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My Muslim faith

2008-12-04T03:49:46Z

Mojohand:

The words '''"my Muslim faith"'''
were uttered by [[Barack Obama]]
in an [[ABC News]] interview, excerpted on YouTube.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQqIpdBOg6I ABC News] interview</ref>

*Obama: Let's not play games. What I was suggesting - you're absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith, and you're absolutely right that that has not come at my ...
*Interviewer: [breaking in] Christian faith
*Obama: [stuttering] ma - my Christian faith ... and what I am saying is that he hasn't suggested that I'm a Muslim ...
*Interviewer: [speaking over] the connection, right
*Obama: ... and I think that his campaign upper echelons have not either. What I think <u>is</u> fair to say is that coming out of the Republican camp there have been efforts to suggest that perhaps I'm not who I say I am when it comes to my faith, something that I find deeply offensive and that has been going on for a pretty long ... [end of clip]

Supporters of Obama have suggested that Obama was talking about a false allegation of Obama's "Muslim faith," but that still does not explain his comfortable use of the phrase.
A Christian is not likely to refer to "my Muslim faith,"{{fact}} and Obama's comfortable use of the phrase "my Muslim faith" suggests he is a Muslim rather than a Christian.

The ''[[Washington Times]]'', founded by [[ecumenical]] religious leader [[Rev. Moon]], said the phrase was a slip of the tongue.<ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/07/obama-verbal-slip-fuels-his-critics/ Obama's verbal slip fuels his critics] Sunday, September 7, 2008 </ref>

==See also==
*[[Fifty-seven states]]
*[[The bomb that fell on Pearl Harbor]]

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Barack Obama]]

Jonathan Edwards

2007-03-28T21:21:34Z

Mojohand:

''For the former Senator from North Carolina, see [[John Edwards]]''

Speaker of the [[Great Awakening]] and author of the famous sermon "[[Sinners in the hands of an angry God]]," Jonathan Edwards (1703 – 1758 AD) was an early American Congregationalist preacher. He graduated first in his class from Yale University, and was serving as the president of Princeton University when he received the [[smallpox innoculation]], having been assured it would be safe. However, like today's vaccines, it was very dangerous and killed him.

His inspiring preaching helped start the [[Great Awakening]], which became a huge religious revival that helped unite the colonies prior to the American Revolution. [[Benjamin Franklin]] wrote about this revival:<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-03-22&view=View</ref>

:It was wonderful to see ... From being thoughtless or indifferent ... it seemed as if all the world were growing religious, so that one could not walk thro' the town in an evening without hearing psalms sung in ... every street."

[[Aaron Burr]] was a grandson of Jonathan Edwards.

[[Category:Biographies]]
[[Category:Religion]]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

2007-03-28T21:13:05Z

Mojohand: clarification

The '''Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,'''<ref>[http://www.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ca07ae4af9c7e010VgnVCM1000004e94610aRCRD Style Guide - The Name of the Church] LDS.org</ref> informally known as the '''Mormons''', was founded by [[Joseph Smith]] in 1830, who claimed to have received a revelation of the Father -God-and his son, Jesus Christ 1820. Years later, he also claims to have recieved further instruction from the Angel Moroni. The church migrated from New York to Kirtland Ohio, until they were forced out by mobs, but the they than moved to Illinois. The church also sent large groups of Saints to Missouri, while they were in Kirtland, Ohio, but were forced out of the state by the State Government, they joined the Saints in Illinois. They were there for a few years, but were forced out by mobs. They than moved to Utah where they have many members there and worldwide. The Mormons perform enormous amounts of missionary activity. Today, there are more than 12.5 million members.<ref>[http://www.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=d10511154963d010VgnVCM1000004e94610aRCRD Worldwide Church Statistics] LDS.org</ref>

The Mormons, like other small denominations, have been the target of discrimination. Mormons are depicted as "bad guys" in Arthur Conan Doyle's 1890 novel, ''A Study in Scarlet,'' and Zane Grey's 1912 ''Riders of the Purple Sage.''

In 1847, Mormons, led by [[Brigham Young]], traveled west to escape persecution and founded [[Salt Lake City, Utah]]. Salt Lake City is famous for its wide streets, which were made wide enough to allow a wagon team to turn around. Salt Lake City is home to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, which has been recording since 1910 and broadcasting since 1929. Its recordings usually feature Mormon hymns and patriotic music. The Choir has made five gold and two platinum recordings.

