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Heaven

2007-03-11T19:54:47Z

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'''Heaven''' is a location (either physical or spiritual) reserved as the afterlife in many religions especially the Abrahamic faiths. The conditions to enter heaven (in Christianity, the state of "salvation") often revolve around some standard of piety. In Orthodox and Catholic Christianity belief in Jesus and and proper works are often considered necessary although in some versions sufficient good deeds can lead to entering heaven even without belief in Jesus. In Protestant Christianity there is a large amount of variance as to entry conditions. Certain groups, such as many evangelicals, believe that salvation comes from belief in Jesus and acceptance of Jesus as a "personal Lord and Savior" as a necessary and sufficient condition for entering heaven. This doctrine is know as [[Sola fide]]. Other Protestants, such as Anglicans, take a view very close to the view taken by Catholicism. Certain Protestants, such as Calvinists, have believed that salvation was [[predestiny|pre-destined]] and that individuals could not take any actions to alter their final state. Still others are universalist, believing that eventually everyone will enter heaven (although some of [[purgatory]] or a similar notion may be necessary). Judaism focuses much less on the nature and method of entering heaven, but has emphasized good deeds (''mitzvot'') over belief and has strong univeralist tendencies. Islam has a variety of viewpoints on the matter with many of them emphasizing belief in God and acceptance of Muhammed as God's Prophet.
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God

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God is the creator of the universe. He is a trinity comprised of the [[Father]], the [[Jesus Christ|Son]], and the [[Holy Spirit]]. His [[creation]] of man is described in the [[Book of Genesis]] in the [[Bible]]. Belief in God (specifically, belief in [[Jesus Christ]] as your personal lord and savior) is a necessary condition to go to [[heaven]] (rather than [[hell]]) in the afterlife.

It's claimed that [[Christianity]], [[Islam]], and [[Judaism]] worship the same God in different ways. This claim is regarded by some as a way to convert Jews and Christians to Islam, since it supports the idea that Abrahamic religion has "grown" from Judaism to Christianity to Islam.<ref>http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/moongod.htm</ref> However, many are skeptical of this idea.<ref>http://www.letusreason.org/Islam6.htm</ref>

Common powers attributed to God include [[omnipotence]] (the ability to do anything), [[omniscience]] (the ability to know anything), and [[omnipresence]] (the ability to be everywhere at once) although even that level of detail is not common throughout all monotheists{{Fact|date=March2007}}. Many believers in God also believe that he eternally punishes the wicked in [[hell]] and eternally rewards the righteous in [[heaven]] and variants of this theme are found in all the Abrahamic faiths.

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Global warming

2007-03-11T19:48:29Z

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'''Global Warming''' is a phrase which commonly refers to a scientific theory and political proposals that would follow if the theory is accepted. The theory states that Earths' temperature and CO2 levels are rising at a dangerous rate, and that humans need to take action against this perceived threat.

== History ==
The scientific theory is widely but not universally accepted within the scientific community. Conservatives who are opposed to the political proposals that flow from acceptance of the theory, are properly skeptical of the motivations of the theorists, and challenge the scientific validity of portions of the theory. Many believe global warming is simply a liberal talking point, aimed at shackling profitable oil and power companies, forcing them to pursue a "green" agenda that environmentalists agree with. The phrase really includes three separate theories.
:1) The theory that we are currently in a period of rapid climate change consisting of increasing temperature, which, if it were to continue, would have important socio-economic consequences well within the next century.
:2) The theory that this change is caused by increasing CO2 gasses and a resulting "greenhouse" effect.
:3) The theory that this change is caused by human activity, mostly industrial emissions of carbon-based "greenhouse gasses."
Therefore, the phrase has also come to apply to
:4) The proposal that global warming can and should be reversed by taking large-scale international action to reduce greenhouse emissions.

