicans ‘Trump deficits will be huge’]&lt;br /&gt;
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*[http://economiccollapsenews.com/2017/02/13/will-donald-trump-spend-more-than-obama-bush-and-reagan/ Will Donald Trump spend more than Obama, Bush and Reagan?]&lt;br /&gt;
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Ron Paul said the USA is already over the cliff and it is just a matter of time before we hit bottom.  I think we will look back and see the 2016 election as &amp;quot;pick your poison.&amp;quot; [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 22:42, 14 February 2017 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Ouch!  Let's hope the thriftiness of Trump's Scottish heritage kicks in, like we saw with his cost-saving measures that he extracted from Boeing's manufacture of Air Force One!  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) 00:52, 15 February 2017 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::Donald Trump is a nationalist and wants to spend a lot on the military. Bill Clinton for all his faults did not put the USA in deeper in debt via big military expenditures. Bill Clinton's administration was responsible for the housing crisis which killed growth and indirectly caused a situation which accumulated debt. &lt;br /&gt;
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::Russia and the USA are spending a lot of money on their respective militaries. It is &amp;quot;cold war light&amp;quot;. The truth is that both countries face economic troubles ahead and cannot afford to waste money. Putin out of pride wants to restore a lost empire. &lt;br /&gt;
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::But the lion's share of US federal government debt creation is via entitlements. And Trump has expressed no interest in entitlements reform like social security, etc.  Maybe he sees no need to. Maybe he thinks it is not politically possible.  It probably is not politically possible. The baby boomer generation seems to have no reluctance to pile on debt and let their posterity pay the consequences. &lt;br /&gt;
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::Trump is not a fiscal conservative though and there will be economic consequences. You cannot ignore basic rules of economics and not pay consequences. You cannot get away with spending more than you intake and get away with it. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 01:29, 15 February 2017 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::The Cold War was not an active war like the kind we see being completed now.  Since 1977, the largest percentage of the GDP spent on defense was 6% from 1983 to 1988.  Now it's at 2.8%-3.1%, the smallest since Fiscal Year 2001, ending September 30, 2001.  If we're seeing a &amp;quot;cold war light&amp;quot;, we should keep in mind the Cold War was pretty light to begin with!  Trump also pledged to take the money out of NATO's hide if the alliance doesn't become more financially accountable.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Trump promised repeal and replace of ObamaCare, a program designed to cause government-controlled healthcare with all its attendant waste, abuse and non-market-pressured bureaucracy by using the finance of costly liberal mandates as stepping stones to bankrupt the medical insurance business.  It would have been a personal vindication for Hillary if she were the one completing the designs of her HillaryCare project with similar aims she started in the 1990s.  The Democrats tried to restructure a large sector of the economy to solve the alleged problem of the medically uninsured, which would have only cost about $60 billion (according to Rush Limbaugh) to give them free insurance without having to change anything.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::I didn't want to jinx the election, but I guess now I can say that Obama destabilized the perceived risk of investment from making everyone wonder what strange liberal policy he would enact next, so there's a good chance we'll see GDP growth that will help reduce the debt.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::If we get a wall, we'll also see fewer immigration-related expenses to feed, clothe, school, pay for medicine, jail or give Social Security to these immigrants and their families. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) 16:52, 15 February 2017 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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From a material prosperity perspective, I am not hopeful about the Western World/developed world in terms of a 40-50 year forecast. Governments are racking up debt and you have aging populations. And if the developed world has a major problem, it will invariably spill over to the developing world. &lt;br /&gt;
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:I just read this: [https://dailyreckoning.com/100-chance-trump-faces-recession-2017/ 100% Chance Trump Faces Recession in 2017].  I don't think the odds are 100%, but the article is not exactly encouraging. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 17:51, 15 February 2017 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Account promoted ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thank you and congratulations again!--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 21:23, 7 March 2017 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Thank you, Andy.  I've had ideas for a few pictures to use in articles and to replace outdated ones, so I welcome this new access and am humbled as well.  I'm familiar with copyright terminology, and your summary of Conservapedia upload policy comes as helpful.  Again, thank you! [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) 22:06, 7 March 2017 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Congratulations! Keep up the great work! --[[User:DavidB4|&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;ForestGreen&amp;quot;&amp;gt;David B&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;]] &amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:56, 7 March 2017 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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After some discussion (on [[User_talk:DavidB4#Conservapedia_IRC_channel|my talk page]] and [[User_talk:Aschlafly#IRC|Andy's]]) it has been decided that I start an [[Internet Relay Chat]] channel for Conservapedia, since our old one has been dead since 2009.  It is now registered and somewhat set up.  I don't know if you use IRC or are interested in doing so, but anyone with block privileges on Conservapedia can also get block privileges on the new IRC channel.  Unfortunately, IRC accounts are deleted after 30 days of being unused, so unless you plan on using the IRC at least once a month, there is probably not much point in registering.  In any case, feel free to try it out--if you account gets deleted, we can always make another one later.  If you are interested, please let me know!&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Let me know if you have any questions or need anything else, also! --[[User:DavidB4|&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;ForestGreen&amp;quot;&amp;gt;David B&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;]] &amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:43, 11 April 2017 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
== Expansion of right-wing material on the internet ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://www.axios.com/the-partisan-explosion-of-digital-news-2279022772.html The recent explosion of right-wing news sites]&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://www.nctv.nl/binaries/psychological-effects-of-right-wing-and-islamic-extremist-internet-videos_tcm31-30177.pdf Psychological effects of right-wing and Islamic extremist videos]  - Netherlands and German report&lt;br /&gt;
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I haven't looked at the latter two items, but right-wingers gaining momentum on the internet is an interesting development.  With nationalism gaining ground in Europe and 21st century [[desecularization]] occurring, the trend is bound to continue. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]])&lt;br /&gt;
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:I saw one of Alex Jones' monologues; the broadcast was recommended as an especially good one.  Jones' seemed to me like a minor league version of Limbaugh or Glenn Beck without the sudden reversals.  But anyway, I was researching Jones for my list, and the first video I looked at directly from Jones' website answered my question.  In the video at one point early on to state premises for some argument, he said, &amp;quot;I'm not a liberal; I'm not a conservative&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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:If Twitter doesn't shape up, despite hosting many important political figures for years, they will be replaced by Gab.  I've read stuff (regarding the bans you mentioned) that claimed Twitter for a long time systematically removed Trump's supporters' tweets.  They were removed from the beginning of the comments section and more lower down too, which comports with the type of ban you mentioned (shadow-banning).  I also read Twitter used to heavily promote their site's freedom of speech, which makes the individual-banning you also referred to seem so much the more a case of obstinance in the face of superior arguments.&lt;br /&gt;
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::Conservatism is a subset of right-wing. You can be a right-winger without being a conservative.[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:06, 14 July 2017 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Ya, but what's your point?  All the conservative Democrats died off.  Roughly 40% of the nation is conservative and wouldn't find a place in today's Democratic party.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Also, there doesn't seem to be any Right-wing extremists [that is, extremism relative to the whole range of political attitudes; a designation shared with radicals or those capable of using unprovoked or planned violence], but the liberal media really needs there to be some.  The closest thing to an extremist Right winger today doesn't have to do with having a compulsion to support their ideas by [the aforesaid] extremist measures or taking their ideas to the extreme, but a Right winger who works tirelessly to support the Right wing—an extremist in volume of support rather than in the aforesaid taking of extremist measures or following extremist ideas.  Some examples of these extreme measures by Democrats are: voter fraud, unsealing court records of candidates or biased news reporting.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Thirdly, regarding investigating voter fraud, [practically] no one in the Right wing thinks it's a bad thing, but the Left wing will always have someone there to deny it's a problem.  Voters pick up on that, and perhaps realize that the Left wing's opposition isn't really based on trying to apply a practice from the consideration of an abstract concept, but [simply on the belief] that it's always profitable for them to play the odds and assume that the devotion to ethics of conservatives and their imitators will nearly always outweigh their own.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::And so on with the unsealing of court records and biased news reporting.  Due to how outlandish the Left wing's real behavior is, they can bet their right-wing counterparts never would have considered stooping that low, which all-too-often allows the Left's abuses to pass by undetected, unprepared for.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::For example, the Obama Administration undertook some unpopular measure that was discussed in the news.  Soon afterwards, the Administration announced its Iran Treaty.  It would have taken some time to read, but—for a while—the common assumption was that Obama was employing a carrot and stick approach.  The great carrot of the Iran treaty would outshine the implementation of the stick to the minor points of contention that preceded it and make the Right Wing look petty.  No one suspected that [the designs employed by President Obama] would make his approach look petty as [they] eventually did.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::It was revealed that [President Obama's] strategy with the Iran deal was an attempt to overload the Right Wing with multiple [subtle] issues, together with those from the preceding measure, [and to claim a presence of radical imams in Iran, with no evidence, who shared in the Right wing in opposing the treaty.  Thus President Obama and his State Department officers would be portrayed as practical centrists, and, in addition, the President's oppositional attempts would yield the prejudgment of the treaty by interested parties] rather than [the judgment of] the Right Wing [in taking] due consideration [of the merits of the treaty].&lt;br /&gt;
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:::[[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) 09:46, 14 July 2017 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::[[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) 03:19, 15 July 2017 (EDT) Revised.&lt;br /&gt;
::::The [[alt-right]] is part of [[right-wing]] politics. They have about 2-3 main factions within them if I am not mistaken. I think the alt-right is growing.  The alt-right helped get Donald Trump elected.  Some of them left the Trump train after the election.  The mainstream media demanded that Trump disavow the alt-right and he did. However, Trump may have no idea what the alt-right is.&lt;br /&gt;
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::::The alt-right faction of right-wing politics is not part of conservatism if I am not mistaken. I think that they are separate ideologies. I do not know if you can plausibly be a conservative and also be a alt-right person. Maybe it depends how you define the words cconservative/onservatism. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:56, 15 July 2017 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Can you please contact me at: markjones13571113@gmail.com&lt;br /&gt;
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I would appreciate it. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 18:46, 12 October 2017 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Thanks and Game over,l a glorious victory has been achieved ==&lt;br /&gt;
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::Glad to hear it.  I assume this means you will move on to issues that still need work.  [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] ([[User talk:SamHB|talk]]) 13:33, 24 May 2018 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks again for all your footnoting help as far as the atheism article and the [[Atheism Quotes]] articles. &lt;br /&gt;
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Please read: [[Decline of the atheist movement]]. Game over.  Fantasies of the [[secular left]] to attain hegemony in future are now effectively over.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;We’re saying merry Christmas again.&amp;quot; - Donald J. Trump.[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 22:41, 2 November 2017 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==&amp;quot;You came back too early&amp;quot;==&lt;br /&gt;
This ([http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=United_Kingdom%27s_road_repair_crisis&amp;amp;diff=1424104&amp;amp;oldid=1423909]) is presumably a reference to my edit ([http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User:SamHB&amp;amp;diff=1423418&amp;amp;oldid=1408708]), shown in the article history as having taken place at 04:31, 20 May 2018.  Now that history is apparently kept in UTC, so it would have been 23:31, 19 May in EST, and 00:31, 20 May EDT.  My local time is EDT, so it was on 20 May.   That's what my clock said, and I waited until it was the 20th.&lt;br /&gt;
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Now, as you know, being &amp;quot;inactive&amp;quot; is not a promise never to edit, and a check of my contributions will show that I do occasionally make edits that I consider important even while I am nominally inactive.  Like improving the Alan Turing article or explaining &amp;quot;night mode&amp;quot; to Shobson20.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Hi, I am stuck on a pacific question that I cannot answer. I looked it up on Google and nothing gives me the actual answer. I can't save a page here from a CAPTCHA, unless this question doesn't pop up. &amp;quot;What is the last name of the Prior Republican president?&amp;quot; [[User:MinecraftFan|MinecraftFan]] ([[User talk:MinecraftFan|talk]]) 02:09, 28 February 2019 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::What are you talking about? You've never edited here. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) 02:13, 28 February 2019 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I tried to create my user page, but that question popped up that I couldn't answer to. Do you know the answer? For example in the CAPTCHA it might ask:how many original Apostles of Jesus were there? Answer is 12. There is the question about what is the last name of the prior Republican president? At first I thought it was Trump. [[User:MinecraftFan|MinecraftFan]] ([[User talk:MinecraftFan|talk]]) 02:18, 28 February 2019 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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This is a test. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Friday, 21:11, 29 March 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Thanks! ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for archiving the main page talk entry!--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 07:59, 31 March 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:You're welcome, Andy. Glad I could help! [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Sunday, 08:02, 31 March 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
== Conservapedia triumphs over atheist/agnostic wiki ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Have you read the essay: [[Essay: Conservapedia triumphs over atheist/agnostic wiki|Conservapedia triumphs over atheist/agnostic wiki]]?&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for updating the footnoting for the atheism article.[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 20:40, 15 April 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:We need to display Ace gagged and bound on a float in our triumphal march!  With you on the case, I was pretty sure he would get his eventually.&lt;br /&gt;
:Hopefully I'll do more on the footnotes.  I was hoping I could separate the notes from the regular footnotes, but it's taking too long to build the template, and we shouldn't have to wait all year.  I agree that was a great article you did.&lt;br /&gt;
:[[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Tuesday, 23:39, 16 April 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::I got involved in Conservapedia while [[New Atheism]] and the atheist movement were still alive (see: [[Decline of the atheist movement]]). &lt;br /&gt;
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::It looks like the zenith of American atheism power might have been between [https://news.gallup.com/poll/193271/americans-believe-god.aspx during the period between 2014-2016] and the zenith of British atheism power was [https://conatusnews.com/british-religious-study-anglicans/ around 2017]. It is tough to say concerning the USA if atheists have reached their zenith of power, but ultimately the growth of American hispanics is not something that is favorable to American atheists (see: [[Atheism and Latino Americans]]). Ultimately US/UK atheism are both doomed due to the expected rise of religious fundamentalism and the expected growth of religious immigrants and their progeny. You can get a better feel for this by reading the [[American atheism]] and [[British atheism]] articles.&lt;br /&gt;
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::In 2011, two events happened: [[Elevatorgate]] and the British Humanism Association backing out of their debate with [[William Lane Craig]] (see: [[Atheism and cowardice]]). Both of these events potended US/UK atheism possibly peaking soon. Also, Brexit/Trump were probably disasters for the secular left - especially if Trump is re-elected.[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 01:55, 17 April 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::You wrote: &amp;quot;We need to display Ace gagged and bound on a float in our triumphal march!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Actually, if you go to [https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/rationalwiki.org  Alexa's page on RW] and look at their referral traffic from websites other than Google, it is certainly possible that fairly often they are preaching to the secular leftist choir and often serving as an echo chamber. On the other hand, Conservapedia's referral traffic from other websites which can be see at [https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/conservapedia.com CP Alexa], indicates Conservapedia's traffic from websites other than Google is often from far/center left websites.  In addition, Conservapedia's collection of atheism articles is receiving hundreds of thousands of page views. &lt;br /&gt;
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:::If you asked 99.99999999999999999999 (etc. etc. to nearly infinity) of the American population who Ace McWicked is, they would have a blank face. The truth is that other than Edmund Hillary most Americans have never heard of any people from NZ who ever have lived. Ace McWicked has zero influence on editors of Conservapedia. On the other hand, there are gentlemen at a certain wiki who remain obsessed with Conservapedia (see: [[Essay: Conservapedia obsessive compulsive disorder]]). And a quick examination of Ace McWicked's posts indicate that Conservapedia's various articles on the [[Atheism and morality|immoral acts of atheists]] are a bee in his bonnet. I have enjoyed poking fun at the various follies of Ace McWicked though. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 13:15, 17 April 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::I remember in one of your articles you said some militant atheists had a following on Reddit until a &amp;quot;Faces of Atheism&amp;quot; feature appeared, and they failed the internet nerd test in front of their readers which led to a decline of influence on Reddit.  And in another the Alexa rankings you had which backed up your reports of Dawkins' New Atheist website decline after Elevatorgate.  &lt;br /&gt;
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::::I'm not interested in your voluminous atheism articles all alike—based on the titles—though I've read a great many, and some I go to, when you link to them, in a spirit of &amp;quot;eating my vegetables&amp;quot;, because I think I ought to know about the dangerous tendrils that extend from that movement.  But even with those, I'll be reading, and you'll suddenly drop a jaw-dropping fact about these groups.  For example in your [[Atheism vs. Islam]] article you talk about the leader of one of these (declining) movements who ''refuses to discuss'' atheism.&lt;br /&gt;
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::::So much for &amp;quot;free-thinkers&amp;quot;, huh?  Not so free after all.  I mean believers in God restrain themselves from speaking casually of what is holy, but these atheists boast that their logic is unswayed by all that, and have the power to employ it in bold usages as &amp;quot;shock troops&amp;quot;, then are &amp;quot;shocked&amp;quot; to find estimations of themselves diminished by insights they were once able to deflect outright!  That's progress in my book, and that happens to be what I think about the most when you mark their decline. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Wednesday, 13:40, 17 April 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
The article [[Essay: 10 telltale signs you are an atheist nerd]] received 66,000 page views. &lt;br /&gt;
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It seems as if the [[Atheism and necrophilia]] article particularly gets under the skin of Ace McWicked. As a result of one of his fulminations concerning this article, I added to the article with additional content related to the atheist [[Peter Singer]]. Ace indicated I was &amp;quot;fair game&amp;quot; because of this particular article. Ace sounds like [[Scientology]] cultist because &amp;quot;fair game&amp;quot; is one of their terms. Is Ace McWicked in an internet wiki [[Atheist cults|atheist cult]]? [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 13:57, 17 April 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Conservapedia's influence on the atheist population ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Please read this article: [[Essay: Conservapedia's effect on the atheist population]].[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 13:15, 17 April 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== The atheism killing atheist wiki that Conservapedia spawned ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Please read this: [[Essay: The atheism killing atheist wiki that Conservapedia spawned]].[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 15:49, 17 April 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Could you be more specific concerning your page to me ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Could you be more specific concerning your page to me?[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 15:00, 20 April 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Sure.  You quoted a source calling it NPR (National Public Radio).  It was really NPG (Negative Population Growth).  [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Saturday, 15:08, 20 April 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:It's in the essay in the previous section of this page. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Saturday, 15:09, 20 April 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::OK. Thanks. I will look at the citation in question.[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 18:34, 20 April 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Why was I blocked?==&lt;br /&gt;
I have just got over a month's block and the reason given for the block was &amp;quot;Inserting false information&amp;quot;. I have never knowingly inserted false information into Conservapedia, so why was I blocked? Could it be that you were confusing me with another Conservapedian? Thank you if you could get back to me on this  - you can leave a message on my Userpage. [[User:Carltonio|Carltonio]] ([[User talk:Carltonio|talk]]) 10:05, 10 June 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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No, it was just for a month. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Monday, 13:08, 10 June 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I reckon this is a good place to explain myself.  I was blocked erroneously by yourself for being a sock account.  My name was PiousOne, and before that, Pious.  I use NordVPN because I use sites such as Google and Youtube often, and I don't trust them to protect my data.  My current VPN address is 165.231.210.166, my actual IP address is 69.60.181.73, and my ISP is Lipan Telephone Company.  I definitely made a mistake in being very lazy with an edit, and I deservedly got called out on it.  I kinda hope my block wasn't partially due to me being an anti-Trump conservative, but I've got to stick to my guns on this one- anyone who won't repent his sins is not a Christian and therefore not a Republican.&lt;br /&gt;
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I'll randomize my password on this account after posting this to lock myself out, saving you the bother of blocking it.  It'd be nice if you could unblock me on PiousOne, but I'm not holding my breath.  I liked contributing here and I'll continue browsing this website, since it's an excellent repository of information. --[[User:Righteousness|Righteousness]] ([[User talk:Righteousness|talk]]) 18:48, 25 July 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:You're just digging a hole deeper for yourself.  Your earlier remarks indicated you made those foolish anti-Trump remarks to test our patience. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Thursday, 18:59, 25 July 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Ah ha==&lt;br /&gt;
Just as I suspected. I think you're anti-science. You seem to deny the science behind the solution to [[global warming]].&lt;br /&gt;
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We're running out of time. We only have 10 years to pass slave reparations, a guaranteed income, and Medicare for All to reduce carbon emissions and save the planet. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Deep Six the Deep State!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:44, 7 July 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Although he's trying to make his articles more user-friendly, there are some things SamHB will never learn, despite the glaringly obvious spectacles of AOC and her fellow socialists in the Democratic Party.  Pity poor Bernie Sanders, who has become too connected to reality to be a good Democratic politician or candidate anymore. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Sunday, 23:57, 7 July 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Why right-wing populism will triumph ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/whats-behind-the-rise-of-radicalism-here-are-some-theories/2019/10/09/d88f4c62-eac2-11e9-9c6d-436a0df4f31d_story.html What’s behind the rise of radicalism? Here are some theories] By Megan McArdle, ''Washington Post'', Oct. 9, 2019&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://quillette.com/2019/05/27/how-progressivism-enabled-the-rise-of-the-populist-right/ How Progressivism Enabled the Rise of the Populist Right], [[Eric Kaufmann]], ''Quillette'', 2019&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/08/shawn-rosenberg-democracy-228045 The Shocking Paper Predicting the End of Democracy], By RICK SHENKMAN, ''Politico'',  September 08, 2019&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/08/10/the-rise-of-populism-shouldnt-have-surprised-anyone/ The rise of populism shouldn’t have surprised anyone], ''Washington Post'', 2017&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://www.businessinsider.com/global-recession-could-boost-far-right-populism-in-us-worldwide-2019-8 Trump rode an 'us versus them' populism all the way to the White House. A global recession could take it to dangerous levels], ''Business Insider'', 2019&lt;br /&gt;