Church members follow a law of health known as the Word of Wisdom that promotes healthy eating as well as avoiding tobacco, alcohol, coffee, tea and illegal drugs.<ref>[http://www.mormon.org/learn/0,8672,1301-1,00.html The Word of Wisdom] Mormon.org</ref>

[[Category: Religion]]

==Mormons' relationship to Christianity==
Mormons are somewhat out of the mainstream of U. S. Christian denominations, because they accept the [[Book of Mormon]] as well as the [[King James Bible]]. The Book of Mormon includes an account of the ancient people in the Americas. It also states that Jesus Christ came to them after the 40 days he spent with the Apotles in Isreal. According to LDS history, The Book of Mormon was translated by divine revelations made to [[Joseph Smith]]. The Mormons believe that The Book of Mormon is Another Testament of Jesus Christ

Nevertheless, Mormons consider themselves to be Christians.

The LDS website says "We believe in the Jesus of the New Testament, and we believe what the New Testament teaches about Him. We do believe things about Jesus that other Christians do not believe, but that is because we know, through revelation, things about Jesus that others do not know."<ref>[http://www.mormon.org/question/faq/category/answer/0,9777,1601-1-56-16,00.html Is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints a Christian church?] As answered on the LDS Church's website</ref>

==Polygamy==
Early prejudice against Mormons was sparked in part by its early practice of [[polygamy]], which was sanctioned from 1840 until 1890. Even though it was officially discontinued in 1890, Mormonism and polygamy continue to be associated in the popular mind.

A 1998 statement by LDS Present Gordon B. Hinckley states:
:This Church has nothing whatever to do with those practicing polygamy. They are not members of this Church. . . . If any of our members are found to be practicing plural marriage, they are excommunicated, the most serious penalty the Church can impose. Not only are those so involved in direct violation of the civil law, they are in violation of the law of this Church.<ref>[http://www.mormon.org/question/faq/category/answer/0,9777,1601-1-114-1,00.html What is the Church’s position on polygamy?] LDS website</ref>

However, in addition to "the" Church (the 12.5-million-member Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), there continue to be small splinter groups, which also consider themselves to be Mormons and do practice polygamy. The most notable is the "Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" (often called "Fundamentalist Mormons.") This group numbers about ten thousand. It broke from the Mormon church in 1890 over the issue of polygamy. It made headlines in 2006 and 2007, when leader Warren Jeffs was arrested by the FBI and indicted by a grand jury on charges of arranging illegal "marriages" between male followers and underage girls.

==References==
<references/>

==External Links==
===Non-Mormon===
*[http://www.mormonwiki.org MormonWiki]
*[http://jesusnotjoseph.com JesusNotJoseph]
*[http://www.mrm.org Mormonism Research Ministry]
===Mormon===
*[http://www.lds.org Official Church Website]
*[http://www.mormon.org Official Church Website for Investigators]

[[Category:Religion]]

French fries

2007-03-28T19:44:26Z

Mojohand: french eating habits belong in wikipedia, not here.

'''French fries''' are a food made from [[potato]]es that have been cut into less-than-quarter-inch, stringy length-wise slices and deep-fat fried (twice in some recipes). They are very popular in [[America]], where some add ketchup to them, and the [[United Kingdom]], where they are referred to as chips and generally served with salt and malt vinegar.

=== Freedom fries ===

Near the start of the [[Iraq War]], a wave of anti-French sentiment briefly swept the United States over [[France]]'s refusal to join or support the U.S.-led coalition. As a protest against France, for a while the Congressional cafeteria refused to use the name "French fries," serving them under the substitute name "Freedom fries".<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,80700,00.html</ref><ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1491567,00.html</ref>
Representatives Bob Ney (R-OH) and Walter Jones (R-NC) were responsible for declaring that all references to "French" in the United States House of Representatives' restaurants and snack bars be removed. Said Ney after personally changing the signs in the House cafeteria, "Once again, our brave men and women in the American military are putting their lives on the line to ensure the freedom and security of others, and once again, France is sitting on the sidelines."

This was similar to other times when foods were renamed because they contained the name of a country with which we were at war. For example, during the first world war sauerkraut was renamed liberty cabbage and dachsunds liberty hounds. <ref>http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=531</ref> Also, in Britain, German Shepherd dogs were renamed Alsatians.

The French responded only by pointing out that French fries originate in Belgium. A spokeswoman (Nathalie Loisau) said, "We are at a very serious moment dealing with very serious issues and we are not focusing on the name you give to potatoes."