Point #1 has become very widely accepted in the past few decades, even by conservatives who were once skeptical, but argue that the rising temperature is due to other factors. <ref>http://www.nationalcenter.org/WCT012304.html</ref> <ref>http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/global-warming-an-ardent-liberal-opens-up/</ref>
<ref>http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/3/5/91239/48194</ref>

Point #1 is argued against by those showing record cold temperatures around the globe. <ref>http://www.physorg.com/news2860.html</ref> <ref>http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/productDisplay.php?product=BOSRERBOS</ref> <ref>http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/07/D8EBMGIO0.html</ref>

Points #2 and point #3 are more controversial, although widely accepted by scientists. Points #3 is the one most attacked by global warming skeptics.

Point #4 is what the political and international debate are about. Both climate change itself, and the very large-scale actions that are proposed to combat it, would have enormous economic effects with identifiable winners and losers, resulting in an intense debate. For example, since the industrialized nations emit most of the CO2, if it were agreed that these emissions needed to be reduced sharply, the burden would fall much more heavily on these nations than on undeveloped nations.

== Al Gore and politics ==
Al Gore, Vice President under President Clinton from 1992 to 2000, is a high profile advocate of the full global warming theory. Promoters of this theory, including many prominent scientists, call for international treaties, like one proposed in Kyoto, Japan, to limit carbon emissions using a combination of conservation and technological innovation.

The theory is widely accepted within the scientific community because of the vast amount of conclusive evidence, though that is not to say there is unanimity..<ref>Myths of Global Warming[http://www.ncpa.org/ba/ba230.html]</ref><ref>No Evidence for Global Warming[http://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed012298b.cfm]</ref> On February 2, 2007, an internatonal panel of hundreds of scientists and representatives of 113 governments issued a report concluding:

The observed widespread warming of the atmosphere and ocean, together with ice-mass loss, support the conclusion that it is extremely unlikely that global climate change of the past 50 years can be explained without external forcing, and very likely that is not due to known natural causes alone."<ref>Borenstein, Seth (2007), "Warming 'Likely' Man-Made, Unstoppable." Associated Press, as published by Forbes[http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/02/02/ap3388409.html]</ref>

In fact, Al Gore does not even follow his own advice and actually made a lot of money with oil stocks, and uses private jets that pollute CO2. <ref>http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-08-09-gore-green_x.htm</ref> Plus Al Gore does not have a science degree, but one in government and an undergraduate degree and not a PHD, and Gore scored low in his science tests and classes. <ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A37397-2000Mar18</ref> So why is Al Gore the leading expert on global warming if he doesn't even have a degree in science or had good grades in science?

== The scam and liberal bias ==

It should be noted that these scientists are motivated by a need for grant money in their field of climatology. Therefore, their work can not be considered unbiased, though no more than any scientist in any other field .<ref>FOX News: "On Global Warming: Follow the Money Indeed!" Feb 12, 2007[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,251458,00.html]</ref>.

There are some scientists among the critics of the theory that global warming is caused by human activity. As they have sought funding from the very industries that face regulation, their bias is real and their conclusions should be suspect. For example, Dr. Fred Singer observed that "CO2 changes have lagged about 800 years behind the temperature changes. Global warming has not produced more CO2, but more CO2 has produced global warming."<ref>S. Fred Singer and Dennis T.
Avery, "Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007)</ref> Though, it must be said, that no scientist denies that CO2 has lagged behind temperature at certain times in Earth's history. They maintain this doesn't negate in any way CO2 influence on temperature. It merely means it wasn't a first cause of temperature increase at particular times in Earth's distance history.."<ref>What the lag of CO2 behind temperature in ice cores tell us about global warming
[http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004/12/co2-in-ice-cores/]</ref>

In fact, many experts call global warming a big scam to scare people into giving away millions to billions of dollars to the companies promoting global warming <ref>http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20070306-122226-6282r.htm</ref> <ref>http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=11548</ref> It would appear many businesses are making a large fortune selling carbon credits. <ref>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/03/survey_of_carbo.php</ref> <ref>http://www.ecobusinesslinks.com/carbon_offset_wind_credits_carbon_reduction.htm</ref> So this appears to be a motive in promoting global warming as true.