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I thought you might find these articles interesting.[[User:Wikignome72|Wikignome72]] ([[User talk:Wikignome72|talk]]) 12:29, 28 October 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:It seems like the media elites are starting to come out of their denialism and are beginning to recognize that right-wing populism is not a temporary blip on the radar.[[User:Wikignome72|Wikignome72]] ([[User talk:Wikignome72|talk]]) 12:34, 28 October 2019 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Essay:The Groyper Wars==&lt;br /&gt;
Why did you blank my essay? It's an essay, you can't do that! If you have a problem with my opinions, could you take it up on the talk page? I also set up a debate page a long time ago, [[Debate:The Groyper Wars|here]]. Can I please restore my essay, or will you block me. I've worked really hard on it for months. ---[[User:BernieandTrumpFan|BernieandTrumpFan]] ([[User talk:BernieandTrumpFan|talk]]) 16:10, 25 February 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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I re-instated the article. Please don't block me or anything, but I waited and did not get a response. You can't regulate my opinion. Next time, please don't blank the page or erase my article, at least if it's intended to be an ''opinion piece''. I don't know why you felt the need to get rid of my article, but it was my opinion, and frankly, you have no control or authority over that. It's not fair for you to just get rid of Essays with opinions you don't like. I hope you understand my explanation and do not feel the need to discipline me. Thank you! ---[[User:BernieandTrumpFan|BernieandTrumpFan]] ([[User talk:BernieandTrumpFan|talk]]) 17:14, 25 February 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::Just because you're used to making false, misleading and unverifiable statements doesn't make it any better that you do it.  And it doesn't even seem to bother you that you did.  Of ''course'' I'm taking down your essay again. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Tuesday, 18:02, 25 February 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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I don't know what you're talking about, but I know when to quit, and this is not the hill I want to die on. I will NOT reinstate the page again. But I am curious: what misleading, untrue, or unverifiable claims do you think I made? I provided 73 sources, including sources from ''both sides'' of the debate. So there's the verification. And wouldn't it only be your opinion that my opinion is untrue? But it's fine. I'll leave it. The Groyper Wars are over. Still, any time you want to have a debate about this, [[Debate:The Groyper Wars|feel free]]. ---[[User:BernieandTrumpFan|BernieandTrumpFan]] ([[User talk:BernieandTrumpFan|talk]]) 18:18, 25 February 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:That's what scary about it; you ''know'' how to verify your remarks or redetermine them if your source doesn't agree, but you won't. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Tuesday, 19:38, 25 February 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Blocking for ideological reasons&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Name Calling and Insults&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Using Article Talk pages as Debate Forums for unresolved historical ideological and theological controversies&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Unjustified threat of blocking and of massive deletion of all previous contributions (see below)&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Conservapedia:Topic bans]]: evidence of promoting a personal agenda as against well-founded research&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Conservapedia:How Conservapedia Differs from Wikipedia]]: numbers 12. and 15.&lt;br /&gt;
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A. Unjustified threat of blocking acted on and threat of obtaining a cooperative partner in plan to exercise massive deletion of all previous contributions &lt;br /&gt;
::[[User talk:Dataclarifier#Suggestion]] &amp;quot;enjoy a block&amp;quot; unless a response is forthcoming&lt;br /&gt;
::[[Talk:Salvation#Wow]] threat to get an administrator to &amp;quot;nuke all your contributions from day one&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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C. [[Talk:Infant baptism#Comment on page]]&lt;br /&gt;
::[[Talk:Infant baptism]]: general tone of sheer bulk of numerous repetitive arguments and attacks with more of the same in an extensive archive of the page&lt;br /&gt;
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D. [[Talk:Helpless babies and sinners]]: attack on an established doctrinal belief&lt;br /&gt;
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E. [[User talk:Dataclarifier#Infant baptism]]  &lt;br /&gt;
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B. [[Debate: Infant baptism]]: repetitive attacks on beliefs and contentious arguing lacking civility&lt;br /&gt;
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F. [[User talk:Dataclarifier#Ridiculous arguments]] &lt;br /&gt;
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Exhibit A above suggests that RobSmith may have indeed elicited the cooperative agreement of VargasMilan to effect the intended [21 Feb to 1 May] unjustified block removed 25 Feb by AndyS. Further evidence from the comments made by VargasMilan on the linked talk and debate pages of the other exhibits strongly suggests a similar shared hostility and antipathy toward the fundamental key principles of Conservapedia which gradually becomes more evident from the reactions of other users in later postings on both their talk pages. &lt;br /&gt;
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H. [[User talk:VargasMilan]]&lt;br /&gt;
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I. [[User talk:RobSmith]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Copies to Aschlafly, RobSmith, VargasMilan&lt;br /&gt;
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== quick question ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Nobody won the groceries.  The surpising answer to what the most determining factor to being a sign-carrying protestor is...being an atheist. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Saturday, 22:56, 9 May 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:VargasMilan, may I see your source please?[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 00:09, 10 May 2020 (EDT&lt;br /&gt;
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== Dataclarifier leaving CP? ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi Vargas, I'm just wondering, what was is that got [[User:Dataclarifier|Dataclarifier]] to block you for an expiry time of infinity before it was quickly reversed by [[User:Shobson20|Shobson20]]? It seems that the disputes over Bible interpretations just dragged on and on, and that many editors may have been somewhat harsh regarding the matter. Is there any other reason Dataclarifier might be mad at you aside from the fact that you initially blocked him for three months? I do hope that [[CP]] didn't just drive out a long-time editor, although [[User:IndependentSkeptic|IndependentSkeptic]]'s comment [[User_talk:Dataclarifier#CP_Guidelines|here]] may suggest otherwise. [[User:RobSmith|RobSmith]] seemed more optimistic about Dataclarifier coming back, although I have definitely large doubts over that. And I do sincerely hope you didn't engage in the type of bad faith Dataclarifier alleged when blocking you, although I definitely have suspicions, especially when you made humor over the notion of blocking me over the use of term &amp;quot;Chicken-snoozer&amp;quot;, as seen &amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;plainlinks&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&amp;amp;diff=1656771&amp;amp;oldid=1656753 here]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;. --[[User:Liberaltears|Liberaltears]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;'''''[[User:Liberaltears/mail|Flip the House red!]]'''''&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 02:04, 10 June 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:You're putting words in my mouth.  Don't you think you probably would have hurt Hickenlooper's feelings by making that wisecrack?  Yet when you did it a second time I couldn't bring myself to defend him.  That's not &amp;quot;making humor&amp;quot; over things I might do, on the contrary: sometimes you just can't carry things through to the bitter end. I rather made humor over the &amp;quot;notion&amp;quot; that I couldn't defend Hickenlooper from a funny nickname because its pull to his reputation was too strong, reflecting the fate of the Democrat slate of candidacies this year.  I think that thinking a funny nickname is somehow indispensible is a funny thing.  But only for a public figure, of course. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Wednesday, 03:50, 10 June 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::I think it was Dataclarifiers actions here [https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Mysticism&amp;amp;action=history] and about a dozen other pages when he started spamming mainspace articles with religious bigotry that got him in trouble. And he has been extremely uncooperative on talk pages resolve differences. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Live Free or Die]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:53, 10 June 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Regarding your response, Vargas, here's the thing: making a nickname for a sexist wacko Democrat like Hickenlooper isn't a particular big deal to issue a block over. I know this is a late response, and here's another thing (that you didn't respond to): Dataclarifier is probably out of [[CP]] now for good. Did this really need to happen because editors here were treating Dataclarifier somewhat, if not rather harshly? I thought this site was supposed to differentiate from other wikis with the fact that there's supposed to be no [[mobocracy]], as partially ensured via the [[90/10 rule]]. --[[User:Liberaltears|Liberaltears]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;'''''[[User:Liberaltears/mail|May Dataclarifier be well!]]'''''&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:49, 11 June 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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He's been &amp;quot;about to leave&amp;quot; for months now.  But then a clone of him showed up the day after he was blocked, and a month later he came back with a detailed list in order to scold Rob and me among other things he did.&lt;br /&gt;
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And Hickenlooper may be a liberal, but he has feelings too.  I'm sorry if you were surprised, but I felt strongly that you stooped down in an effort to dismiss Hickenlooper, yet found it so ''à propos'' that I tried to convey that the fact he was a public figure halted me entirely. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Thursday, 21:57, 11 June 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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And Rob is right: I presume he was angered that the near miss he was involved in resulted in his hope of more independence from co-operation suddenly taken away. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Thursday, 22:37, 11 June 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:For the record: Here's the controversial section he spammed into dozens of pages [https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Mysticism&amp;amp;oldid=1623764&amp;amp;unhide=1#Protestantism_as_a_form_of_Gnostic_Christianity]. Here's my questioning what the phrase &amp;quot;mythical Jesus invented by Paul&amp;quot; means. [https://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Salvation#Wow]  The phrase &amp;quot;mythical Jesus invented by Paul&amp;quot; still exists in two places on the server. [https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&amp;amp;profile=advanced&amp;amp;search=%22mythical+Jesus+invented+by+Paul%22&amp;amp;fulltext=Search&amp;amp;ns0=1&amp;amp;ns1=1&amp;amp;ns2=1&amp;amp;ns3=1&amp;amp;ns4=1&amp;amp;ns5=1&amp;amp;ns6=1&amp;amp;ns7=1&amp;amp;ns8=1&amp;amp;ns9=1&amp;amp;ns10=1&amp;amp;ns11=1&amp;amp;ns12=1&amp;amp;ns13=1&amp;amp;ns14=1&amp;amp;ns15=1&amp;amp;ns120=1&amp;amp;ns121=1&amp;amp;ns122=1&amp;amp;ns123=1&amp;amp;ns124=1&amp;amp;ns125=1&amp;amp;ns126=1&amp;amp;ns127=1&amp;amp;profile=advanced]  &lt;br /&gt;
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:At [[Talk:Salvation#Illustration_of_a_circular_argument]], Dataclarifier was asked, &amp;quot;Does the Roman Catholic Church regard the Apostle Paul as an authoritative source of the Word of God?&amp;quot;, and refused to answer. (Please note, this discussion took place May 5, long after the February block).  [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Live Free or Die]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:15, 12 June 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Another illustration excerpted from the link above:&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Relativism|Relativist]] interpreters emphasize that &amp;quot;the true value of the Gospel&amp;quot; lies primarily in its profound psychological and emotional impact, in '''''the telling of the story''''', without the necessity of it being factually and historically true....}}&lt;br /&gt;
Dataclarifier is using the term &amp;quot;relativist&amp;quot; to refer to Protestant Christianity; &amp;quot;true value of the Gospel&amp;quot; lies primarily in its profound psychological and emotional impact, in '''''the telling of the story''''', assuming Dataclarifier is referring to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.  This is why the question of Hebrews 4:2 is so crucial, cause nowhere does Moses '''''tell the story''''' of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus as being the Gospel.&lt;br /&gt;
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This is simply anti-biblical bigotry at at its worst, abuse of the scriptures, trolling, and non-cooperative editing. Dataclarifier could have avoided all this trouble if he simply engaged properly in discussion back in October 2019 and answered if the Gospel was preached to Israel in the wilderness.  Obviously, Dataclarifier's understanding of what the Gospel is conflicts with what the Bible says the Gospel is. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Live Free or Die]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 08:50, 15 June 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I knew he was going to eventually leave. It was hard to work out compromise articles with him. As far as Catholicism/Protestantism, it is possible to two accurately state both views on a topic as far as an article. And then simply let the reader decide. But he didn't want that.[[User:Wikignome72|Wikignome72]] ([[User talk:Wikignome72|talk]]) 10:00, 15 June 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== VargasMilan proven right ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi Vargas, I must admit that you were right back [[Talk:Main_Page/Archive_index/191#Hickenlooper_is_in_big_trouble|here]] regarding the discussion over Hickenlooper/Romanoff; it seems that Hickenlooper has beat Romanoff in every county but one, and overall by a margin of over 15% of the vote.&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;plainlinks&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/30/us/elections/results-colorado-primary-elections.html]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Also, since you were right about the Senate Democrat primary in [[Colorado]], what do you think about the Senate [[Republican]] primary in [[Arizona]] that will be held on August 4, 2020? Do you suppose McSally will easily win or that Daniel McCarthy will be able to pull of a victory in a surprise upset? The latter's running on a platform accusing Sen. McSally of somehow being a &amp;quot;[[RINO]]&amp;quot;. —[[User:Liberaltears|Liberaltears]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;'''''[[User:Liberaltears/mail|May Dataclarifier be well!]]'''''&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:14, 2 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Project 150 Million! Please Participate!==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi Vargas. Would you like to participate in Conservapedia's own Project 150 Million: https://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:150_Million_Souls_for_Christ_the_King It is modeled after Project 100 million of another website. To participate, please share your testimony for Jesus Christ our King. You can be as brief and generic as you wish; even a couple of sentences will do. Please ask others also to sign up on Conservapedia and share their testimony for Christ Our King. The Bible says, a Multitude of People is the King's Honor. So let us work for the Glory and Honor of Christ Our King by winning a multitude of people to Him. Hallelujah! Amen. So be it Lord. 10:16, 15 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
== Group project? ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Dataclarifier, NishantXavier, LiberalTears and IndependentSkeptic are characterized by all agreeing with each other, even though some set up man-traps or pitfalls with an amazing commonality of being fitted to what RobS might do.  I don't think RobS would be unable to extract himself if he got caught; I just think he shouldn't have to participate in their stupidity. So keep an eye on these guys, because they might get blocked or double down on what seems to motivate their behavior: a preoccupation with avoiding deferring to RobS at any cost! [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Monday, 15:23, 13 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:So apparently I &amp;quot;might get blocked&amp;quot; despite the fact that you actually violate the [[90/10 rule]] (&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;plainlinks&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/VargasMilan&amp;amp;offset=&amp;amp;limit=500&amp;amp;target=VargasMilan see Vargas' 500 previous edits here]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;). —[[User:Liberaltears|Liberaltears]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;'''''[[User:Liberaltears/mail|May Dataclarifier be well!]]'''''&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:31, 13 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:So you respond to my mostly valid point with a half-rant [[User_talk:NishantXavier#VargasMilan_responds_to_Liberaltears|here]], and double down by assuming supernatural mind-reading powers to somehow &amp;quot;assume&amp;quot; that I had &amp;quot;malice aforethought&amp;quot;. Is this what Andy promoted you to do? —[[User:Liberaltears|Liberaltears]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;'''''[[User:Liberaltears/mail|May Dataclarifier be well!]]'''''&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:39, 13 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Also, please quit being harsh on NishantXavier. The latter actually makes more relevant, constructive contributions than you currently do. —[[User:Liberaltears|Liberaltears]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;'''''[[User:Liberaltears/mail|May Dataclarifier be well!]]'''''&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:41, 13 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::All three of these responses hurt my feelings!  I don't even want to talk to you. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Monday, 16:04, 13 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Then why would you invoke my name? Besides, you literally responded in order to assert that you &amp;quot;don't even want to talk&amp;quot; to me, which is a contradiction. —[[User:Liberaltears|Liberaltears]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;'''''[[User:Liberaltears/mail|May Dataclarifier be well!]]'''''&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:12, 13 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::I'm not worried. The Pope hasn't been born yet that can defy the Word of God. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Trump 2Q2Q]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:23, 13 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::The latest is an alleged seminary student claims the Holy Spirit is received at baptism. Of course in all his seminary years they never had him study these verses:&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. 3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. 4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.''&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''I baptize with water: but....Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.''&lt;br /&gt;
:::In conclusion: ''we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places,''&lt;br /&gt;
:::like the people who run that seminary. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Trump 2Q2Q]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:39, 13 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Dear Brothers/Sisters/Friends, let's not drag each other down here, but seek ways in which we can lift each other up. That's behaving like true Christians would, as we all profess to be. We are not competitors here, but collaborators, co-operating on an exciting project of Making the World Conservative Again! [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 01:00, 14 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:That would be impossible, since you are glossing over the fact that I could probably find many examples, from all four of you, where, in discussions, even though you do respond, you respond only to the material that it pleases you to include, while ignoring information that is often even the most relevant.  That is a fallacy called ''ignoratio elenchi'', and that you carry it out to the bitter end to me is both weird and irresponsible.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Having entered the discussion, I'd probably have even met you halfway by answering polite requests for examples or insights as to relevance.  But RobS has stated he's willing to suffer along to demonstrate the merits of his positions, and &amp;quot;clearing the deck&amp;quot; of preliminary distinctions to cool down the argument to a level of constructive engagement had been my primary concern, just as, paradoxically, it caused you to drop the argument each time like a hot potato and take up another one, and, as mentioned above, even, at length, the one directly preceding your remarks here!&lt;br /&gt;
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:[[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Tuesday, 04:53, 14 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::This inability to stay on point is a sign of shallow faith in what increasingly looks like a shallow faith that is hard to defend. But never mind. There are reams and reams of unresolved historical debates to draw on and recycle, and continue to ignore teaching the Word of God to young children and church members, as has become the Roman Church's official doctrine. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Trump 2Q2Q]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:34, 14 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I am all for constructive discussion in a structured manner. When 10 points are made, it's a little difficult if we object that only 8 are replied to, while 2 are omitted. Btw, I also asked a question that was unanswered. But leave that. Whatever topic we want to debate/discuss, let's create a debate page on that (it's not like we have space constraints; no, we are free from those) and then focus that debate only on that topic. An example could be the Sacraments. Another e.g. on what Evangelicals believe and what Catholics believe. One could be one Once Saved, Always Saved etc. God Bless. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 08:07, 14 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I think I'll leave it in Rob's capable hands to treat your behavior in whatever way he sees fit.  I've provided him what evidence I could, and, after all, he's the one you targeted with your abuse of propositional speech in presenting what you called a key doctrinal statement in the form of a sentence that made use of double meanings. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Tuesday, 08:50, 14 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::NX: &amp;quot;Structured manner&amp;quot;! HA!. I asked about the meaning of ''Christ died once for all'' and why the need for repeated sacrifices. (A) You never responded. (B) You created an entirely pointless discussion on purgatory. (C) You created a subhead with my name accusing me of unBiblical representations, and asserted that sacrifices of praises are somehow analogous to [[transubstantiation]]. None of this is constructive.&lt;br /&gt;
::In fact, if you want to prove any evidence of good faith, you can go back and rename that subhead and remove my name. Til then, we have little in good faith to negotiate. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Trump 2Q2Q]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:16, 14 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I think there is no need to be on the defensive when no one is attacking you. Question: Are you Catholic or Evangelical, Vargas Milan? [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 09:03, 14 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Let's take the term &amp;quot;evangelism&amp;quot; for example. I remember a time when &amp;quot;evangelical&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;evangelism&amp;quot; were dirty words in the Roman Church. Now you push a reform idea that &amp;quot;evangelism&amp;quot; is to fulfill the &amp;quot;great commission&amp;quot; (&amp;quot;great commission&amp;quot; defined as being under bondage to the papacy). I'm sure 90%+ of people who identify as &amp;quot;evangelicals&amp;quot; do not see your idea of &amp;quot;evangelism&amp;quot; that way, at all.  In fact, they probably are angry about your hijacking and corrupting the meaning of the term they use to differentiate themselves from the papacy which has a long history of misinterpreting scripture. This is just the latest chapter.  [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Trump 2Q2Q]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:16, 14 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Let's talk about the Holy Spirit===&lt;br /&gt;
NX: Let's talk about the Holy Spirit, and tell us why or where you got the doctrinal idea that an infant receives the Holy Spirit at baptism? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Trump 2Q2Q]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:41, 14 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Here's  a typical &amp;quot;structured&amp;quot; debate:&lt;br /&gt;
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:Rob: Show evidence infants receive the Holy Spirit at baptism.&lt;br /&gt;
:Roman believer: Well Catholics believe .....&lt;br /&gt;
:Rob: That's not what I asked. I asked to show evidence from God's mouth that infants receive the Holy Spirit at baptism.&lt;br /&gt;
:Roman believer: Well the pope said....&lt;br /&gt;
:Rob: Show evidence from God's mouth that God ever appointed a group of cardinals to elect a spokesman.&lt;br /&gt;
:Roman believer: Well Jesus said &amp;quot;Thou art Peter....&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:Rob: Show evidence God ever empowered a body to vote to elect His spokesman. There is no biblical precedent for that.&lt;br /&gt;
:Roman believer: You're going to hell for failing to abide by the dictates of men who appointed themselves as God's spokesman.&lt;br /&gt;
:Rob: But that is not what God says. &lt;br /&gt;
:Roman believer: Man decides what God says. &lt;br /&gt;
:Rob: Ok, thanks. I think we understand each other now. &lt;br /&gt;
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I removed your name since you asked. This above question has already been answered, from St. Peter in the Bible, many times. Protestants are doctrinally mistaken in their denial of Baptismal Regeneration; just as Sadducees were doctrinally mistaken in their denial of the Resurrection.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;&amp;quot;Acts 2:38 - St. Peter declares that the Spirit is promised to the Baptized!&lt;br /&gt;
To one of the most important questions in soteriology, the basic question, &amp;quot;what must we do to be saved?&amp;quot; (Acts 2:37), St. Peter the Apostle, on the day of Pentecost, speaking by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, did not declare Baptism merely symbolic and inefficacious, but said, &amp;quot;Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ '''for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.&amp;quot;'''&lt;br /&gt;
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This statement is clear. They were to repent of their unbelief. They were to be baptized in the Name given by the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of their sins. And when they did this, they would receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. These statements of the Chief Apostle, given the Keys to open the Kingdom of God to unbelievers, by, among other things, declaring its mysteries (Mat 16:19), show to us that Baptism truly regenerates the soul. It has efficacy, as the same St. Peter the Apostle would later write, &amp;quot;by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ&amp;quot; (1 Pet 3:21). That means Baptism effects something. It is not just a bare and empty sign. It effects the resurrection of the believer from sin and death to grace and life.&amp;quot; https://www.conservapedia.com/Debate:_Does_Baptism_regenerate_or_is_it_symbolic%3F#Acts_2:38_-_St._Peter_declares_that_the_Spirit_is_promised_to_the_Baptized.21 [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:39, 15 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Roman Catholics are doctrinally mistaken that a religious ceremony performed on them as an infant makes them children of God just as the Pharisees were doctrinally mistaken that circumcision made them children of Abraham. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Trump 2Q2Q]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:32, 16 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Catholic vs. Protestant debates: I posted this material on User: NishantXavier and User: RobSmith's talk pages ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Please read this material I posted on User: NishantXavier's and User: RobSmith's talk pages.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Please stop having debates on talk pages. Conservapedia has debate pages ===&lt;br /&gt;
