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&lt;div&gt;== Sign up here for the upcoming course in Persuasive Writing ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*Instructor: [[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 21:40, 2 January 2012 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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*[[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 22:05, 4 January 2012 (EST)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;== Archive 2008 ==&lt;br /&gt;
[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:Jpatt/Subway_Troll Here]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Archive 2009 ==&lt;br /&gt;
[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:Jpatt/2009]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Archive 2010 ==&lt;br /&gt;
[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:Jpatt/2010]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Your block policy ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I was just wondering; why are you blocking people with the reason that they don't give their name?&lt;br /&gt;
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People can simply say whatever name they wanted and you wouldn't know if it is true or not.&lt;br /&gt;
More importantly the account creation page states that submitting your name is '''optional'''&lt;br /&gt;
Can please explain the reasoning behind your block policy?&lt;br /&gt;
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ps: I'd appreciate you not blocking me merely for asking this question.  I just ask out of curiosity  ;)&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[User:Philny|Philny]] 18:20, 4 January 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Just as it is optional for first name last initial, the block policy is of the administrators discretion. It helps eliminate sock accounts used by [troll]]s and if the user is truly interested in contributing in good faith, they will recreate their username as commanded. Do users/trolls use fake names? absolutely. Are you really Phil? I chose not to recreate your account but I could be wrong about you. Time will tell. Hope this is a sufficient answer. Have a great day! --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:28, 4 January 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Jpatt. In all honesty I don't see how your practice would help eliminate sock accounts. People can simply lie about who they are. Socks are best controlled through an IP range block if you asked me. &lt;br /&gt;
::Lastly I would think that good faith would be assumed for new people until they explicitly become trolls/vandals. but hey that's just me. &lt;br /&gt;
::I'm still trying to get rid of those liberal Wikipepdia ways. [[User:Philny|Philny]] 19:54, 4 January 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Is it foolproof? No. They are not blocked from contributing just blocked from using that name. So it is of good faith on our part to allow them to recreate a username. I did not create the policy and I was  subject to the same policy when I first joined. We'll banish someone when needed and we will ferret out those fake accounts over time. To obey an administrators request is the first step toward recognizing a good faith contributor.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 20:18, 4 January 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::Hi. My former name was STramp, but you seem to have decided that that cannot be my real name. I'm not quite sure why?[[User:StevenTramp|StevenTramp]] 21:23, 10 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Re:Welcome! ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for the welcome! I'll be sure to read the Editor's Guide ;) --[[User:AznBurger|AznBurger]] 21:36, 19 January 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Conservative 3737, &amp;quot;everything you say is conservative&amp;quot; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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...but really not [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Chris_Matthews&amp;amp;curid=10356&amp;amp;diff=846659&amp;amp;oldid=846644 family-friendly.] Thanks for heading him off! [[User:Martyp|Martyp]] 16:32, 5 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The IP is a school and he didn't actually cuss which would cross the line. I am willing to give a second chance if the rules are followed. BTW, I hope no hard feelings for targeting you in the past. Your edits were excellent.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 16:38, 5 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::Life is too short for hard feelings. Good call on the &amp;quot;second chance&amp;quot; thing. [[User:Martyp|Martyp]] 16:39, 5 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Hello, there is a reason I don't use my real name ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I'll write you an email about it if you like, I would have before but you locked the email so I could not. Account creation was also turned off, which makes recreating my account difficult. --[[User:AlaskanEconomy2|AlaskanEconomy2]] 20:43, 8 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:I now feel pretty foolish not having checked this account before creating that one. Thanks/sorry. --[[User:AlaskanEconomy|AlaskanEconomy]] 20:52, 8 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Thanks ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for uploading that image yesterday. With regards to my username, I created it before there was any specific username policy on Conservapedia's Guidelines or Commandments page (even though I've only been contributing recently). If it is important that I have username that contains only my name/initials, I will change it. --[[User:Toadaron|Toadaron]] 17:40, 18 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== New conservative pages for 2011 ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I noticed you were laying down plans for pages to create. I think you might consider making a page on the pence amendment, the recent 240-185 house vote to amend Title X to remove the family planning grants from organizations that perform abortions (like planned parenthood). While I support the decision the issue is outside of my area of specialization and I am afraid of getting some important facts wrong. --[[User:AlaskanEconomy|AlaskanEconomy]] 20:43, 22 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Maybe at some future point. It's too early to determine the outcome. You're welcome to start it.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 20:45, 22 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== uploading images ==&lt;br /&gt;
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How can I upload non-political, non-controversial images that I made myself to Conservapedia?  I suppose you or the Conservapedia administration would like to preview images before uploading them?  How do I show them for you to preview?  [[User:HPadleckas|HPadleckas]] 21:34, 28 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Send to conservapedia@zoho.com--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 21:39, 28 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Celebrity crime==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi, Jpatt. I'm wondering how and when we should report (gloat over?) celebrity crime, like a female pop star arrested for being drunk in public, getting a speeding ticket, etc. Are we trying to prove that Hollywood produces (or encourages) self-indulgent behavior, or what? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] &amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 13:53, 2 March 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Personally, I don't have a litmus test for inclusion. I simply take celebrities, be it Democrat or Republican, and post their crimes. As role models, they need to be exposed as to why they make headlines. Their behavior is an example of who &amp;quot;not to follow&amp;quot;. If you have suggestions, of course I would work with you. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 15:04, 2 March 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::I had nothing in mind, just trying to stimulate thought here. Carry on, my good man! :-) --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] &amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 01:21, 5 March 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Delete ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hey Jpatt - I manually copy-pasted move a page from [[Frankfurt school]] to [[Essay:Frankfurt school]] - but upon examining the content it appears that the original author - CharlieO - copy pasted that from another site. Could you delete both pages? Thanks!--&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;[[User:Iduan|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: #FFCCCC; background: #660000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;I]][[User_talk:Iduan|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#CCCCFF; background:#000033&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Duan]]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt; 18:50, 26 March 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:No problem. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 18:57, 26 March 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Photo upload==&lt;br /&gt;
Hi, I would like to upload a photo of myself, I don't have the rights, can you do it for me? Thanks.--[[User:SarahWollstone|SarahWollstone]] 20:35, 8 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
Yes, send to conservapedia@zoho.com --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 21:19, 8 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks. :)--[[User:SarahWollstone|SarahWollstone]] 21:23, 8 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I just sent it to you. :) --[[User:SarahWollstone|SarahWollstone]] 21:32, 8 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Done. [http://www.conservapedia.com/images/4/42/Me.jpg]--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 21:41, 8 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Thank you. :)--[[User:SarahWollstone|SarahWollstone]] 21:44, 8 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== I need you to check your email ==&lt;br /&gt;
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K? [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] 23:20, 27 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== nice reversions! ==&lt;br /&gt;
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You're fast, sir.--&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;[[User:Iduan|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: #FFCCCC; background: #660000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;I]][[User_talk:Iduan|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#CCCCFF; background:#000033&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Duan]]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt; 19:50, 2 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Did you hear? I'm Quick Draw McGraw!--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:54, 2 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Thank you ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thank you for the helpful links and the welcome. I hope to become a valuable member of the community.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Editing the Wicca page ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I would like to formally request that the &amp;quot;murders&amp;quot; section be removed for the reasons stated on the talk page.&lt;br /&gt;
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This is not a place to smear other people or post inflammatory material. {{unsigned|HarabecW}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:I digress, this is a place to educate others and to warn them to stay clear of witchcraft. Find another topic to edit. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:30, 6 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::I have looked at some of the disputed links, and while I don't know enough about the sources themselves to question their reliability, for most of the stories no causal relationship is established between the person's religious beliefs and their actions. One might just as well divide any story about crime between those where the perpetrator was male or female and argue that their gender was the causal factor. [[User:WilliamB1|WilliamB1]] 22:41, 6 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::A person's beliefs and their actions are always tied together whether you agree or not. If Wiccans start making the news for rape, I will start a new section. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:10, 6 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Stubs ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Do we use stub tags here on Conservapedia?-[[User:StevenTramp|StevenTramp]] 23:46, 10 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:It's not really recommended or necessary.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:35, 11 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Mistake of an email ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I sent you an email raising a question - having seen the new evidence you can safely ignore it - sorry for that!--&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;[[User:Iduan|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: #FFCCCC; background: #660000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;I]][[User_talk:Iduan|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#CCCCFF; background:#000033&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Duan]]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt; 20:05, 12 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Ravens==&lt;br /&gt;
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I noticed you reverted changes made to the Tower of London article that mentioned the legend of the ravens. I know you banned the editor for vandalism, but in this case, the story is true. There is a legend telling that if the ravens at the Tower leave, it portends the downfall of both the Tower and the kingdom. I know it's trivia, but it's fun too and I'd love to see it added back into the article. Here's a link about the story. http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/stories/theravens.aspx [[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 21:32, 12 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:No problem. Go ahead and add it back.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 21:38, 12 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Thanks! I'll add the reference too.[[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 22:36, 12 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Religion headline ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi - that's a great news story, but I wonder if I may suggest a small change to the wording? At present is says &amp;quot;study came up with similar findings&amp;quot; but no other findings are listed to be similar too; it's an out of context quote.&lt;br /&gt;
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I'd suggest saying something like &amp;quot;'''[[Religion]] comes naturally, even instinctively, to human beings,''' says a 3-year, multi-million Pound survey conducted by Oxford University.&amp;quot; Maybe even add that it is a liberal institution, that offered tenure to Richard Dawkins?  [[User:TracyS|TracyS]] 12:25, 13 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Maria Shriver ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi - I noticed you added &amp;quot;Schwarzenegger&amp;quot; for Shriver's last name. I don't believe she ever changed her name legally and has never gone by the name &amp;quot;Schwarzenegger&amp;quot;. [[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 10:25, 20 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Ok, I'll remove it. After her divorce she can go from Mrs. Maria Shriver to Ms. Maria Shriver. New age liberals are a joke. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 12:19, 20 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== user:JimMac ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi - this user is vandalising articles and constantly reverting me. Please can you show him the door? [[User:TracyS|TracyS]] 10:52, 27 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==[[Raymond Davis Affair]]==&lt;br /&gt;
Do you know anything of this? The Obama administration evidently invoked Islamic law to circumvent the judicial system in Pakistan to obtain a Blackwater (or whatever) operative in Pakistan only weeks before the Abbotobad raid. People in Pakistan are very upset. The democratically elected regime &amp;amp; military are cooperating with the US because they fear Islamic fundementalism, yet when it suits him, Obama pays $2.3 million in blood money under Koranic law to get a hired mercenary out. Ironic.  [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 20:03, 27 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I haven't heard this but it wouldn't surprise me.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 20:07, 27 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Raymond was CIA--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 20:07, 27 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== user:Jefferson ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I wasn't sure how to contact you other than this, please let me know if there is another way if you would be so kind. I was not aware of the policy against using fact tags, thank you for informing me. I had seen them used in several articles and assumed it was okay. I would appreciate if you would clear something up for me about the citation policy, please: why is it the responsibility of a person who discovers uncited work to find the citation rather than the original poster of the work? I thought it would have been in the spirit of the encyclopedia's &amp;quot;no gossip&amp;quot; rules that statements should be cited and that calling attention to uncited materials would be helpful in clearing the site of gossip. Thanks again for filling me in and not banning me outright to begin with. I appreciate the help![[User:Jefferson|Jefferson]] 23:25, 3 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Jefferson, thanks for the mature response. It is the original poster who is supposed to reference. Our suggestion is if you find questionable content, put it on the talk page. If it can be discussed through, then someone can add a citation. If nobody questions the talk page, feel free to delete the questionable content. Unfortunately, this is not spelled out for new users yet. In the scope of ideology, a liberal would find fault with every conservative sentence. So there may be citation requests on other pages but it is not an acceptable form of contribution here. Let me know if I can be of any help. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:47, 3 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Perhaps it would be useful to delete the fact tag template all together? [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] 23:49, 3 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I don't know why I didn't think of that. For some reason I thought it was built-in to wikimedia but it's a tag, sure it should be deleted. Will discuss with Aschlafly.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:52, 3 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== No rules found for editing a new article ==&lt;br /&gt;
The rules encourage discussion of intent of substantial edit of established articles, and discourage taking liberties of simply substantially editing those articles with no prior discussion. But, I have been substantially editing articles which I have created, and which no one else has either edited or commented on ('invisible' editors). Should I discuss with 'invisible' editors my intent of substantial edits of articles in regard to which they are 'invisible'?[[User:PatternOfPersona|PatternOfPersona]] 21:09, 6 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:The short answer is no. Discussions will be made upon disagreements. Substantial edits to established articles need not require approval either. Though if you are deleting content instead of adding to or replacing a viewpoint, then you will face resistance from other contributors and reverts. Hope that helps. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 21:17, 6 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Uncited Sentences ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;[[Conservapedia:Footnotes_-_technical_help#Completely_Uncited_Article_or_Completely_Uncited_Section_of_an_Article|If a sentence needs to be cited please use the &amp;quot;fact&amp;quot; template at the end of the sentence.]]&amp;quot; I'm only following Conservapedia protocol. -[[User:StudioFire|StudioFire]] 00:14, 11 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I also suggest that you reread the [[Conservapedia:Commandments|Conservapedia Commandments]], which include: &amp;quot;''Everything'' you post must be ''true'' and ''verifiable''.&amp;quot; as well as &amp;quot;''Do not post personal opinion'' on an encyclopedia entry.&amp;quot; There should be a Commandment for Ad hoc reasoning, seeing as how that seems to justify much of the content on this site...[[User:StudioFire|StudioFire]] 00:25, 11 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:That includes you, StudioFire. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 00:56, 11 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Thanks for the immature response StudioFail which proves the reasoning on the fact tags. We allow content from liberals but if we let them add citation requests- they'll find something wrong with every page.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 10:08, 11 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== revision delete ==&lt;br /&gt;
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What's the point of oversighting vandals if all they do is blank the page?--[[User:CamilleT|CamilleT]] 15:29, 19 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Aesthetics, red links are messy. Just so you know, France won the 100 year war between England and most of their colonial wars in Africa.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 16:07, 19 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:: &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;:D&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;  I've a feeling that French military history is going to be something of a meme around my presence.  Someone who dislikes France might say France took their time kicking the British out during the 100 years war.  Someone who likes France would then refer you to William the Conqueror.  Then we'd be told that William the Conqueror doesn't count, because he wasn't French, he was a Normand.  Never mind that because of his conquest of England English courts spoke French for 300 years after his death.  The whole subject is rather tired to me.  I've never been one for Patriotism, either for France or the USA.  I know better than to associate myself with the failures and achievements of others just because we share an ethnic group or political boundaries.--[[User:CamilleT|CamilleT]] 16:18, 19 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Dike! ==&lt;br /&gt;
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What brought on that reversion to a perfectly innocuous edit?  --[[User:XavierC|XavierC]] 21:12, 27 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Just curious as to your intentions. Carry on great patron saint.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 21:14, 27 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Thank you for your kind welcome! ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I appreciate it. =) -Melissa Fox, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
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== Regarding &amp;quot;Fair and balanced is not part of the Conservative platform&amp;quot; Essay ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I was surprised at the boldness of this essay. Have you ever read George Orwell's ''Animal Farm''? If not, I'd like to suggest you at least read a comprehensive synopsis of it. It has the very famous line &amp;quot;All animals are equal, but some animals are ''more'' equal than others.&amp;quot;, and I couldn't help but feel that your essay had the same viewpoint (except with humans, obviously).&lt;br /&gt;
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Another quote from the book for you to consider:&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Cquote|Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure. On the contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility. No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?|20px|20px|George Orwell's ''Animal Farm''}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Perhaps you can see the slight correlation I made between the your essay and ''Animal Farm''. I do not write this in spite, and I have no malicious intentions...I just thought I'd use my First Amendment right to instigate some casual, intelligent conversation. --[[User:LifeHelper|LifeHelper]] 13:38, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I did read Animal Farm about 25 years ago. Subconscience-based viewpoint? You are what you fill your mind with but I wrote it due to liberals insistence that Conservapedia be fair. A lie is still a lie even if everyone believes it and the truth is still the truth, even if nobody believes it. To be fair is to give lies equal time. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 13:59, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Forgive me for quoting Orwell again;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Cquote|If all records told the same tale — then the lie passed into history and became truth.|20px|20px|George Orwell's ''1984''}}&lt;br /&gt;
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A lie never becomes the truth, only puts on the appearance of truth, clothed in the truth but at heart, still a lie. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 15:09, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::&amp;quot;A just weight and balance are the LORD's.&amp;quot; -- Proverbs, 16:11. [[User:DavidHRG|DavidHRG]] 14:34, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Sure, I believe that. Judgement is for the Lord. &amp;quot;What is desirable in a man is his kindness, and it is better to be a poor man than a liar.&amp;quot; --Proverbs 19:22 So we are able to tell what is wrong and what is right, we don't wait for His judgement to tell us.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 14:57, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== BHO ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi. I was just curious as to why you deleted my edit to the Obama page. Because last time I checked, I could source my claim, and yours just happened to be hear-say conspiracy theory that you're wasting your time with. If you're searching for the truth and not slander why not go with the claim that can be proven like mine? - http://conservapedia.com/User:MAVE182&lt;br /&gt;
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:Mave182, maybe you didn't read my message to you. Proven claims... kidding right? How do you get proof when the person were talking about hasn't yet disclosed it?  Hear-say, conspiracy theory? Here is my message to you, again. '' a few mass visits, black liberation theology, invitation for atheists to join WH Faith-based initiatives, no baptism record and much more secrecy. The refs just don't legitimize Obama's faux Christianity.'' Let me add his disdain for traditional marriage, his support of death to womb children, his constant pandering to the Muslim faith? He's as Christian as much as Stalin was.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:02, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Hey my conservative brethren. In case you don't know what proven means, here's how. You say something then back it up with evidence, not free floating hate speech you heard from Glenn Beck. Cite just one of those claims with a source that agrees, and be source i mean something legitimate. As for my claim, here's a few things that back up his Christianity.&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/36287446/Www-barackobama-com-Factcheck-2007-11-12-Obama-Has-Never&lt;br /&gt;