Capitol Hill, however, reverted to the "French" label in 2006.<ref>http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060802-125318-3981r.htm</ref>

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Food and drink]]

Deism

2007-03-28T19:16:52Z

Mojohand: the founding fathers were Christians

The founder of Deism was [[Lord Herbert of Cherbury]]. <ref>http://www.theologicalstudies.org/what_is_deism.html</ref> He came up with 5 essentials of Deism which are "(1) a belief in the existence of the Deity, (2) the obligation to reverence such a power, (3) the identification of worship with practical morality, (4) the obligation to repent of sin and to abandon it, and, (5) divine recompense in this world and the next"<ref>http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/deismeng.htm</ref>

Dictionaries definitions of '''deism''' include:
:The belief, based solely on reason, in a God who created the universe and then abandoned it, assuming no control over life, exerting no influence on natural phenomena, and giving no supernatural revelation.<ref>American Heritage Dictionary, 4th edition</ref>
and
:"a movement or system of thought advocating natural religion, emphasizing morality, and in the 18th century denying the interference of the Creator with the laws of the universe."<ref>Merriam-Webster online: [http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/deism deism]</ref>

In other words, this is the belief that God started everything and then left it alone. This belief not only rejects the divinity of Jesus, but also rejects prayers for divine intercession.

This philosophy became popular in England during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and many secularists have claimed that some of the founding fathers of the U.S. were self-described deists. [[Thomas Paine]] espoused deism and popularized the term in his book [[The Age of Reason]]. [[Benjamin Franklin]] wrote in his autobiography about an earlier period in his life,
:Some books against Deism fell into my hands; they were said to be the substance of sermons preached at Boyle's Lectures. It happened that they wrought an effect on me quite contrary to what was intended by them; for the arguments of the Deists, which were quoted to be refuted, appeared to me much stronger than the refutations; in short, I soon became a thorough Deist.

At the [[Constitutional Convention]] less than three years from his death, however, [[Benjamin Franklin]] proposed prayers in such a way to indicate that he recognized the value of religion in society, though not necessarily suggesting that his Deism had lapsed.

Another [[Founding Father]] described as a deist was [[Thomas Jefferson]]. Jefferson personally struggled with the divinity of Christ and produced an edited version of the Gospels, later known as the [[Jefferson Bible]], which contained only the moral and ethical teachings of Jesus and omitted third-person accounts of his life, particularly the accounts of the miracles.

Ten years from his death Jefferson stated that "[The Jefferson Bible] show that I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus, very different from the Platonists, who call me infidel, and themselves Christians and preachers of the gospel, while they draw all their characteristic dogmas from what its Author never said nor saw."<ref>Jefferson, Letter to Charles Thomson, January 9, 1815</ref>

The closer Jefferson approached his death, the more Christian he appeared. He read the Bible daily as the end grew near. His grandson described Jefferson as follows:<ref>Thomas Jefferson Randolph, undated letter to biographer Henry S. Randall, reprinted in Masfield et al., ''The Real Thomas Jefferson'', p. 321.</ref>

:He was regular in his attendance [at] church, taking his prayer book with him. He drew the plan of the Episcopal church in Charlottesville, was one of the largest contributors to its erection, and contributed regularly to the support of its minister. I paid, after his death, his subscription of $200 to the erection of the Presbyterian church in the same village. A gentleman of some distinction calling on him and expressing his disbelief in the truths of the Bible, his reply was, 'Then, sir, you have studied it to little purpose.'"

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'''Sources:'''<references/>

[[Category:Religion]]

French fries

2007-03-14T20:18:07Z

Mojohand: this article is not concerned with the name of french fries in other countries.

French fries are a food made from [[potato]]es. They are very popular in [[America]]. French fries are often eaten with the addition of [[ketchup]], as many believe that this improves the flavor.

=== Freedom fries ===

Near the start of the [[Iraq War]], a wave of anti-French sentiment briefly swept the United States over [[France]]'s refusal to join or support the U.S.-led "coalition." As a protest against France, for a while the Congressional cafeteria refused to use the name "French fries," serving them under the substitute name "Freedom fries".<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,80700,00.html</ref><ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1491567,00.html</ref> Capitol Hill, however, reverted to the "French" label in 2006.<ref>http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060802-125318-3981r.htm</ref>

The name "Freedom fries" was occasionally used by other U.S. establishments that wished to express support for the war.

==References==
<references />