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Conservapedia has debate pages.  For example, here is a debate page: [[Debate:Are alcohol, marijuana, and nicotine gateway drugs?]].&lt;br /&gt;
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What I see now is a whole bunch of repetitive and poorly organized material on talk pages dealing with Catholic vs. Protestant issues that is not bringing web traffic. This needs to stop. I stopped reading this repetive material and I am others have as well. &lt;br /&gt;
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If you are going to have debates, for the sake of Conservapedia readers, have them on debate pages. Nobody wants to read poorly organized and repetitive material. &lt;br /&gt;
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So please stop having debates on talk pages. Conservapedia has debate pages. &lt;br /&gt;
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Thank you.[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 14:14, 18 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Addendum:  Re: Catholic vs. Protestant debates on talk pages ===&lt;br /&gt;
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I posted the below message to RobSmith and it refines my thinking on this matter.&lt;br /&gt;
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RobSmith, I know you do your best to bring in web traffic which Conservapedians appreciate. &lt;br /&gt;
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I have a small request. &lt;br /&gt;
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Conservapedia has debate pages.  For example, here is a debate page: [[Debate:Are alcohol, marijuana, and nicotine gateway drugs?]].&lt;br /&gt;
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Having a debate on a specific issue, would make the debate exchanges more organized and debates with debate titles on the page would be more organized.&lt;br /&gt;
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I would also suggest setting up debate guidelines. Because right now the back and forth between the Protestants and Catholics is getting repetitive. And because it is on talk pages, it tends not to be very organized. &lt;br /&gt;
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What I see now is a whole bunch of repetitive and poorly organized material on talk pages dealing with Catholic vs. Protestant issues that is not bringing web traffic.&lt;br /&gt;
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If you are going to have debates, for the sake of Conservapedia readers, have them on debate pages. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 14:23, 18 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:If you bring your material to debate pages, it will also garner web traffic because title pages of web pages are more search engine friendly.[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 17:33, 18 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Please stay off NishantXavier's user talk page ==&lt;br /&gt;
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VargasMilan, please stay off NishantXavier's user talk page.&lt;br /&gt;
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Don't be pulled into his talk page via his provocative pontificating on his talk page. &lt;br /&gt;
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Readers of wiki encyclopedia's want to be informed via encyclopedia articles. &lt;br /&gt;
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Debate pages can be informative too. Each side makes it case in a logical and sequential manner. &lt;br /&gt;
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NishantXavier's provocative pontifications on his talk page are a recipe for no holds barred back and forth rancor. These are not very educational. So please avoid them.&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks.[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 04:14, 24 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I thought that you would let me make an exception based on the profundity of [[Martin Buber]]'s thought, but I guess not.  Okay, I'll stay off his talk page. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Friday, 05:01, 24 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::That will be better. You can't grow a big amount of traffic to a website with talk pages. They tend to be unorganized, overly emotional and not very informative. In addition, they are not search engine friendly because there is a mishmash of material on talk pages (search engines like material that is topically focused). &lt;br /&gt;
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::In addition, there will less acrimony at the wiki. &lt;br /&gt;
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::The end result will be more encyclopedia articles and debate pages which will be more informative to the public.[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 10:08, 24 July 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Punish China==&lt;br /&gt;
3 months is a bit harsh, don't you think? You haven't undone any of his alleged false information, nor discussed it on talk. What's up?  [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:22, 11 September 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I did too.  It was a three-at-once revert of [[Twitter]].  You got spoofed. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Friday, 18:25, 11 September 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::[https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Twitter&amp;amp;diff=prev&amp;amp;oldid=1685327 It's not like it's commie agitprop.] What's the problem with it and why can't it be discussed first? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:29, 11 September 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Trump was NOT permanently banned, and he said so twice.  There's other mistakes, too. He's just repeating a random piece of conservative news, getting it wrong deliberately, responding harshly as a kind of glossy flattery and posting it.  Another person did the same thing in the past few hours.  Total troll. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Friday, 18:32, 11 September 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Okay, so he didn't cite a source. But 3 months is kinda harsh. How about we let him out of jail before the election? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:44, 11 September 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I just reduced the block to two days. —[[User:Liberaltears|Liberaltears]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;'''''[[User:Liberaltears/mail|May D.C., his mother, and I.S. be all well!]]'''''&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; Friday, 18:51, 11 September 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::You all know what that heaving sound is?  It's me, sitting on the curb in front of my house, sobbing with my face in my hands. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Friday, 18:54, 11 September 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::And why is that? —[[User:Liberaltears|Liberaltears]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;'''''[[User:Liberaltears/mail|May D.C., his mother, and I.S. be all well!]]'''''&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; Friday, 18:56, 11 September 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Despite my best efforts at dropping hints to you guys, the spammer that Karajou blocked got a complete victory at avenging himself upon that administrator by winning your unalloyed support.  Congratulations. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Friday, 19:14, 11 September 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::If you think that User:Punish China is a sock of the juvenile delinquent, then ask RobSmith or Karajou to use check user and make sure. —[[User:Liberaltears|Liberaltears]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;'''''[[User:Liberaltears/mail|May D.C., his mother, and I.S. be all well!]]'''''&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; Friday, 19:20, 11 September 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::Seeing his longer history, maybe not, but evidently that has little meaning—they allowed you to checkuser yourself against certain vandals! [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Saturday, 00:24, 12 September 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::I am definitely not the juvenile delinquent, I don't even know who is that specific juvenile delinquent, I just didn't know how to source very well, my apologies. Anyways, I meant to use this source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-twitter/twitter-briefly-restricts-trump-campaign-account-republicans-decry-companys-actions-idUSKBN2702C4, but I really need help in it, as I am an intermediate-to-advanced editor, but not an expert editor. Thanks! - [[User:United States]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics==&lt;br /&gt;
[https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html Voters have cast a total of 9,737,497 ballots in the reporting states.] [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 14:48, 12 October 2020 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Move discussion==&lt;br /&gt;
I'm going to move the discussion to [[Debate:Belloc, Schumpeter, Adler ''et al'']], a mainspace, cause that ignorant little snot Liberaltears wants to block you for a 90/l0 violation. I told him do not interfere in other people's discussions. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:02, 24 December 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I'm averring we're in a real national crisis.  Shouldn't we put such rules in abeyance for now in light of that? [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Thursday, 17:06, 24 December 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::I couldn't agree more. But LT is acting like the Supreme Court handling a Trump lawsuit and moreless says, buzz off. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:09, 24 December 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:When did Liberal Tears become the managing administrator?  Can we appeal to Andy? [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Thursday, 17:11, 24 December 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Wow Vargas, I never knew you are exempt from the rules simply because you are able to come up with lame excuses. For basically the entirety of this year, you just talk and talk nonstop. Need I remind you that nearly everyone else follows 90/10? —[[User:Liberaltears|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:black; background:#FFABAB&amp;quot;&amp;gt;'''LT'''&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;]]'''''[[User:Liberaltears/mail|&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;May D.C., his mother, and I.S. be all well!&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;]]''''' Thursday, 17:13, 24 December 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Now hold on, so you're going to complain to Andy because I point out that you're violating the rules? —[[User:Liberaltears|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:black; background:#FFABAB&amp;quot;&amp;gt;'''LT'''&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;]]'''''[[User:Liberaltears/mail|&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;May D.C., his mother, and I.S. be all well!&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;]]''''' Thursday, 17:14, 24 December 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::90/l0 is the stupidiest thing anyone ever came up with, short of defund the police. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:17, 24 December 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Since when is it particularly stupid to say that at least 10% of one's edits should be solid contributions? —[[User:Liberaltears|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:black; background:#FFABAB&amp;quot;&amp;gt;'''LT'''&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;]]'''''[[User:Liberaltears/mail|&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;May D.C., his mother, and I.S. be all well!&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;]]''''' Thursday, 17:18, 24 December 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Since when is it particulalry stupid to say 90/l0 killed any chance of building a CP userbase, especially after l5 years? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:20, 24 December 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Tell me, what's the difference between Twitter censorship and 90/l0? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:20, 24 December 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::Twitter censorship is based on political ideology. 90/10 has to do with excessive talking/lack of mainspace contributions. —[[User:Liberaltears|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:black; background:#FFABAB&amp;quot;&amp;gt;'''LT'''&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;]]'''''[[User:Liberaltears/mail|&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;May D.C., his mother, and I.S. be all well!&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;]]''''' Thursday, 17:27, 24 December 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::Oh, and 90/l0 was not designed to censor political ideology? You need to get a life. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:29, 24 December 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::We don't need 90/10, we already have anti-[[trolling]] rules which can be applied, technically with appropriate warnings, at 30/70. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a chance'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:37, March 6, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::All right, I will accept having it moved if you tell us what a good procedure to follow would be if there ''were'' a crisis of national import which needed to be addressed. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Thursday, 17:21, 24 December 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::That we can address in the debate page mainspace.  Too bad it's another victory for CP censorship - moving a meaningful discussion from its top ten most view pages to some obscure location on the server. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:27, 24 December 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;quot;Wherefore if a case arise wherein the observance of that law would be hurtful to the general welfare, it should not be observed. For instance, suppose that in a besieged city it be an established law that the gates of the city are to be kept closed, this is good for public welfare as a general rule: but, it were to happen that the enemy are in pursuit of certain citizens, who are defenders of the city, it would be a great loss to the city, if the gates were not opened to them: and so in that case the gates ought to be opened, contrary to the letter of the law, in order to maintain the common weal, which the lawgiver had in view.&amp;quot;—Thomas Aquinas&lt;br /&gt;
:If you are weak in a crisis, you are weak indeed. (Proverbs)&lt;br /&gt;
:[[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Thursday, 17:33, 24 December 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::I've been in this position dozens of times in CP - in the midst of an intelligent, meaningful discussion, and some third party comes along, shuts it down, blocks participants, and deletes the discussion. They don't want intelligent debate. No one in the hierarchy will listen to my protests. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:10, 24 December 2020 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Talk pages==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thank you. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a chance'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 14:03, March 6, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I can't.  I'm feeling pretty sick. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Monday, 16:50, March 6, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::God bless you. Hopes for a speedy recovery. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a chance'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:01, March 6, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I was feeling sick at the prospect of having to read the articles you asked me to read.  My ability to read technical literature waxes and wanes, a good part of the reasons into which I often have no discernment.&lt;br /&gt;
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:But this causes the kind of vicious circle, or worse, chaotic system, of which I already spoke, where my solicitude to defend persons under time pressure raises my apprehensions while trying to read the literature you  asked me to, where there's no certainty of my being able to finish it, as well as apprehensions about adjustments I have to make to my schedule should I fail to complete it, where I would have some need to re-read portions of it as well.&lt;br /&gt;
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:I will keep trying to build up the mental momentum to read through it, though. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Tuesday, 07:41, March 7, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::For simplicity's sake, here's the subsection on Talk pages [https://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Editing_article_and_talk_pages#Talk_pages_and_Archiving] from the first link. That, and the Civility clauses. Undoing an Admin's action is a no-no, too. Basically, Main Page Talk is not a Community Portal for shootin' the breeze about whatever topic comes to mind or trashing other users. There is an appropriate place for everything. Usually, the specific article talk page. Thanks. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a chance'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 14:24, March 7, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Great to see you again! ==&lt;br /&gt;
Wonderful seeing you again, VargasMilan!--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 23:35, July 19, 2025 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:You too, Andy.  I hope you're doing well. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Saturday, 23:46, July 19, 2025 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Thanks for fixing the Scripture verse citation ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for fixing the Scripture verse citation on my user page. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 23:15, October 2, 2025 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:A pleasure.  Also a pleasure to read your works on the faith. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Thursday, 23:20, October 2, 2025 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Thank you for your kind words ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Vargasmilan, I embarking on this learning and thinking crash course so I can learn information to the degree and speed that top medical students can (So speed of learning and high retention):  [https://efficiencyandmanagement.blogspot.com/2026/05/how-to-learn-faster-and-think-better_01108938287.html How to Learn Faster and Think Better Via a Crash Course]&lt;br /&gt;
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Here is the list of 48 books that the crash uses: [https://efficiencyandmanagement.blogspot.com/2026/10/book-list-for-my-learning-and-thinking.html Book List For My Learning and Thinking Crash Course]. &lt;br /&gt;
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By the way, here is an email I sent Andy Schlafly: &amp;quot;I created my [[Law School Admission Test (LSAT)]] Conservapedia article on Novermber 3, 2026. I am going to study for the LSAT test because there is research showing that it increases one's reasoning skills.  The article mentions this. The same is true for playing chess.&amp;quot; [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 15:19, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:AI_bubble&amp;diff=2218656</id>
		<title>Talk:AI bubble</title>
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		<updated>2026-11-15T19:54:57Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;I don't know if there is an AI bubble or not. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But consider the below anti AI bubble arguments:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Anti AI bubble arguments ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There is no broad, system-wide &amp;quot;AI bubble&amp;quot; crash, though economists and data models show distinct pockets of overvaluation and extreme concentration.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The debate over an artificial intelligence bubble splits between macro-level fundamentals and micro-level stock or infrastructure excesses &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There is no broad, system-wide &amp;quot;AI bubble&amp;quot; crash, though economists and data models show distinct pockets of overvaluation and extreme concentration.&lt;br /&gt;
The debate over an artificial intelligence bubble splits between macro-level fundamentals and micro-level stock or infrastructure excesses&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Why It’s Not a Full Bubble (The Bear Case Against &amp;quot;Bubble&amp;quot;)''' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• Funded by Real Earnings: Unlike the late-1990s dot-com boom—where internet companies burned through borrowed cash with zero revenue—current AI infrastructure build-outs by major hyperscalers (Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon) have largely been financed through massive operating cash flows rather than reckless high-risk debt.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• Profitable Heavyweights: Core enablers and giants like Nvidia [NVDA], Microsoft [MSFT], and Meta [META] back their valuations with substantial, real-world profits and practical enterprise demand rather than empty promises. Trailing P/E ratios for big tech, while elevated, sit well below historical mania peaks like the 2000 tech bubble.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• A CapEx Supercycle: What looks like a bubble is more accurately a massive, front-loaded CapEx Supercycle (hundreds of billions spent on data centers, power grids, and chips) that naturally faces a phase of normalization, tighter ROI scrutiny, and market repricing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Where the &amp;quot;Bubble&amp;quot; Signs Actually Live''' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• Pockets of Individual Overvaluation: Quantitative research (such as studies from Cornell) indicates that certain high-flying individual stocks and pre-IPO AI startups behave with speculative exuberance typical of a bubble, even if the broader index isn't uniformly inflated.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• Infrastructure Bottlenecks &amp;amp; Unused Assets: Reports of hundreds of billions in GPUs sitting undeployed or delayed due to power and data-center constraints highlight a dangerous &amp;quot;Fear Of Missing Out&amp;quot; (FOMO) procurement cycle.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• Circular Financing &amp;amp; Concentration Risk: Heavy financial interdependencies—where massive cloud providers and hardware makers back-stop or fund model developers (such as OpenAI and Anthropic) who in turn drive a huge share of cloud and hardware revenues—resemble historical vendor-financing loops. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 14:45, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Conservative</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:AI_bubble&amp;diff=2218655</id>
		<title>Talk:AI bubble</title>
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		<updated>2026-11-15T19:54:13Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;I don't know if there is an AI bubble or not. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But consider the below anti AI bubble arguments:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There is no broad, system-wide &amp;quot;AI bubble&amp;quot; crash, though economists and data models show distinct pockets of overvaluation and extreme concentration.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The debate over an artificial intelligence bubble splits between macro-level fundamentals and micro-level stock or infrastructure excesses &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There is no broad, system-wide &amp;quot;AI bubble&amp;quot; crash, though economists and data models show distinct pockets of overvaluation and extreme concentration.&lt;br /&gt;
The debate over an artificial intelligence bubble splits between macro-level fundamentals and micro-level stock or infrastructure excesses&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Why It’s Not a Full Bubble (The Bear Case Against &amp;quot;Bubble&amp;quot;)''' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• Funded by Real Earnings: Unlike the late-1990s dot-com boom—where internet companies burned through borrowed cash with zero revenue—current AI infrastructure build-outs by major hyperscalers (Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon) have largely been financed through massive operating cash flows rather than reckless high-risk debt.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• Profitable Heavyweights: Core enablers and giants like Nvidia [NVDA], Microsoft [MSFT], and Meta [META] back their valuations with substantial, real-world profits and practical enterprise demand rather than empty promises. Trailing P/E ratios for big tech, while elevated, sit well below historical mania peaks like the 2000 tech bubble.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• A CapEx Supercycle: What looks like a bubble is more accurately a massive, front-loaded CapEx Supercycle (hundreds of billions spent on data centers, power grids, and chips) that naturally faces a phase of normalization, tighter ROI scrutiny, and market repricing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Where the &amp;quot;Bubble&amp;quot; Signs Actually Live''' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• Pockets of Individual Overvaluation: Quantitative research (such as studies from Cornell) indicates that certain high-flying individual stocks and pre-IPO AI startups behave with speculative exuberance typical of a bubble, even if the broader index isn't uniformly inflated.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• Infrastructure Bottlenecks &amp;amp; Unused Assets: Reports of hundreds of billions in GPUs sitting undeployed or delayed due to power and data-center constraints highlight a dangerous &amp;quot;Fear Of Missing Out&amp;quot; (FOMO) procurement cycle.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• Circular Financing &amp;amp; Concentration Risk: Heavy financial interdependencies—where massive cloud providers and hardware makers back-stop or fund model developers (such as OpenAI and Anthropic) who in turn drive a huge share of cloud and hardware revenues—resemble historical vendor-financing loops. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 14:45, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Conservative</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:AI_bubble&amp;diff=2218654</id>
		<title>Talk:AI bubble</title>
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		<updated>2026-11-15T19:46:39Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;I don't know if there is an AI bubble or not. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But consider the below:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There is no broad, system-wide &amp;quot;AI bubble&amp;quot; crash, though economists and data models show distinct pockets of overvaluation and extreme concentration.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The debate over an artificial intelligence bubble splits between macro-level fundamentals and micro-level stock or infrastructure excesses &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There is no broad, system-wide &amp;quot;AI bubble&amp;quot; crash, though economists and data models show distinct pockets of overvaluation and extreme concentration.&lt;br /&gt;
The debate over an artificial intelligence bubble splits between macro-level fundamentals and micro-level stock or infrastructure excesses&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Why It’s Not a Full Bubble (The Bear Case Against &amp;quot;Bubble&amp;quot;)''' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• Funded by Real Earnings: Unlike the late-1990s dot-com boom—where internet companies burned through borrowed cash with zero revenue—current AI infrastructure build-outs by major hyperscalers (Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon) have largely been financed through massive operating cash flows rather than reckless high-risk debt.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• Profitable Heavyweights: Core enablers and giants like Nvidia [NVDA], Microsoft [MSFT], and Meta [META] back their valuations with substantial, real-world profits and practical enterprise demand rather than empty promises. Trailing P/E ratios for big tech, while elevated, sit well below historical mania peaks like the 2000 tech bubble.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• A CapEx Supercycle: What looks like a bubble is more accurately a massive, front-loaded CapEx Supercycle (hundreds of billions spent on data centers, power grids, and chips) that naturally faces a phase of normalization, tighter ROI scrutiny, and market repricing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Where the &amp;quot;Bubble&amp;quot; Signs Actually Live''' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• Pockets of Individual Overvaluation: Quantitative research (such as studies from Cornell) indicates that certain high-flying individual stocks and pre-IPO AI startups behave with speculative exuberance typical of a bubble, even if the broader index isn't uniformly inflated.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• Infrastructure Bottlenecks &amp;amp; Unused Assets: Reports of hundreds of billions in GPUs sitting undeployed or delayed due to power and data-center constraints highlight a dangerous &amp;quot;Fear Of Missing Out&amp;quot; (FOMO) procurement cycle.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• Circular Financing &amp;amp; Concentration Risk: Heavy financial interdependencies—where massive cloud providers and hardware makers back-stop or fund model developers (such as OpenAI and Anthropic) who in turn drive a huge share of cloud and hardware revenues—resemble historical vendor-financing loops. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 14:45, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Conservative</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:AI_bubble&amp;diff=2218652</id>