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http://www.ucc.org/news/obama-inauguration.html&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1907610,00.html&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/03/AR2010020303619.html&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.newsweek.com/2008/07/11/finding-his-faith.html&lt;br /&gt;
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Love how you provide  ''the drinkers of Obama's bathwater'' as proof. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:29, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Hi JPatt. I gave the guy a day to review the site and its aims. Personally I don't agree with many of the things on Conservapedia but I respect its rules and understand its right to present what information it does. [[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 23:10, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Tolaration of more than one religion doesnt make you a bad christian. In fact, I believe if you can't do that, it makes you a very poor Christian. And if you prefer, here's a source that doesn't drink obama's bathwater, but rather chugs the radical right's urine. http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/09/28/obama-christian-choice&lt;br /&gt;
As for Max, the entire point of this site is putting up a non-bias viewpoint that is based on fact. Fact is, Barack Obama is a practicing Christian. You may disagree with his politics which is fine, but according to the 1st Ammendment, this man shouldn't be denied the right to practice his religion and shouldn't be slandered as a Christian for unrelated issues. --[[User:MAVE182|MAVE182]] 17:01, 3 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I refuse to reply to any future posts of yours on my page. Your sharp tongue speaks all righteous leftist points, a Cafeteria Christian, one that ignores Intrinsic Evil and an apologist for outright sin. What Christian would support the evil that Obama supports? You slander Glenn Beck, you slander Fox News and then you have to gall to call me a slanderer. You can chose to live like the pigs do but you aren't fooling anyone here, you hear?--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 18:16, 3 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::It's very simple MAVE and since you came off ''your'' high horse, I guess that does merit a response. I am talking beyond accuracy and beyond statistics. I am talking about absolutes. Who are you MAVE? Let's talk about MAVE, hidden in the shadows, full of knowledge- yet identity unknown, a keyboard diva? To continue to communicate with you would mean I have to match wits with an unknown, convert you into my way of thinking. When I know already that you are passionate, yet deceptive, not intent to learn, only to play games and waste time. Just because I will call out wrong and confront evil, don't try and pass it off as like I'm trying to act as a tough guy. You just make yourself sound thuggish. Jesus rules! Amen. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:19, 3 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== I thought you might enjoy this ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*[[Essay: Acute Conservapedia obsessive compulsive disorder]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi Jpatt; I was looking for the Conservapedia article on the Book of Tobit; it's a red link in the Bible article. If I read the search results correctly, you deleted it. May I ask why? I'm interested in working on an article about Tobit unless there's a good reason for omitting from Conservapedia.  Thanks in advance --[[User:Bwebster|Bwebster]] 19:27, 3 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I don't recall deleting but it may have been a copied source. Please, recreate how you feel best. Incorporate deleted information if it is valid.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:18, 3 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== John Adams &amp;quot;Notable Quote&amp;quot; Error ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I just came across the article on John Adams and I found an error. You listed as a notable quote &amp;quot;[The Declaration of Independence] That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.&amp;quot; However the accompanying footnote takes you to Gingrich's book, Rediscovering God in America pg 6 at Google books where the quote is attributed to John ''Quincy'' Adams. Im new to Conservapedia so I dont know if I should go ahead and make the edit. I'll just leave it to you. --[[User:JR|JR]] 13:20, 10 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Newbie, nice to meet you. Now that is a good catch and clearly an error on my part. In the future, no harm nor foul to edit pages. Quotes are tough to verify. Sites like Brainyquote will not suffice. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:00, 10 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::And just to add on a reason to not trust them: often those sites don't distinguish between a quote by a person, and a quote about that person, so who actually said it is unclear, especially when the quote doesn't have the name in it. - [[User:JamesCA|JamesCA]] 00:59, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Nice to meet you too. Ive read the edit policy since my post so Im up to speed on what to do now. Thanks! --[[User:JR|JR]] 19:59, 10 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Thank you ==&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you for moving my new article to one with a proper name. I wasn't sure how to go about it, so thank you. Any tips on how to edit/create articles would help alot, if you have the time of course. --[[User:CAndrs|CAndrs]] 20:10, 13 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Quadrupling Conservapedia's traffic ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I have a simple plan which I think could quadruple Conservapedia's web traffic in a short time that will not cost any money. I should find out in a week if I get the cooperation of a couple of key individuals. The only downside of my plan is it doesn't involve the concepts of [[Essay: Does Richard Dawkins have machismo?|machismo]], [[Atheism and obesity|mentioning the obesity with any subcultures]] or referring to [[Essay: Atheism is a clown and it did not know it|atheism as a worldview for clowns.]] :) [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 08:45, 14 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I think my simple plan will be implemented based on some receptive feedback I received. I have to implement some things first. Not sure how fast it will happen though. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:26, 14 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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[[User:FOIA]] has been blocked?  [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 15:24, 15 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Never mind. I see what happened. Good block. Thanks.  [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 15:40, 15 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I found some replacements from the Wikimedia Commons. They're on the page now. Thanks!!!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 08:18, 1 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I thank you greatly, Jpatt!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 14:57, 1 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Unblocked ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks. --[[User:Michaeldsuarez|Michaeldsuarez]] 09:06, 10 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Please let me know if you want to serve on a blocking policy refinement panel ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Please let me know if you want to serve on a blocking policy refinement panel. I invited someone to edit Conservapedia and they were blocked and they should not have been. I got the block overturned. So I think there is room for improvement in Conservapedia's blocking policy. You can sign up [[User:Conservative/Sysops who want to serve on a blocking policy refinement panel|HERE]]. I invited active Syops/Admins plus people with blocking rights who might wish to be Sysops. If I left anyone out, please let them know about the panel.  The people with blocking rights can sign up [[User talk:Conservative/Sysops who want to serve on a blocking policy refinement panel|HERE]]. The panel will probably convene when Iduan is back from his summer vacation or fairly soon afterwards.  [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:47, 13 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Thanks for the invite. I decline.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 14:17, 13 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I knew you would decline, but I didn't want to be impolite. :) [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 14:19, 13 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Vandalism ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for undoing the vandalism on my page!--[[User:MorrisF|MorrisF]] 14:46, 13 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Brewmaster's degree ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi JPatt, I noticed that you added [http://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Worst_College_Majors&amp;amp;curid=102717&amp;amp;diff=901252&amp;amp;oldid=891798 brewmaster] to the list of &amp;quot;worst college majors.&amp;quot; That made me think of a friend of mine who is an actual brewmaster. Would you believe that he can basically live anywhere he wants to, and there will always be a job for him wherever he goes (provided there are breweries nearby)? In whatever economy, anywhere in the world, there's a built-in demand for what he's capable of making. I'd call that a pretty darned good major. [[User:JDWpianist|JDWpianist]] 16:28, 15 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:LOL, yeah I think i would enjoy being a brewmaster. Doesn't sound too stressful. Anyway, I gained the insight from this months Popular Science magazine Awesome Labs- 25 of the coolest places to pursue science. Anyway, it costs alot of money to go to college. Learning to brew your own beer is done by millions of people without a degree. &amp;quot;Every year, 10 or so student gain careers in small business&amp;quot; - says the brewmaster professor. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 16:54, 15 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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What is up with these guys?  I can barely think of a more objective fact than &amp;quot;Ferraris are overpriced.&amp;quot; Even Ferrari owners wouldn't argue with me, being overpriced is part of why people buy them so they can show off their money.  How do I proceed? --CraigF 3:59 August 16th (ETC)&lt;br /&gt;
:Ok, I think they final got my logic. [[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 4:01, 16 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Me personally, I like the Lamborghini. It is however, a bit overpriced as well.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:44, 16 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I like Lambos too, sort of the muscle cars of Italy, but I've still seen them get trounced by American iron too many times to justify their huge price tags. --[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 22:27, 16 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
==[[Henry Ford]]==&lt;br /&gt;
Sorry to bother you again, but I'm having trouble.  I tried to remove some slanderous remarks from the Henry Ford page, but people reverted me and demanded references to refute a bunch of propaganda designed to harm Ford's reputation.  At the same time they want references to prove an obvious fact that Ferdinand Porsche happily worked with the Nazis.  I don't really get it, this is an pro American wiki that is focused on fact not propaganda. --[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 00:43, 17 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Sorry again, it looks like it was resolved, I guess I was wrong.  I guess it is good that I am learning, but I'm going to have to really evaluate my thinking. --[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 01:08, 17 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Vandal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Pleas block vandal. http://conservapedia.com/Special:Contributions/HankK&lt;br /&gt;
:Thank you. --[[User:ZachJ|ZachJ]] 16:49, 17 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:| Liberal wandal terminated. I expect we'll see him again before public school is back in session. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 16:54, 17 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
== Removing facts ==&lt;br /&gt;
Ok I admit I was wrong about Henry Ford.  History isn't my best subject, but SharonW keeps removing well known facts from my articles and says she can't find references.  I found some references and readded what I said, but what if she changes it back, I get the impression she doesn't know that much about cars.  I have to go to bed, so don't worry about responding unitl tomorrow. --[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 02:52, 19 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I like the pages you are adding. With that said, we take this project seriously. I suggest you let others change your work as they see fit. They'll likely take the edge off your comments but the rest remains, don't take it personal. I'll back you up my friend, just keep adding and let me know any problems that occur. We will work through it together.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 12:37, 19 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Thanks Jpatt! --[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 16:11, 19 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== RLorian's block ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi, JPatt. RLorian was [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:Karajou&amp;amp;curid=114693&amp;amp;diff=906987&amp;amp;oldid=906984 reverting vandalism]. not really edit-warring. [[User:BrentH|BrentH]] 13:27, 28 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Conservapedia down sometimes==&lt;br /&gt;
Hi Jpatt, I've noticed that sometimes Conservapedia goes down while I'm using it.  The really weird thing is that this only seems to happen after I make a couple of edits.  I took a break from editing for a few days and never had any problems reading articles, but today I started editing again and after a couple of minutes I couldn't open any pages.  Am I the victim of cyber attacks?&lt;br /&gt;
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:No. IT just happens every so often as far as I can tell.--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 21:04, 29 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Wait a minute ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Doesn't McCain have his favorite American hero story? Why was he swapped out? I mean, keep Reagan, but you should still keep McCain. I don't know that Reagan has a famous military story to tell.  --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 15:00, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:It's a gallery of American heroes, not necessarily war heroes. Reagan led the collapse of the Soviet Union. McCain on the other hand is respected for his service to country during captivity, not actually a leader of hero caliber. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 15:14, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::My understanding was that the Soviet Union would collapse anyway. Communism cannot sustain itself! --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 16:01, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::It was going to collapse. Reagan's big military thing only made it worse for them because they had to keep pace.--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 16:23, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Reagan gets the credit just like B Hussein Obama can get credit for Bin Laden. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 17:22, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:The US actually was more intimately involved with the capturing and killing of Bin Laden because our very own men and women did it.  Credit to CIA!!! --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:24, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::There is a long list of those that deserve credit, starting with Gen. Petraeus. Obama ultimately gets the nod because as leader, he kept Bush's policies in place to finish what was started. As far as the &amp;quot;gutsy call&amp;quot; the lib media tried to portray-- that's balderdash. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 17:28, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I found some liberal vandalism that [[User:TerryB]] put into the dictionary project.  I fixed it, but he probably should be blocked.  He used the edit summary &amp;quot;improve&amp;quot; and said that conservatives forbid you to marry who you love, a ridiculous notion.  I'm also having problems with other liberals trying to water down a variety of definitions, what can be done? --[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 01:29, 7 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:There is more than one liberal troll adding nonsense to the dictionary project. I will go through the project today and remove false entries and individuals from Conservapedia deserving of a block. Thanks Craig. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 09:22, 7 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Great job limiting the amount of vandalism in that recent vandal attack. Of course, Phase III of Conservapedia gaining additional web traffic is totally impervious to CP vandals significantly affecting it. :) [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:13, 13 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Request for Admin assistance  ==&lt;br /&gt;
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To all senior admins and sysops. I am being repeatedly abused by user:conservative who, among other things, accuses me continuously of being an atheist simply because I point out some of the holes in his articles. See [http://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&amp;amp;curid=113357&amp;amp;diff=924642&amp;amp;oldid=924636 here for the latest accusation]. I have asked him numerous times to desist with his sneering name calling as I find it offensive to have my faith questioned and nothing is ever done. He state’s I am atheist because I don’t agree with some of his ridiculous contentions. In actual fact it isn’t even that I disagree with him it is that I point out his shoddy research, poor scholarship and his berating, insulting and sarcastic behaviour towards others. I am of the opinion now that he is purposely calling me names because he knows I don’t like it which is unchristian, impolite and, above all, insulting. Is anyone going to teach this man some manners? Has Conservapedia become a place where Conservative is allowed to behave this way without any warning or comeuppance but all other editors and warned and blocked for minor infractions.  He is in continual violation of the commandments yet NOTHING is done whereas people like myself are always watching out to avoid being banned. Well, fine, ban me if you like. I probably will be after this posting and no doubt Conservative will cackle with glee at “winning” again. But laugh Conservative, you win nothing. I post this is full knowledge that I might be blocked banned and insulted by you in my absence and I have always remained polite and civil plus I can hold my head up high. Hopefully one of you will take a stand and insist on standards of civility. But I don’t hold out much hope. Thanks, many of you were kind, decent people whom I enjoyed working with and I pray for you. [[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 19:22, 5 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I don't find any of your contributions to be genuine.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 02:16, 11 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Bill Ayers and OWS ==&lt;br /&gt;
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So you're currently in violation of the first commandment of CP. There is not a single shred of evidence supporting the idea that Ayers said that quote. In fact there's all the evidence saying he didn't. The website linked does not say he said that at all. It doesn't even imply it. Also, if you search that phrase and &amp;quot;bill ayers&amp;quot; there are two hits. The article linked and the article on OWS here. Meanwhile a search for that phrase comes up with literally dozens of articles which don't mention him at all. You're supporting a blatant, unsupported lie by putting it back. [[User:Ayzmo|Ayzmo]] 15:18, 16 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:What a tough guy you are hiding behind that keyboard. I was going to change it when it was first brought to the talk page. Aschlafly reviewed it and made a slight addition. A blatant lie? Do you think he has never said such a thing? Do you think that he has nothing but the best intentions for this country? The only thing wrong I see is your support for Ayers and your lame attempt to make a stink.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 20:53, 16 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Important 7 minute video News Story ==&lt;br /&gt;
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This was posted to ''[[The Blaze]]'' yesterday: [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/marxist-revolution-beck-shows-oreilly-how-organized-effort-guides-world-wide-occupy-protests/ Glenn Beck on Bill O'Reilly: 'How the Marxist Revolution Plans to De-Threat the Tea Party]. It's a 7 minute video, but I think it's incredibly valuable information that the public should know -- but the [[MSM]] will never report. Beck clarifies everything the public needs to know about [[Occupy Wall Street]]. [[User:DerekE|DerekE]] 00:07, 17 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I'll give it a look, thanks.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 00:09, 17 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Departmento Munitorum ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for the removal of ordnance discussion earlier. Textbook stuff. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 23:25, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I don't know what you're talking about but please, pull up a chair and let's chat.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:33, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::I'd love to, but I don' want to be blocked on the 90/10 rule... [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 23:39, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Be bold young man, don't fear the reaper. I am not aware of any CP students falling victim to the 90/10 rule. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:54, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Archive 2009 ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== Archive 2010 ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== Your block policy ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I was just wondering; why are you blocking people with the reason that they don't give their name?&lt;br /&gt;
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People can simply say whatever name they wanted and you wouldn't know if it is true or not.&lt;br /&gt;
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ps: I'd appreciate you not blocking me merely for asking this question.  I just ask out of curiosity  ;)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Just as it is optional for first name last initial, the block policy is of the administrators discretion. It helps eliminate sock accounts used by [troll]]s and if the user is truly interested in contributing in good faith, they will recreate their username as commanded. Do users/trolls use fake names? absolutely. Are you really Phil? I chose not to recreate your account but I could be wrong about you. Time will tell. Hope this is a sufficient answer. Have a great day! --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:28, 4 January 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Jpatt. In all honesty I don't see how your practice would help eliminate sock accounts. People can simply lie about who they are. Socks are best controlled through an IP range block if you asked me. &lt;br /&gt;
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::I'm still trying to get rid of those liberal Wikipepdia ways. [[User:Philny|Philny]] 19:54, 4 January 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Is it foolproof? No. They are not blocked from contributing just blocked from using that name. So it is of good faith on our part to allow them to recreate a username. I did not create the policy and I was  subject to the same policy when I first joined. We'll banish someone when needed and we will ferret out those fake accounts over time. To obey an administrators request is the first step toward recognizing a good faith contributor.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 20:18, 4 January 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::Hi. My former name was STramp, but you seem to have decided that that cannot be my real name. I'm not quite sure why?[[User:StevenTramp|StevenTramp]] 21:23, 10 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Re:Welcome! ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for the welcome! I'll be sure to read the Editor's Guide ;) --[[User:AznBurger|AznBurger]] 21:36, 19 January 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Conservative 3737, &amp;quot;everything you say is conservative&amp;quot; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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...but really not [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Chris_Matthews&amp;amp;curid=10356&amp;amp;diff=846659&amp;amp;oldid=846644 family-friendly.] Thanks for heading him off! [[User:Martyp|Martyp]] 16:32, 5 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The IP is a school and he didn't actually cuss which would cross the line. I am willing to give a second chance if the rules are followed. BTW, I hope no hard feelings for targeting you in the past. Your edits were excellent.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 16:38, 5 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::Life is too short for hard feelings. Good call on the &amp;quot;second chance&amp;quot; thing. [[User:Martyp|Martyp]] 16:39, 5 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Hello, there is a reason I don't use my real name ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I'll write you an email about it if you like, I would have before but you locked the email so I could not. Account creation was also turned off, which makes recreating my account difficult. --[[User:AlaskanEconomy2|AlaskanEconomy2]] 20:43, 8 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:I now feel pretty foolish not having checked this account before creating that one. Thanks/sorry. --[[User:AlaskanEconomy|AlaskanEconomy]] 20:52, 8 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Thanks ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for uploading that image yesterday. With regards to my username, I created it before there was any specific username policy on Conservapedia's Guidelines or Commandments page (even though I've only been contributing recently). If it is important that I have username that contains only my name/initials, I will change it. --[[User:Toadaron|Toadaron]] 17:40, 18 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== New conservative pages for 2011 ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I noticed you were laying down plans for pages to create. I think you might consider making a page on the pence amendment, the recent 240-185 house vote to amend Title X to remove the family planning grants from organizations that perform abortions (like planned parenthood). While I support the decision the issue is outside of my area of specialization and I am afraid of getting some important facts wrong. --[[User:AlaskanEconomy|AlaskanEconomy]] 20:43, 22 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Maybe at some future point. It's too early to determine the outcome. You're welcome to start it.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 20:45, 22 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== uploading images ==&lt;br /&gt;