If global warming is a theory, there is no need to force it on others. Yet the Weather Channel and the AMS was going to decertify weather people who don't strongly agree with the global warming theory. Thus trying to force the theory on others. <ref>http://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/global-warming011807.htm</ref>

== Conflicting data ==
Despite global warming scientists making claim that the globe is getting warmer, they cannot explain the colder temperatures like the Russian winters having record low temps. <ref>http://www.heatisonline.org/contentserver/objecthandlers/index.cfm?id=5739&method=full</ref>

The global warming theory may not be a science theory, but seems to be more of a political theory. <ref>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/97175/Global_Warming_Or_Political_Warming_</ref>

Using the same data, as far back as a hundred or more years ago, scientists argued over if the globe was cooling or warming using the same data. <ref>http://www.saveportland.com/Climate/index.html</ref>

== Global warming advocacy sites ==
Many web sites, forms, blogs, and other web sites exist for promoting global warming and participate in on the scam by the owners or operators or administrators owning oil stock, selling carbon credits, or selling books or videos that benefit from global warming being true. Here is a list of these so called web sites:
* [http://www.climatecrisis.net/ Climate Crisis] Promotes An Inconvenient Truth, makes profits off of selling videos and books on global warming.
* [http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/ Stop Global Warming] Sells books on stopping global warming, has a list of companies selling global warming items. Claims to be non-political but appears to be political based.
* [http://www.climateark.org/blog/ Climate Change Blog] Uses advertising to make money on promoting global warming. Links to other global warming blogs.
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/topics/global+warming Huffington Post Global Warming Blog] Appears to promote news paper and advertising by promoting global warming. Parent company stands to gain a lot of money by promoting that global warming is true and debunking evidence and proof that it is false.
* [http://www.updebate.org United Political Debate] Administrator has admitted to owning oil stock, and promotes global warming and peak oil theories that drive up his stock. Refuses to allow any videos to be hosted on his site that show evidence or proof against global warming. Argues to death anyone who disagrees with him, and calls them bad names and accuses them of working for the oil companies.

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Talk:Brazil

2007-03-11T14:53:52Z

Fernando.correia:

This article is wrong. (March 8th)

:I tried to improve it. --[[User:Fernando.correia|Fernando.correia]] 10:53, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

Brazil

2007-03-11T14:51:00Z

Fernando.correia:

== Geography ==
Located in [[South America]]<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/br.html CIA World Factbook]</ref>, '''Brazil''' has the third largest area among American countries and the second largest population<ref>[http://www.brasil.gov.br/ingles/about_brazil Brazilian Government Web Portal]</ref>.

== Government ==
It is currently governed by the leftist ''Partido dos Trabalhadores'' (Worker's Party)<ref>[http://www.pt.org.br PT - Partido dos Trabalhadores]</ref>, a founding member of the ''Foro de São Paulo'' ([[Sao Paulo Forum]])<ref>[http://www.forosaopaulo.org Foro de SP]</ref>.

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[[Category:South American Countries]]
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Brazil

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Brazil

2007-03-11T14:47:52Z

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== Geography ==
Located in [[South America]]<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/br.html CIA World Factbook]</ref>, '''Brazil''' has the third largest area among American countries and the second largest population<ref>[http://www.brasil.gov.br/ingles/about_brazil Brazilian Government Web Portal]</ref>.

== Government ==
It is currently governed by the leftist ''Partido dos Trabalhadores'' (Worker's Party)<ref>[http://www.pt.org.br PT - Partido dos Trabalhadores], a founding member of the ''Foro de São Paulo'' ([[Sao Paulo Forum]])<ref>[www.forosaopaulo.org Foro de SP]</ref>.

[[Category:South American Countries]]