		<title>Talk:AI bubble</title>
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		<updated>2026-11-15T19:45:58Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;I don't know if there is an AI bubble or not. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But consider the below:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There is no broad, system-wide &amp;quot;AI bubble&amp;quot; crash, though economists and data models show distinct pockets of overvaluation and extreme concentration.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The debate over an artificial intelligence bubble splits between macro-level fundamentals and micro-level stock or infrastructure excesses &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There is no broad, system-wide &amp;quot;AI bubble&amp;quot; crash, though economists and data models show distinct pockets of overvaluation and extreme concentration.&lt;br /&gt;
The debate over an artificial intelligence bubble splits between macro-level fundamentals and micro-level stock or infrastructure excesses&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Why It’s Not a Full Bubble (The Bear Case Against &amp;quot;Bubble&amp;quot;)''' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• Funded by Real Earnings: Unlike the late-1990s dot-com boom—where internet companies burned through borrowed cash with zero revenue—current AI infrastructure build-outs by major hyperscalers (Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon) have largely been financed through massive operating cash flows rather than reckless high-risk debt.&lt;br /&gt;
• Profitable Heavyweights: Core enablers and giants like Nvidia [NVDA], Microsoft [MSFT], and Meta [META] back their valuations with substantial, real-world profits and practical enterprise demand rather than empty promises. Trailing P/E ratios for big tech, while elevated, sit well below historical mania peaks like the 2000 tech bubble.&lt;br /&gt;
• A CapEx Supercycle: What looks like a bubble is more accurately a massive, front-loaded CapEx Supercycle (hundreds of billions spent on data centers, power grids, and chips) that naturally faces a phase of normalization, tighter ROI scrutiny, and market repricing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Where the &amp;quot;Bubble&amp;quot; Signs Actually Live''' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• Pockets of Individual Overvaluation: Quantitative research (such as studies from Cornell) indicates that certain high-flying individual stocks and pre-IPO AI startups behave with speculative exuberance typical of a bubble, even if the broader index isn't uniformly inflated.&lt;br /&gt;
• Infrastructure Bottlenecks &amp;amp; Unused Assets: Reports of hundreds of billions in GPUs sitting undeployed or delayed due to power and data-center constraints highlight a dangerous &amp;quot;Fear Of Missing Out&amp;quot; (FOMO) procurement cycle.&lt;br /&gt;
• Circular Financing &amp;amp; Concentration Risk: Heavy financial interdependencies—where massive cloud providers and hardware makers back-stop or fund model developers (such as OpenAI and Anthropic) who in turn drive a huge share of cloud and hardware revenues—resemble historical vendor-financing loops. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 14:45, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Conservative</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:AI_bubble&amp;diff=2218650</id>
		<title>Talk:AI bubble</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:AI_bubble&amp;diff=2218650"/>
		<updated>2026-11-15T19:45:15Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: Created page with &amp;quot;I don't know if there is an AI bubble or not.   But consider the below:  == There is no broad, system-wide &amp;quot;AI bubble&amp;quot; crash, though economists and data models show distinct p...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;I don't know if there is an AI bubble or not. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But consider the below:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== There is no broad, system-wide &amp;quot;AI bubble&amp;quot; crash, though economists and data models show distinct pockets of overvaluation and extreme concentration.&lt;br /&gt;
The debate over an artificial intelligence bubble splits between macro-level fundamentals and micro-level stock or infrastructure excesses ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There is no broad, system-wide &amp;quot;AI bubble&amp;quot; crash, though economists and data models show distinct pockets of overvaluation and extreme concentration.&lt;br /&gt;
The debate over an artificial intelligence bubble splits between macro-level fundamentals and micro-level stock or infrastructure excesses&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Why It’s Not a Full Bubble (The Bear Case Against &amp;quot;Bubble&amp;quot;) ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• Funded by Real Earnings: Unlike the late-1990s dot-com boom—where internet companies burned through borrowed cash with zero revenue—current AI infrastructure build-outs by major hyperscalers (Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon) have largely been financed through massive operating cash flows rather than reckless high-risk debt.&lt;br /&gt;
• Profitable Heavyweights: Core enablers and giants like Nvidia [NVDA], Microsoft [MSFT], and Meta [META] back their valuations with substantial, real-world profits and practical enterprise demand rather than empty promises. Trailing P/E ratios for big tech, while elevated, sit well below historical mania peaks like the 2000 tech bubble.&lt;br /&gt;
• A CapEx Supercycle: What looks like a bubble is more accurately a massive, front-loaded CapEx Supercycle (hundreds of billions spent on data centers, power grids, and chips) that naturally faces a phase of normalization, tighter ROI scrutiny, and market repricing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Where the &amp;quot;Bubble&amp;quot; Signs Actually Live ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
• Pockets of Individual Overvaluation: Quantitative research (such as studies from Cornell) indicates that certain high-flying individual stocks and pre-IPO AI startups behave with speculative exuberance typical of a bubble, even if the broader index isn't uniformly inflated.&lt;br /&gt;
• Infrastructure Bottlenecks &amp;amp; Unused Assets: Reports of hundreds of billions in GPUs sitting undeployed or delayed due to power and data-center constraints highlight a dangerous &amp;quot;Fear Of Missing Out&amp;quot; (FOMO) procurement cycle.&lt;br /&gt;
• Circular Financing &amp;amp; Concentration Risk: Heavy financial interdependencies—where massive cloud providers and hardware makers back-stop or fund model developers (such as OpenAI and Anthropic) who in turn drive a huge share of cloud and hardware revenues—resemble historical vendor-financing loops. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 14:45, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Conservative</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Christianity&amp;diff=2218639</id>
		<title>Christianity</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: /* Racial Equality and Civil Rights */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Christianity}}&lt;br /&gt;
'''Christianity''' is the world's largest [[religion]], having approximately 2.6 billion followers in 2024.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.gordonconwell.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/01/Status-of-Global-Christianity-2024.pdf Status of Global Christianity, 2024, in the Context of 1900–2050]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In terms of its [[Geography|geographic]] distribution, Christianity is the [[Global Christianity|most globally]] diverse religion.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/08/27/many-religions-heavily-concentrated-in-one-or-two-countries/ Many religions heavily concentrated in one or two countries]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://wwwgordonconwell.com/netcommunity/CSGCResources/ChristianityinitsGlobalContext.pdf Christianity in its global context]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Christianity has always been the best way to turn one's life around, to [[achievement|achieve]] more, to overcome [[addiction]] and [[anxiety]], and to enjoy life to a much greater extent. Christianity originated [[faith]] and [[eternal life]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Christianity brings God closest to mankind through [[Jesus]] as the Son of [[God]].  Literally, Christianity means &amp;quot;of Christ,&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;belonging to Christ,&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;being like Christ.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=2661&amp;amp;dict=CALD Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/christian-means-like-christ-bruce-ball-sermon-on-apologetics-general-84109&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;The early Christian faith was sometimes called ''That Way'' (Acts 19:1,9,23; 24:22), and its adherents were also called ''Nazarenes'' (Acts 24:5), evidently after the city of [[Nazareth]] where Jesus lived.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The [[Acts of the Apostles|Book of Acts]] ({{bible ref|Acts|11|26}}) records that &amp;quot;the disciples were called Christians first in [[Antioch]].&amp;quot; The title ''Christian'' is also used in Acts 26:28 and 1 Peter 4:16. Christians believe in [[God]], the [[virgin birth|virginal conception and the virginal birth of Jesus Christ]], the bodily [[resurrection of Jesus Christ]], [[Heaven]], survival of the [[soul]] after death, the [[Parousia|Second Coming of Jesus]], the [[resurrection]] of the dead, the [[Last Judgment]], the reality of [[Hell]], and the teachings of [[Jesus Christ]] as written in the [[Bible]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== History of Christianity ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
''See also:'' [[History of Christianity]] and [[Historicity of Jesus]] and [[Evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Christianity's teachings are derived from the life, teachings, death and resurrection of [[Jesus Christ]] in the 1st century A.D.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Christianity Christianity], Britannica&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The [[historicity of Jesus]] focuses on whether [[Jesus Christ]] existed as a real historical person, or whether he is simply a mythological imagination.  The evidence for the existence of Jesus is overwhelming, as is agreed upon by every professor in every academic institution in every relevant field in the world.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ehrman, Bart D. Did Jesus exist?: The historical argument for Jesus of Nazareth. Harper Collins, 2012. Second introductory page.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;   In other words, for someone to argue that Jesus never existed (and thus is merely a [[Mythology|myth]]) is to place himself against not only the field of scholarship and the historical record, but even against reason and common sense.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There is strong evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ (See: [[Evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ]]).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Main Christian Divisions ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''The three largest self-governing bodies of Christians are:'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* The [[Roman Catholic Church]] (approx. 1.1 billion baptized members) traces its roots back to [[Saint Peter]] whom Catholics believe was appointed as the first leader of the church by [[Jesus Christ]] and the succession of [[Pope]]s as the spiritual leaders of Christendom. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* The [[Orthodox Church]]es (approx. 300 million baptized members) trace their roots back to the Apostles, in the five ancient patriarchates of the undivided Church of the first millennium of her history, known as the [[Pentarchy]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Pentarchy Pentarchy (orthodoxWiki.org)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and are organized in [[Autocephalous]] national or regional churches in communion with each other. The Pentarchy consisted of the Church of [[Rome]], first in dignity of honor, [[Constantinople|Church of Constantinople]], [[Alexandria|Church of Alexandria (Coptic)]], [[Antioch|Church of Antioch]], and [[Jerusalem|Church of Jerusalem]]. Differing theological perspectives and the growing development of the doctrine of [[Petrine Primacy|Petrine primacy]] in the Church of Rome led to the [[Great Schism]] between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches in A.D. 1054. &lt;br /&gt;
 [[Image:Anglican Christ Church.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Anglican Christ Church in Western Australia]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Protestantism]]: the largest Communions are the [[Anglican Church|Anglicans]] (approx. 115 million baptized members) and the [[Lutheran]] World Federation (approx. 68 million baptized members). Protestantism has its origins in the European [[Reformation]]. The Protestant movement broke from the Roman Catholic Church under [[Martin Luther]] when differences over the nature of [[faith]] and works in the role of [[Christianity#salvation|salvation]], as well as other practices of the Catholic Church that Luther saw as unBiblical, were raised.  Within Protestantism are four major branches:&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Mainline]], which comprise many of the major denominations outside of the [[Baptist]]s.  These denominations usually have [[high church]] services and have increasingly become liberal in their theology and ecumenical in their dealings with other churches, even outside Protestantism.&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Pentecostal]], these groups are generally conservative in their theology, and are known primarily for their emphasis on the [[Baptism in the Holy Spirit]] as a separate event from salvation, and [[speaking in tongues]].&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Fundamentalist]], these groups are very conservative theologically, but are better known for their emphasis on &amp;quot;separation&amp;quot; from both the world (bordering on, if not crossing over, into [[legalism]]) and groups who do not believe as they do (which often includes other fundamentalist groups).&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Evangelical]], this term tends to be a catch-all for a church or denomination not falling into one of the other three categories, but generally also holding to traditional Christian theology.  Most [[non-denominational church]]es are generally evangelical, as well as the largest Protestant denomination, the [[Southern Baptist Convention]].  As the name suggests, they have a major emphasis on Christian evangelism.  They are also known for their belief that Christians should be active in the political arena, opposing such political views as abortion and homosexual marriage; in this arena they will work with any group—Protestant or otherwise—who will work with them.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Christian Beliefs ==&lt;br /&gt;
Christian [[belief]]s [[Christian apologetics|are well supported via a large body of compelling evidence]].  [[Theology|Theologians]], over two millennia, have debated a definitive summary of the Christian faith. While its interpretations vary drastically, probably the most commonly accepted statement of the faith is the [[Nicene Creed|Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Christians and Christian denominations agree on many points of doctrine while disagreeing on some. According to an online Harris poll from 2003, 99% of all American Christians believe in [[God]], 96% in the [[resurrection of Jesus Christ]], 93% in [[Heaven]], 93% in the virgin birth, 92% in the survival of the soul after death, 82% in [[Hell]], 50% in ghosts, 27% in astrology and 21% in reincarnation.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=359&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Note that the latter two beliefs are in opposition to the religious tenets of most Christian denominations.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Nonetheless, the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed offers a general overall picture of what Christian theology looks like, and serves as a useful outline and historic standard. Other creeds may prove helpful in research. See the [[Apostles' Creed]] and the [[Athanasian Creed]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===God===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Dove blue background.jpg|thumbnail|350px|right|In the Bible, a dove is often a symbol of the Holy Spirit.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.christianity.com/wiki/holy-spirit/why-is-the-dove-often-a-symbol-for-the-holy-spirit.html Why Is the Dove Often a Symbol for the Holy Spirit?], Christianity.com&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
''See also:'' [[God]] and [[Trinity]] and [[God the Father]] and [[Jesus|God the Son]] and [[Holy Spirit]]&lt;br /&gt;
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God is a [[Trinity|triune being]].  Though there is only one Divine nature there are three Divine Personages: [[God the Father]], [[Jesus|the Son]], and the [[Holy Spirit]].  The three Persons are collectively called the [[Trinity]] or the Holy Trinity. While God is tripartite, this does not imply that Christians are polytheists.  The doctrine of the Trinity is central to Christian theology, although several denominations that usually are considered Christian are non-Trinitarian. The God of the Christian is the creator of all things, is everywhere present, exists in all times, is [[Transcendence|transcendent]], all-knowing ([[Omniscience|omniscient]]), just, and all-powerful ([[Omnipotence|omnipotent]]).&lt;br /&gt;
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A major theme of the Bible is [[love]].  In the Hebrew [[Old Testament]] the idea is expressed in the Hebrew word ''hessed'', which is variously translated as loyal love, tender mercy, steadfast love, mercy, goodness, etc., in the [[New Testament]] the same idea is expressed in the Greek word ''[[agape]]'', which translates to love, compassion and charity.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Jesus===&lt;br /&gt;
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During the reign of [[Augustus Caesar|Caesar Augustus]] the Son (i.e. the second Person of the Trinity) took flesh from a virgin woman and was incarnated as a man. He was born in the town of [[Bethlehem]] and was given the name [[Jesus]].  At approximately the age of thirty he was baptised by his cousin [[John the Baptist]] and began to preach in the area of [[Judea]] and [[Galilee]]. About three years later, his teachings and works of mercy prompted the Jewish authorities to plot Jesus' death. Jesus was [[crucified]]. He rose from the dead and was seen by over 500 people. He ascended to Heaven. The four [[Gospels]] contain the basic account of what Jesus did and said.&lt;br /&gt;
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Jesus summarized his moral teachings in two commandments from the Old Testament:&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets&amp;quot;. ([[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 22:37-39; [[Book of Deuteronomy|Deuteronomy]] 6:5; Leviticus 19:18) &lt;br /&gt;
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The night he celebrated his [[Last Supper]] with the Twelve Apostles before he suffered, he gave a new commandment:&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.&amp;quot; ([[Gospel of John|John]] 13:34)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Morality===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Fra Angelico Lamentacion por la muerte de Cristo.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|[[Jesus Christ]] and his apostles taught a gospel of love.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.orthodoxchristian.info/pages/Gospel.htm ''The Triumph of the Gospel of Love''] by Monk Themistocles (Adamopoulo)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; ]]&lt;br /&gt;
The fundamental principle in Christian moral teaching is [[love]] and forgiveness, as expressed by the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and the New Testament.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.orthodoxchristian.info/pages/Gospel.htm ''The Triumph of the Gospel of Love''] by Monk Themistocles (Adamopoulo)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In the Hebrew [[Old Testament]] the idea is expressed in the Hebrew word ''hessed'', which is variously translated as loyal love, tender mercy, steadfast love, mercy, goodness, etc.  in the [[New Testament]] the same idea is expressed in the Greek word ''agape'', which is variously translated as love, compassion, charity, etc.  &lt;br /&gt;
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There has been endless debate over how a person should express love for God in his or her moral behavior. This moral dialogue found expression in the New Testament, where the [[Apostle Paul]] addressed such controversies as [[circumcision]] ([[Epistle to the Romans|Romans]] 2:25-29), eating meat that was sacrificed to [[pagan]] deities (1 Corinthians 8), speculating about myths and genealogies (1 Timothy 1:3-5), and observing ceremonial dates and seasons (Galatians 4:9-11). &lt;br /&gt;
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Regardless of a person's ethical interpretations, adherents commonly point to New Testament passages John 3:16 and 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 as scriptural depictions of love. The former states that &amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&amp;quot;God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt; The latter characterizes love, saying &amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Jesus Christ affirmed, &amp;quot;By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another&amp;quot; (John 13:35). In trying to understand the reason for the growth of Christianity in a pagan culture, it has been noted that while love of one's neighbor is not an exclusively Christian virtue, it appears that the primitive Christian church practiced it much more effectively than any other group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;E.R. Dodds, 1970:136-137&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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In addition to sacrificially showing care for those within the community as well as to those without (cf. Gal. 6:10), the Christians elevated the sanctity of life, opposing abortion, infanticide, child abandonment, suicide, and gladiatorial contests.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Kenneth Scott Latourette, ''A history of Christianity'' p. 244&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ted Cabal, Chad Owen Brand, Paul Copan, The Apologetics Study Bible, 274&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  While the primitive church tolerated the existing and pervasive cultural economic institution of slavery in the [[Roman Empire]], the mandate of equal pay and just treatment (Col. 4:1; Eph. 6:9) greatly ameliorated the treatment of slaves, while advising them to seek freedom if possible, (1 Cor. 7:21) and requiring that the escaped slave Onesimus be received back not &amp;quot;as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved&amp;quot;. (Philemon 1:6)  The Christian ethos of love also motivated a great expansion in the building of hospitals.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Albert John Ochsner, Meyer Joseph Sturm, ''The organization, construction and management of hospitals'', p. 17&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Roderick E. McGrew, ''Encyclopaedia of Medical Care'',  p. 135&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; By A.D. 500, most large towns in the Roman Empire had erected them.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;George D. Pozgar, ''Legal aspects of health care administration', p. 2&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Atonement===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Dalí The Christ of St. John of the Cross.jpg|thumb|The Christ of St. John of the Cross by [[Salvador Dalí]], 1951.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Christians believe with the New Testament that the death of Jesus, in conjunction with His resurrection, is an indispensable event for the reconciliation of lost sinners with God. There are three elements they see to the understanding of His death on the cross.&lt;br /&gt;
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- Jesus having the knowledge that His path would lead to his own death, desired and willed that that take place, and persevered in that path though there was opportunity for Him to avoid it. &amp;quot;I have power to take my life and I have power to lay down my life. I lay down my life for the sheep&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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- Jesus saw that in His death there would be a way for people to be brought back to God from whom they were alienated and lost because of their sins. This would involve a substitution of Himself to effect, i.e., atone for, that development. &amp;quot;For the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve and give His life as a ransom for many&amp;quot;.  How this would take place was not new to the Jews of His day from their understanding of contemporary everyday practice of substitute payment - as in redemption of the first-born (Pidyon Ha Ben), or in the understanding of what aggadic stories such as the Binding of [[Isaac]] implied (see [[Midrash]]), but it was not the prevalent view that the Messiah was to be that payment. Though while alive on earth, he had hinted at it in sayings such as &amp;quot;unless a seed falls and dies, it remains alone, but when it dies, it brings forth.&amp;quot;; it was only after He had risen from the dead that He explained Scripture (the Old Testament) clearly about the necessity of His death to have taken place. The disciples would henceforth preach, and Peter among them, that the death of Jesus the Messiah and His resurrection was for-planned and for-ordained by God the Father, and foretold in the Scripture (Isaiah 53). &lt;br /&gt;
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- Christians of all generations have looked to the perfect [[Atonement]], and the hope for reconciliation, accomplished by Jesus on the cross, to provide the means of understanding the solution to the vexing problems of the mind and of life itself.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Salvation===&lt;br /&gt;
The [[Bible]] teaches that &amp;quot;all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of [[God]]&amp;quot; (Romans 3:23). This is often interpreted to mean that everyone has displeased God and is now separated from him in a kind of alienation and enmity that results from the fundamental conflict between selfish human interests and God's interests (Romans 8:5-8; James 4:4). Jesus offered a solution to this Biblical dilemma in that, by [[repentance]] of sins and faith in him (Jesus), their sins would be forgiven. He said that &amp;quot;...the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins&amp;quot; ([[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] 2:10).  Jesus said, &amp;quot;Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life&amp;quot; (John 5:24).&lt;br /&gt;
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Jesus Christ taught that &amp;quot;unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God&amp;quot; ([[Gospel of John|John]] 3:3).  [[Repentance]], or a turning away from sin and toward God, is necessary.  Protestant Evangelical Christianity often uses the terms &amp;quot;saved&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;born again&amp;quot; to mean conversion, with conscious acknowledgment of immediate divine juridical exoneration of all guilt, complete amnesty and full eternal pardon issued on acceptance of the redemptive, saving sacrifice of Jesus dying on the cross in the place of each guilty sinner (Hebrews 1:3; 7:25-27), while other Christians, such as the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, use the phrase ''born again'' as a synonym for [[baptism|baptized]], referring to the [[sacrament]] of baptism through which the divine life of God in the blood of Jesus is actually infused by the power of his grace directly into the soul of the baptized by the washing of water with the word (Ephesians 5:25-27) and is entirely healed of the eternal deadly effect of all past sins, effecting an ontological change of spiritual birth by washing away the defect of sin, the power of God unto salvation flowing abundantly through the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus, through whom the baptized is united to Him and actually partakes of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4). &lt;br /&gt;
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Christians are expected to continue living by Christ's teachings (John 8:31), as is appropriate for &amp;quot;children of Light&amp;quot; (Ephesians 5:8-10). Some believe that this is necessary in order to be saved. Others say that this is a common misconception of the text, that it refers instead to the &amp;quot;fruits&amp;quot; of saving faith. Still others say that the free, unmerited gift of salvation from sin and death in hell must be maintained or retained by actively producing the fruits of [[corporal and spiritual works of mercy]] according to ability, or it will be lost (Ephesians 2:8-10; Hebrews 6:4-8), unless before death the fallen away believer repents and returns (James 5:19-20; 1 John 5:16-17). Christians in the [[Reformed]] tradition (following the teaching of the 16th-century French lawyer and theologian [[John Calvin]]) say that salvation [[Eternal security (salvation)|cannot be lost]]. One Bible passage often cited is John 10:28-29 in which Jesus said of his own Apostles that they could not be snatched from his hand.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Resurrection of Jesus Christ ==&lt;br /&gt;