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How can I upload non-political, non-controversial images that I made myself to Conservapedia?  I suppose you or the Conservapedia administration would like to preview images before uploading them?  How do I show them for you to preview?  [[User:HPadleckas|HPadleckas]] 21:34, 28 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Send to conservapedia@zoho.com--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 21:39, 28 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Celebrity crime==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi, Jpatt. I'm wondering how and when we should report (gloat over?) celebrity crime, like a female pop star arrested for being drunk in public, getting a speeding ticket, etc. Are we trying to prove that Hollywood produces (or encourages) self-indulgent behavior, or what? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] &amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 13:53, 2 March 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Personally, I don't have a litmus test for inclusion. I simply take celebrities, be it Democrat or Republican, and post their crimes. As role models, they need to be exposed as to why they make headlines. Their behavior is an example of who &amp;quot;not to follow&amp;quot;. If you have suggestions, of course I would work with you. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 15:04, 2 March 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::I had nothing in mind, just trying to stimulate thought here. Carry on, my good man! :-) --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] &amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 01:21, 5 March 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Delete ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hey Jpatt - I manually copy-pasted move a page from [[Frankfurt school]] to [[Essay:Frankfurt school]] - but upon examining the content it appears that the original author - CharlieO - copy pasted that from another site. Could you delete both pages? Thanks!--&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;[[User:Iduan|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: #FFCCCC; background: #660000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;I]][[User_talk:Iduan|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#CCCCFF; background:#000033&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Duan]]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt; 18:50, 26 March 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:No problem. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 18:57, 26 March 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Photo upload==&lt;br /&gt;
Hi, I would like to upload a photo of myself, I don't have the rights, can you do it for me? Thanks.--[[User:SarahWollstone|SarahWollstone]] 20:35, 8 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
Yes, send to conservapedia@zoho.com --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 21:19, 8 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks. :)--[[User:SarahWollstone|SarahWollstone]] 21:23, 8 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I just sent it to you. :) --[[User:SarahWollstone|SarahWollstone]] 21:32, 8 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Done. [http://www.conservapedia.com/images/4/42/Me.jpg]--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 21:41, 8 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Thank you. :)--[[User:SarahWollstone|SarahWollstone]] 21:44, 8 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== I need you to check your email ==&lt;br /&gt;
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K? [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] 23:20, 27 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== nice reversions! ==&lt;br /&gt;
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You're fast, sir.--&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;[[User:Iduan|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: #FFCCCC; background: #660000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;I]][[User_talk:Iduan|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#CCCCFF; background:#000033&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Duan]]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt; 19:50, 2 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Did you hear? I'm Quick Draw McGraw!--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:54, 2 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Thank you ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thank you for the helpful links and the welcome. I hope to become a valuable member of the community.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Editing the Wicca page ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I would like to formally request that the &amp;quot;murders&amp;quot; section be removed for the reasons stated on the talk page.&lt;br /&gt;
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This is not a place to smear other people or post inflammatory material. {{unsigned|HarabecW}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:I digress, this is a place to educate others and to warn them to stay clear of witchcraft. Find another topic to edit. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:30, 6 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::I have looked at some of the disputed links, and while I don't know enough about the sources themselves to question their reliability, for most of the stories no causal relationship is established between the person's religious beliefs and their actions. One might just as well divide any story about crime between those where the perpetrator was male or female and argue that their gender was the causal factor. [[User:WilliamB1|WilliamB1]] 22:41, 6 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::A person's beliefs and their actions are always tied together whether you agree or not. If Wiccans start making the news for rape, I will start a new section. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:10, 6 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Stubs ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Do we use stub tags here on Conservapedia?-[[User:StevenTramp|StevenTramp]] 23:46, 10 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:It's not really recommended or necessary.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:35, 11 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Mistake of an email ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I sent you an email raising a question - having seen the new evidence you can safely ignore it - sorry for that!--&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;[[User:Iduan|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: #FFCCCC; background: #660000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;I]][[User_talk:Iduan|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#CCCCFF; background:#000033&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Duan]]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt; 20:05, 12 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I noticed you reverted changes made to the Tower of London article that mentioned the legend of the ravens. I know you banned the editor for vandalism, but in this case, the story is true. There is a legend telling that if the ravens at the Tower leave, it portends the downfall of both the Tower and the kingdom. I know it's trivia, but it's fun too and I'd love to see it added back into the article. Here's a link about the story. http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/stories/theravens.aspx [[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 21:32, 12 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:No problem. Go ahead and add it back.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 21:38, 12 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Thanks! I'll add the reference too.[[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 22:36, 12 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Religion headline ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi - that's a great news story, but I wonder if I may suggest a small change to the wording? At present is says &amp;quot;study came up with similar findings&amp;quot; but no other findings are listed to be similar too; it's an out of context quote.&lt;br /&gt;
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I'd suggest saying something like &amp;quot;'''[[Religion]] comes naturally, even instinctively, to human beings,''' says a 3-year, multi-million Pound survey conducted by Oxford University.&amp;quot; Maybe even add that it is a liberal institution, that offered tenure to Richard Dawkins?  [[User:TracyS|TracyS]] 12:25, 13 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Maria Shriver ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi - I noticed you added &amp;quot;Schwarzenegger&amp;quot; for Shriver's last name. I don't believe she ever changed her name legally and has never gone by the name &amp;quot;Schwarzenegger&amp;quot;. [[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 10:25, 20 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Ok, I'll remove it. After her divorce she can go from Mrs. Maria Shriver to Ms. Maria Shriver. New age liberals are a joke. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 12:19, 20 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== user:JimMac ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi - this user is vandalising articles and constantly reverting me. Please can you show him the door? [[User:TracyS|TracyS]] 10:52, 27 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==[[Raymond Davis Affair]]==&lt;br /&gt;
Do you know anything of this? The Obama administration evidently invoked Islamic law to circumvent the judicial system in Pakistan to obtain a Blackwater (or whatever) operative in Pakistan only weeks before the Abbotobad raid. People in Pakistan are very upset. The democratically elected regime &amp;amp; military are cooperating with the US because they fear Islamic fundementalism, yet when it suits him, Obama pays $2.3 million in blood money under Koranic law to get a hired mercenary out. Ironic.  [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 20:03, 27 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I haven't heard this but it wouldn't surprise me.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 20:07, 27 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Raymond was CIA--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 20:07, 27 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== user:Jefferson ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I wasn't sure how to contact you other than this, please let me know if there is another way if you would be so kind. I was not aware of the policy against using fact tags, thank you for informing me. I had seen them used in several articles and assumed it was okay. I would appreciate if you would clear something up for me about the citation policy, please: why is it the responsibility of a person who discovers uncited work to find the citation rather than the original poster of the work? I thought it would have been in the spirit of the encyclopedia's &amp;quot;no gossip&amp;quot; rules that statements should be cited and that calling attention to uncited materials would be helpful in clearing the site of gossip. Thanks again for filling me in and not banning me outright to begin with. I appreciate the help![[User:Jefferson|Jefferson]] 23:25, 3 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Jefferson, thanks for the mature response. It is the original poster who is supposed to reference. Our suggestion is if you find questionable content, put it on the talk page. If it can be discussed through, then someone can add a citation. If nobody questions the talk page, feel free to delete the questionable content. Unfortunately, this is not spelled out for new users yet. In the scope of ideology, a liberal would find fault with every conservative sentence. So there may be citation requests on other pages but it is not an acceptable form of contribution here. Let me know if I can be of any help. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:47, 3 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Perhaps it would be useful to delete the fact tag template all together? [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] 23:49, 3 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I don't know why I didn't think of that. For some reason I thought it was built-in to wikimedia but it's a tag, sure it should be deleted. Will discuss with Aschlafly.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:52, 3 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== No rules found for editing a new article ==&lt;br /&gt;
The rules encourage discussion of intent of substantial edit of established articles, and discourage taking liberties of simply substantially editing those articles with no prior discussion. But, I have been substantially editing articles which I have created, and which no one else has either edited or commented on ('invisible' editors). Should I discuss with 'invisible' editors my intent of substantial edits of articles in regard to which they are 'invisible'?[[User:PatternOfPersona|PatternOfPersona]] 21:09, 6 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:The short answer is no. Discussions will be made upon disagreements. Substantial edits to established articles need not require approval either. Though if you are deleting content instead of adding to or replacing a viewpoint, then you will face resistance from other contributors and reverts. Hope that helps. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 21:17, 6 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Uncited Sentences ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;[[Conservapedia:Footnotes_-_technical_help#Completely_Uncited_Article_or_Completely_Uncited_Section_of_an_Article|If a sentence needs to be cited please use the &amp;quot;fact&amp;quot; template at the end of the sentence.]]&amp;quot; I'm only following Conservapedia protocol. -[[User:StudioFire|StudioFire]] 00:14, 11 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I also suggest that you reread the [[Conservapedia:Commandments|Conservapedia Commandments]], which include: &amp;quot;''Everything'' you post must be ''true'' and ''verifiable''.&amp;quot; as well as &amp;quot;''Do not post personal opinion'' on an encyclopedia entry.&amp;quot; There should be a Commandment for Ad hoc reasoning, seeing as how that seems to justify much of the content on this site...[[User:StudioFire|StudioFire]] 00:25, 11 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:That includes you, StudioFire. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 00:56, 11 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Thanks for the immature response StudioFail which proves the reasoning on the fact tags. We allow content from liberals but if we let them add citation requests- they'll find something wrong with every page.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 10:08, 11 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== revision delete ==&lt;br /&gt;
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What's the point of oversighting vandals if all they do is blank the page?--[[User:CamilleT|CamilleT]] 15:29, 19 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Aesthetics, red links are messy. Just so you know, France won the 100 year war between England and most of their colonial wars in Africa.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 16:07, 19 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:: &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;:D&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;  I've a feeling that French military history is going to be something of a meme around my presence.  Someone who dislikes France might say France took their time kicking the British out during the 100 years war.  Someone who likes France would then refer you to William the Conqueror.  Then we'd be told that William the Conqueror doesn't count, because he wasn't French, he was a Normand.  Never mind that because of his conquest of England English courts spoke French for 300 years after his death.  The whole subject is rather tired to me.  I've never been one for Patriotism, either for France or the USA.  I know better than to associate myself with the failures and achievements of others just because we share an ethnic group or political boundaries.--[[User:CamilleT|CamilleT]] 16:18, 19 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Dike! ==&lt;br /&gt;
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What brought on that reversion to a perfectly innocuous edit?  --[[User:XavierC|XavierC]] 21:12, 27 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Just curious as to your intentions. Carry on great patron saint.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 21:14, 27 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Thank you for your kind welcome! ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I appreciate it. =) -Melissa Fox, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
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== Regarding &amp;quot;Fair and balanced is not part of the Conservative platform&amp;quot; Essay ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I was surprised at the boldness of this essay. Have you ever read George Orwell's ''Animal Farm''? If not, I'd like to suggest you at least read a comprehensive synopsis of it. It has the very famous line &amp;quot;All animals are equal, but some animals are ''more'' equal than others.&amp;quot;, and I couldn't help but feel that your essay had the same viewpoint (except with humans, obviously).&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Cquote|Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure. On the contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility. No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?|20px|20px|George Orwell's ''Animal Farm''}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Perhaps you can see the slight correlation I made between the your essay and ''Animal Farm''. I do not write this in spite, and I have no malicious intentions...I just thought I'd use my First Amendment right to instigate some casual, intelligent conversation. --[[User:LifeHelper|LifeHelper]] 13:38, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I did read Animal Farm about 25 years ago. Subconscience-based viewpoint? You are what you fill your mind with but I wrote it due to liberals insistence that Conservapedia be fair. A lie is still a lie even if everyone believes it and the truth is still the truth, even if nobody believes it. To be fair is to give lies equal time. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 13:59, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Cquote|If all records told the same tale — then the lie passed into history and became truth.|20px|20px|George Orwell's ''1984''}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Food for thought! -[[User:LifeHelper|LifeHelper]] 14:27, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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A lie never becomes the truth, only puts on the appearance of truth, clothed in the truth but at heart, still a lie. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 15:09, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::&amp;quot;A just weight and balance are the LORD's.&amp;quot; -- Proverbs, 16:11. [[User:DavidHRG|DavidHRG]] 14:34, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Sure, I believe that. Judgement is for the Lord. &amp;quot;What is desirable in a man is his kindness, and it is better to be a poor man than a liar.&amp;quot; --Proverbs 19:22 So we are able to tell what is wrong and what is right, we don't wait for His judgement to tell us.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 14:57, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== BHO ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi. I was just curious as to why you deleted my edit to the Obama page. Because last time I checked, I could source my claim, and yours just happened to be hear-say conspiracy theory that you're wasting your time with. If you're searching for the truth and not slander why not go with the claim that can be proven like mine? - http://conservapedia.com/User:MAVE182&lt;br /&gt;
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:Mave182, maybe you didn't read my message to you. Proven claims... kidding right? How do you get proof when the person were talking about hasn't yet disclosed it?  Hear-say, conspiracy theory? Here is my message to you, again. '' a few mass visits, black liberation theology, invitation for atheists to join WH Faith-based initiatives, no baptism record and much more secrecy. The refs just don't legitimize Obama's faux Christianity.'' Let me add his disdain for traditional marriage, his support of death to womb children, his constant pandering to the Muslim faith? He's as Christian as much as Stalin was.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:02, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Hey my conservative brethren. In case you don't know what proven means, here's how. You say something then back it up with evidence, not free floating hate speech you heard from Glenn Beck. Cite just one of those claims with a source that agrees, and be source i mean something legitimate. As for my claim, here's a few things that back up his Christianity.&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/36287446/Www-barackobama-com-Factcheck-2007-11-12-Obama-Has-Never&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27775757&lt;br /&gt;
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Love how you provide  ''the drinkers of Obama's bathwater'' as proof. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:29, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Hi JPatt. I gave the guy a day to review the site and its aims. Personally I don't agree with many of the things on Conservapedia but I respect its rules and understand its right to present what information it does. [[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 23:10, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::The truth is non-negotiable, lack of agreement is not an easy thing to digest. As I observe on social media, the right is magnifying each and every flaw in their candidates. Let's hope that our common sense and values overcome the many flaws we all have.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:26, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::From our flaws we find perfection.[[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 03:09, 2 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Tolaration of more than one religion doesnt make you a bad christian. In fact, I believe if you can't do that, it makes you a very poor Christian. And if you prefer, here's a source that doesn't drink obama's bathwater, but rather chugs the radical right's urine. http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/09/28/obama-christian-choice&lt;br /&gt;
As for Max, the entire point of this site is putting up a non-bias viewpoint that is based on fact. Fact is, Barack Obama is a practicing Christian. You may disagree with his politics which is fine, but according to the 1st Ammendment, this man shouldn't be denied the right to practice his religion and shouldn't be slandered as a Christian for unrelated issues. --[[User:MAVE182|MAVE182]] 17:01, 3 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I refuse to reply to any future posts of yours on my page. Your sharp tongue speaks all righteous leftist points, a Cafeteria Christian, one that ignores Intrinsic Evil and an apologist for outright sin. What Christian would support the evil that Obama supports? You slander Glenn Beck, you slander Fox News and then you have to gall to call me a slanderer. You can chose to live like the pigs do but you aren't fooling anyone here, you hear?--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 18:16, 3 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::It's very simple MAVE and since you came off ''your'' high horse, I guess that does merit a response. I am talking beyond accuracy and beyond statistics. I am talking about absolutes. Who are you MAVE? Let's talk about MAVE, hidden in the shadows, full of knowledge- yet identity unknown, a keyboard diva? To continue to communicate with you would mean I have to match wits with an unknown, convert you into my way of thinking. When I know already that you are passionate, yet deceptive, not intent to learn, only to play games and waste time. Just because I will call out wrong and confront evil, don't try and pass it off as like I'm trying to act as a tough guy. You just make yourself sound thuggish. Jesus rules! Amen. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:19, 3 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== I thought you might enjoy this ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*[[Essay: Acute Conservapedia obsessive compulsive disorder]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Book of Tobit==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi Jpatt; I was looking for the Conservapedia article on the Book of Tobit; it's a red link in the Bible article. If I read the search results correctly, you deleted it. May I ask why? I'm interested in working on an article about Tobit unless there's a good reason for omitting from Conservapedia.  Thanks in advance --[[User:Bwebster|Bwebster]] 19:27, 3 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I don't recall deleting but it may have been a copied source. Please, recreate how you feel best. Incorporate deleted information if it is valid.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:18, 3 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== John Adams &amp;quot;Notable Quote&amp;quot; Error ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I just came across the article on John Adams and I found an error. You listed as a notable quote &amp;quot;[The Declaration of Independence] That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.&amp;quot; However the accompanying footnote takes you to Gingrich's book, Rediscovering God in America pg 6 at Google books where the quote is attributed to John ''Quincy'' Adams. Im new to Conservapedia so I dont know if I should go ahead and make the edit. I'll just leave it to you. --[[User:JR|JR]] 13:20, 10 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Newbie, nice to meet you. Now that is a good catch and clearly an error on my part. In the future, no harm nor foul to edit pages. Quotes are tough to verify. Sites like Brainyquote will not suffice. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:00, 10 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::And just to add on a reason to not trust them: often those sites don't distinguish between a quote by a person, and a quote about that person, so who actually said it is unclear, especially when the quote doesn't have the name in it. - [[User:JamesCA|JamesCA]] 00:59, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Nice to meet you too. Ive read the edit policy since my post so Im up to speed on what to do now. Thanks! --[[User:JR|JR]] 19:59, 10 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Thank you ==&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you for moving my new article to one with a proper name. I wasn't sure how to go about it, so thank you. Any tips on how to edit/create articles would help alot, if you have the time of course. --[[User:CAndrs|CAndrs]] 20:10, 13 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Quadrupling Conservapedia's traffic ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I have a simple plan which I think could quadruple Conservapedia's web traffic in a short time that will not cost any money. I should find out in a week if I get the cooperation of a couple of key individuals. The only downside of my plan is it doesn't involve the concepts of [[Essay: Does Richard Dawkins have machismo?|machismo]], [[Atheism and obesity|mentioning the obesity with any subcultures]] or referring to [[Essay: Atheism is a clown and it did not know it|atheism as a worldview for clowns.]] :) [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 08:45, 14 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I think my simple plan will be implemented based on some receptive feedback I received. I have to implement some things first. Not sure how fast it will happen though. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:26, 14 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== FOIA == &lt;br /&gt;