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''See also:'' [[Resurrection of Jesus Christ]] and [[Christian Apologetics and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Jesus resurrected.jpg|thumb|right|300px|&amp;quot;The Resurrection&amp;quot; by Carl Heinrich Bloch]]&lt;br /&gt;
The [[resurrection of Jesus Christ]] is critical to the Christian faith.  The Apostle Paul wrote, &amp;quot;if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain&amp;quot; (I Cor:15:14).  Traditionally, Christianity has believed in a physical resurrection of Jesus Christ.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/crj0056a.txt&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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In recent history, [[Gary Habermas]] is considered a leading [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] for defending the resurrection of Jesus.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Habermas, Gary, [http://www.garyhabermas.com/articles/dialog_rexperience/dialog_rexperiences.htm Experiences of the Risen Jesus: The Foundational Historical Issue in the Early Proclamation of the Resurrection], ''Dialog: A Journal of Theology'', Vol. 45; No. 3 (Fall, 2006), pp. 288-297.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Wildcat&amp;quot; and Holding, J.P., [http://www.tektonics.org/books/lichabrvw.html Book review of &amp;quot;The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus&amp;quot;], 22nd June, 2004 (Tektonics)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Habermas, Gary, [http://faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/Ted_Hildebrandt/NTeSources/NTArticles/CTR-NT/Habermas-Resurrection1-CTR.pdf Jesus' Resurrection and Contemporary Criticism: An Apologetic] ''Criswell Theological Review'' 4.1 (1989) 159-74.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Habermas, Gary, [http://www.garyhabermas.com/articles/crj_explainingaway/crj_explainingaway.htm Explaining Away Jesus' Resurrection: The Recent Revival of Hallucination Theories], Christian Research Journal / vol. 23, no. 4, 2001.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Habermas, Gary, [http://www.apologetics.com/default.jsp?bodycontent=/articles/historical_apologetics/habermas-nt.html Why I Believe The New Testament Is Historically Reliable] (Apologetics.com)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Other notable defenders of the resurrection include: [[William Lane Craig]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Craig, William Lane, [http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/menus/historical.html Articles: Historical Jesus]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[Lee Strobel]], [[Josh McDowell]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;McDowell, Josh, [http://www.leaderu.com/everystudent/easter/articles/josh2.html Evidence for the Resurrection], 1992.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Edwin M. Yamauchi,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Jamauchi, Edwin M., [http://www.leaderu.com/everystudent/easter/articles/yama.html Easter: Myth, Hallucination, or History?]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[N.T. Wright]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Wright, N.T., [http://www.ntwrightpage.com/Wright_Early_Traditions.htm Early Traditions and the Origins of Christianity], ''Sewanee Theological Review'' 41.2, 1998.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and Michael Horner.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Horner, Michael, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070304155623/http://www.michaelhorner.com/articles/resurrection/index.html Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The fact of the Resurrection of Christ is also believed to produce certain effects on the lives of Christians.&lt;br /&gt;
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1. It is because Jesus rose from the dead that believers now can resort to a living Savior to help and deliver them from sin and from situations overwhelming for them by their own powers.&lt;br /&gt;
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2. The New Testament sees in the resurrection of Christ a certain vindication of what apparently to the world and to all beings was a failure and an overcoming of Him by His crucifixion.&lt;br /&gt;
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3. The coming of Jesus back to life means to the believer that, indeed, his sins are totally forgiven. This is because believers know that His death was a payment for sins - a &amp;quot;wage of death&amp;quot; for our sins that He received in our stead. If He remained dead, believers would know that the wage had not been fully paid. &lt;br /&gt;
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5. The New Testament reveals that it is the Risen Christ who received from the Father the Holy Spirit and He, through Himself, ascended to the Father, has given the Holy Spirit to us. This gives the believer in Christ both the knowledge and the power to live a godly life and live a life that can be an intimately and personally directed one.&lt;br /&gt;
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6. The resurrected Christ was no mere reassembling of the molecules and particles of the Body that had been crucified. It was, indeed, a physical body, but one that was fully glorified. It was a &amp;quot;spiritual body&amp;quot;. Christians know that likewise, they will one day be granted the nature of a spiritual body, and be full of health. They therefore are full of hope and consolation, and consider that, even now in this life, there is an overcoming through Him.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Worship and the Sacraments==&lt;br /&gt;
Christians normally attend worship services once a week, typically on Sundays.  Some denominations, such as the [[Seventh Day Adventist]]s, worship on Saturdays.  Commonly, [[megachurch]]es often hold services on both Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings to accommodate growing crowds.  More conservative denominations, such as independent Baptists and churches of Christ, hold services on Sunday evenings and Wednesday evenings as well.&lt;br /&gt;
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The [[Catholic]] and [[Eastern Orthodox]] denominations have seven sacraments: [[baptism]], [[eucharist]], [[confirmation]], [[Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation|confession]], [[Anointing of the Sick|anointing of the sick]], [[marriage]], and [[Holy Orders|holy orders]].  Of these, Protestants observe only baptism and eucharist as sacraments,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;The term &amp;quot;eucharist&amp;quot; is rarely used within Protestant circles; common terms include Communion (often used in more traditional denominations) and The Lord's Supper (more frequent in conservative denominations who consider Communion to be a Catholic term).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; which are the only two for which they find Scriptural support.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Although Protestants, especially conservative ones, hold to high views of marriage and believe it is taught in the Bible, they do not consider it to be a sacrament.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Evangelism==&lt;br /&gt;
In what is called the [[Great Commission]], Jesus sent his disciples out into the world to preach the Gospel (literally &amp;quot;good news&amp;quot;) and make disciples.&lt;br /&gt;
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:''But the eleven disciples proceeded to [[Galilee]], to the mountain which Jesus had designated. When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some were doubtful. And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, &amp;quot;All authority has been given to Me in [[heaven]] and on [[earth]].&amp;quot; Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the [[#God the Father|Father]] and the [[#God the Son|Son]] and the [[#God the Holy Spirit|Holy Spirit]], teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.&amp;quot;'' --[[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 28:16-20 [[New American Standard Bible|NASB]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Campus Crusade for Christ International (CCCI) is one of the world's largest evangelism organizations within Christendom and has over 25,000 full-time missionaries. In 2006, Alan Beeber of CCCI predicted that internet evangelism will result in more conversion than all other forms of evangelism for CCCI combined.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.lausanneworldpulse.com/pdf/issues/LWP0206.pdf&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[Eternal Word Television Network]] (EWTN) is a worldwide broadcast and internet online and Facebook ministry proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord 24 hours a day with [[Christian apologetics]] programs, News Nightly news broadcast from a Catholic Christian perspective, The World Over with Raymond Arroyo, and daily broadcast worship and prayer seven days a week four times a day.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.ewtn.com&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;https://www.facebook.com/ewtnonline&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; EWTN claims to be the largest religious media network in the world.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Growth of worldwide Christianity ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Hong Kong Christians at Gateway Camp.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|[[Hong Kong]] Christians at Gateway Camp. In 2005, there were four times as many non-Western World Christians as there were [[Western World]] Christians.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.wnd.com/?pageId=30077&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Christianity has seen tremendous growth over its 2000-year history (See: [[Growth of Christianity]]).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://users.adam.com.au/bstett/BChristianIncrease12.htm&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Christianity has recently seen explosive growth outside the [[Western World]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://pewforum.org/Christian/Faith-and-Conflict-The-Global-Rise-of-Christianity.aspx The global rise of Christianity - Pew Forum]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.wnd.com/?pageId=30077 Is Christianity taking over the planet?]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://pewforum.org/Religion-News/The-stunning-growth-of-Christianity-in-China.aspx The stunning growth of Christianity in China]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://gratefultothedead.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/the-african-apostles-how-christianity-exploded-in-20th-century-africa/ The African apostles: How Christianity exploded in 20th century Africa]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In 2000, there were twice as many non-Western Christians as Western Christians.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.wnd.com/?pageId=30077 Is Christianity taking over the planet?]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In 2005, there were four times as many non-Western Christians as there were [[Western World]] Christians.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.wnd.com/?pageId=30077&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; There are now more non-Western missionaries than Western missionaries.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.wnd.com/?pageId=30077&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2023, the [[Center for the Study of Global Christianity]] at [[Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary]] reported that there are over 2.6 billion Christians worldwide and this number will increase to 3.3 billion Christians by 2050.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;*[https://www.brnunited.org/news/good-news-christianity-is-growing-around-the-world/#:~:text=The%20population%20growth%20rate%20is,top%203%20billion%20before%202050! Good news! Christianity is growing around the world!], Baptist Resource Network&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.gordonconwell.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2023/01/Status-of-Global-Christianity-2023.pdf Status of Global Atheism/Christianity/other religions, 2023, in the Context of 1900–2050], [[Center for the Study of Global Christianity]] at [[Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary]]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2011, the ''American Spectator'' declared concerning research published in the ''International Bulletin of Missionary Research'': &amp;quot;The report estimates about 80,000 new Christians every day, 79,000 new [[Islam|Muslims]] every day, and 300 fewer [[atheism|atheists]] every day. These atheists are presumably disproportionately represented in the [[Western World|West]], while religion is thriving in the Global South, where [[Charismatic movement|charismatic Christianity]] is exploding.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://spectator.org/archives/2011/02/28/thriving-christianity&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Despite strong persecution in the [[Middle East]], thousands of [[Muslims]] are turning to Christ.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/11/thousands-muslims-reportedly-turning-to-christ-in-middle-east.html Thousands of Muslims reportedly turning to Christ in Middle East]. ''Fox News'' (from ''The Christian Post''). January 11, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Cquote|The [[Center for the Study of Global Christianity]] at [[Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary]] recently reported that global Christianity is experiencing remarkable growth, defying expectations and surpassing population rates.&lt;br /&gt;
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Contrary to the anticipated slowdown, the Christian population is projected to climb from over 2.52 billion to 2.63 billion, representing a 1.08 percent growth, and is expected to surpass 3 billion by 2050.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1900, 95 percent of the world’s Christians lived in predominantly Christian countries. However, the trend is shifting, with a decline of 0.17 percent between 2020 and 2024, indicating that more Christians are residing in diverse, non-Christian majority nations.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.frontierpartners.org/global-christianity-surges Global Christianity surges beyond projections in 2024], LiCAS.news • Mar 15, 2024, Frontiers Patners Intertnational, 2024&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Where Christianity is growing the most ===&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Center for Global Christianity - Annual statistics - including projected growth of Christianity statistics ===&lt;br /&gt;
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The [[Center for the Study of Global Christianity]] (CSGC) declares about their organization that it is &amp;quot;an academic research center that monitors worldwide demographic trends in Christianity, including outreach and mission. We provide a comprehensive collection of information on the past, present, and future of Christianity in every country of the world.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.gordonconwell.edu/ockenga/research/About-Us.cfm Center for the Study of Global Christianity - About]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Every year in the ''International Bulletin of Mission Research'' the Center for the Study of Global Christianity publishes an annual snapshot of global Christianity which includes projected [[growth of Christianity]] statistics.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Christianity by continent ===&lt;br /&gt;
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==Early Church Community and Commitment: The Biblical Period==&lt;br /&gt;
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This community was soon &amp;quot;scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles,&amp;quot; due to determined persecution which resulted in the dispersed disciples going &amp;quot;every where preaching the word.&amp;quot; (Acts 8:1,4). Christian communities were primarily to be found in two separate cultural and liguistic entities—the Greek and Latin-speaking empires of Europe and the mid-east, and the Aramaic speaking sphere of the Parthian empire of the mid-east and far-east. This latter sphere encompassed not only the eastern portions of Syria, the Arabian peninsula, and Persia, but also extended to portions of southern India and even China. To this day there are many [[Aramaic Church]] members in the Kerala province of south India.&lt;br /&gt;
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But we, after we have thus washed him who has been convinced and has assented to our teaching, bring him to the place where those who are called brethren are assembled, in order that we may offer hearty prayers in common for ourselves and for the baptized [illuminated] person, and for all others in every place, that we may be counted worthy, now that we have learned the truth, by our works also to be found good citizens and keepers of the commandments, so that we may be saved with an everlasting salvation. Having ended the prayers, we salute one another with a kiss. There is then brought to the president of the brethren bread and a cup of wine mixed with water; and he taking them, gives praise and glory to the Father of the universe, through the name of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, and offers thanks at considerable length for our being counted worthy to receive these things at His hands. And when he has concluded the prayers and thanksgivings, all the people present express their assent by saying Amen. This word Amen answers in the Hebrew language to genoito [so be it]. And when the president has given thanks, and all the people have expressed their assent, those who are called by us deacons give to each of those present to partake of the bread and wine mixed with water over which the thanksgiving was pronounced, and to those who are absent they carry away a portion. (Chapt. LXV - administration of the sacraments)&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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And this food is called among us Eukaristia [the Eucharist = the Thanksgiving], of which no one is allowed to partake but the man who believes that the things which we teach are true, and who has been washed with the washing that is for the remission of sins, and unto regeneration, and who is so living as Christ has enjoined. For not as common bread and common drink do we receive these; but in like manner as Jesus Christ our Saviour, having been made flesh by the Word of God, had both flesh and blood for our salvation, so likewise have we been taught that the food which is blessed by the prayer of His word, and from which our blood and flesh by transmutation are nourished, is the flesh and blood of that Jesus who was made flesh. For the apostles, in the memoirs composed by them, which are called Gospels, have thus delivered unto us what was enjoined upon them; that Jesus took bread, and when He had given thanks, said, &amp;quot;This do ye in remembrance of Me, this is My body;&amp;quot; and that, after the same manner, having taken the cup and given thanks, He said, &amp;quot;This is My blood;&amp;quot; and gave it to them alone... (Chapt. LXVl - of the Eucharist)&lt;br /&gt;
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And we afterwards continually remind each other of these things. And the wealthy among us help the needy; and we always keep together; and for all things wherewith we are supplied, we bless the Maker of all through His Son Jesus Christ, and through the Holy Ghost. And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits; then, when the reader has ceased, the president verbally instructs, and exhorts to the imitation of these good things. Then we all rise together and pray, and, as we before said, when our prayer is ended, bread and wine and water are brought, and the president in like manner offers prayers and thanksgivings, according to his ability, and the people assent, saying Amen; and there is a distribution to each, and a participation of that over which thanks have been given, and to those who are absent a portion is sent by the deacons. And they who are well to do, and willing, give what each thinks fit; and what is collected is deposited with the president, who succours the orphans and widows and those who, through sickness or any other cause, are in want, and those who are in bonds and the strangers sojourning among us, and in a word takes care of all who are in need. But Sunday is the day on which we all hold our common assembly, because it is the first day on which God, having wrought a change in the darkness and matter, made the world; and Jesus Christ our Saviour on the same day rose from the dead...(Chapt.LXVll - weekly worship of the Christians)&lt;br /&gt;
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:They asserted, however, that the sum and substance of their fault or error had been that they were accustomed to meet on a fixed day before dawn and sing responsively a hymn to Christ as to a god, and to bind themselves by oath, not to some crime, but not to commit fraud, theft, or adultery, not falsify their trust, nor to refuse to return a trust when called upon to do so. When this was over, it was their custom to depart and to assemble again to partake of food &amp;amp;mdash; but ordinary and innocent food.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Pliny the Younger Letters, 10.96&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Implications of the growth of worldwide Christianity ===&lt;br /&gt;
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Given the increase in the public's access to global communications, it is thought that the more [[theology|theologically]] [[conservative]] non-Western Christian churches could influence Western Christianity to move in a more theologically [[conservative]] direction.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18774&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; For example, non-Western [[Anglican]]s are exerting influence within the worldwide Anglican Communion against the stance of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican Communion's North American provinces with regard to [[homosexual]] practices.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.maravipost.com/malawi-politics/district/5751-bishop-mw-anglicans-totally-against-homosexuality.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2156406/Anglican-church-schism-declared-over-homosexuality.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Positive effects of Christianity on societies  ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Stbasil.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Saint Basil|St. Basil]] of Caesarea founded the first hospital. Christian hospitals subsequently spread quickly throughout both the East and the West.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://biblemesh.com/blog/the-christian-origins-of-hospitals/ The Christian origin of hospitals]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; See: [[Christianity and hospitals]] ]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Historically, Christianity has had a positive effect on societies, and there are a number of statistics which demonstrate this matter (see: [[Christianity statistics]]).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Christianity’s Opposition to Inhumane Practices===&lt;br /&gt;
Throughout history, Christian theology and moral reasoning have served as primary catalysts in opposing and dismantling deeply entrenched, inhumane social institutions across the globe. Grounded in the biblical doctrine that all human beings are created in the image of God (&amp;quot;Imago Dei&amp;quot;) and possess inherent dignity, Christian thinkers, missionaries, and reformers consistently challenged practices such as slavery, racial oppression, abortion, infanticide, human sacrifice, and the exploitation of women and children.&lt;br /&gt;
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Unlike classical pagan antiquity, which universally accepted human bondage as a natural order, early Christianity laid the theological groundwork for its abolition. In the fourth century, the Cappadocian Church Father Gregory of Nyssa launched na unprecedented condemnation of slavery, attacking the institution for its &amp;quot;sheer arrogance&amp;quot; and its violation of the &amp;quot;free nature&amp;quot; of human beings created in God’s image.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cambridge.org/core Harper, Kyle. Christianity and the roots of human dignity in Late Antiquity. In: Shah, Timothy Samuel; Hertzke, Allen D. (ed.). Christianity and freedom. V. 1: Historical perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. P. 123-149.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://academic.oup.com Carter, J. Kameron. Interlude on Christology and race: Gregory of Nyssa as abolitionist intellectual. In: Race: a theological account. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. P. 229-252.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The apostolic proclamation that &amp;quot;there is neither slave nor free... for you are all one in Christ Jesus&amp;quot; (Galatians 3:28) proved revolutionary in the Greco-Roman world, where no pagan cult admitted slaves and free citizens as spiritual equals.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.christianfocus.com James, Sharon. How Christianity transformed the world. Fearn, Scotland: Christian Focus Publications, 2021.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Early Christian writings such as the &amp;quot;Didache&amp;quot; instructed masters not to command slaves in bitterness, reminding them that God stood above master and servant alike.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cambridge.org/core Osiek, Carolyn. The self-defining praxis of the developing ecclesia. In: Mitchell, Margaret M.; Young, Frances M. (ed.). The Cambridge history of Christianity. Volume 1: Origins to Constantine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; As the Church grew, Christian manumission frequently took place inside churches before the bishop. Church Fathers provided robust theological critiques of bondage: Lactantius declared that in God’s eyes there were no slaves, [[Augustine of Hippo]] viewed slavery as a product of sin contrary to God’s original design, and [[John Chrysostom]] urged Christians to purchase slaves, teach them a trade, and set them free. Prominent Christians emancipated vast numbers of slaves as acts of piety, including Saint Melania (8,000), Saint Ovidius (5,000), Chromatius (1,400), and Hermes (1,200), while Emperor [[Constantine]] enacted the death penalty in 315 A.D. for kidnapping children into slavery.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.zondervan.com Schmidt, Alvin J. How Christianity changed the world. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church expanded sacramental protections and prohibited the enslavement of Christians (and Jews), effectively ending slavery across Western Europe; by the twelfth century slaves were rare, and by the fourteenth century slavery was virtually unknown on the continent.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com Stark, Rodney. The victory of reason: how Christianity led to freedom, capitalism, and Western success. New York: Random House, 2005.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.zondervan.com Schmidt, Alvin J. How Christianity changed the world. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
During the early modern era, Christian opposition to the transatlantic slave trade gained institutional momentum. In the 1680s, Capuchin missionaries urged slaveholders to free their slaves and denied absolution to those who refused. Concurrently, Lourenço da Silva de Mendonça, a mixed-race representative of black and mulatto Christian brotherhoods in the Iberian Peninsula and Brazil, traveled to Rome to advocate for free Christians of color and end the enslavement of baptized Africans. These efforts triggered na investigation by the &amp;quot;Propaganda Fide&amp;quot; and culminated in a 1686 formal declaration by the Holy Office that endorsed every antislavery proposition.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cambridge.org/core Brown, Christopher Leslie. Christianity and the campaign against slavery and the slave trade. In: Brown, Stewart J.; Tackett, Timothy (ed.). The Cambridge history of Christianity. V. 7: Enlightenment, Reawakening and Revolution, 1660-1815. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. P. 517-535.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In the Anglo-American world, the Quaker movement spearheaded organized abolitionism. Starting with founder George Fox’s 1657 public letter citing biblical verses on human equality and spiritual freedom, Quakers progressively condemned slaveholding.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cambridge.org/core Bird, Wendell. Religious speech and the quest for freedoms in the Anglo-American world. Cambridge University Press, 2023.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; By 1758, the London Yearly Meeting condemned the slave trade, and by the 1770s, Quaker meetings routinely expelled members who refused to emancipate their slaves.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://academic.oup.com Frost, J. William. Quakers, slavery, anti-slavery, and race. In: Angell, Stephen W.; Dandelion, Pink (ed.). The Oxford handbook of Quaker studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Quakers established the earliest antislavery societies in both Great Britain and the United States,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cambridge.org/core Brown, Christopher Leslie. Christianity and the campaign against slavery and the slave trade. In: Brown, Stewart J.; Tackett, Timothy (ed.). The Cambridge history of Christianity. V. 7: Enlightenment, Reawakening and Revolution, 1660-1815. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. P. 517-535.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and their writings directly influenced pioneers such as Thomas Clarkson and [[John Wesley]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.press.uillinois.edu Walvin, James. The slave trade, Quakers, and the early days of British abolition. In: Carey, Brycchan; Plank, Geoffrey (ed.). Quakers and abolition. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2014. P. 165-179.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com Olabimtan, Kehinde. Abolitionist Movement. In: Kurian, George Thomas (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In British politics, Christian moral conviction directly shaped legislative abolitionism. Statesman [[Edmund Burke]] drafted a comprehensive plan for gradual abolition, his &amp;quot;Sketch of a Negro Code&amp;quot; (c. 1780), grounded in &amp;quot;the principles of true religion and morality,&amp;quot; asserting on the floor of the House of Commons that natural laws of commerce applied to manufactured goods, not human bodies, because &amp;quot;supply and demand stopped at the soul.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/09/the-misguided-attempt-to-cancel-edmund-burke-over-slavery/ Collins, Gregory M. The misguided attempt to cancel Edmund Burke over slavery. National Review, Sept. 2022.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cambridge.org/core Collins, Gregory. Commerce and Manners in Edmund Burke’s Political Economy. Cambridge University Press, 2020.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Burke’s framework directly influenced [[William Wilberforce]], whose lifelong parliamentary crusade to abolish the slave trade stemmed directly from his evangelical conversion,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://academic.oup.com Stott, Anne. The great change. In: Wilberforce: family and friends. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; as well as subsequent abolitionist leaders Thomas Fowell Buxton and Edward Stanley.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/09/the-misguided-attempt-to-cancel-edmund-burke-over-slavery/ Collins, Gregory M. The misguided attempt to cancel Edmund Burke over slavery. National Review, Sept. 2022.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Similarly, in the United States, the spiritual zeal of the [[Second Great Awakening]] during the 1820s and 1830s catalyzed the movement for immediate abolition.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cambridge.org/core Philpott, Daniel. Christianity: A Straggler on the Road to Liberty?. In: Hertzke, Allen D.; Shah, Timothy Samuel (Ed.). Christianity and freedom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. V. 1. P. 333.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Revivalist minister [[Charles Finney]] denounced slavery as &amp;quot;a great national sin,&amp;quot; denied communion to slaveholders, and led Oberlin College, one of the first institutions to admit African Americans and women on equal terms, as a major hub of the [[Underground Railroad]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://posthillpress.com Hall, Mark David. Proclaim liberty throughout all the land: how Christianity has advanced freedom and equality for all Americans. New York; Nashville: Fidelis Books/Post Hill Press, 2023.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Economic historians note that slavery remained highly profitable and would not have disappeared on its own without religious intervention.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cambridge.org/core Hoffman, Philip T. The church in economy and society. In: Brown, Stewart J.; Tackett, Timothy (ed.). The Cambridge history of Christianity. V. 7: Enlightenment, Reawakening and Revolution, 1660-1815. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. P. 72-86.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; While Enlightenment rationalism played a minor role, evangelical Protestantism served as the decisive force that mobilized popular and aristocratic support to abolish the institution.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cambridge.org/core Bird, Wendell. Religious speech and the quest for freedoms in the Anglo-American world. Cambridge University Press, 2023.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk Major, Andrea. Introduction: evangelical connections. In: Slavery, abolitionism and empire in India, 1772-1843. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2012. P. 233-245.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Unlike secular governments such as Enlightenment-era France, which lacked na evangelical grassroots base to mobilize sustained reform, British evangelicals and nonconformists compelled the British government to outlaw slavery in 1833–1834 against fierce opposition from planters and merchants, while pressuring other nations to follow suit.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cambridge.org/core Woodberry, Robert D. Protestant Missionaries and the Centrality of Conversion: Attempts for the Spread of Education, Printing, Colonial Reform, and Political Democracy. In: Hertzke, Allen D.; Shah, Timothy Samuel (Ed.). Christianity and freedom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. V. 1.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.christianfocus.com James, Sharon. How Christianity transformed the world. Fearn, Scotland: Christian Focus Publications, 2021.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://academic.oup.com Harvey, Paul. Slavery. In: Ward, W. R.; et al. (ed.). The Oxford handbook of early evangelicalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://academic.oup.com Ditchfield, G. M. Abolitionism and the social conscience. In: Thompson, Andrew C. (ed.). The Oxford history of Protestant dissenting traditions. V. 2: The long eighteenth century, c. 1689-c. 1828. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, Christian missionaries actively worked to suppress the African slave trade on the continent itself. Reformers like Thomas Fowell Buxton, Henry Venn, and [[David Livingstone]] promoted legitimate agriculture and commerce, such as cotton cultivation in Abeokuta, to displace the illegitimate slave trade.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cambridge.org/core Stanley, Brian. Christian missions, antislavery and the claims of humanity, c. 1813-1873. In: Gilley, Sheridan; Stanley, Brian (ed.). The Cambridge history of Christianity. V. 8: World Christianities, c. 1815-c. 1914. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Church Missionary Society (CMS), born directly out of abolitionist efforts, even deployed freed slaves and their descendants from Sierra Leone back to the Lower Niger Basin to combat slavery in their ancestral homelands.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cambridge.org/core Kolapo, Femi J. The laws of God, the laws of England, and the laws of the land: CMS missionary navigation of (in)justice in mid-19th century Lower Niger Basin slave societies. Journal of Anglican Studies, Cambridge, p. 1-25, 2026.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Racial Equality and Civil Rights===&lt;br /&gt;
Christian egalitarianism consistently undermined racial hierarchies. In nineteenth-century colonial mission chapels, shared Bible reading, preaching, and prayer dissolved social distinctions between slave and free.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cambridge.org/core Stanley, Brian. Christian missions, antislavery and the claims of humanity, c. 1813-1873. In: Gilley, Sheridan; Stanley, Brian (ed.). The Cambridge history of Christianity. V. 8: World Christianities, c. 1815-c. 1914. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In South Africa, Anglo-Saxon evangelical missions championed racial &amp;quot;equalization,&amp;quot; advocating for black literacy, land ownership, voting rights, and imperial protection against colonial abuses, leading indigenous converts, such as the Khoikhoi, to assert their spiritual and civic equality with European settlers.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.eerdmans.com Elphick, Richard. Evangelical missions and racial “equalization” in South Africa, 1890–1914. In: Robert, Dana L. (ed.). Converting colonialism: visions and realities in mission history, 1706-1914. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Although apartheid defenders later distorted scripture, Christianity provided the primary moral framework used across racial lines to dismantle the apartheid regime.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://academic.oup.com Elbourne, Elizabeth. Race and the making of South African Christianity. In: Magaziner, Daniel (ed.). The Oxford handbook of South African history. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. P. 190-207.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://academic.oup.com Lloyd, Vincent. Christianity and racial justice. In: Witte Jr., John; et al. (ed.). The Oxford handbook of Christianity and law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. P. 726-737.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In the United States, the Black Church functioned as a vital forum for African-American identity, organization, and liberation.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cambridge.org/core Sensbach, Jon. African-American Christianity. In: Gilley, Sheridan; Stanley, Brian (ed.). The Cambridge history of Christianity. V. 8: World Christianities, c. 1815-c. 1914. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Christian convictions fueled both the anti-lynching crusade and the 1950s–1960s [[Civil Rights Movement]], which historians recognize as a profoundly religious revolution led primarily by Protestant and Catholic leaders, wielding far greater social influence than secular liberals.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cambridge.org/core Philpott, Daniel. Christianity: a straggler on the road to liberty? In: Shah, Timothy Samuel; Hertzke, Allen D. (ed.). Christianity and freedom. V. 1: Historical perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://oxfordre.com/religion Harvey, Paul. Civil rights movements and religion in America. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://oxfordre.com/religion Trodd, Zoe. Social progressivism and religion in America. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://academic.oup.com Stauffer, John. Abolition and antislavery. In: Smith, Mark M.; Paquette, Robert L. (ed.). The Oxford handbook of slavery in the Americas. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. P. 556-577.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Christianity and social stability ===&lt;br /&gt;
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See: [[Christianity and social stability]]&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Christianity and hospitals ===&lt;br /&gt;
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See: [[Christianity and hospitals]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Atheism vs. Christianity ==&lt;br /&gt;
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''See also:'' [[Atheism vs. Christianity]]&lt;br /&gt;
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In the latter half of the 1600s, there was [[French atheism#Clandestine French atheism in the 1600s and 1700s|an increase]] in the degree of ideological conflict between [[atheism]] and Christianity in the [[Western World]]. At first, the conflict was of a secretive nature via the use of clandestine tracts.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://fivebooks.com/interview/jonathan-israel-on-the-enlightenment/ Jonathan Israel on The Enlightenment]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;The material was formerly at the University of Cambridge's Investigating Atheism website, which has closed down. The material has been transferred to [http://www.mmfase.com/18th-century.html 18th Century History], Investigating Atheism&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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As a result of [[militant atheism]] in the 20th century, there was widespread persecution against Christians in [[Communist]] countries such as the former [[Soviet Union]]. Various Communist countries such as China continue to persecute Christians (see: [[Communism and religious persecution]]).  &lt;br /&gt;
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The 21st century is projected to be a century of [[desecularization]], and atheists are expected to lose influence in the West (and the world as a whole) as a result of religious immigration and the religious conservatives having a much higher fertility rate (see also: [[Growth of global desecularization]]).&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2011, the ''American Spectator'' declared about the global population:&lt;br /&gt;
{{cquote|The report estimates about 80,000 new Christians every day, 79,000 new [[Islam|Muslims]] every day, and 300 fewer atheists every day. These atheists are presumably disproportionately represented in the [[Western World|West]], while religion is thriving in the Global South, where [[Charismatic movement|charismatic Christianity]] is exploding.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://spectator.org/archives/2011/02/28/thriving-christianity Thriving Christianity]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2022, the left-leaning Pew Research Center projected that Christianity would lose its majority in the [[United States]] by 2070, but that assumes a lack of renewed [[evangelism]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/09/14/christian-population-minority-2070-model-pew/10380295002/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Resources related to becoming a Christian ==&lt;br /&gt;
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''see also:'' [[Essay: Resources on becoming a Christian|Resources on becoming a Christian]]&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Below are some resources on becoming a [[Christian]]:'''&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://creation.com/good-news Are you a good person?]&lt;br /&gt;
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*[http://www.newchristian.org.uk/ New Christian - UK]&lt;br /&gt;
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*[http://www.thewordfortoday.org/?page=C2000 Free audio Bible and Bible audio streaming]&lt;br /&gt;
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*[http://www.allaboutgod.com/ AllAboutGod.com]&lt;br /&gt;
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*[[Christian apologetics|Evidence for Christianity]]&lt;br /&gt;
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*[[Christian video testimonies]]&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://www.gotquestions.org/repentance.html Repentance]&lt;br /&gt;
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* [https://reasonsforhopejesus.com/what-if-you-die-today/ What Must You Do To Be SAVED?]&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Tips on choosing a Christian church:'''&lt;br /&gt;
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*[http://www.allaboutreligion.org/choosing-a-christian-church-faq.htm Choosing a Christian Church]&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Books ===&lt;br /&gt;
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*''The Complete Book of Discipleship: On Being and Making Followers of Christ'' by Bill Hull. ‎NavPress; Annotated edition (November 6, 2006)&lt;br /&gt;
*''The Pursuit of Holiness'' by Jerry Bridges. NavPress; Enlarged edition (November 3, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
*''The Practice of Godliness'' by Jerry Bridges. NavPress (June 1, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:1024px-Pentarchy 565 CE.png|thumbnail|700px|[[Pentarchy]] in 565 AD.]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''Denominations or branches of Christianity'''&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Roman Catholic Church]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Pentarchy]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Eastern Orthodoxy|Eastern Churches  -- Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Church of the East]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Protestantism|Protestant]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Anglican]] ([[Church of England]])&lt;br /&gt;
***[[Episcopal Church]] (USA affiliate) &lt;br /&gt;
**[[Baptist]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Congregationalist]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Disciples of Christ]] and [[Churches of Christ]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Evangelical Christianity]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Religious Society of Friends|Friends (Quaker)]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Fundamentalism]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Lutheran]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Mennonite]]&lt;br /&gt;
***[[Amish]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Messianic Judaism]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Methodist]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Pentecostal]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Plymouth Brethren]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Presbyterian]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Reformed]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Coptic_Church | Coptic Church]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ethiopian_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church | Ethiopian Church ]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Indian_Orthodox_Church | Indian Orthodox Church]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Independent_Catholic_churches |Independent Catholic Churches]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''Disputed'''&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Christian Science]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Jehovah's Witnesses]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Latter-day Saints]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Unitarian]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Seventh-day Adventist]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Society_of_St._Pius_X |SSPX traditionalist Catholicism Latin mass]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Liberal Catholic Church]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Oneness [[Pentecostalism]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Liberal Christianity]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''Christianity in the World'''&lt;br /&gt;
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*[[Global Christianity]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[List of countries by number of Christians]]&lt;br /&gt;
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'''American Christianity:'''&lt;br /&gt;
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*[[American Christianity]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''Christianity by continent'''&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Christianity in Africa]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Christianity in Asia]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Christianity in Australia | Christianity in Australia, Oceania, New Zealand]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Christianity in Europe]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Christianity in North America | Christianity in North America, Caribbean]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Christianity in South America | Christianity in South America, Central America]]&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Other articles'''&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:All Souls College, Oxford.jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|The prominent historian Sir Diarmaid MacCulloch, professor of the History of the Church at [[Oxford University]], indicates that he believes Christianity faces a &amp;quot;bright future&amp;quot; worldwide (See also: [[Global Christianity]]). &lt;br /&gt;
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According to MacCulloch, &amp;quot;Christianity, the world's largest religion, is rapidly expanding – by all indications, its future is very bright.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/10/catholic-schism-diarmaid-macculloh-silence-in-christian-history_n_1663231.html Historian predicts 'bright future' for Christianity]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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See also: [[Future of Christianity]] ]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Future of Christianity]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Christianity and social stability]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Resurrection Sunday | Easter]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Christmas]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Adiabene]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Essay: The earliest Christian Church, a prison in Armageddon]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Aramaic Church]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cathedral]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Catholicism]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Apostolic Tradition]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Christian apologetics]] (Defense of Christianity)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Christians and the Law of Moses: an essay]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Christianity and Science]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Christianity and women's rights]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Christian marriage]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Church]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Conservative Christianity]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Eucharist]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Evangelical Apostolic Church of North America (Syro-Chaldean)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ex opere operato and ex opere operantis]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Christian apologetics|Evidence for Christianity]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Gospel reading in the Church: the Turgama]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Infant baptism]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Inspiration of Holy Scripture: An Eastern Christian and Jewish Perspective]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Jesus Christ]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Judaism]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Messiah]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Head covering (Christianity)]]&lt;br /&gt;
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*[[New Testament understanding through the Jewish perspective]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Jewish Biblical way of interpretation: a solution for New Testament understanding]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Early Aramaic Jewish Christian prophesying]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[First Century Aramaic Jewish Christian Gospel and poetry]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Aramaic Judaism, Jewish Aramaic Christianity, and John 1:1]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[God on earth, the original!: an essay]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Passover Seder]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Persecution of Christians]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Revelation, Book of (historical exegesis)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Red-letter Christian]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sign of the Cross]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[The Sign of the Cross: of Jewish Origin]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Essay: The Way of Salvation]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Gates of Hell]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Anti Abortion activism: a personal essay]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Transmigration of Words in Religion: an essay]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Singing the Hebrew Scriptures]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Christmas in the Holy Land: an essay]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Essay: How to &amp;quot;get&amp;quot; a church]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Essay: How to choose a Bible]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Essay: Water baptism cannot save, the Church cannot save, Born again by faith alone]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Bible translations]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Essay: The superiority of the King James Bible: Looking through!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Essay:Christianity Needs Conservatism]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Essay:Christian First, Conservative Second]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Essay:How Many Christians In The World]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Essay:How Conservatism Is Essential to the Future of Christianity]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Essay:Important Christian Cities]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Essay:Virtue: Christian vs secular]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Essay:Counter-cultural Christianity]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Essay:Why Christianity is incompatible with Liberalism]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Further reading==&lt;br /&gt;
===Encyclopedias===&lt;br /&gt;
*  Bodensieck, Julius, ed. ''The Encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church,'' (3 vol 1965), ECLS perspective &lt;br /&gt;
* Brauer, Jerald C. ''The Westminster Dictionary of Church History'' (1971), 880pp&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://newadvent.org/cathen/index.html ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'' (1907-1913)], old but highly detailed and online&lt;br /&gt;
** ''New Catholic Encyclopedia'', edited by the Catholic University of America, 17 vol. 1967–1979.&lt;br /&gt;
*Cross, F. L., and E. A. Livingstone, eds. ''The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church''  (3rd ed. 1997), 1840pp; [https://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Dictionary-Christian-Church/dp/0192802909/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b excerpt and text search]; online at [[OUP]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Elwell, Walter A., ed. ''Evangelical Dictionary of Theology‎'' (2001) 1312 pages; articles by over 200 Evangelical or Fundamentalist scholars &lt;br /&gt;
*Hastings, Adrian et al. eds. ''The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought'' (2000) 808pp; 600 articles by 260 Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox scholars; [https://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0198600240/ref=sib_dp_pt/105-4292297-2766841#reader-link excerpt and text search]; online at [[OUP]]&lt;br /&gt;
*''New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge'' (1911), major sources of older scholarly articles; mainline Protestant perspective  &lt;br /&gt;
**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc01.toc.html Vol. 1: Aachen - Basilians]&lt;br /&gt;
**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc02.toc.html Vol. 2: Basilica - Chambers]&lt;br /&gt;
**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc03.toc.html Vol. 3: Chamier - Draendorf]&lt;br /&gt;
**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc04.toc.html Vol. 4: Draeseke - Goa]&lt;br /&gt;
**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc05.toc.html Vol. 5: Goar - Innocent]&lt;br /&gt;
**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc06.toc.html Vol. 6: Innocents - Liudger]&lt;br /&gt;
**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc07.toc.html Vol. 7: Liutprand - Moralities]&lt;br /&gt;
**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc08.toc.html Vol. 8: Morality - Petersen]&lt;br /&gt;
**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc09.toc.html Vol. 9: Petri - Reuchlin]&lt;br /&gt;
**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc10.toc.html Vol. 10: Reutsch - Son]&lt;br /&gt;
**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc11.toc.html Vol. 11: Son of Man - Tremellius]&lt;br /&gt;
**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc12.toc.html Vol. 12: Trench - Zwingli]&lt;br /&gt;
**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc13.toc.html Vol. 13: Index]&lt;br /&gt;
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===Histories===&lt;br /&gt;
*Briggs, J. H. Y., Robert D. Linder, and David F. Wright. ''Introduction to the History of Christianity: First Century to the Present Day'' (2006) [https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-History-Christianity-Century-Present/dp/0800638123/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1200823548&amp;amp;sr=8-4 excerpt and text search] &lt;br /&gt;
*Gonzalez, Justo L. ''A History of Christian Thought: Volume 1: From the Beginnings to the Council of Chalcedon'' (2nd ed. 1987); [https://www.amazon.com/History-Christian-Thought-Beginnings-Chalcedon/dp/0687171822/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1200823941&amp;amp;sr=8-1 excerpt and text search vol 1]; ''A History of Christian Thought: Volume 2: From Augustine to the Eve of the Reformation'' (2nd ed. 1987) [https://www.amazon.com/History-Christian-Thought-Augustine-Reformation/dp/0687171830/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1200823941&amp;amp;sr=8-3 excerpt and text search vol 2]; ''A History of Christian Thought: Volume 3: From the Protestant Reformation to the Twentieth Century'' (1987) [https://www.amazon.com/History-Christian-Thought-Protestant-Reformation/dp/0687171849/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1200808706&amp;amp;sr=8-12 excerpt and text search vol 3]&lt;br /&gt;
*Horsley, Richard A. ''Christian Origins: A People's History Of Christianity, Vol. 1'' (2006), 318pp [https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Origins-Peoples-History-Christianity/dp/080063411X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1200886474&amp;amp;sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]&lt;br /&gt;
*Latourette, Kenneth Scott. ''A History of Christianity'' (2 vol 1975) [https://www.amazon.com/History-Christianity-Beginnings-1500-Revised/dp/0060649526/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1200823548&amp;amp;sr=8-1 excerpt and text search vol 1, to 1500], by leading Baptist scholar&lt;br /&gt;
*Latourette, Kenneth Scott. ''A history of the expansion of Christianity'' (7 vol 1939–1970), monumental history of missionary work worldwide&lt;br /&gt;
*MacCulloch, Diarmaid. ''The Reformation'' (2005), influential recent survey [https://www.amazon.com/Reformation-Diarmaid-MacCulloch/dp/014303538X/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1200808706&amp;amp;sr=8-2 excerpt and text search]&lt;br /&gt;