[[User:FOIA]] has been blocked?  [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 15:24, 15 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Never mind. I see what happened. Good block. Thanks.  [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 15:40, 15 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Singer images ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I found some replacements from the Wikimedia Commons. They're on the page now. Thanks!!!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 08:18, 1 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I thank you greatly, Jpatt!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 14:57, 1 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Unblocked ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks. --[[User:Michaeldsuarez|Michaeldsuarez]] 09:06, 10 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Please let me know if you want to serve on a blocking policy refinement panel ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Please let me know if you want to serve on a blocking policy refinement panel. I invited someone to edit Conservapedia and they were blocked and they should not have been. I got the block overturned. So I think there is room for improvement in Conservapedia's blocking policy. You can sign up [[User:Conservative/Sysops who want to serve on a blocking policy refinement panel|HERE]]. I invited active Syops/Admins plus people with blocking rights who might wish to be Sysops. If I left anyone out, please let them know about the panel.  The people with blocking rights can sign up [[User talk:Conservative/Sysops who want to serve on a blocking policy refinement panel|HERE]]. The panel will probably convene when Iduan is back from his summer vacation or fairly soon afterwards.  [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:47, 13 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Thanks for the invite. I decline.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 14:17, 13 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I knew you would decline, but I didn't want to be impolite. :) [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 14:19, 13 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Vandalism ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for undoing the vandalism on my page!--[[User:MorrisF|MorrisF]] 14:46, 13 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Brewmaster's degree ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi JPatt, I noticed that you added [http://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Worst_College_Majors&amp;amp;curid=102717&amp;amp;diff=901252&amp;amp;oldid=891798 brewmaster] to the list of &amp;quot;worst college majors.&amp;quot; That made me think of a friend of mine who is an actual brewmaster. Would you believe that he can basically live anywhere he wants to, and there will always be a job for him wherever he goes (provided there are breweries nearby)? In whatever economy, anywhere in the world, there's a built-in demand for what he's capable of making. I'd call that a pretty darned good major. [[User:JDWpianist|JDWpianist]] 16:28, 15 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:LOL, yeah I think i would enjoy being a brewmaster. Doesn't sound too stressful. Anyway, I gained the insight from this months Popular Science magazine Awesome Labs- 25 of the coolest places to pursue science. Anyway, it costs alot of money to go to college. Learning to brew your own beer is done by millions of people without a degree. &amp;quot;Every year, 10 or so student gain careers in small business&amp;quot; - says the brewmaster professor. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 16:54, 15 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Ferrari==&lt;br /&gt;
What is up with these guys?  I can barely think of a more objective fact than &amp;quot;Ferraris are overpriced.&amp;quot; Even Ferrari owners wouldn't argue with me, being overpriced is part of why people buy them so they can show off their money.  How do I proceed? --CraigF 3:59 August 16th (ETC)&lt;br /&gt;
:Ok, I think they final got my logic. [[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 4:01, 16 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Me personally, I like the Lamborghini. It is however, a bit overpriced as well.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:44, 16 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I like Lambos too, sort of the muscle cars of Italy, but I've still seen them get trounced by American iron too many times to justify their huge price tags. --[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 22:27, 16 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
==[[Henry Ford]]==&lt;br /&gt;
Sorry to bother you again, but I'm having trouble.  I tried to remove some slanderous remarks from the Henry Ford page, but people reverted me and demanded references to refute a bunch of propaganda designed to harm Ford's reputation.  At the same time they want references to prove an obvious fact that Ferdinand Porsche happily worked with the Nazis.  I don't really get it, this is an pro American wiki that is focused on fact not propaganda. --[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 00:43, 17 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Sorry again, it looks like it was resolved, I guess I was wrong.  I guess it is good that I am learning, but I'm going to have to really evaluate my thinking. --[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 01:08, 17 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Vandal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Pleas block vandal. http://conservapedia.com/Special:Contributions/HankK&lt;br /&gt;
:Thank you. --[[User:ZachJ|ZachJ]] 16:49, 17 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:| Liberal wandal terminated. I expect we'll see him again before public school is back in session. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 16:54, 17 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
== Removing facts ==&lt;br /&gt;
Ok I admit I was wrong about Henry Ford.  History isn't my best subject, but SharonW keeps removing well known facts from my articles and says she can't find references.  I found some references and readded what I said, but what if she changes it back, I get the impression she doesn't know that much about cars.  I have to go to bed, so don't worry about responding unitl tomorrow. --[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 02:52, 19 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I like the pages you are adding. With that said, we take this project seriously. I suggest you let others change your work as they see fit. They'll likely take the edge off your comments but the rest remains, don't take it personal. I'll back you up my friend, just keep adding and let me know any problems that occur. We will work through it together.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 12:37, 19 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Thanks Jpatt! --[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 16:11, 19 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== RLorian's block ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi, JPatt. RLorian was [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:Karajou&amp;amp;curid=114693&amp;amp;diff=906987&amp;amp;oldid=906984 reverting vandalism]. not really edit-warring. [[User:BrentH|BrentH]] 13:27, 28 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Conservapedia down sometimes==&lt;br /&gt;
Hi Jpatt, I've noticed that sometimes Conservapedia goes down while I'm using it.  The really weird thing is that this only seems to happen after I make a couple of edits.  I took a break from editing for a few days and never had any problems reading articles, but today I started editing again and after a couple of minutes I couldn't open any pages.  Am I the victim of cyber attacks?&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 21:03, 29 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:No. IT just happens every so often as far as I can tell.--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 21:04, 29 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Wait a minute ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Doesn't McCain have his favorite American hero story? Why was he swapped out? I mean, keep Reagan, but you should still keep McCain. I don't know that Reagan has a famous military story to tell.  --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 15:00, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:It's a gallery of American heroes, not necessarily war heroes. Reagan led the collapse of the Soviet Union. McCain on the other hand is respected for his service to country during captivity, not actually a leader of hero caliber. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 15:14, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::My understanding was that the Soviet Union would collapse anyway. Communism cannot sustain itself! --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 16:01, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::It was going to collapse. Reagan's big military thing only made it worse for them because they had to keep pace.--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 16:23, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Reagan gets the credit just like B Hussein Obama can get credit for Bin Laden. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 17:22, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:The US actually was more intimately involved with the capturing and killing of Bin Laden because our very own men and women did it.  Credit to CIA!!! --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:24, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::There is a long list of those that deserve credit, starting with Gen. Petraeus. Obama ultimately gets the nod because as leader, he kept Bush's policies in place to finish what was started. As far as the &amp;quot;gutsy call&amp;quot; the lib media tried to portray-- that's balderdash. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 17:28, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
==Vandalism==&lt;br /&gt;
I found some liberal vandalism that [[User:TerryB]] put into the dictionary project.  I fixed it, but he probably should be blocked.  He used the edit summary &amp;quot;improve&amp;quot; and said that conservatives forbid you to marry who you love, a ridiculous notion.  I'm also having problems with other liberals trying to water down a variety of definitions, what can be done? --[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 01:29, 7 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:There is more than one liberal troll adding nonsense to the dictionary project. I will go through the project today and remove false entries and individuals from Conservapedia deserving of a block. Thanks Craig. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 09:22, 7 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Great job limiting the amount of vandalism in that recent vandal attack. Of course, Phase III of Conservapedia gaining additional web traffic is totally impervious to CP vandals significantly affecting it. :) [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:13, 13 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Request for Admin assistance  ==&lt;br /&gt;
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To all senior admins and sysops. I am being repeatedly abused by user:conservative who, among other things, accuses me continuously of being an atheist simply because I point out some of the holes in his articles. See [http://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&amp;amp;curid=113357&amp;amp;diff=924642&amp;amp;oldid=924636 here for the latest accusation]. I have asked him numerous times to desist with his sneering name calling as I find it offensive to have my faith questioned and nothing is ever done. He state’s I am atheist because I don’t agree with some of his ridiculous contentions. In actual fact it isn’t even that I disagree with him it is that I point out his shoddy research, poor scholarship and his berating, insulting and sarcastic behaviour towards others. I am of the opinion now that he is purposely calling me names because he knows I don’t like it which is unchristian, impolite and, above all, insulting. Is anyone going to teach this man some manners? Has Conservapedia become a place where Conservative is allowed to behave this way without any warning or comeuppance but all other editors and warned and blocked for minor infractions.  He is in continual violation of the commandments yet NOTHING is done whereas people like myself are always watching out to avoid being banned. Well, fine, ban me if you like. I probably will be after this posting and no doubt Conservative will cackle with glee at “winning” again. But laugh Conservative, you win nothing. I post this is full knowledge that I might be blocked banned and insulted by you in my absence and I have always remained polite and civil plus I can hold my head up high. Hopefully one of you will take a stand and insist on standards of civility. But I don’t hold out much hope. Thanks, many of you were kind, decent people whom I enjoyed working with and I pray for you. [[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 19:22, 5 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Hi==&lt;br /&gt;
If Scooby doo is not an acceptable article, then why is [[South Park]]? Your friend Mac. {{unsigned|MacStennis}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:I don't find any of your contributions to be genuine.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 02:16, 11 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Bill Ayers and OWS ==&lt;br /&gt;
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So you're currently in violation of the first commandment of CP. There is not a single shred of evidence supporting the idea that Ayers said that quote. In fact there's all the evidence saying he didn't. The website linked does not say he said that at all. It doesn't even imply it. Also, if you search that phrase and &amp;quot;bill ayers&amp;quot; there are two hits. The article linked and the article on OWS here. Meanwhile a search for that phrase comes up with literally dozens of articles which don't mention him at all. You're supporting a blatant, unsupported lie by putting it back. [[User:Ayzmo|Ayzmo]] 15:18, 16 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:What a tough guy you are hiding behind that keyboard. I was going to change it when it was first brought to the talk page. Aschlafly reviewed it and made a slight addition. A blatant lie? Do you think he has never said such a thing? Do you think that he has nothing but the best intentions for this country? The only thing wrong I see is your support for Ayers and your lame attempt to make a stink.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 20:53, 16 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Important 7 minute video News Story ==&lt;br /&gt;
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This was posted to ''[[The Blaze]]'' yesterday: [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/marxist-revolution-beck-shows-oreilly-how-organized-effort-guides-world-wide-occupy-protests/ Glenn Beck on Bill O'Reilly: 'How the Marxist Revolution Plans to De-Threat the Tea Party]. It's a 7 minute video, but I think it's incredibly valuable information that the public should know -- but the [[MSM]] will never report. Beck clarifies everything the public needs to know about [[Occupy Wall Street]]. [[User:DerekE|DerekE]] 00:07, 17 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I'll give it a look, thanks.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 00:09, 17 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Departmento Munitorum ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for the removal of ordnance discussion earlier. Textbook stuff. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 23:25, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I don't know what you're talking about but please, pull up a chair and let's chat.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:33, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::I'd love to, but I don' want to be blocked on the 90/10 rule... [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 23:39, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:Jpatt/Subway_Troll Here]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Archive 2009 ==&lt;br /&gt;
[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:Jpatt/2009]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Archive 2010 ==&lt;br /&gt;
[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:Jpatt/2010]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Your block policy ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I was just wondering; why are you blocking people with the reason that they don't give their name?&lt;br /&gt;
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People can simply say whatever name they wanted and you wouldn't know if it is true or not.&lt;br /&gt;
More importantly the account creation page states that submitting your name is '''optional'''&lt;br /&gt;
Can please explain the reasoning behind your block policy?&lt;br /&gt;
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ps: I'd appreciate you not blocking me merely for asking this question.  I just ask out of curiosity  ;)&lt;br /&gt;
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[[User:Philny|Philny]] 18:20, 4 January 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Just as it is optional for first name last initial, the block policy is of the administrators discretion. It helps eliminate sock accounts used by [troll]]s and if the user is truly interested in contributing in good faith, they will recreate their username as commanded. Do users/trolls use fake names? absolutely. Are you really Phil? I chose not to recreate your account but I could be wrong about you. Time will tell. Hope this is a sufficient answer. Have a great day! --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:28, 4 January 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Jpatt. In all honesty I don't see how your practice would help eliminate sock accounts. People can simply lie about who they are. Socks are best controlled through an IP range block if you asked me. &lt;br /&gt;
::Lastly I would think that good faith would be assumed for new people until they explicitly become trolls/vandals. but hey that's just me. &lt;br /&gt;
::I'm still trying to get rid of those liberal Wikipepdia ways. [[User:Philny|Philny]] 19:54, 4 January 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Is it foolproof? No. They are not blocked from contributing just blocked from using that name. So it is of good faith on our part to allow them to recreate a username. I did not create the policy and I was  subject to the same policy when I first joined. We'll banish someone when needed and we will ferret out those fake accounts over time. To obey an administrators request is the first step toward recognizing a good faith contributor.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 20:18, 4 January 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::Hi. My former name was STramp, but you seem to have decided that that cannot be my real name. I'm not quite sure why?[[User:StevenTramp|StevenTramp]] 21:23, 10 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Re:Welcome! ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for the welcome! I'll be sure to read the Editor's Guide ;) --[[User:AznBurger|AznBurger]] 21:36, 19 January 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Conservative 3737, &amp;quot;everything you say is conservative&amp;quot; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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...but really not [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Chris_Matthews&amp;amp;curid=10356&amp;amp;diff=846659&amp;amp;oldid=846644 family-friendly.] Thanks for heading him off! [[User:Martyp|Martyp]] 16:32, 5 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The IP is a school and he didn't actually cuss which would cross the line. I am willing to give a second chance if the rules are followed. BTW, I hope no hard feelings for targeting you in the past. Your edits were excellent.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 16:38, 5 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::Life is too short for hard feelings. Good call on the &amp;quot;second chance&amp;quot; thing. [[User:Martyp|Martyp]] 16:39, 5 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Hello, there is a reason I don't use my real name ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I'll write you an email about it if you like, I would have before but you locked the email so I could not. Account creation was also turned off, which makes recreating my account difficult. --[[User:AlaskanEconomy2|AlaskanEconomy2]] 20:43, 8 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:I now feel pretty foolish not having checked this account before creating that one. Thanks/sorry. --[[User:AlaskanEconomy|AlaskanEconomy]] 20:52, 8 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Thanks ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for uploading that image yesterday. With regards to my username, I created it before there was any specific username policy on Conservapedia's Guidelines or Commandments page (even though I've only been contributing recently). If it is important that I have username that contains only my name/initials, I will change it. --[[User:Toadaron|Toadaron]] 17:40, 18 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== New conservative pages for 2011 ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I noticed you were laying down plans for pages to create. I think you might consider making a page on the pence amendment, the recent 240-185 house vote to amend Title X to remove the family planning grants from organizations that perform abortions (like planned parenthood). While I support the decision the issue is outside of my area of specialization and I am afraid of getting some important facts wrong. --[[User:AlaskanEconomy|AlaskanEconomy]] 20:43, 22 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Maybe at some future point. It's too early to determine the outcome. You're welcome to start it.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 20:45, 22 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== uploading images ==&lt;br /&gt;
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How can I upload non-political, non-controversial images that I made myself to Conservapedia?  I suppose you or the Conservapedia administration would like to preview images before uploading them?  How do I show them for you to preview?  [[User:HPadleckas|HPadleckas]] 21:34, 28 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Send to conservapedia@zoho.com--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 21:39, 28 February 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Celebrity crime==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi, Jpatt. I'm wondering how and when we should report (gloat over?) celebrity crime, like a female pop star arrested for being drunk in public, getting a speeding ticket, etc. Are we trying to prove that Hollywood produces (or encourages) self-indulgent behavior, or what? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] &amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 13:53, 2 March 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Personally, I don't have a litmus test for inclusion. I simply take celebrities, be it Democrat or Republican, and post their crimes. As role models, they need to be exposed as to why they make headlines. Their behavior is an example of who &amp;quot;not to follow&amp;quot;. If you have suggestions, of course I would work with you. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 15:04, 2 March 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::I had nothing in mind, just trying to stimulate thought here. Carry on, my good man! :-) --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] &amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 01:21, 5 March 2011 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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Hey Jpatt - I manually copy-pasted move a page from [[Frankfurt school]] to [[Essay:Frankfurt school]] - but upon examining the content it appears that the original author - CharlieO - copy pasted that from another site. Could you delete both pages? Thanks!--&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;[[User:Iduan|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: #FFCCCC; background: #660000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;I]][[User_talk:Iduan|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#CCCCFF; background:#000033&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Duan]]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt; 18:50, 26 March 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:No problem. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 18:57, 26 March 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi, I would like to upload a photo of myself, I don't have the rights, can you do it for me? Thanks.--[[User:SarahWollstone|SarahWollstone]] 20:35, 8 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
Yes, send to conservapedia@zoho.com --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 21:19, 8 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks. :)--[[User:SarahWollstone|SarahWollstone]] 21:23, 8 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I just sent it to you. :) --[[User:SarahWollstone|SarahWollstone]] 21:32, 8 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Done. [http://www.conservapedia.com/images/4/42/Me.jpg]--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 21:41, 8 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Thank you. :)--[[User:SarahWollstone|SarahWollstone]] 21:44, 8 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== I need you to check your email ==&lt;br /&gt;