*McGonigle, Thomas D., and James F. Quigley. ''A history of the Christian Tradition: From Its Jewish Origins to the Reformation'' (1988); ''A History of the Christian Tradition, Vol. II: From the Reformation to the Present'' (1996) [https://www.amazon.com/History-Christian-Tradition-Vol-Reformation/dp/0809136481/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1200808706&amp;amp;sr=8-15 excerpt and text search vol 2]&lt;br /&gt;
*Pelikan, Jaroslav. ''Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine'' (5 vol 1975–91) [https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Tradition-Development-Doctrine-Medieval/dp/0226653757/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1201083460&amp;amp;sr=8-1 excerpt and text search v. 3, 600 AD - 1300]; [https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Tradition-Development-Reformation-1300-1700/dp/0226653773/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1201083460&amp;amp;sr=8-4 excerpt and text search vol 4, 1300-1700]; [https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Tradition-History-Development-Doctrine/dp/0226653803/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1201083460&amp;amp;sr=8-3 excerpt and text search vol 5, 1700-present] This is the standard history of Christian doctrine. &lt;br /&gt;
*Ward, Keith. ''Christianity: A Beginner's Guide'' (2008), 195pp&lt;br /&gt;
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===United States===&lt;br /&gt;
* Ahlstrom, Sydney E. ''A religious history of the American people‎'' (1979) 1192 pages; classic history from broad perspective [https://books.google.com/books?id=5kFF6a1viGcC&amp;amp;dq=inauthor:ahlstrom&amp;amp;lr=&amp;amp;as_drrb_is=q&amp;amp;as_minm_is=0&amp;amp;as_miny_is=&amp;amp;as_maxm_is=0&amp;amp;as_maxy_is=&amp;amp;num=30&amp;amp;as_brr=0&amp;amp;as_pt=ALLTYPES excerpt and text search] &lt;br /&gt;
* Balmer, Randall. ''Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism'' (2nd ed. 2004), 655pp [http://www.questia.com/library/book/encyclopedia-of-evangelicalism-by-randall-balmer.jsp ''Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism'' online edition]&lt;br /&gt;
* Lippy, Charles H. and Peter W. Williams, eds. ''Encyclopedia of the American religious experience: studies of traditions and movements'' (3 vol 1988) 1872 pages; standard reference work; long essays by scholars &lt;br /&gt;
* Noll, Mark A. ''A history of Christianity in the United States and Canada‎'' (1992), by leading Evangelical historian [https://books.google.com/books?id=VGF3wbzzy9QC&amp;amp;dq=intitle:christianity+inauthor:noll&amp;amp;lr=&amp;amp;as_drrb_is=q&amp;amp;as_minm_is=0&amp;amp;as_miny_is=&amp;amp;as_maxm_is=0&amp;amp;as_maxy_is=&amp;amp;num=30&amp;amp;as_brr=0&amp;amp;as_pt=ALLTYPES excerpt and text search]&lt;br /&gt;
* Queen, Edward L. et al., eds. ''Encyclopedia of American Religious History'' (3rd ed. 2 vol. 2009) 1200pp&lt;br /&gt;
* Reid, Daniel G. et al., eds. ''Dictionary of Christianity in America'' (199)&lt;br /&gt;
* Wooley, Davis C. ed. ''Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists‎'' (5 vol 1958–1982; 2565 pages)&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.aim.org/wls/category/christians/ What Liberals Say - Category: Christians], [[Accuracy In Media]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.churchbud.com Christian Social Network]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://bertschlossberg.blogspot.com/2012/11/jesus-through-fabric-of-our-lives.html Jesus through the Fabric of our Lives]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://bertschlossberg.blogspot.com/ Real Life and Death: the interplay of Bible, Israel, America]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://bertschlossberg.blogspot.de/2013/05/who-can-be-saved-who-can-not-be-saved.html Who can be saved? Who can not be saved?]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Conspiracy theory scapegoats]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Christian Organizations]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: ChatGPT generated immage&lt;/p&gt;
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ChatGPT generated immage&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: Conservative moved page File talk:User RobSmith accept User Conservative's LSAT intellectual dual challleng or accept your intellectual Waterloo like a man (1).png to File talk:User RobSmith accept User Conservative's LSAT intellectual duel challlenge or accept your intellectual Waterloo like a man (1).png&lt;/p&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: ChatGPT generated image&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;::::Dianne3000, once {{Personal remark removed}} for the [[LSAT]] exam due to accepting my intellectual dual challenge, he will be stepping through the doorway of greatness and understand the nutritional logic of not eating the junk food of french fries. Dianne3000, {{Personal remark removed}} able to score 168 or above on LSAT test.  [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 23:23, November 14, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:LSAT and mastering logical reasoning (1).png|thumbnail|center|1000px|Study for the [[LSAT]] until you can consistently score 168 and above. Pass through the doorway of greatness.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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I trust this further clarified matters. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 23:54, November 14, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Oh, I see why you switched from [[harassing]] people about [[Mensa]] to the [[LSAT]] now:&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Screenshot 1-11-2026 102718.jpeg|center|850px|thumb|Nguyen Pham, President of the [[Mensa Foundation]] [https://www.instagram.com/yaynguyen/p/DeKsGQOkqnu/] See also *[https://www.us.mensa.org/read/bulletin/features/the-q-word/ The Q Word]. ''The Purposeful Journey of GaySIG to QueerSIG'', Nguyen Pham, June 8, 2023.]]&lt;br /&gt;
:You gotta be pretty dumb to not know the influence of [[homosexual]]s in the [[Mensa]] organization. The Top 2% minority, like [[gay]]s, think they are &amp;quot;special&amp;quot;. I warned [[user:Conservative]] about this years ago, but in his [[narcissistic]] [[pride]] he ignored my advice and has continued [[spamming]] [[gay propaganda|gay recruiting propaganda]].&lt;br /&gt;
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:[[Wikipedia]] says,&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|High LSAT scores are accepted as qualifying evidence for intellectual clubs such as American Mensa...Mensa has required students to score in the 95+ percentile rank on the LSAT for membership}}&lt;br /&gt;
:168/180 = .93333.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Opps, looks like you're not going to make it. You'll have to look elsewhere to find [[gay]] partners. - RobSmith&lt;br /&gt;
::And your excuse for not taking the [[LSAT]] intellectual dual challenge where we each take the LSAT test? Listen to Yandex's Alice AI (which is made up of 100% Russian parts) which said: &amp;quot;this is an invitation to greatness. The choice is yours: embrace the challenge with determination, or acknowledge its magnitude with respect. Either way, this duel will be remembered as a test of true intellectual resolve.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
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::The Doorway of Greatness™ remains open. The LSAT awaits.  Walk through the doorway. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:19, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
{{Personal remark removed}} take the LSAT test? Listen to Yandex's Alice AI (which is made up of 100% Russian parts) which said: &amp;quot;this is an invitation to greatness. The choice is yours: embrace the challenge with determination, or acknowledge its magnitude with respect. Either way, this duel will be remembered as a test of true intellectual resolve.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Doorway of Greatness™ remains open. The LSAT awaits.  Walk through the doorway. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:19, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Good. I'm glad you're so focused on yourself. Meanwhile, [[Sean Duffy]] is still a [[Congressman]] and not [[Trump]]'s [[Transportation Secretary]]. You aren't mush of a team player, given all the damage you've done being focused on yourself and [[Conservapedia:Guidelines#Inappropriate.2Ftrolling_behavior|impeding other users productive editing]]. &lt;br /&gt;
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:Let's observe your use of [[logic]] for a moment:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::Yandex's Alice AI (which is made up of 100% of shoddy Russian [[crap]] which they can neither innovate or compete with) &lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;quot;Yandex says I (that is, [[User:Conservative]]) am the greatest and smartest&amp;quot;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[[User:RobSmith|Foghorn Leghorn]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Do normal heterosexuals spend 20 yrs obsessing over gay bars, bathhouses and drag queens?]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:22, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:LSAT dual challenge and machismo (1).png|thumbnail|center|1000px|The Doorway of Greatness™ remains open. The LSAT awaits.  Walk through the doorway. ]]&lt;br /&gt;
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:I trust this further clarifies matters.  [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 06:45, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== An addendum: Research related to LSAT preparation increasing one's reasoning skills ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Two small studies from the same research group at the University of California, Berkeley suggest that intensive LSAT preparation can improve logical reasoning skills, with some limited transfer to an unpracticed reasoning task. The 2013 study found no significant improvement in LSAT Reading Comprehension scores, and the 2015 study found no evidence of broader cognitive gains beyond one relational-reasoning task. Both studies were small and did not randomly assign participants, so their findings should be treated as preliminary.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== First study: Three months of LSAT preparation ===&lt;br /&gt;
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Study: [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53fa2990e4b009642c5e689b/t/586c08fcd482e92824a09ef1/1483475198101/Mackey_JNeuro_2013.pdf?utm_source Intensive Reasoning Training Alters Patterns of Brain Connectivity at Rest], ''The Journal of Neuroscience'', March 13, 2013. 33(11): 4796–4803&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In a 2013 study in ''The Journal of Neuroscience'', researchers followed 25 young adults taking an LSAT course with about 70 hours of reasoning instruction and compared them with 24 age- and IQ-matched controls who planned to take the LSAT later.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Allyson P. Mackey, Alison T. Miller Singley and Silvia A. Bunge, [https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4141-12.2013 &amp;quot;Intensive Reasoning Training Alters Patterns of Brain Connectivity at Rest&amp;quot;], ''The Journal of Neuroscience'' 33, no. 11 (2013): 4796–4803.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* The students' practice-test scores rose significantly over the course, although the control group did not take practice tests, so these gains could not be compared with theirs.&lt;br /&gt;
* Scores rose on the Logical Reasoning section and on the Analytical Reasoning (&amp;quot;Logic Games&amp;quot;) section, which LSAC removed from the test in August 2024.&lt;br /&gt;
* Reading Comprehension scores did not change significantly.&lt;br /&gt;
* Brain scans indicated strengthened functional connectivity between frontal and parietal regions associated with reasoning, compared with the control group. Such changes are interesting, but they do not by themselves show improved reasoning ability.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Second study: Improvement on an unfamiliar reasoning task ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Study: [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4569435/?utm_source ''Characterizing Behavioral and Brain Changes Associated with Practicing Reasoning Skills''], ''PLoS One''. 2015 Sep 14; 10(9): e0137627. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137627&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A 2015 study in ''PLOS ONE'' by the same research group tested whether the reasoning gains carried over to tasks the students had not practiced.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Allyson P. Mackey, Alison T. Miller Singley, Carter Wendelken and Silvia A. Bunge, [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137627 &amp;quot;Characterizing Behavioral and Brain Changes Associated with Practicing Reasoning Skills&amp;quot;], ''PLOS ONE'' 10, no. 9 (2015): e0137627.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Students in an LSAT course improved more than controls on a non-verbal task that required integrating relationships between pieces of information (judging relative weights from balance scales), a task unlike the text-based questions they had practiced.&lt;br /&gt;
* They showed no comparable gains on a second unpracticed task that required generating rules, or on tests of working memory and processing speed.&lt;br /&gt;
* The authors described their results as preliminary because participants were not randomly assigned and the control group did not take a comparable course.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Summary ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The research provides evidence that LSAT preparation improves performance on LSAT practice tests and offers preliminary evidence of transfer to at least one reasoning task outside the test. It does not establish that LSAT preparation improves general intellectual ability. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:56, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Take the test. Then you can pat yourself on the back. [[User:RobSmith|Foghorn Leghorn]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Do normal heterosexuals spend 20 yrs obsessing over gay bars, bathhouses and drag queens?]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:04, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== User: Conservative keeps bringing up the LSAT intellectual duel challenge to User: RobSmith because the truth is unbreakable ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:User Conservative keeps bringing up the LSAT challenge to RobSmith because the truth is unbreakable (1).png|thumbnail|1000px|center|User:Conservative keeps bringing up the LSAT intellectual duel challenge to User: RobSmith because the truth is unbreakable]]&lt;br /&gt;
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I trust this further clarifies matters. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 12:58, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== User:Conservative keeps bringing up the LSAT intellectual duel challenge to User: RobSmith because the truth is unbreakable ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I trust this clarifies matters. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 12:56, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Conservative</name></author>
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		<updated>2026-11-15T17:54:32Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: ChatGPT generated image&lt;/p&gt;
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		<updated>2026-11-15T16:44:24Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: Created page with &amp;quot;1200px&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: screenshot&lt;/p&gt;
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		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User:Conservative/Andy_Schlafly_took_the_LSAT_to_get_into_Harvard_Law_School._Andy,_your_thoughts_on_the_LSAT_intellectual_duel_challenge%3F&amp;diff=2218552</id>
		<title>User:Conservative/Andy Schlafly took the LSAT to get into Harvard Law School. Andy, your thoughts on the LSAT intellectual duel challenge?</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: &lt;/p&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: /* An addendum: Research related to LSAT preparation increasing one's reasoning skills */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;::::Dianne3000, once {{Personal remark removed}} for the [[LSAT]] exam due to accepting my intellectual dual challenge, he will be stepping through the doorway of greatness and understand the nutritional logic of not eating the junk food of french fries. Dianne3000, {{Personal remark removed}} able to score 168 or above on LSAT test.  [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 23:23, November 14, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:LSAT and mastering logical reasoning (1).png|thumbnail|center|1000px|Study for the [[LSAT]] until you can consistently score 168 and above. Pass through the doorway of greatness.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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I trust this further clarified matters. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 23:54, November 14, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Oh, I see why you switched from [[harassing]] people about [[Mensa]] to the [[LSAT]] now:&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Screenshot 1-11-2026 102718.jpeg|center|850px|thumb|Nguyen Pham, President of the [[Mensa Foundation]] [https://www.instagram.com/yaynguyen/p/DeKsGQOkqnu/] See also *[https://www.us.mensa.org/read/bulletin/features/the-q-word/ The Q Word]. ''The Purposeful Journey of GaySIG to QueerSIG'', Nguyen Pham, June 8, 2023.]]&lt;br /&gt;
:You gotta be pretty dumb to not know the influence of [[homosexual]]s in the [[Mensa]] organization. The Top 2% minority, like [[gay]]s, think they are &amp;quot;special&amp;quot;. I warned [[user:Conservative]] about this years ago, but in his [[narcissistic]] [[pride]] he ignored my advice and has continued [[spamming]] [[gay propaganda|gay recruiting propaganda]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[[Wikipedia]] says,&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|High LSAT scores are accepted as qualifying evidence for intellectual clubs such as American Mensa...Mensa has required students to score in the 95+ percentile rank on the LSAT for membership}}&lt;br /&gt;
:168/180 = .93333.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Opps, looks like you're not going to make it. You'll have to look elsewhere to find [[gay]] partners. - RobSmith&lt;br /&gt;
::And your excuse for not taking the [[LSAT]] intellectual dual challenge where we each take the LSAT test? Listen to Yandex's Alice AI (which is made up of 100% Russian parts) which said: &amp;quot;this is an invitation to greatness. The choice is yours: embrace the challenge with determination, or acknowledge its magnitude with respect. Either way, this duel will be remembered as a test of true intellectual resolve.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::The Doorway of Greatness™ remains open. The LSAT awaits.  Walk through the doorway. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:19, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
RobSmith, take the LSAT test? Listen to Yandex's Alice AI (which is made up of 100% Russian parts) which said: &amp;quot;this is an invitation to greatness. The choice is yours: embrace the challenge with determination, or acknowledge its magnitude with respect. Either way, this duel will be remembered as a test of true intellectual resolve.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Doorway of Greatness™ remains open. The LSAT awaits.  Walk through the doorway. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:19, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:LSAT dual challenge and machismo (1).png|thumbnail|center|1000px|The Doorway of Greatness™ remains open. The LSAT awaits.  Walk through the doorway. ]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:I trust this further clarifies matters.  [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 06:45, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== An addendum: Research related to LSAT preparation increasing one's reasoning skills ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Two small studies from the same research group at the University of California, Berkeley suggest that intensive LSAT preparation can improve logical reasoning skills, with some limited transfer to an unpracticed reasoning task. The 2013 study found no significant improvement in LSAT Reading Comprehension scores, and the 2015 study found no evidence of broader cognitive gains beyond one relational-reasoning task. Both studies were small and did not randomly assign participants, so their findings should be treated as preliminary.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== First study: Three months of LSAT preparation ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Study: [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53fa2990e4b009642c5e689b/t/586c08fcd482e92824a09ef1/1483475198101/Mackey_JNeuro_2013.pdf?utm_source Intensive Reasoning Training Alters Patterns of Brain Connectivity at Rest], ''The Journal of Neuroscience'', March 13, 2013. 33(11): 4796–4803&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In a 2013 study in ''The Journal of Neuroscience'', researchers followed 25 young adults taking an LSAT course with about 70 hours of reasoning instruction and compared them with 24 age- and IQ-matched controls who planned to take the LSAT later.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Allyson P. Mackey, Alison T. Miller Singley and Silvia A. Bunge, [https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4141-12.2013 &amp;quot;Intensive Reasoning Training Alters Patterns of Brain Connectivity at Rest&amp;quot;], ''The Journal of Neuroscience'' 33, no. 11 (2013): 4796–4803.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* The students' practice-test scores rose significantly over the course, although the control group did not take practice tests, so these gains could not be compared with theirs.&lt;br /&gt;
* Scores rose on the Logical Reasoning section and on the Analytical Reasoning (&amp;quot;Logic Games&amp;quot;) section, which LSAC removed from the test in August 2024.&lt;br /&gt;
* Reading Comprehension scores did not change significantly.&lt;br /&gt;
* Brain scans indicated strengthened functional connectivity between frontal and parietal regions associated with reasoning, compared with the control group. Such changes are interesting, but they do not by themselves show improved reasoning ability.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Second study: Improvement on an unfamiliar reasoning task ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Study: [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4569435/?utm_source ''Characterizing Behavioral and Brain Changes Associated with Practicing Reasoning Skills''], ''PLoS One''. 2015 Sep 14; 10(9): e0137627. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137627&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A 2015 study in ''PLOS ONE'' by the same research group tested whether the reasoning gains carried over to tasks the students had not practiced.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Allyson P. Mackey, Alison T. Miller Singley, Carter Wendelken and Silvia A. Bunge, [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137627 &amp;quot;Characterizing Behavioral and Brain Changes Associated with Practicing Reasoning Skills&amp;quot;], ''PLOS ONE'' 10, no. 9 (2015): e0137627.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Students in an LSAT course improved more than controls on a non-verbal task that required integrating relationships between pieces of information (judging relative weights from balance scales), a task unlike the text-based questions they had practiced.&lt;br /&gt;
* They showed no comparable gains on a second unpracticed task that required generating rules, or on tests of working memory and processing speed.&lt;br /&gt;
* The authors described their results as preliminary because participants were not randomly assigned and the control group did not take a comparable course.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Summary ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The research provides evidence that LSAT preparation improves performance on LSAT practice tests and offers preliminary evidence of transfer to at least one reasoning task outside the test. It does not establish that LSAT preparation improves general intellectual ability. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:56, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Take the test. Then you can pat yourself on the back. [[User:RobSmith|Foghorn Leghorn]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Do normal heterosexuals spend 20 yrs obsessing over gay bars, bathhouses and drag queens?]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:04, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Conservative</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;RobSmith, and your excuse for not taking the [[LSAT]] intellectual dual challenge where we each take the LSAT test? Listen to Yandex's Alice AI (which is made up of 100% Russian parts) which said: &amp;quot;this is an invitation to greatness. The choice is yours: embrace the challenge with determination, or acknowledge its magnitude with respect. Either way, this duel will be remembered as a test of true intellectual resolve.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Doorway of Greatness™ remains open. The LSAT awaits.  Walk through the doorway. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:19, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:LSAT dual challenge and machismo (1).png|thumbnail|center|1000px|The Doorway of Greatness™ remains open. The LSAT awaits.  Walk through the doorway. ]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:I trust this further clarifies matters.  [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 06:45, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Conservative</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Mensa_(organization)&amp;diff=2218518</id>
		<title>Talk:Mensa (organization)</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;'''Question:''' Can members of Mensa really be that smart if they don't know about [[Gay bowel syndrome]] and [[Homosexuality and Parasites|Atheism and anal parasites]]? - RobSmith&lt;br /&gt;
:And your excuse for not taking the [[LSAT]] intellectual dual challenge where we each take the LSAT test? Listen to Yandex's Alice AI (which is made up of 100% Russian parts) which said: &amp;quot;this is an invitation to greatness. The choice is yours: embrace the challenge with determination, or acknowledge its magnitude with respect. Either way, this duel will be remembered as a test of true intellectual resolve.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:The Doorway of Greatness™ remains open. The LSAT awaits.  Walk through the doorway. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:19, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:LSAT dual challenge and machismo (1).png|thumbnail|center|1000px|The Doorway of Greatness™ remains open. The LSAT awaits.  Walk through the doorway. ]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:I trust this further clarifies matters.  [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 06:23, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== An addendum: Research related to LSAT preparation increasing one's reasoning skills ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Two small studies from the same research group at the University of California, Berkeley suggest that intensive LSAT preparation can improve logical reasoning skills, with some limited transfer to an unpracticed reasoning task. The 2013 study found no significant improvement in LSAT Reading Comprehension scores, and the 2015 study found no evidence of broader cognitive gains beyond one relational-reasoning task. Both studies were small and did not randomly assign participants, so their findings should be treated as preliminary.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== First study: Three months of LSAT preparation ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Study: [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53fa2990e4b009642c5e689b/t/586c08fcd482e92824a09ef1/1483475198101/Mackey_JNeuro_2013.pdf?utm_source Intensive Reasoning Training Alters Patterns of Brain Connectivity at Rest], ''The Journal of Neuroscience'', March 13, 2013. 33(11): 4796–4803&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In a 2013 study in ''The Journal of Neuroscience'', researchers followed 25 young adults taking an LSAT course with about 70 hours of reasoning instruction and compared them with 24 age- and IQ-matched controls who planned to take the LSAT later.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Allyson P. Mackey, Alison T. Miller Singley and Silvia A. Bunge, [https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4141-12.2013 &amp;quot;Intensive Reasoning Training Alters Patterns of Brain Connectivity at Rest&amp;quot;], ''The Journal of Neuroscience'' 33, no. 11 (2013): 4796–4803.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* The students' practice-test scores rose significantly over the course, although the control group did not take practice tests, so these gains could not be compared with theirs.&lt;br /&gt;
* Scores rose on the Logical Reasoning section and on the Analytical Reasoning (&amp;quot;Logic Games&amp;quot;) section, which LSAC removed from the test in August 2024.&lt;br /&gt;
* Reading Comprehension scores did not change significantly.&lt;br /&gt;