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K? [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] 23:20, 27 April 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== nice reversions! ==&lt;br /&gt;
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You're fast, sir.--&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;[[User:Iduan|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: #FFCCCC; background: #660000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;I]][[User_talk:Iduan|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#CCCCFF; background:#000033&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Duan]]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt; 19:50, 2 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Did you hear? I'm Quick Draw McGraw!--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:54, 2 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Thank you ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thank you for the helpful links and the welcome. I hope to become a valuable member of the community.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Editing the Wicca page ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I would like to formally request that the &amp;quot;murders&amp;quot; section be removed for the reasons stated on the talk page.&lt;br /&gt;
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This is not a place to smear other people or post inflammatory material. {{unsigned|HarabecW}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:I digress, this is a place to educate others and to warn them to stay clear of witchcraft. Find another topic to edit. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:30, 6 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::I have looked at some of the disputed links, and while I don't know enough about the sources themselves to question their reliability, for most of the stories no causal relationship is established between the person's religious beliefs and their actions. One might just as well divide any story about crime between those where the perpetrator was male or female and argue that their gender was the causal factor. [[User:WilliamB1|WilliamB1]] 22:41, 6 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::A person's beliefs and their actions are always tied together whether you agree or not. If Wiccans start making the news for rape, I will start a new section. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:10, 6 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Do we use stub tags here on Conservapedia?-[[User:StevenTramp|StevenTramp]] 23:46, 10 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:It's not really recommended or necessary.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:35, 11 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Mistake of an email ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I sent you an email raising a question - having seen the new evidence you can safely ignore it - sorry for that!--&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;[[User:Iduan|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: #FFCCCC; background: #660000&amp;quot;&amp;gt;I]][[User_talk:Iduan|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#CCCCFF; background:#000033&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Duan]]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt; 20:05, 12 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I noticed you reverted changes made to the Tower of London article that mentioned the legend of the ravens. I know you banned the editor for vandalism, but in this case, the story is true. There is a legend telling that if the ravens at the Tower leave, it portends the downfall of both the Tower and the kingdom. I know it's trivia, but it's fun too and I'd love to see it added back into the article. Here's a link about the story. http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/stories/theravens.aspx [[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 21:32, 12 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:No problem. Go ahead and add it back.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 21:38, 12 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Thanks! I'll add the reference too.[[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 22:36, 12 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi - that's a great news story, but I wonder if I may suggest a small change to the wording? At present is says &amp;quot;study came up with similar findings&amp;quot; but no other findings are listed to be similar too; it's an out of context quote.&lt;br /&gt;
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I'd suggest saying something like &amp;quot;'''[[Religion]] comes naturally, even instinctively, to human beings,''' says a 3-year, multi-million Pound survey conducted by Oxford University.&amp;quot; Maybe even add that it is a liberal institution, that offered tenure to Richard Dawkins?  [[User:TracyS|TracyS]] 12:25, 13 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi - I noticed you added &amp;quot;Schwarzenegger&amp;quot; for Shriver's last name. I don't believe she ever changed her name legally and has never gone by the name &amp;quot;Schwarzenegger&amp;quot;. [[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 10:25, 20 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Ok, I'll remove it. After her divorce she can go from Mrs. Maria Shriver to Ms. Maria Shriver. New age liberals are a joke. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 12:19, 20 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi - this user is vandalising articles and constantly reverting me. Please can you show him the door? [[User:TracyS|TracyS]] 10:52, 27 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==[[Raymond Davis Affair]]==&lt;br /&gt;
Do you know anything of this? The Obama administration evidently invoked Islamic law to circumvent the judicial system in Pakistan to obtain a Blackwater (or whatever) operative in Pakistan only weeks before the Abbotobad raid. People in Pakistan are very upset. The democratically elected regime &amp;amp; military are cooperating with the US because they fear Islamic fundementalism, yet when it suits him, Obama pays $2.3 million in blood money under Koranic law to get a hired mercenary out. Ironic.  [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 20:03, 27 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I haven't heard this but it wouldn't surprise me.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 20:07, 27 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I wasn't sure how to contact you other than this, please let me know if there is another way if you would be so kind. I was not aware of the policy against using fact tags, thank you for informing me. I had seen them used in several articles and assumed it was okay. I would appreciate if you would clear something up for me about the citation policy, please: why is it the responsibility of a person who discovers uncited work to find the citation rather than the original poster of the work? I thought it would have been in the spirit of the encyclopedia's &amp;quot;no gossip&amp;quot; rules that statements should be cited and that calling attention to uncited materials would be helpful in clearing the site of gossip. Thanks again for filling me in and not banning me outright to begin with. I appreciate the help![[User:Jefferson|Jefferson]] 23:25, 3 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Jefferson, thanks for the mature response. It is the original poster who is supposed to reference. Our suggestion is if you find questionable content, put it on the talk page. If it can be discussed through, then someone can add a citation. If nobody questions the talk page, feel free to delete the questionable content. Unfortunately, this is not spelled out for new users yet. In the scope of ideology, a liberal would find fault with every conservative sentence. So there may be citation requests on other pages but it is not an acceptable form of contribution here. Let me know if I can be of any help. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:47, 3 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Perhaps it would be useful to delete the fact tag template all together? [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] 23:49, 3 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I don't know why I didn't think of that. For some reason I thought it was built-in to wikimedia but it's a tag, sure it should be deleted. Will discuss with Aschlafly.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:52, 3 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== No rules found for editing a new article ==&lt;br /&gt;
The rules encourage discussion of intent of substantial edit of established articles, and discourage taking liberties of simply substantially editing those articles with no prior discussion. But, I have been substantially editing articles which I have created, and which no one else has either edited or commented on ('invisible' editors). Should I discuss with 'invisible' editors my intent of substantial edits of articles in regard to which they are 'invisible'?[[User:PatternOfPersona|PatternOfPersona]] 21:09, 6 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:The short answer is no. Discussions will be made upon disagreements. Substantial edits to established articles need not require approval either. Though if you are deleting content instead of adding to or replacing a viewpoint, then you will face resistance from other contributors and reverts. Hope that helps. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 21:17, 6 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Uncited Sentences ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;[[Conservapedia:Footnotes_-_technical_help#Completely_Uncited_Article_or_Completely_Uncited_Section_of_an_Article|If a sentence needs to be cited please use the &amp;quot;fact&amp;quot; template at the end of the sentence.]]&amp;quot; I'm only following Conservapedia protocol. -[[User:StudioFire|StudioFire]] 00:14, 11 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I also suggest that you reread the [[Conservapedia:Commandments|Conservapedia Commandments]], which include: &amp;quot;''Everything'' you post must be ''true'' and ''verifiable''.&amp;quot; as well as &amp;quot;''Do not post personal opinion'' on an encyclopedia entry.&amp;quot; There should be a Commandment for Ad hoc reasoning, seeing as how that seems to justify much of the content on this site...[[User:StudioFire|StudioFire]] 00:25, 11 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Thanks for the immature response StudioFail which proves the reasoning on the fact tags. We allow content from liberals but if we let them add citation requests- they'll find something wrong with every page.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 10:08, 11 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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What's the point of oversighting vandals if all they do is blank the page?--[[User:CamilleT|CamilleT]] 15:29, 19 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Aesthetics, red links are messy. Just so you know, France won the 100 year war between England and most of their colonial wars in Africa.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 16:07, 19 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:: &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;:D&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;  I've a feeling that French military history is going to be something of a meme around my presence.  Someone who dislikes France might say France took their time kicking the British out during the 100 years war.  Someone who likes France would then refer you to William the Conqueror.  Then we'd be told that William the Conqueror doesn't count, because he wasn't French, he was a Normand.  Never mind that because of his conquest of England English courts spoke French for 300 years after his death.  The whole subject is rather tired to me.  I've never been one for Patriotism, either for France or the USA.  I know better than to associate myself with the failures and achievements of others just because we share an ethnic group or political boundaries.--[[User:CamilleT|CamilleT]] 16:18, 19 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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What brought on that reversion to a perfectly innocuous edit?  --[[User:XavierC|XavierC]] 21:12, 27 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Just curious as to your intentions. Carry on great patron saint.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 21:14, 27 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Thank you for your kind welcome! ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I appreciate it. =) -Melissa Fox, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
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== Regarding &amp;quot;Fair and balanced is not part of the Conservative platform&amp;quot; Essay ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I was surprised at the boldness of this essay. Have you ever read George Orwell's ''Animal Farm''? If not, I'd like to suggest you at least read a comprehensive synopsis of it. It has the very famous line &amp;quot;All animals are equal, but some animals are ''more'' equal than others.&amp;quot;, and I couldn't help but feel that your essay had the same viewpoint (except with humans, obviously).&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Cquote|Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure. On the contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility. No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?|20px|20px|George Orwell's ''Animal Farm''}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Perhaps you can see the slight correlation I made between the your essay and ''Animal Farm''. I do not write this in spite, and I have no malicious intentions...I just thought I'd use my First Amendment right to instigate some casual, intelligent conversation. --[[User:LifeHelper|LifeHelper]] 13:38, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I did read Animal Farm about 25 years ago. Subconscience-based viewpoint? You are what you fill your mind with but I wrote it due to liberals insistence that Conservapedia be fair. A lie is still a lie even if everyone believes it and the truth is still the truth, even if nobody believes it. To be fair is to give lies equal time. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 13:59, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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A lie never becomes the truth, only puts on the appearance of truth, clothed in the truth but at heart, still a lie. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 15:09, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::&amp;quot;A just weight and balance are the LORD's.&amp;quot; -- Proverbs, 16:11. [[User:DavidHRG|DavidHRG]] 14:34, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Sure, I believe that. Judgement is for the Lord. &amp;quot;What is desirable in a man is his kindness, and it is better to be a poor man than a liar.&amp;quot; --Proverbs 19:22 So we are able to tell what is wrong and what is right, we don't wait for His judgement to tell us.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 14:57, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi. I was just curious as to why you deleted my edit to the Obama page. Because last time I checked, I could source my claim, and yours just happened to be hear-say conspiracy theory that you're wasting your time with. If you're searching for the truth and not slander why not go with the claim that can be proven like mine? - http://conservapedia.com/User:MAVE182&lt;br /&gt;
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:Mave182, maybe you didn't read my message to you. Proven claims... kidding right? How do you get proof when the person were talking about hasn't yet disclosed it?  Hear-say, conspiracy theory? Here is my message to you, again. '' a few mass visits, black liberation theology, invitation for atheists to join WH Faith-based initiatives, no baptism record and much more secrecy. The refs just don't legitimize Obama's faux Christianity.'' Let me add his disdain for traditional marriage, his support of death to womb children, his constant pandering to the Muslim faith? He's as Christian as much as Stalin was.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:02, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Hey my conservative brethren. In case you don't know what proven means, here's how. You say something then back it up with evidence, not free floating hate speech you heard from Glenn Beck. Cite just one of those claims with a source that agrees, and be source i mean something legitimate. As for my claim, here's a few things that back up his Christianity.&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/36287446/Www-barackobama-com-Factcheck-2007-11-12-Obama-Has-Never&lt;br /&gt;
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http://www.ucc.org/news/obama-inauguration.html&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1907610,00.html&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/03/AR2010020303619.html&lt;br /&gt;
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Love how you provide  ''the drinkers of Obama's bathwater'' as proof. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:29, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Hi JPatt. I gave the guy a day to review the site and its aims. Personally I don't agree with many of the things on Conservapedia but I respect its rules and understand its right to present what information it does. [[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 23:10, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::The truth is non-negotiable, lack of agreement is not an easy thing to digest. As I observe on social media, the right is magnifying each and every flaw in their candidates. Let's hope that our common sense and values overcome the many flaws we all have.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:26, 1 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Tolaration of more than one religion doesnt make you a bad christian. In fact, I believe if you can't do that, it makes you a very poor Christian. And if you prefer, here's a source that doesn't drink obama's bathwater, but rather chugs the radical right's urine. http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/09/28/obama-christian-choice&lt;br /&gt;
As for Max, the entire point of this site is putting up a non-bias viewpoint that is based on fact. Fact is, Barack Obama is a practicing Christian. You may disagree with his politics which is fine, but according to the 1st Ammendment, this man shouldn't be denied the right to practice his religion and shouldn't be slandered as a Christian for unrelated issues. --[[User:MAVE182|MAVE182]] 17:01, 3 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I refuse to reply to any future posts of yours on my page. Your sharp tongue speaks all righteous leftist points, a Cafeteria Christian, one that ignores Intrinsic Evil and an apologist for outright sin. What Christian would support the evil that Obama supports? You slander Glenn Beck, you slander Fox News and then you have to gall to call me a slanderer. You can chose to live like the pigs do but you aren't fooling anyone here, you hear?--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 18:16, 3 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::It's very simple MAVE and since you came off ''your'' high horse, I guess that does merit a response. I am talking beyond accuracy and beyond statistics. I am talking about absolutes. Who are you MAVE? Let's talk about MAVE, hidden in the shadows, full of knowledge- yet identity unknown, a keyboard diva? To continue to communicate with you would mean I have to match wits with an unknown, convert you into my way of thinking. When I know already that you are passionate, yet deceptive, not intent to learn, only to play games and waste time. Just because I will call out wrong and confront evil, don't try and pass it off as like I'm trying to act as a tough guy. You just make yourself sound thuggish. Jesus rules! Amen. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:19, 3 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== I thought you might enjoy this ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*[[Essay: Acute Conservapedia obsessive compulsive disorder]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Book of Tobit==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi Jpatt; I was looking for the Conservapedia article on the Book of Tobit; it's a red link in the Bible article. If I read the search results correctly, you deleted it. May I ask why? I'm interested in working on an article about Tobit unless there's a good reason for omitting from Conservapedia.  Thanks in advance --[[User:Bwebster|Bwebster]] 19:27, 3 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I don't recall deleting but it may have been a copied source. Please, recreate how you feel best. Incorporate deleted information if it is valid.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:18, 3 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== John Adams &amp;quot;Notable Quote&amp;quot; Error ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I just came across the article on John Adams and I found an error. You listed as a notable quote &amp;quot;[The Declaration of Independence] That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.&amp;quot; However the accompanying footnote takes you to Gingrich's book, Rediscovering God in America pg 6 at Google books where the quote is attributed to John ''Quincy'' Adams. Im new to Conservapedia so I dont know if I should go ahead and make the edit. I'll just leave it to you. --[[User:JR|JR]] 13:20, 10 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Newbie, nice to meet you. Now that is a good catch and clearly an error on my part. In the future, no harm nor foul to edit pages. Quotes are tough to verify. Sites like Brainyquote will not suffice. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:00, 10 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::And just to add on a reason to not trust them: often those sites don't distinguish between a quote by a person, and a quote about that person, so who actually said it is unclear, especially when the quote doesn't have the name in it. - [[User:JamesCA|JamesCA]] 00:59, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Nice to meet you too. Ive read the edit policy since my post so Im up to speed on what to do now. Thanks! --[[User:JR|JR]] 19:59, 10 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Thank you ==&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you for moving my new article to one with a proper name. I wasn't sure how to go about it, so thank you. Any tips on how to edit/create articles would help alot, if you have the time of course. --[[User:CAndrs|CAndrs]] 20:10, 13 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Quadrupling Conservapedia's traffic ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I have a simple plan which I think could quadruple Conservapedia's web traffic in a short time that will not cost any money. I should find out in a week if I get the cooperation of a couple of key individuals. The only downside of my plan is it doesn't involve the concepts of [[Essay: Does Richard Dawkins have machismo?|machismo]], [[Atheism and obesity|mentioning the obesity with any subcultures]] or referring to [[Essay: Atheism is a clown and it did not know it|atheism as a worldview for clowns.]] :) [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 08:45, 14 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I think my simple plan will be implemented based on some receptive feedback I received. I have to implement some things first. Not sure how fast it will happen though. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:26, 14 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== FOIA == &lt;br /&gt;
[[User:FOIA]] has been blocked?  [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 15:24, 15 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Never mind. I see what happened. Good block. Thanks.  [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 15:40, 15 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Singer images ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I found some replacements from the Wikimedia Commons. They're on the page now. Thanks!!!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 08:18, 1 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I thank you greatly, Jpatt!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 14:57, 1 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Unblocked ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks. --[[User:Michaeldsuarez|Michaeldsuarez]] 09:06, 10 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Please let me know if you want to serve on a blocking policy refinement panel ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Please let me know if you want to serve on a blocking policy refinement panel. I invited someone to edit Conservapedia and they were blocked and they should not have been. I got the block overturned. So I think there is room for improvement in Conservapedia's blocking policy. You can sign up [[User:Conservative/Sysops who want to serve on a blocking policy refinement panel|HERE]]. I invited active Syops/Admins plus people with blocking rights who might wish to be Sysops. If I left anyone out, please let them know about the panel.  The people with blocking rights can sign up [[User talk:Conservative/Sysops who want to serve on a blocking policy refinement panel|HERE]]. The panel will probably convene when Iduan is back from his summer vacation or fairly soon afterwards.  [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:47, 13 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Thanks for the invite. I decline.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 14:17, 13 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I knew you would decline, but I didn't want to be impolite. :) [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 14:19, 13 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Vandalism ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for undoing the vandalism on my page!--[[User:MorrisF|MorrisF]] 14:46, 13 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Brewmaster's degree ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi JPatt, I noticed that you added [http://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Worst_College_Majors&amp;amp;curid=102717&amp;amp;diff=901252&amp;amp;oldid=891798 brewmaster] to the list of &amp;quot;worst college majors.&amp;quot; That made me think of a friend of mine who is an actual brewmaster. Would you believe that he can basically live anywhere he wants to, and there will always be a job for him wherever he goes (provided there are breweries nearby)? In whatever economy, anywhere in the world, there's a built-in demand for what he's capable of making. I'd call that a pretty darned good major. [[User:JDWpianist|JDWpianist]] 16:28, 15 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:LOL, yeah I think i would enjoy being a brewmaster. Doesn't sound too stressful. Anyway, I gained the insight from this months Popular Science magazine Awesome Labs- 25 of the coolest places to pursue science. Anyway, it costs alot of money to go to college. Learning to brew your own beer is done by millions of people without a degree. &amp;quot;Every year, 10 or so student gain careers in small business&amp;quot; - says the brewmaster professor. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 16:54, 15 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Ferrari==&lt;br /&gt;