* Brain scans indicated strengthened functional connectivity between frontal and parietal regions associated with reasoning, compared with the control group. Such changes are interesting, but they do not by themselves show improved reasoning ability.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Second study: Improvement on an unfamiliar reasoning task ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Study: [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4569435/?utm_source ''Characterizing Behavioral and Brain Changes Associated with Practicing Reasoning Skills''], ''PLoS One''. 2015 Sep 14; 10(9): e0137627. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137627&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A 2015 study in ''PLOS ONE'' by the same research group tested whether the reasoning gains carried over to tasks the students had not practiced.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Allyson P. Mackey, Alison T. Miller Singley, Carter Wendelken and Silvia A. Bunge, [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137627 &amp;quot;Characterizing Behavioral and Brain Changes Associated with Practicing Reasoning Skills&amp;quot;], ''PLOS ONE'' 10, no. 9 (2015): e0137627.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Students in an LSAT course improved more than controls on a non-verbal task that required integrating relationships between pieces of information (judging relative weights from balance scales), a task unlike the text-based questions they had practiced.&lt;br /&gt;
* They showed no comparable gains on a second unpracticed task that required generating rules, or on tests of working memory and processing speed.&lt;br /&gt;
* The authors described their results as preliminary because participants were not randomly assigned and the control group did not take a comparable course.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Summary ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The research provides evidence that LSAT preparation improves performance on LSAT practice tests and offers preliminary evidence of transfer to at least one reasoning task outside the test. It does not establish that LSAT preparation improves general intellectual ability. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:57, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Conservative</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Mensa_(organization)&amp;diff=2218517</id>
		<title>Talk:Mensa (organization)</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Mensa_(organization)&amp;diff=2218517"/>
		<updated>2026-11-15T11:23:57Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;'''Question:''' Can members of Mensa really be that smart if they don't know about [[Gay bowel syndrome]] and [[Homosexuality and Parasites|Atheism and anal parasites]]?&lt;br /&gt;
:And your excuse for not taking the [[LSAT]] intellectual dual challenge where we each take the LSAT test? Listen to Yandex's Alice AI (which is made up of 100% Russian parts) which said: &amp;quot;this is an invitation to greatness. The choice is yours: embrace the challenge with determination, or acknowledge its magnitude with respect. Either way, this duel will be remembered as a test of true intellectual resolve.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:The Doorway of Greatness™ remains open. The LSAT awaits.  Walk through the doorway. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:19, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:LSAT dual challenge and machismo (1).png|thumbnail|center|1000px|The Doorway of Greatness™ remains open. The LSAT awaits.  Walk through the doorway. ]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:I trust this further clarifies matters.  [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 06:23, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== An addendum: Research related to LSAT preparation increasing one's reasoning skills ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Two small studies from the same research group at the University of California, Berkeley suggest that intensive LSAT preparation can improve logical reasoning skills, with some limited transfer to an unpracticed reasoning task. The 2013 study found no significant improvement in LSAT Reading Comprehension scores, and the 2015 study found no evidence of broader cognitive gains beyond one relational-reasoning task. Both studies were small and did not randomly assign participants, so their findings should be treated as preliminary.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== First study: Three months of LSAT preparation ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Study: [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53fa2990e4b009642c5e689b/t/586c08fcd482e92824a09ef1/1483475198101/Mackey_JNeuro_2013.pdf?utm_source Intensive Reasoning Training Alters Patterns of Brain Connectivity at Rest], ''The Journal of Neuroscience'', March 13, 2013. 33(11): 4796–4803&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In a 2013 study in ''The Journal of Neuroscience'', researchers followed 25 young adults taking an LSAT course with about 70 hours of reasoning instruction and compared them with 24 age- and IQ-matched controls who planned to take the LSAT later.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Allyson P. Mackey, Alison T. Miller Singley and Silvia A. Bunge, [https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4141-12.2013 &amp;quot;Intensive Reasoning Training Alters Patterns of Brain Connectivity at Rest&amp;quot;], ''The Journal of Neuroscience'' 33, no. 11 (2013): 4796–4803.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* The students' practice-test scores rose significantly over the course, although the control group did not take practice tests, so these gains could not be compared with theirs.&lt;br /&gt;
* Scores rose on the Logical Reasoning section and on the Analytical Reasoning (&amp;quot;Logic Games&amp;quot;) section, which LSAC removed from the test in August 2024.&lt;br /&gt;
* Reading Comprehension scores did not change significantly.&lt;br /&gt;
* Brain scans indicated strengthened functional connectivity between frontal and parietal regions associated with reasoning, compared with the control group. Such changes are interesting, but they do not by themselves show improved reasoning ability.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Second study: Improvement on an unfamiliar reasoning task ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Study: [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4569435/?utm_source ''Characterizing Behavioral and Brain Changes Associated with Practicing Reasoning Skills''], ''PLoS One''. 2015 Sep 14; 10(9): e0137627. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137627&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A 2015 study in ''PLOS ONE'' by the same research group tested whether the reasoning gains carried over to tasks the students had not practiced.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Allyson P. Mackey, Alison T. Miller Singley, Carter Wendelken and Silvia A. Bunge, [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137627 &amp;quot;Characterizing Behavioral and Brain Changes Associated with Practicing Reasoning Skills&amp;quot;], ''PLOS ONE'' 10, no. 9 (2015): e0137627.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Students in an LSAT course improved more than controls on a non-verbal task that required integrating relationships between pieces of information (judging relative weights from balance scales), a task unlike the text-based questions they had practiced.&lt;br /&gt;
* They showed no comparable gains on a second unpracticed task that required generating rules, or on tests of working memory and processing speed.&lt;br /&gt;
* The authors described their results as preliminary because participants were not randomly assigned and the control group did not take a comparable course.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Summary ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The research provides evidence that LSAT preparation improves performance on LSAT practice tests and offers preliminary evidence of transfer to at least one reasoning task outside the test. It does not establish that LSAT preparation improves general intellectual ability. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:57, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Conservative</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=File:LSAT_dual_challenge_and_machismo_(1).png&amp;diff=2218516</id>
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		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=File:LSAT_dual_challenge_and_machismo_(1).png&amp;diff=2218516"/>
		<updated>2026-11-15T11:17:55Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: ChatGPT generated&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Summary ==&lt;br /&gt;
ChatGPT generated&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Conservative</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Talk:Mensa (organization)</title>
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		<updated>2026-11-15T10:57:29Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;'''Question:''' Can members of Mensa really be that smart if they don't know about [[Gay bowel syndrome]] and [[Homosexuality and Parasites|Atheism and anal parasites]]?&lt;br /&gt;
:And your excuse for not taking the [[LSAT]] intellectual dual challenge where we each take the LSAT test? Listen to Yandex's Alice AI (which is made up of 100% Russian parts) which said: &amp;quot;this is an invitation to greatness. The choice is yours: embrace the challenge with determination, or acknowledge its magnitude with respect. Either way, this duel will be remembered as a test of true intellectual resolve.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:The Doorway of Greatness™ remains open. The LSAT awaits.  Walk through the doorway. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:19, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
== An addendum: Research related to LSAT preparation increasing one's reasoning skills ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Two small studies from the same research group at the University of California, Berkeley suggest that intensive LSAT preparation can improve logical reasoning skills, with some limited transfer to an unpracticed reasoning task. The 2013 study found no significant improvement in LSAT Reading Comprehension scores, and the 2015 study found no evidence of broader cognitive gains beyond one relational-reasoning task. Both studies were small and did not randomly assign participants, so their findings should be treated as preliminary.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== First study: Three months of LSAT preparation ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Study: [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53fa2990e4b009642c5e689b/t/586c08fcd482e92824a09ef1/1483475198101/Mackey_JNeuro_2013.pdf?utm_source Intensive Reasoning Training Alters Patterns of Brain Connectivity at Rest], ''The Journal of Neuroscience'', March 13, 2013. 33(11): 4796–4803&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In a 2013 study in ''The Journal of Neuroscience'', researchers followed 25 young adults taking an LSAT course with about 70 hours of reasoning instruction and compared them with 24 age- and IQ-matched controls who planned to take the LSAT later.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Allyson P. Mackey, Alison T. Miller Singley and Silvia A. Bunge, [https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4141-12.2013 &amp;quot;Intensive Reasoning Training Alters Patterns of Brain Connectivity at Rest&amp;quot;], ''The Journal of Neuroscience'' 33, no. 11 (2013): 4796–4803.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* The students' practice-test scores rose significantly over the course, although the control group did not take practice tests, so these gains could not be compared with theirs.&lt;br /&gt;
* Scores rose on the Logical Reasoning section and on the Analytical Reasoning (&amp;quot;Logic Games&amp;quot;) section, which LSAC removed from the test in August 2024.&lt;br /&gt;
* Reading Comprehension scores did not change significantly.&lt;br /&gt;
* Brain scans indicated strengthened functional connectivity between frontal and parietal regions associated with reasoning, compared with the control group. Such changes are interesting, but they do not by themselves show improved reasoning ability.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Second study: Improvement on an unfamiliar reasoning task ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Study: [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4569435/?utm_source ''Characterizing Behavioral and Brain Changes Associated with Practicing Reasoning Skills''], ''PLoS One''. 2015 Sep 14; 10(9): e0137627. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137627&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A 2015 study in ''PLOS ONE'' by the same research group tested whether the reasoning gains carried over to tasks the students had not practiced.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Allyson P. Mackey, Alison T. Miller Singley, Carter Wendelken and Silvia A. Bunge, [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137627 &amp;quot;Characterizing Behavioral and Brain Changes Associated with Practicing Reasoning Skills&amp;quot;], ''PLOS ONE'' 10, no. 9 (2015): e0137627.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Students in an LSAT course improved more than controls on a non-verbal task that required integrating relationships between pieces of information (judging relative weights from balance scales), a task unlike the text-based questions they had practiced.&lt;br /&gt;
* They showed no comparable gains on a second unpracticed task that required generating rules, or on tests of working memory and processing speed.&lt;br /&gt;
* The authors described their results as preliminary because participants were not randomly assigned and the control group did not take a comparable course.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Summary ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The research provides evidence that LSAT preparation improves performance on LSAT practice tests and offers preliminary evidence of transfer to at least one reasoning task outside the test. It does not establish that LSAT preparation improves general intellectual ability. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:57, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Conservative</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=File_talk:LSAT_and_mastering_logical_reasoning_(1).png&amp;diff=2218514</id>
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		<updated>2026-11-15T10:56:59Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;::::Dianne3000, once {{Personal remark removed}} for the [[LSAT]] exam due to accepting my intellectual dual challenge, he will be stepping through the doorway of greatness and understand the nutritional logic of not eating the junk food of french fries. Dianne3000, {{Personal remark removed}} able to score 168 or above on LSAT test.  [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 23:23, November 14, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:LSAT and mastering logical reasoning (1).png|thumbnail|center|1000px|Study for the [[LSAT]] until you can consistently score 168 and above. Pass through the doorway of greatness.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I trust this further clarified matters. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 23:54, November 14, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Oh, I see why you switched from [[harassing]] people about [[Mensa]] to the [[LSAT]] now:&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Screenshot 1-11-2026 102718.jpeg|center|850px|thumb|Nguyen Pham, President of the [[Mensa Foundation]] [https://www.instagram.com/yaynguyen/p/DeKsGQOkqnu/] See also *[https://www.us.mensa.org/read/bulletin/features/the-q-word/ The Q Word]. ''The Purposeful Journey of GaySIG to QueerSIG'', Nguyen Pham, June 8, 2023.]]&lt;br /&gt;
:You gotta be pretty dumb to not know the influence of [[homosexual]]s in the [[Mensa]] organization. The Top 2% minority, like [[gay]]s, think they are &amp;quot;special&amp;quot;. I warned [[user:Conservative]] about this years ago, but in his [[narcissistic]] [[pride]] he ignored my advice and has continued [[spamming]] [[gay propaganda|gay recruiting propaganda]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[[Wikipedia]] says,&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|High LSAT scores are accepted as qualifying evidence for intellectual clubs such as American Mensa...Mensa has required students to score in the 95+ percentile rank on the LSAT for membership}}&lt;br /&gt;
:168/180 = .93333.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Opps, looks like you're not going to make it. You'll have to look elsewhere to find [[gay]] partners.&lt;br /&gt;
::And your excuse for not taking the [[LSAT]] intellectual dual challenge where we each take the LSAT test? Listen to Yandex's Alice AI (which is made up of 100% Russian parts) which said: &amp;quot;this is an invitation to greatness. The choice is yours: embrace the challenge with determination, or acknowledge its magnitude with respect. Either way, this duel will be remembered as a test of true intellectual resolve.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::The Doorway of Greatness™ remains open. The LSAT awaits.  Walk through the doorway. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:19, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
== An addendum: Research related to LSAT preparation increasing one's reasoning skills ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Two small studies from the same research group at the University of California, Berkeley suggest that intensive LSAT preparation can improve logical reasoning skills, with some limited transfer to an unpracticed reasoning task. The 2013 study found no significant improvement in LSAT Reading Comprehension scores, and the 2015 study found no evidence of broader cognitive gains beyond one relational-reasoning task. Both studies were small and did not randomly assign participants, so their findings should be treated as preliminary.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== First study: Three months of LSAT preparation ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Study: [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53fa2990e4b009642c5e689b/t/586c08fcd482e92824a09ef1/1483475198101/Mackey_JNeuro_2013.pdf?utm_source Intensive Reasoning Training Alters Patterns of Brain Connectivity at Rest], ''The Journal of Neuroscience'', March 13, 2013. 33(11): 4796–4803&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In a 2013 study in ''The Journal of Neuroscience'', researchers followed 25 young adults taking an LSAT course with about 70 hours of reasoning instruction and compared them with 24 age- and IQ-matched controls who planned to take the LSAT later.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Allyson P. Mackey, Alison T. Miller Singley and Silvia A. Bunge, [https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4141-12.2013 &amp;quot;Intensive Reasoning Training Alters Patterns of Brain Connectivity at Rest&amp;quot;], ''The Journal of Neuroscience'' 33, no. 11 (2013): 4796–4803.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* The students' practice-test scores rose significantly over the course, although the control group did not take practice tests, so these gains could not be compared with theirs.&lt;br /&gt;
* Scores rose on the Logical Reasoning section and on the Analytical Reasoning (&amp;quot;Logic Games&amp;quot;) section, which LSAC removed from the test in August 2024.&lt;br /&gt;
* Reading Comprehension scores did not change significantly.&lt;br /&gt;
* Brain scans indicated strengthened functional connectivity between frontal and parietal regions associated with reasoning, compared with the control group. Such changes are interesting, but they do not by themselves show improved reasoning ability.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Second study: Improvement on an unfamiliar reasoning task ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Study: [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4569435/?utm_source ''Characterizing Behavioral and Brain Changes Associated with Practicing Reasoning Skills''], ''PLoS One''. 2015 Sep 14; 10(9): e0137627. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137627&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A 2015 study in ''PLOS ONE'' by the same research group tested whether the reasoning gains carried over to tasks the students had not practiced.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Allyson P. Mackey, Alison T. Miller Singley, Carter Wendelken and Silvia A. Bunge, [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137627 &amp;quot;Characterizing Behavioral and Brain Changes Associated with Practicing Reasoning Skills&amp;quot;], ''PLOS ONE'' 10, no. 9 (2015): e0137627.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Students in an LSAT course improved more than controls on a non-verbal task that required integrating relationships between pieces of information (judging relative weights from balance scales), a task unlike the text-based questions they had practiced.&lt;br /&gt;
* They showed no comparable gains on a second unpracticed task that required generating rules, or on tests of working memory and processing speed.&lt;br /&gt;
* The authors described their results as preliminary because participants were not randomly assigned and the control group did not take a comparable course.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Summary ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The research provides evidence that LSAT preparation improves performance on LSAT practice tests and offers preliminary evidence of transfer to at least one reasoning task outside the test. It does not establish that LSAT preparation improves general intellectual ability. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:56, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Conservative</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;::::Dianne3000, once {{Personal remark removed}} for the [[LSAT]] exam due to accepting my intellectual dual challenge, he will be stepping through the doorway of greatness and understand the nutritional logic of not eating the junk food of french fries. Dianne3000, {{Personal remark removed}} able to score 168 or above on LSAT test.  [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 23:23, November 14, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:LSAT and mastering logical reasoning (1).png|thumbnail|center|1000px|Study for the [[LSAT]] until you can consistently score 168 and above. Pass through the doorway of greatness.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I trust this further clarified matters. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 23:54, November 14, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Oh, I see why you switched from [[harassing]] people about [[Mensa]] to the [[LSAT]] now:&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Screenshot 1-11-2026 102718.jpeg|center|850px|thumb|Nguyen Pham, President of the [[Mensa Foundation]] [https://www.instagram.com/yaynguyen/p/DeKsGQOkqnu/] See also *[https://www.us.mensa.org/read/bulletin/features/the-q-word/ The Q Word]. ''The Purposeful Journey of GaySIG to QueerSIG'', Nguyen Pham, June 8, 2023.]]&lt;br /&gt;
:You gotta be pretty dumb to not know the influence of [[homosexual]]s in the [[Mensa]] organization. The Top 2% minority, like [[gay]]s, think they are &amp;quot;special&amp;quot;. I warned [[user:Conservative]] about this years ago, but in his [[narcissistic]] [[pride]] he ignored my advice and has continued [[spamming]] [[gay propaganda|gay recruiting propaganda]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:[[Wikipedia]] says,&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|High LSAT scores are accepted as qualifying evidence for intellectual clubs such as American Mensa...Mensa has required students to score in the 95+ percentile rank on the LSAT for membership}}&lt;br /&gt;
:168/180 = .93333.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Opps, looks like you're not going to make it. You'll have to look elsewhere to find [[gay]] partners.&lt;br /&gt;
::And your excuse for not taking the [[LSAT]] intellectual dual challenge where we each take the LSAT test? Listen to Yandex's Alice AI (which is made up of 100% Russian parts) which said: &amp;quot;this is an invitation to greatness. The choice is yours: embrace the challenge with determination, or acknowledge its magnitude with respect. Either way, this duel will be remembered as a test of true intellectual resolve.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
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::The Doorway of Greatness™ remains open. The LSAT awaits.  Walk through the doorway. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:19, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;::::Dianne3000, once {{Personal remark removed}} for the [[LSAT]] exam due to accepting my intellectual dual challenge, he will be stepping through the doorway of greatness and understand the nutritional logic of not eating the junk food of french fries. Dianne3000, {{Personal remark removed}} able to score 168 or above on LSAT test.  [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 23:23, November 14, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:LSAT and mastering logical reasoning (1).png|thumbnail|center|1000px|Study for the [[LSAT]] until you can consistently score 168 and above. Pass through the doorway of greatness.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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I trust this further clarified matters. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 23:54, November 14, 2026 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Oh, I see why you switched from [[harassing]] people about [[Mensa]] to the [[LSAT]] now:&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Screenshot 1-11-2026 102718.jpeg|center|850px|thumb|Nguyen Pham, President of the [[Mensa Foundation]] [https://www.instagram.com/yaynguyen/p/DeKsGQOkqnu/] See also *[https://www.us.mensa.org/read/bulletin/features/the-q-word/ The Q Word]. ''The Purposeful Journey of GaySIG to QueerSIG'', Nguyen Pham, June 8, 2023.]]&lt;br /&gt;
:You gotta be pretty dumb to not know the influence of [[homosexual]]s in the [[Mensa]] organization. The Top 2% minority, like [[gay]]s, think they are &amp;quot;special&amp;quot;. I warned [[user:Conservative]] about this years ago, but in his [[narcissistic]] [[pride]] he ignored my advice and has continued [[spamming]] [[gay propaganda|gay recruiting propaganda]].&lt;br /&gt;
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:[[Wikipedia]] says,&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|High LSAT scores are accepted as qualifying evidence for intellectual clubs such as American Mensa...Mensa has required students to score in the 95+ percentile rank on the LSAT for membership}}&lt;br /&gt;
:168/180 = .93333.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Opps, looks like you're not going to make it. You'll have to look elsewhere to find [[gay]] partners.&lt;br /&gt;
:And your excuse for not taking the [[LSAT]] intellectual dual challenge where we each take the LSAT test? Listen to Yandex's Alice AI (which is made up of 100% Russian parts) which said: &amp;quot;this is an invitation to greatness. The choice is yours: embrace the challenge with determination, or acknowledge its magnitude with respect. Either way, this duel will be remembered as a test of true intellectual resolve.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:The Doorway of Greatness™ remains open. The LSAT awaits.  Walk through the doorway. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:19, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;'''Question:''' Can members of Mensa really be that smart if they don't know about [[Gay bowel syndrome]] and [[Homosexuality and Parasites|Atheism and anal parasites]]?&lt;br /&gt;
:And your excuse for not taking the [[LSAT]] intellectual dual challenge where we each take the LSAT test? Listen to Yandex's Alice AI (which is made up of 100% Russian parts) which said: &amp;quot;this is an invitation to greatness. The choice is yours: embrace the challenge with determination, or acknowledge its magnitude with respect. Either way, this duel will be remembered as a test of true intellectual resolve.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:The Doorway of Greatness™ remains open. The LSAT awaits.  Walk through the doorway. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:19, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;'''Question:''' Can members of Mensa really be that smart if they don't know about [[Gay bowel syndrome]] and [[Homosexuality and Parasites|Atheism and anal parasites]]?&lt;br /&gt;
:And your excuse for not taking the [[LSAT]] intellectual dual challenge where we each take the LSAT test? Listen to Yandex's Alice AI (which is made up of 100% Russian parts) which said: &amp;quot;this is an invitation to greatness. The choice is yours: embrace the challenge with determination, or acknowledge its magnitude with respect. Either way, this duel will be remembered as a test of true intellectual resolve.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
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:The Doorway of Greatness™ remains open. The LSAT awaits.  Walk through the door. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:19, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;'''Question:''' Can members of Mensa really be that smart if they don't know about [[Gay bowel syndrome]] and [[Homosexuality and Parasites|Atheism and anal parasites]]?&lt;br /&gt;
:And your excuse for not taking the [[LSAT]] intellectual dual challenge where we each take the LSAT test? Listen to Yandex's Alice AI (which is made up of 100% Russian parts) which said: &amp;quot;this is an invitation to greatness. The choice is yours: embrace the challenge with determination, or acknowledge its magnitude with respect. Either way, this duel will be remembered as a test of true intellectual resolve.&amp;quot; [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:02, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Conservative: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;'''Question:''' Can members of Mensa really be that smart if they don't know about [[Gay bowel syndrome]] and [[Homosexuality and Parasites|Atheism and anal parasites]]?&lt;br /&gt;
:And your excuse for not taking the [[LSAT]] intellectual dual challenge where we each take the LSAT test? Listen to Yandex's Alice AI (which is made up of 100% Russian parts): &amp;quot;this is an invitation to greatness. The choice is yours: embrace the challenge with determination, or acknowledge its magnitude with respect. Either way, this duel will be remembered as a test of true intellectual resolve.&amp;quot; [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 05:02, November 15, 2026 (EST)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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