What is up with these guys?  I can barely think of a more objective fact than &amp;quot;Ferraris are overpriced.&amp;quot; Even Ferrari owners wouldn't argue with me, being overpriced is part of why people buy them so they can show off their money.  How do I proceed? --CraigF 3:59 August 16th (ETC)&lt;br /&gt;
:Ok, I think they final got my logic. [[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 4:01, 16 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Me personally, I like the Lamborghini. It is however, a bit overpriced as well.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:44, 16 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I like Lambos too, sort of the muscle cars of Italy, but I've still seen them get trounced by American iron too many times to justify their huge price tags. --[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 22:27, 16 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
==[[Henry Ford]]==&lt;br /&gt;
Sorry to bother you again, but I'm having trouble.  I tried to remove some slanderous remarks from the Henry Ford page, but people reverted me and demanded references to refute a bunch of propaganda designed to harm Ford's reputation.  At the same time they want references to prove an obvious fact that Ferdinand Porsche happily worked with the Nazis.  I don't really get it, this is an pro American wiki that is focused on fact not propaganda. --[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 00:43, 17 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Sorry again, it looks like it was resolved, I guess I was wrong.  I guess it is good that I am learning, but I'm going to have to really evaluate my thinking. --[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 01:08, 17 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Vandal ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Pleas block vandal. http://conservapedia.com/Special:Contributions/HankK&lt;br /&gt;
:Thank you. --[[User:ZachJ|ZachJ]] 16:49, 17 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:| Liberal wandal terminated. I expect we'll see him again before public school is back in session. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 16:54, 17 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
== Removing facts ==&lt;br /&gt;
Ok I admit I was wrong about Henry Ford.  History isn't my best subject, but SharonW keeps removing well known facts from my articles and says she can't find references.  I found some references and readded what I said, but what if she changes it back, I get the impression she doesn't know that much about cars.  I have to go to bed, so don't worry about responding unitl tomorrow. --[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 02:52, 19 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I like the pages you are adding. With that said, we take this project seriously. I suggest you let others change your work as they see fit. They'll likely take the edge off your comments but the rest remains, don't take it personal. I'll back you up my friend, just keep adding and let me know any problems that occur. We will work through it together.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 12:37, 19 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Thanks Jpatt! --[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 16:11, 19 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== RLorian's block ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Hi, JPatt. RLorian was [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:Karajou&amp;amp;curid=114693&amp;amp;diff=906987&amp;amp;oldid=906984 reverting vandalism]. not really edit-warring. [[User:BrentH|BrentH]] 13:27, 28 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Conservapedia down sometimes==&lt;br /&gt;
Hi Jpatt, I've noticed that sometimes Conservapedia goes down while I'm using it.  The really weird thing is that this only seems to happen after I make a couple of edits.  I took a break from editing for a few days and never had any problems reading articles, but today I started editing again and after a couple of minutes I couldn't open any pages.  Am I the victim of cyber attacks?&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 21:03, 29 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:No. IT just happens every so often as far as I can tell.--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 21:04, 29 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Wait a minute ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Doesn't McCain have his favorite American hero story? Why was he swapped out? I mean, keep Reagan, but you should still keep McCain. I don't know that Reagan has a famous military story to tell.  --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 15:00, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:It's a gallery of American heroes, not necessarily war heroes. Reagan led the collapse of the Soviet Union. McCain on the other hand is respected for his service to country during captivity, not actually a leader of hero caliber. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 15:14, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::My understanding was that the Soviet Union would collapse anyway. Communism cannot sustain itself! --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 16:01, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::It was going to collapse. Reagan's big military thing only made it worse for them because they had to keep pace.--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 16:23, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Reagan gets the credit just like B Hussein Obama can get credit for Bin Laden. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 17:22, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:The US actually was more intimately involved with the capturing and killing of Bin Laden because our very own men and women did it.  Credit to CIA!!! --[[User:WilliamMoran|WilliamMoran]] 17:24, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::There is a long list of those that deserve credit, starting with Gen. Petraeus. Obama ultimately gets the nod because as leader, he kept Bush's policies in place to finish what was started. As far as the &amp;quot;gutsy call&amp;quot; the lib media tried to portray-- that's balderdash. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 17:28, 3 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
==Vandalism==&lt;br /&gt;
I found some liberal vandalism that [[User:TerryB]] put into the dictionary project.  I fixed it, but he probably should be blocked.  He used the edit summary &amp;quot;improve&amp;quot; and said that conservatives forbid you to marry who you love, a ridiculous notion.  I'm also having problems with other liberals trying to water down a variety of definitions, what can be done? --[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 01:29, 7 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:There is more than one liberal troll adding nonsense to the dictionary project. I will go through the project today and remove false entries and individuals from Conservapedia deserving of a block. Thanks Craig. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 09:22, 7 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Great job limiting the amount of vandalism in that recent vandal attack. Of course, Phase III of Conservapedia gaining additional web traffic is totally impervious to CP vandals significantly affecting it. :) [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:13, 13 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Request for Admin assistance  ==&lt;br /&gt;
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To all senior admins and sysops. I am being repeatedly abused by user:conservative who, among other things, accuses me continuously of being an atheist simply because I point out some of the holes in his articles. See [http://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&amp;amp;curid=113357&amp;amp;diff=924642&amp;amp;oldid=924636 here for the latest accusation]. I have asked him numerous times to desist with his sneering name calling as I find it offensive to have my faith questioned and nothing is ever done. He state’s I am atheist because I don’t agree with some of his ridiculous contentions. In actual fact it isn’t even that I disagree with him it is that I point out his shoddy research, poor scholarship and his berating, insulting and sarcastic behaviour towards others. I am of the opinion now that he is purposely calling me names because he knows I don’t like it which is unchristian, impolite and, above all, insulting. Is anyone going to teach this man some manners? Has Conservapedia become a place where Conservative is allowed to behave this way without any warning or comeuppance but all other editors and warned and blocked for minor infractions.  He is in continual violation of the commandments yet NOTHING is done whereas people like myself are always watching out to avoid being banned. Well, fine, ban me if you like. I probably will be after this posting and no doubt Conservative will cackle with glee at “winning” again. But laugh Conservative, you win nothing. I post this is full knowledge that I might be blocked banned and insulted by you in my absence and I have always remained polite and civil plus I can hold my head up high. Hopefully one of you will take a stand and insist on standards of civility. But I don’t hold out much hope. Thanks, many of you were kind, decent people whom I enjoyed working with and I pray for you. [[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 19:22, 5 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Hi==&lt;br /&gt;
If Scooby doo is not an acceptable article, then why is [[South Park]]? Your friend Mac. {{unsigned|MacStennis}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:I don't find any of your contributions to be genuine.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 02:16, 11 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Bill Ayers and OWS ==&lt;br /&gt;
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So you're currently in violation of the first commandment of CP. There is not a single shred of evidence supporting the idea that Ayers said that quote. In fact there's all the evidence saying he didn't. The website linked does not say he said that at all. It doesn't even imply it. Also, if you search that phrase and &amp;quot;bill ayers&amp;quot; there are two hits. The article linked and the article on OWS here. Meanwhile a search for that phrase comes up with literally dozens of articles which don't mention him at all. You're supporting a blatant, unsupported lie by putting it back. [[User:Ayzmo|Ayzmo]] 15:18, 16 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:What a tough guy you are hiding behind that keyboard. I was going to change it when it was first brought to the talk page. Aschlafly reviewed it and made a slight addition. A blatant lie? Do you think he has never said such a thing? Do you think that he has nothing but the best intentions for this country? The only thing wrong I see is your support for Ayers and your lame attempt to make a stink.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 20:53, 16 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Important 7 minute video News Story ==&lt;br /&gt;
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This was posted to ''[[The Blaze]]'' yesterday: [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/marxist-revolution-beck-shows-oreilly-how-organized-effort-guides-world-wide-occupy-protests/ Glenn Beck on Bill O'Reilly: 'How the Marxist Revolution Plans to De-Threat the Tea Party]. It's a 7 minute video, but I think it's incredibly valuable information that the public should know -- but the [[MSM]] will never report. Beck clarifies everything the public needs to know about [[Occupy Wall Street]]. [[User:DerekE|DerekE]] 00:07, 17 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I'll give it a look, thanks.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 00:09, 17 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Departmento Munitorum ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for the removal of ordnance discussion earlier. Textbook stuff. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 23:25, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Talk:Herman Cain</title>
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&lt;div&gt;==&amp;quot;Cain would be this nation's first African-American president&amp;quot;==&lt;br /&gt;
If this is true, then the [[African-American]] article needs to be changed, because Obama does fit the definition given there. Or does the editor mean that Cain would be the nation's first ''real'' '''black''' president? (See [http://www.differencebetween.net/language/difference-between-black-american-and-african-american/ here] for one interpretation of the difference between African American and Black American.) --[[User:Toadaron|AaronT]] 20:42, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:The truth is Obama is the first bi-racial president. I see your point if half black qualifies him as African-American and not Caucasian American. Cain would be the first president having both of his parents from African descent.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:06, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::And Cain's wife would be the second African American First Lady.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:09, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== &amp;quot;Mutt or purebred?&amp;quot; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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You didn't just compare a human being's ethnic/cultural/racial backgrounds to dog breeding, did you? &amp;quot;Pure&amp;quot; race is an idea that doesn't really have a lot of traction these days. [[User:ScottDG|ScottDG]] 22:27, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:No i didn't, it was somebody else.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:47, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::[[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Herman_Cain&amp;amp;diff=prev&amp;amp;oldid=929741 It was your edit summary]]. [[User:ScottDG|ScottDG]] 22:49, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:JPatt, did you really just use the words &amp;quot;Mutt&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Purebred&amp;quot;? You sicken me. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 22:44, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Oh darn, Rex's feelings got hurt. I'll crack out my violin. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:47, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::How sweet. And how charming of a self-professed &amp;quot;Christian&amp;quot; to mock us blacks. Remind me, where does the Bible preach on racial purity? [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 22:49, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::More faux outrage Rex, what a good little liberal you are. I just mocked blacks? Um, aren't you supposed to use the politically correct &amp;quot;I just mocked African Americans?&amp;quot; Between you and ScottDG, I see nearly 10 IP addresses. You may have to retire soon fakers. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:53, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::Perhaps you're not aware that there are black people outside the United States. Those of us who reside beyond your frontiers are not African Americans. As for fakers; I don't have the slightest clue (nor interest) in whomever this &amp;quot;Scott&amp;quot; is, and I do hope you enjoy your own affectations. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 22:59, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::::Rex, you beer muscles attitude is really impressive. Now explain to me which part is *more* racist: half white half black is characterized as biracial, or by me as a mutt. All black parents is characterized a true African America or purebred? I really want to know your opinion because I like communicating with people who call others racist and make claims that can't be verified.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:06, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::::You're good, JPatt. Rather good indeed. Word of advice - if you're serious about parodying good conservatives, linger a little longer before blowing your cover. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 23:09, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::::::Unlike you, I don't hide behind a half dozen IP's Rex. I have made my mark already even if i don't contribute any more. And you have done?--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:11, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::::::Ahh, if only I could afford a half-dozen IPs... [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 23:13, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::I like that reply Rex. Three internets for you!--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:14, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::You're too kind! [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 23:16, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Talk:Herman Cain</title>
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&lt;div&gt;==&amp;quot;Cain would be this nation's first African-American president&amp;quot;==&lt;br /&gt;
If this is true, then the [[African-American]] article needs to be changed, because Obama does fit the definition given there. Or does the editor mean that Cain would be the nation's first ''real'' '''black''' president? (See [http://www.differencebetween.net/language/difference-between-black-american-and-african-american/ here] for one interpretation of the difference between African American and Black American.) --[[User:Toadaron|AaronT]] 20:42, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:The truth is Obama is the first bi-racial president. I see your point if half black qualifies him as African-American and not Caucasian American. Cain would be the first president having both of his parents from African descent.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:06, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::And Cain's wife would be the second African American First Lady.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:09, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== &amp;quot;Mutt or purebred?&amp;quot; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You didn't just compare a human being's ethnic/cultural/racial backgrounds to dog breeding, did you? &amp;quot;Pure&amp;quot; race is an idea that doesn't really have a lot of traction these days. [[User:ScottDG|ScottDG]] 22:27, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:No i didn't, it was somebody else.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:47, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::[[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Herman_Cain&amp;amp;diff=prev&amp;amp;oldid=929741 It was your edit summary]]. [[User:ScottDG|ScottDG]] 22:49, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:JPatt, did you really just use the words &amp;quot;Mutt&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Purebred&amp;quot;? You sicken me. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 22:44, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::Oh darn, Rex's feelings got hurt. I'll crack out my violin. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:47, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:::How sweet. And how charming of a self-professed &amp;quot;Christian&amp;quot; to mock us blacks. Remind me, where does the Bible preach on racial purity? [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 22:49, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::::More faux outrage Rex, what a good little liberal you are. I just mocked blacks? Um, aren't you supposed to use the politically correct &amp;quot;I just mocked African Americans?&amp;quot; Between you and ScottDG, I see nearly 10 IP addresses. You may have to retire soon fakers. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:53, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Perhaps you're not aware that there are black people outside the United States. Those of us who reside beyond your frontiers are not African Americans. As for fakers; I don't have the slightest clue (nor interest) in whomever this &amp;quot;Scott&amp;quot; is, and I do hope you enjoy your own affectations. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 22:59, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::::::Rex, you beer muscles attitude is really impressive. Now explain to me which part is *more* racist: half white half black is characterized as biracial, or by me as a mutt. All black parents is characterized a true African America or purebred? I really want to know your opinion because I like communicating with people who call others racist and make claims that can't be verified.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:06, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::You're good, JPatt. Rather good indeed. Word of advice - if you're serious about parodying good conservatives, linger a little longer before blowing your cover. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 23:09, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::Unlike you, I don't hide behind a half dozen IP's Rex. I have made my mark already even if i don't contribute any more. And you have done?--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:11, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::Ahh, if only I could afford a half-dozen IPs... [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 23:13, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>RexBanner</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Herman_Cain&amp;diff=929753</id>
		<title>Talk:Herman Cain</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Herman_Cain&amp;diff=929753"/>
		<updated>2011-10-20T03:09:20Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;RexBanner: /* &amp;quot;Mutt or purebred?&amp;quot; */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;==&amp;quot;Cain would be this nation's first African-American president&amp;quot;==&lt;br /&gt;
If this is true, then the [[African-American]] article needs to be changed, because Obama does fit the definition given there. Or does the editor mean that Cain would be the nation's first ''real'' '''black''' president? (See [http://www.differencebetween.net/language/difference-between-black-american-and-african-american/ here] for one interpretation of the difference between African American and Black American.) --[[User:Toadaron|AaronT]] 20:42, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:The truth is Obama is the first bi-racial president. I see your point if half black qualifies him as African-American and not Caucasian American. Cain would be the first president having both of his parents from African descent.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:06, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::And Cain's wife would be the second African American First Lady.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:09, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &amp;quot;Mutt or purebred?&amp;quot; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You didn't just compare a human being's ethnic/cultural/racial backgrounds to dog breeding, did you? &amp;quot;Pure&amp;quot; race is an idea that doesn't really have a lot of traction these days. [[User:ScottDG|ScottDG]] 22:27, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:No i didn't, it was somebody else.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:47, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::[[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Herman_Cain&amp;amp;diff=prev&amp;amp;oldid=929741 It was your edit summary]]. [[User:ScottDG|ScottDG]] 22:49, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:JPatt, did you really just use the words &amp;quot;Mutt&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Purebred&amp;quot;? You sicken me. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 22:44, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::Oh darn, Rex's feelings got hurt. I'll crack out my violin. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:47, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:::How sweet. And how charming of a self-professed &amp;quot;Christian&amp;quot; to mock us blacks. Remind me, where does the Bible preach on racial purity? [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 22:49, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::::More faux outrage Rex, what a good little liberal you are. I just mocked blacks? Um, aren't you supposed to use the politically correct &amp;quot;I just mocked African Americans?&amp;quot; Between you and ScottDG, I see nearly 10 IP addresses. You may have to retire soon fakers. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:53, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Perhaps you're not aware that there are black people outside the United States. Those of us who reside beyond your frontiers are not African Americans. As for fakers; I don't have the slightest clue (nor interest) in whomever this &amp;quot;Scott&amp;quot; is, and I do hope you enjoy your own affectations. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 22:59, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::::::Rex, you beer muscles attitude is really impressive. Now explain to me which part is *more* racist: half white half black is characterized as biracial, or by me as a mutt. All black parents is characterized a true African America or purebred? I really want to know your opinion because I like communicating with people who call others racist and make claims that can't be verified.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:06, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::You're good, JPatt. Rather good indeed. Word of advice - if you're serious about parodying good conservatives, linger a little longer before blowing your cover. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 23:09, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>RexBanner</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Herman_Cain&amp;diff=929751</id>
		<title>Talk:Herman Cain</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Herman_Cain&amp;diff=929751"/>
		<updated>2011-10-20T02:59:37Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;RexBanner: /* &amp;quot;Mutt or purebred?&amp;quot; */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;==&amp;quot;Cain would be this nation's first African-American president&amp;quot;==&lt;br /&gt;
If this is true, then the [[African-American]] article needs to be changed, because Obama does fit the definition given there. Or does the editor mean that Cain would be the nation's first ''real'' '''black''' president? (See [http://www.differencebetween.net/language/difference-between-black-american-and-african-american/ here] for one interpretation of the difference between African American and Black American.) --[[User:Toadaron|AaronT]] 20:42, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:The truth is Obama is the first bi-racial president. I see your point if half black qualifies him as African-American and not Caucasian American. Cain would be the first president having both of his parents from African descent.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:06, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::And Cain's wife would be the second African American First Lady.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:09, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &amp;quot;Mutt or purebred?&amp;quot; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You didn't just compare a human being's ethnic/cultural/racial backgrounds to dog breeding, did you? &amp;quot;Pure&amp;quot; race is an idea that doesn't really have a lot of traction these days. [[User:ScottDG|ScottDG]] 22:27, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:No i didn't, it was somebody else.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:47, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::[[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Herman_Cain&amp;amp;diff=prev&amp;amp;oldid=929741 It was your edit summary]]. [[User:ScottDG|ScottDG]] 22:49, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:JPatt, did you really just use the words &amp;quot;Mutt&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Purebred&amp;quot;? You sicken me. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 22:44, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::Oh darn, Rex's feelings got hurt. I'll crack out my violin. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:47, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:::How sweet. And how charming of a self-professed &amp;quot;Christian&amp;quot; to mock us blacks. Remind me, where does the Bible preach on racial purity? [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 22:49, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::::More faux outrage Rex, what a good little liberal you are. I just mocked blacks? Um, aren't you supposed to use the politically correct &amp;quot;I just mocked African Americans?&amp;quot; Between you and ScottDG, I see nearly 10 IP addresses. You may have to retire soon fakers. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:53, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Perhaps you're not aware that there are black people outside the United States. Those of us who reside beyond your frontiers are not African Americans. As for fakers; I don't have the slightest clue (nor interest) in whomever this &amp;quot;Scott&amp;quot; is, and I do hope you enjoy your own affectations. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 22:59, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>RexBanner</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Herman_Cain&amp;diff=929750</id>
		<title>Talk:Herman Cain</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Herman_Cain&amp;diff=929750"/>
		<updated>2011-10-20T02:59:12Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;RexBanner: /* &amp;quot;Mutt or purebred?&amp;quot; */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;==&amp;quot;Cain would be this nation's first African-American president&amp;quot;==&lt;br /&gt;
If this is true, then the [[African-American]] article needs to be changed, because Obama does fit the definition given there. Or does the editor mean that Cain would be the nation's first ''real'' '''black''' president? (See [http://www.differencebetween.net/language/difference-between-black-american-and-african-american/ here] for one interpretation of the difference between African American and Black American.) --[[User:Toadaron|AaronT]] 20:42, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:The truth is Obama is the first bi-racial president. I see your point if half black qualifies him as African-American and not Caucasian American. Cain would be the first president having both of his parents from African descent.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:06, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::And Cain's wife would be the second African American First Lady.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:09, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &amp;quot;Mutt or purebred?&amp;quot; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You didn't just compare a human being's ethnic/cultural/racial backgrounds to dog breeding, did you? &amp;quot;Pure&amp;quot; race is an idea that doesn't really have a lot of traction these days. [[User:ScottDG|ScottDG]] 22:27, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:No i didn't, it was somebody else.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:47, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::[[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Herman_Cain&amp;amp;diff=prev&amp;amp;oldid=929741 It was your edit summary]]. [[User:ScottDG|ScottDG]] 22:49, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:JPatt, did you really just use the words &amp;quot;Mutt&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Purebred&amp;quot;? You sicken me. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 22:44, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::Oh darn, Rex's feelings got hurt. I'll crack out my violin. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:47, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:::How sweet. And how charming of a self-professed &amp;quot;Christian&amp;quot; to mock us blacks. Remind me, where does the Bible preach on racial purity? [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 22:49, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::::More faux outrage Rex, what a good little liberal you are. I just mocked blacks? Um, aren't you supposed to use the politically correct &amp;quot;I just mocked African Americans?&amp;quot; Between you and ScottDG, I see nearly 10 IP addresses. You may have to retire soon fakers. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:53, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Perhaps you're not aware that there are black people outside the United States. Those of us who reside beyond your frontiers are not African Americans. As for fakers; I don't have the slightest clue (not interest) in whomever this &amp;quot;Scott&amp;quot; is, and I do hope you enjoy your own affectations. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 22:59, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>RexBanner</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Herman_Cain&amp;diff=929747</id>
		<title>Talk:Herman Cain</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Herman_Cain&amp;diff=929747"/>
		<updated>2011-10-20T02:49:11Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;RexBanner: /* &amp;quot;Mutt or purebred?&amp;quot; */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;==&amp;quot;Cain would be this nation's first African-American president&amp;quot;==&lt;br /&gt;
If this is true, then the [[African-American]] article needs to be changed, because Obama does fit the definition given there. Or does the editor mean that Cain would be the nation's first ''real'' '''black''' president? (See [http://www.differencebetween.net/language/difference-between-black-american-and-african-american/ here] for one interpretation of the difference between African American and Black American.) --[[User:Toadaron|AaronT]] 20:42, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:The truth is Obama is the first bi-racial president. I see your point if half black qualifies him as African-American and not Caucasian American. Cain would be the first president having both of his parents from African descent.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:06, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::And Cain's wife would be the second African American First Lady.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:09, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &amp;quot;Mutt or purebred?&amp;quot; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You didn't just compare a human being's ethnic/cultural/racial backgrounds to dog breeding, did you? &amp;quot;Pure&amp;quot; race is an idea that doesn't really have a lot of traction these days. [[User:ScottDG|ScottDG]] 22:27, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:No i didn't, it was somebody else.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:47, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:JPatt, did you really just use the words &amp;quot;Mutt&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Purebred&amp;quot;? You sicken me. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 22:44, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::Oh darn, Rex's feelings got hurt. I'll crack out my violin. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:47, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:::How sweet. And how charming of a self-professed &amp;quot;Christian&amp;quot; to mock us blacks. Remind me, where does the Bible preach on racial purity? [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 22:49, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>RexBanner</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Herman_Cain&amp;diff=929745</id>
		<title>Talk:Herman Cain</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Herman_Cain&amp;diff=929745"/>
		<updated>2011-10-20T02:44:33Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;RexBanner: /* &amp;quot;Mutt or purebred?&amp;quot; */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;==&amp;quot;Cain would be this nation's first African-American president&amp;quot;==&lt;br /&gt;
If this is true, then the [[African-American]] article needs to be changed, because Obama does fit the definition given there. Or does the editor mean that Cain would be the nation's first ''real'' '''black''' president? (See [http://www.differencebetween.net/language/difference-between-black-american-and-african-american/ here] for one interpretation of the difference between African American and Black American.) --[[User:Toadaron|AaronT]] 20:42, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:The truth is Obama is the first bi-racial president. I see your point if half black qualifies him as African-American and not Caucasian American. Cain would be the first president having both of his parents from African descent.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:06, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::And Cain's wife would be the second African American First Lady.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:09, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== &amp;quot;Mutt or purebred?&amp;quot; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You didn't just compare a human being's ethnic/cultural/racial backgrounds to dog breeding, did you? &amp;quot;Pure&amp;quot; race is an idea that doesn't really have a lot of traction these days. [[User:ScottDG|ScottDG]] 22:27, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:JPatt, did you really just use the words &amp;quot;Mutt&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Purebred&amp;quot;? You sicken me. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 22:44, 19 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>RexBanner</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:RexBanner&amp;diff=929334</id>
		<title>User talk:RexBanner</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:RexBanner&amp;diff=929334"/>
		<updated>2011-10-17T20:20:32Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;RexBanner: /* Your homework */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{welcome}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Enjoy the World History course!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 18:02, 30 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== So tell me ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Do you think Ghandi is in hell?--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 20:56, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Hello Sean. Yes, I do. Because Ghandi was aware of Christ yet consciously rejected Him.[[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 21:01, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Ok, just asking. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 21:05, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Not a problem. By the way, I think I accidentally overwrote the stubs on the Talk Page beneath the section where you and I were discussing theology. I'm afraid I'm not sure how to get them back. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 21:07, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::There was really only one active one and i reposted it, so not really a problem--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 21:07, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::Thankyou, I appreciate that! [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 21:08, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Your homework ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi, just wanted to say that I am very impressed by your homework - I learned a lot from that! It also prompted me to pull out a book by Peter Brown on Late Antiquity that had been gathering dust on my book shelf for quite a while. --[[User:FrederickT3|FrederickT3]] 12:18, 17 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Hi Frederick! Thankyou kindly for your comment and compliment; it's a pleasure to hear that writing it enlightened a mind! I'm not familiar with Peter Brown but Late Antiquity is a fascinating era. Is it just about the Roman world or does it cover a broader scope? [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 16:20, 17 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>RexBanner</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:World_History_Homework_Six&amp;diff=927343</id>
		<title>Talk:World History Homework Six</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:World_History_Homework_Six&amp;diff=927343"/>
		<updated>2011-10-13T20:39:53Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;RexBanner: Amended mis-spell.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Mr Schlafly, this is a very unusual piece of homework. There doesn't seem to be much point in writing down what percentage of words we know, as you can't check whether or not we are fabricating results. It also isn't testing us on anything in Lecture Six - as the Study Guide is compiled ''through'' homework assignments, we will be memorising Study Guide terms from ''last'' year and thus as we are unable to add to the Guide, our knowledge of any terms relating to ''this'' year's Lecture will not be tested. Can we please return to the format of questions which specifically relate to the Lecture? Otherwise, with no testing and no ability to add to the Study Guide, there is no means of testing our knowledge and not even an incentive to read the Lecture.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Many thanks,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 15:05, 13 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>RexBanner</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:World_History_Homework_Six&amp;diff=927327</id>
		<title>Talk:World History Homework Six</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:World_History_Homework_Six&amp;diff=927327"/>
		<updated>2011-10-13T19:05:32Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;RexBanner: Created page with &amp;quot;Mr Schlafly, this is a very unusual piece of homework. There doesn't seem to be much point in writing down what percentage of words we know, as you can't check whether or not we ...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Mr Schlafly, this is a very unusual piece of homework. There doesn't seem to be much point in writing down what percentage of words we know, as you can't check whether or not we are fabricating results. It also isn't testing us on anything in Lecture Six - as the Study Guide is compiled ''through'' homework assignments, we will be memorising Study Guide terms from ''last'' year and thus aw we are unable to add to the Guide, our knowledge of any terms relating to ''this'' year's Lecture will not be tested. Can we please return to the format of questions which specifically relate to the Lecture? Otherwise, with no testing and no ability to add to the Study Guide, there is no means of testing out knowledge and not even an incentive to read the Lecture.&lt;br /&gt;
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Many thanks,&lt;br /&gt;
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[[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 15:05, 13 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>World History Homework Five Answers - Student 5</title>
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&lt;div&gt;''Answer four of the following questions (honors - answer six of the following):'' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
''1. What is the difference between the &amp;quot;Holy Roman Empire&amp;quot; and the Roman Empire?'' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Roman Empire (''Imperium Romanorum'' - although the Romans themselves did not actually call their state by this name) was the continuation of the Roman Republic (509-27 BC); a hegemon still administered by the Senate (''de jure'') but run by increasingly centralised military dictators (''de facto'') whom modern historians refer to as &amp;quot;Emperors&amp;quot;. At no point was this hegemon an official monarchy, although by the Third Century it had acquired all the characteristics of absolute monarchy bar primogeniture. This polity faded during the fourth and fifth centuries and - for reasons which are still fiercely debated by historians - officially ended in Western Europe in 476 and in the Eastern Mediterranean in 1453; although both empires had long ceased to be anything more than a vague ceremonial idea before these dates.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Holy Roman Empire (''Sacrum Imperium Romanorum'' or, after 1519, ''Heiliges Römisches Reich von Teutscher Nation''; the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation) was a resuscitation of the ancient Roman Empire. During Mass on Christmas Day 800, Pope Leo III crowned an unsuspecting Charlemagne, King of the Franks and the strongest political leader in contemporary Europe, as the ''Imperator Romanorum'' or Roman Emperor. Historians disagree as to the Pope's reasons for this, citing the West's frosty relations with the surviving Roman Empire (&amp;quot;Byzantines&amp;quot;) in the East, theological and ecclesiastical disputes between Rome and Constantinople, the Pope's need for Charlemagne's military protection while simultaneously asserting spiritual superiority over the secular, and the prestige offered by publicly associating Charlemagne with the nostalgia of the ancient Romans. This was the revival of the Roman Empire, but the term &amp;quot;Holy Roman Empire&amp;quot; did not exist until Charlemagne's great-grandson, Otto I, was crowned ''Sacrum Imperator Romanorum'' (Holy Roman Emperor) in 962. The Holy Roman Empire existed in a flux between the secular and spiritual, between ''sacerdotium et imperium'' - political terms relating to God's transubstantiative power in the temporal realm (as expressed by the Church, which itself claimed to both receive and dispense secular power through the fraudulent ''Donatio Constantini'') and the ethereal (metaphysical) realm. As a consequence, relations between the Pope and the Emperor became increasingly frosty throughout the Middle Ages. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Holy Roman Emperor, unlike the ancient Roman Emperors, was a ''de jure'' and ''de facto'' monarch, elected by the nine Imperial Electors of the ''Diet''. As the Empire was nominally composed of semi-independent fiefdoms and kingdoms, one of the nine Electors (Princes, Prince-Bishops, and Kings) would be elected Emperor and ratified by the ''Reichstag'' or Imperial Aulic Council. The office of Emperor, while officially open to any of the nine Electors, increasingly became dominated by the powerful Hapsburg family of Austria. At the ''Reichstag'' of 1495, delegates restricted the absolute power of the Emperor by ending territorial expansion in the name of the Empire itself - much as Hadrian had done to the ancient Roman Empire - although territorial expansion could still be pursued by component states. The ''Reich'' (from the Latin ''regnum'', or &amp;quot;reign&amp;quot;) experienced a devastating civil war from 1618-1648, commonly referred to as the Thirty Years' War, a continental conflict in which some eight million Imperial citizens were killed. The 1648 Treaty of Westphalia ended the war by granting component states the right to pursue their own foreign policy without reference to the Emperor, and over the next hundred and fifty years, the ''Reich'' became increasingly ignored as individual monarchs accumulated territorial and commercial power, and Austria and Prussia fought on and off the battlefield during the &amp;quot;German Dualism&amp;quot; for control of the moribund Empire. When Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Imperial territories in 1806, the Empire's response was extremely individualist and, defeated on the battlefield, Emperor Franz Joseph I officially gave Charlemagne's sword to Napoleon and thereby dissolved the Empire in 1806, some 1,006 years after its foundation. The Hapsburgs continued to rule the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1806-1919, and in March 2011 the last heir to the Hapsburg throne (and thereby the last claimant to the Roman Empire), Otto von Hapsburg, died. The Imperial Regalia remain in Nuremberg and popular legend asserts that the ''Reichskrone'', the Imperial crown first worn by Charlemagne and now in a museum case in Nuremberg, await the day when Europe is in need of a new Roman Emperor to defend us from our enemies.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
''3. Who was &amp;quot;Charles the Hammer,&amp;quot; and why was he important?'' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Charles Martel (c.688-741), or Charles the Hammer, had been a ''majordomo'' under the Frankish Merovingian dynasty. Following the Frankish civil war between Prince Ragenfrid and Dagobert III, he became ''Regnum Francorum'' (King of the Franks) in 737; although he rejected a higher title of ''Consul Francorum'' offered by the Pope. From 718-732 he subjugated the neighbouring Saxons and Alemanni, winning a battle at the Teutoberg Forest where Emperor Augustus' 45,000 troops had been annihilated 709 years previously. At the Battle of Tours on October 10th 732 (the same day I am submitting this homework!), Charles Martel and Odo of Bordeaux defeated the forces of Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Emir of Cordoba, who was striking north into Europe from the Caliphate. The Battle of Tours effectively ceased Islamic permeation of Europe. It is worth noting that Charles' son, Pepin the Short, was crowned by Pope Stephen II as ''Patricius Romanorum'', or Protector of the Romans; a precursor for the soon-to-appear &amp;quot;Holy Roman Emperor&amp;quot;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
''4. Explain what feudalism in Western Europe was.'' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Traditionally, historians and social scientists have identified feudalism as a social system which emerged following the gradual collapse of central government in the Roman Empire. Once Roman trade had ground to a halt (due to civil wars, marauders, and financial devastation), the ''provincia'' and ''colonia'' had to be become self-sufficient in terms of economics and defence; and as the situation deteriorated, the scale became increasingly local. Luckily, the crowded Roman cities had, by this time, largely emptied due to the impact of plague and refugees escaping obvious targets for the Germanics. So, small-scale, self-sufficient estates appeared who managed their own defence, agriculture, and administration - feudalism. These estates were gradually corralled into loose Kingdoms, but retained much of their own autonomy.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Under feudalism (so states this theory), the King legally owned all the land in the Kingdom, by dint of him having divine right and the loyalty of whatever semi-professional soldiers and mercenarieswho had survived the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Germanic invasions, and remained in rudimentary units. The King would lease this land to his nobles and knights (aristocrats consisting not of educated rhetoricians, but the most aggressive thugs who had slashed and backstabbed their way to the top of the social pile) in exchange for the nobles performing military service on behalf of the King, when required. These knights, in turn, would lease their land to the peasants who worked the fields and paid the taxes (in goods, not currency), in exchange for military protection from the knights against marauders and enemies. In a nutshell, feudalism was a simple hierarchy of social contracts whereby the man at the top protected those beneath you, on condition that they worked for him. It was very localised and operated on a small basis. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But in recent decades, medievalists have increasingly questioned to what extent - if any - this system differed at the conceptual level from the Roman Empire, or the primitive capitalism of the Renaissance, or indeed any form of hierarchical, stratified social structure (including ours). The scale is different - feudalism was very localised and consisted of many small, self-sufficient &amp;quot;manors&amp;quot; or estates, rather than a large-scale system of large aristocratic estates and trade between specialists who need each other to survive - but the basic concept of a rural, agrarian society built around a King-Aristocracy-Peasant social contract remained unchanged from the Roman Empire (or indeed, from the time of the Pharaohs) and only began to change, much later, as industrialisation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries created new classes and reshuffled the social order. Like many historical concepts, feudalism is, at best, a dubious tool with which to chip away at the socio-economic vagueness surrounding the Early Middle Ages.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
''6. Discuss one of the major civilizations or tribes in Central and South America in the lecture, and contrast it with another major civilization or tribe from that area.'' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Aztecs of Central Mexico were a remarkable civilisation. Indeed, estimates suggest that by the year 1350, Tenochtitlan was the largest city on Earth; a clean, neat, geometric city of grid-plan streets connected by canals and floating gardens. When the Spanish conquistadores arrived, Bernardo de Diaz famously described the city as &amp;quot;something from a dream&amp;quot;. The Aztec polity was maintained through diplomatic and military subjugation of neighbouring societies, notably the Tabasco and Tlaxcala, who became subsidiaries to the Emperor in Tenochtitlan by sending tribute and slaves for sacrifice to the sun. While highly advanced in learning, architecture, and the military, the Aztecs pursued the same arrogant foreign policy as all imperial powers; hence when the Spaniards arrived in 1519, the Aztec state collapsed with extreme speed as its subjugated peoples rose up in revolt.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In contrast to the Aztecs, the Maya were a much more diplomatically astute civilisation who dissipated some three centuries before the Aztec state was unified. The Maya are perhaps most famous today for their three calendars. The ''Tzolk'in'' (a modern word, not used by the Ancient Mayans) was a 260-day calendar with origins possible in the timespan of human pregnancy, or possibly from calculations of 13 and 20; sacred numbers in Mayan mythology. The ''Ha'ab'' was exactly 365 days in length; the Mayans were possibly aware of the concept of leap years, but as the extra time only adds up significantly over centuries, it doesn't really matter. The Ancient Egyptians, for example, also used a calendar of exactly 365 days, which only required reshuffling every couple of centuries. The ''Tzolk'in'' and ''Ha'ab'' coincide with each other once every 52 years; thus giving rise to the &amp;quot;Long Count&amp;quot; calendar with which, thanks to foolish liberal New-Age conspiracy theories about 2012, we are all tiresomely familiar! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
''8. Write an essay about any aspect of the lecture.'' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Charlemagne inherited an extensive Frankish kingdom when he came to the throne, one that had been largely carved out through the military and diplomatic achievements of his grandfather and father, and the only realm in Europe which had official blessing from the Pope in Rome. Charlemagne's territorial extensions were mostly assimilations of the Burgindians who lived in what is now eastern France and western Germany, and pressing into Saxon territories in Central Europe. He also subdued northern Italy and the Low Countries. Much of his military ability stemmed from expanding the professional army of trained, full-time soldiers (first instituted by Charles Martel), in response to news of Viking raids around the coasts of the North Sea. This army, unlike contemporary warbands, could be mobilised at any time of the year and deployed to any part of the Kingdom, and its trained, disciplined men had a significant strategic and tactical advantage over much larger bands of amateur warriors and conscripted peasants. Equally as significant was his recognition that his Kingdom required a proper administrative apparatus to hold it all together. Using literate men educated at the monasteries, Charlemagne constructed the first proper civil service since the Romans, allowing him to levy taxes, raise troops, and facilitate trade. The peace and administrative organisation of Charlemagne's realm was perhaps most significant in allowing Western Europe's population to climb back up to its pre-fifth century levels, and by 800 the Frankish Kingdom had a bigger population than the Western Roman Empire in 400. This was largely due to Charlemagne's government and taxation enabling more efficient production and distribution of food. At the same time, historians point to Charlemagne's Christian realm as instrumental in forming a collective European identity, based on Christianity and contrasted against non-Christians, rather than a hotchpotch of local identities. He was an astonishingly significant leader - without his tax levying and creation of bureaucratic government, Europe would have taken much longer to emerge from the early Middle Ages.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
''9. What was the Carolingian Court?'' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Carolingian Dynasty was a Frankish noble family which emerged in the seventh century AD. The name is a derivative of ''karolingi'', a hybrid of medieval Latin and Old German meaning &amp;quot;descendant of Charles&amp;quot; (Charles Martel) - the name was applied retrospectively. In 751 the Carolingian Dynasty was officially acknowledged as superior to the Merovingian Dynasty when Charles Martel's son, Pepin the Short, was crowned ''Dux Francorum et Patricius Romanorum'' by the Pope. Arguably the most famous Carolingian was Charlemagne, and after his death and the division of the new ''Imperium Romanorum'' following the 818 Treaty of Verdun, the Carolingians were pushed out of political power in the ''Regnum Francorum'' (Kingdom of the Franks), ''Regnum Burgundinae'' (Kingdom of Burgundy), and the ''Regnum Teutoricum'' (Kingdom of the Germans; Holy Roman Empire from 962). In 1122 the last members of the Carolingian Court, Odo and Adelaide of Vermandois, died.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 20:02, 9 October 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;''Answer four of the following questions (honors - answer six of the following):'' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
''1. What is the difference between the &amp;quot;Holy Roman Empire&amp;quot; and the Roman Empire?'' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Roman Empire (''Imperium Romanorum'' - although the Romans themselves did not actually call their state by this name) was the continuation of the Roman Republic (509-27 BC); a hegemon still administered by the Senate (''de jure'') but run by increasingly centralised military dictators (''de facto'') whom modern historians refer to as &amp;quot;Emperors&amp;quot;. At no point was this hegemon an official monarchy, although by the Third Century it had acquired all the characteristics of absolute monarchy bar primogeniture. This polity faded during the fourth and fifth centuries and - for reasons which are still fiercely debated by historians - officially ended in Western Europe in 476 and in the Eastern Mediterranean in 1453; although both empires had long ceased to be anything more than a vague ceremonial idea before these dates.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Holy Roman Empire (''Sacrum Imperium Romanorum'' or, after 1519, ''Heiliges Römisches Reich von Teutscher Nation''; the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation) was a resuscitation of the ancient Roman Empire. During Mass on Christmas Day 800, Pope Leo III crowned an unsuspecting Charlemagne, King of the Franks and the strongest political leader in contemporary Europe, as the ''Imperator Romanorum'' or Roman Emperor. Historians disagree as to the Pope's reasons for this, citing the West's frosty relations with the surviving Roman Empire (&amp;quot;Byzantines&amp;quot;) in the East, theological and ecclesiastical disputes between Rome and Constantinople, the Pope's need for Charlemagne's military protection while simultaneously asserting spiritual superiority over the secular, and the prestige offered by publicly associating Charlemagne with the nostalgia of the ancient Romans. This was the revival of the Roman Empire, but the term &amp;quot;Holy Roman Empire&amp;quot; did not exist until Charlemagne's great-grandson, Otto I, was crowned ''Sacrum Imperator Romanorum'' (Holy Roman Emperor) in 962. The Holy Roman Empire existed in a flux between the secular and spiritual, between ''sacerdotium et imperium'' - political terms relating to God's transubstantiative power in the temporal realm (as expressed by the Church, which itself claimed to both receive and dispense secular power through the fraudulent ''Donatio Constantini'') and the ethereal (metaphysical) realm. As a consequence, relations between the Pope and the Emperor became increasingly frosty throughout the Middle Ages. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Holy Roman Emperor, unlike the ancient Roman Emperors, was a ''de jure'' and ''de facto'' monarch, elected by the nine Imperial Electors of the ''Diet''. As the Empire was nominally composed of semi-independent fiefdoms and kingdoms, one of the nine Electors (Princes, Prince-Bishops, and Kings) would be elected Emperor and ratified by the ''Reichstag'' or Imperial Aulic Council. The office of Emperor, while officially open to any of the nine Electors, increasingly became dominated by the powerful Hapsburg family of Austria. At the ''Reichstag'' of 1495, delegates restricted the absolute power of the Emperor by ending territorial expansion in the name of the Empire itself - much as Hadrian had done to the ancient Roman Empire - although territorial expansion could still be pursued by component states. The ''Reich'' (from the Latin ''regnum'', or &amp;quot;reign&amp;quot;) experienced a devastating civil war from 1618-1648, commonly referred to as the Thirty Years' War, a continental conflict in which some eight million Imperial citizens were killed. The 1648 Treaty of Westphalia ended the war by granting component states the right to pursue their own foreign policy without reference to the Emperor, and over the next hundred and fifty years, the ''Reich'' became increasingly ignored as individual monarchs accumulated territorial and commercial power, and Austria and Prussia fought on and off the battlefield during the &amp;quot;German Dualism&amp;quot; for control of the moribund Empire. When Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Imperial territories in 1806, the Empire's response was extremely individualist and, defeated on the battlefield, Emperor Franz Joseph I officially gave Charlemagne's sword to Napoleon and thereby dissolved the Empire in 1806, some 1,006 years after its foundation. The Hapsburgs continued to rule the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1806-1919, and in March 2011 the last heir to the Hapsburg throne (and thereby the last claimant to the Roman Empire), Otto von Hapsburg, died. The Imperial Regalia remain in Nuremberg and popular legend asserts that the ''Reichskrone'', the Imperial crown first worn by Charlemagne and now in a museum case in Nuremberg, await the day when Europe is in need of a new Roman Emperor to defend us from our enemies.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
''3. Who was &amp;quot;Charles the Hammer,&amp;quot; and why was he important?'' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Charles Martel (c.688-741), or Charles the Hammer, had been a ''majordomo'' under the Frankish Merovingian dynasty. Following the Frankish civil war between Prince Ragenfrid and Dagobert III, he became ''Regnum Francorum'' (King of the Franks) in 737; although he rejected a higher title of ''Consul Francorum'' offered by the Pope. From 718-732 he subjugated the neighbouring Saxons and Alemanni, winning a battle at the Teutoberg Forest where Emperor Augustus' 45,000 troops had been annihilated 709 years previously. At the Battle of Tours in 732, Charles Martel and Odo of Bordeaux defeated the forces of Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Emir of Cordoba, who was striking north into Europe from the Caliphate. The Battle of Tours effectively ceased Islamic permeation of Europe. It is worth noting that Charles' son, Pepin the Short, was crowned by Pope Stephen II as ''Patricius Romanorum'', or Protector of the Romans; a precursor for the soon-to-appear &amp;quot;Holy Roman Emperor&amp;quot;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
''4. Explain what feudalism in Western Europe was.'' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Traditionally, historians and social scientists have identified feudalism as a social system which emerged following the gradual collapse of central government in the Roman Empire. Once Roman trade had ground to a halt (due to civil wars, marauders, and financial devastation), the ''provincia'' and ''colonia'' had to be become self-sufficient in terms of economics and defence; and as the situation deteriorated, the scale became increasingly local. Luckily, the crowded Roman cities had, by this time, largely emptied due to the impact of plague and refugees escaping obvious targets for the Germanics. So, small-scale, self-sufficient estates appeared who managed their own defence, agriculture, and administration - feudalism. These estates were gradually corralled into loose Kingdoms, but retained much of their own autonomy.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Under feudalism (so states this theory), the King legally owned all the land in the Kingdom, by dint of him having divine right and the loyalty of whatever semi-professional soldiers and mercenarieswho had survived the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Germanic invasions, and remained in rudimentary units. The King would lease this land to his nobles and knights (aristocrats consisting not of educated rhetoricians, but the most aggressive thugs who had slashed and backstabbed their way to the top of the social pile) in exchange for the nobles performing military service on behalf of the King, when required. These knights, in turn, would lease their land to the peasants who worked the fields and paid the taxes (in goods, not currency), in exchange for military protection from the knights against marauders and enemies. In a nutshell, feudalism was a simple hierarchy of social contracts whereby the man at the top protected those beneath you, on condition that they worked for him. It was very localised and operated on a small basis. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But in recent decades, medievalists have increasingly questioned to what extent - if any - this system differed at the conceptual level from the Roman Empire, or the primitive capitalism of the Renaissance, or indeed any form of hierarchical, stratified social structure (including ours). The scale is different - feudalism was very localised and consisted of many small, self-sufficient &amp;quot;manors&amp;quot; or estates, rather than a large-scale system of large aristocratic estates and trade between specialists who need each other to survive - but the basic concept of a rural, agrarian society built around a King-Aristocracy-Peasant social contract remained unchanged from the Roman Empire (or indeed, from the time of the Pharaohs) and only began to change, much later, as industrialisation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries created new classes and reshuffled the social order. Like many historical concepts, feudalism is, at best, a dubious tool with which to chip away at the socio-economic vagueness surrounding the Early Middle Ages.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
''6. Discuss one of the major civilizations or tribes in Central and South America in the lecture, and contrast it with another major civilization or tribe from that area.'' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Aztecs of Central Mexico were a remarkable civilisation. Indeed, estimates suggest that by the year 1350, Tenochtitlan was the largest city on Earth; a clean, neat, geometric city of grid-plan streets connected by canals and floating gardens. When the Spanish conquistadores arrived, Bernardo de Diaz famously described the city as &amp;quot;something from a dream&amp;quot;. The Aztec polity was maintained through diplomatic and military subjugation of neighbouring societies, notably the Tabasco and Tlaxcala, who became subsidiaries to the Emperor in Tenochtitlan by sending tribute and slaves for sacrifice to the sun. While highly advanced in learning, architecture, and the military, the Aztecs pursued the same arrogant foreign policy as all imperial powers; hence when the Spaniards arrived in 1519, the Aztec state collapsed with extreme speed as its subjugated peoples rose up in revolt.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In contrast to the Aztecs, the Maya were a much more diplomatically astute civilisation who dissipated some three centuries before the Aztec state was unified. The Maya are perhaps most famous today for their three calendars. The ''Tzolk'in'' (a modern word, not used by the Ancient Mayans) was a 260-day calendar with origins possible in the timespan of human pregnancy, or possibly from calculations of 13 and 20; sacred numbers in Mayan mythology. The ''Ha'ab'' was exactly 365 days in length; the Mayans were possibly aware of the concept of leap years, but as the extra time only adds up significantly over centuries, it doesn't really matter. The Ancient Egyptians, for example, also used a calendar of exactly 365 days, which only required reshuffling every couple of centuries. The ''Tzolk'in'' and ''Ha'ab'' coincide with each other once every 52 years; thus giving rise to the &amp;quot;Long Count&amp;quot; calendar with which, thanks to foolish liberal New-Age conspiracy theories about 2012, we are all tiresomely familiar! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
''8. Write an essay about any aspect of the lecture.'' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Charlemagne inherited an extensive Frankish kingdom when he came to the throne, one that had been largely carved out through the military and diplomatic achievements of his grandfather and father, and the only realm in Europe which had official blessing from the Pope in Rome. Charlemagne's territorial extensions were mostly assimilations of the Burgindians who lived in what is now eastern France and western Germany, and pressing into Saxon territories in Central Europe. He also subdued northern Italy and the Low Countries. Much of his military ability stemmed from expanding the professional army of trained, full-time soldiers (first instituted by Charles Martel), in response to news of Viking raids around the coasts of the North Sea. This army, unlike contemporary warbands, could be mobilised at any time of the year and deployed to any part of the Kingdom, and its trained, disciplined men had a significant strategic and tactical advantage over much larger bands of amateur warriors and conscripted peasants. Equally as significant was his recognition that his Kingdom required a proper administrative apparatus to hold it all together. Using literate men educated at the monasteries, Charlemagne constructed the first proper civil service since the Romans, allowing him to levy taxes, raise troops, and facilitate trade. The peace and administrative organisation of Charlemagne's realm was perhaps most significant in allowing Western Europe's population to climb back up to its pre-fifth century levels, and by 800 the Frankish Kingdom had a bigger population than the Western Roman Empire in 400. This was largely due to Charlemagne's government and taxation enabling more efficient production and distribution of food. At the same time, historians point to Charlemagne's Christian realm as instrumental in forming a collective European identity, based on Christianity and contrasted against non-Christians, rather than a hotchpotch of local identities. He was an astonishingly significant leader - without his tax levying and creation of bureaucratic government, Europe would have taken much longer to emerge from the early Middle Ages.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
''9. What was the Carolingian Court?'' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Carolingian Dynasty was a Frankish noble family which emerged in the seventh century AD. The name is a derivative of ''karolingi'', a hybrid of medieval Latin and Old German meaning &amp;quot;descendant of Charles&amp;quot; (Charles Martel) - the name was applied retrospectively. In 751 the Carolingian Dynasty was officially acknowledged as superior to the Merovingian Dynasty when Charles Martel's son, Pepin the Short, was crowned ''Dux Francorum et Patricius Romanorum'' by the Pope. Arguably the most famous Carolingian was Charlemagne, and after his death and the division of the new ''Imperium Romanorum'' following the 818 Treaty of Verdun, the Carolingians were pushed out of political power in the ''Regnum Francorum'' (Kingdom of the Franks), ''Regnum Burgundinae'' (Kingdom of Burgundy), and the ''Regnum Teutoricum'' (Kingdom of the Germans; Holy Roman Empire from 962). In 1122 the last members of the Carolingian Court, Odo and Adelaide of Vermandois, died.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;Answer four of the following questions (honors - answer six of the following): &lt;br /&gt;
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1. What is the difference between the &amp;quot;Holy Roman Empire&amp;quot; and the Roman Empire? &lt;br /&gt;
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3. Who was &amp;quot;Charles the Hammer,&amp;quot; and why was he important? &lt;br /&gt;
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4. Explain what feudalism in Western Europe was. &lt;br /&gt;
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5. How many &amp;quot;pillars&amp;quot; of Islam are there? Pick two of them and discuss them briefly. &lt;br /&gt;
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6. Discuss one of the major civilizations or tribes in Central and South America in the lecture, and contrast it with another major civilization or tribe from that area. &lt;br /&gt;
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7. Discuss feudalism and religion in Japan. &lt;br /&gt;
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8. Write an essay about any aspect of the lecture. &lt;br /&gt;
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9. What was the Carolingian Court? &lt;br /&gt;
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10. Add 3 terms to the Study Guide (or 5 terms to earn credit for two questions).&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>World History Homework Four Answers - Student 5</title>
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&lt;div&gt;''Answer 5 out of 7:'' &lt;br /&gt;
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''1. Who is your favorite Roman emperor, and why?''&lt;br /&gt;
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Choosing a &amp;quot;favourite&amp;quot; Roman Emperor is a broad and inherently subjective question, as no parameters of time and geography, nor criteria by which to judge Emperors, are provided. For the sake of argument, I select Diocletian. Diocletian reunited the Empire following the Crisis of the Third Century and, unlike the more famous Emperors, focused on improving Rome's economic and administrative situation alongside military reforms. Diocletian passed various economic regulations which were attempts to reinvigorate the desperate state of the imperial economy. During the civil wars, inflation had skyrocketed and the currency had been devalued - Diocletian fixed the prices of goods and services in order to restore public confidence in the Imperial economy. He additionally fixed prices in an attempt to regulate the profiteering and hoarding that had marked the civil wars. His legislation to make people stay on their farms was necessary to stop the flow of farmers moving to towns, which was greatly reducing the Empire's food production while overcrowding the towns. Diocletian also raised taxes on the rich and divided up the biggest estates, the ''latifundae'' (many of which had collapsed financially as the vast slave workforces necessary to produce crops had taken their chance to escape during the civil wars) and redistributed the land to smallholders. By doing this and by making the super-rich pay more substantial taxes, Diocletian greatly increased the Empire's income, food output, and made life a little fairer for ordinary Roman citizens. Politically, he divided power between four Tetrarchs - including himself - who each managed a quarter of the Empire. Additionally, Diocletian was one of the very few Emperors who resigned and retired when the time was right, rather than clinging on to power regardless of the circumstances. It is true that not all of these reforms worked but without the reforms of Diocletian, it is likely that the Empire would have collapsed in the late third or early fourth century, and history would have been very different.&lt;br /&gt;
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''2. Describe what the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire were, including approximate dates.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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The Roman Republic can be described as the hegemonic state founded in 509 BC, which gradually absorbed or conquered neighbours and rivals to spread across most of the contemporary known world. At its height in the first century BC, the Republic's boundaries around ''Mare Nostrum'', or &amp;quot;Our Sea&amp;quot;, were Mauretania to Egypt in the south, a shifting frontier zone in the Levant and Asia Minor against the Parthians in the east, a similar shifting frontier in the northern Balkans and Lower Germania in the north, and the Atlantic in the west. Britannia had been invaded - but not conquered - by Julius Caesar. However, this polity was not a single state but was composed of various ''colonia'' and ''provincia'' (such as Gallia and Hispania Ultima) under semi-autonomous governors ultimately answerable to Rome, a number of client-states (such as Judea and Athens) under nominally semi-independent local kings, and allied kingdoms (such as Transnistria and Taurica in the modern-day Crimea). From this peak - with the exception of temporary annexations of Romania and Mesopotamia - the state gradually shrank in terms of territory, economic output, and military strength. The Roman &amp;quot;Empire&amp;quot; is traditionally held to be the centralisation of power in a single figurehead; a state which lasted from the Senate's appointment of Octavian as ''Princeps et Imperator'' in 27 BC, ending officially in the West in 476 AD. However the Eastern Empire remained in effect until 1453 AD while the revival of the ''Imperium Romanorum'' under Charlemagne in 800 AD endured until its dissolution in 1806. It is worth noting, though, that following 27 BC until the state's dissolution in 476 or 1453, the Roman state officially remained a Republic and the Roman army continued to swear allegiance not to the ''Imperator'' but to the ''Senatus et Populesque Romanorum''.&lt;br /&gt;
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''3. Compare and contrast the Roman Empire in the West with the Byzantine Empire.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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Following the Crisis of the Third Century in which a combination of economic failures, government mismanagement, foreign incursions, and civil wars nearly fractured the Roman state, the Emperor Diocletian reunified the state. By the time Diocletian finally established himself as the sole Emperor, the empire was badly crippled both economically and militarily, and a noticeable split had developed between the richer, more populated, Greek-speaking East and the poorer, sparsely-populated, Latin-speaking West. The establishment of a Tetrarchy - rule by four Emperors - was partly to prevent rivals from trying to form breakaway empires, partly to try and lessen the gap between East and West, and partly to try and better organise the empire. The political situation was so dire that the four rulers left Rome and established capitals at Milan (Western Augustus/senior Emperor of the West) and Carthage (Western Caesar/junior Emperor of the West), and Antioch (Eastern Augustus/senior Emperor of the East) and Alexandria (Eastern Caesar/junior Emperor of the East). In the West, the Empire continued to suffer severe economic decline and military setbacks. The Western Empire's civil service was remarkably small, hopelessly mismanaged, and had no budget. The overwhelming majority of the imperial economy went straight to the army. The tax system was abysmally mismanaged - most land was owned by a few super-rich aristocrats who were exempt from tax, while the small farmers were crushed by the truly crippling taxes necessary to pay the hundreds of thousands of soldiers necessary to defend the Empire. Inflation continued to rise and the currency became devalued - to the point where bronze coins were plated with silver, thus making people inherently suspicious of currency and causing trade to decline significantly. Many rural farmers abandoned their homesteads because of the civil wars, or because the farms yielded crops below subsistence levels, or because the farmers were so heavily taxed many decided to simply up and move to the towns - which were becoming overcrowded, disease-ridden, underfed, and politically unstable. This situation continued, and thus the Western Empire was incapable of defending itself against increasing migration from across the Rhine, and the increasing tendency of Imperial governors to seek self-management for their ''provincia'' - the origins of feudalism and medieval European kingdoms.&lt;br /&gt;
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In the Greek-speaking, predominantly Christian East, the economic and military situations were significantly better. Although the East faced the Parthians - a far more organised and much stronger single opponent than the various relatively weak &amp;quot;barbarian&amp;quot; factions harrassing the Western Empire - the East had a far larger population. This, in turn, meant much more tax income and trade, and a larger pool of manpower for the military. In addition, the Eastern bureaucracy was larger and much better-organised, while the Eastern army only had to hold a short frontier against the Parthians, unlike the badly overstretched Western army. Migration into the Eastern Empire was less significant than in the West, and a combination of internal strength and external weakness ensured that the East avoided the West's fracturing into semi-independent fiefdoms as a reaction to migrations and the failures of the central government. By the time the Western Empire was officially ended in 476, it had long since ceased to be an effective power - but the Eastern Empire remained strong until the Arab expansion on the seventh century. The Eastern Empire's defeat at the Battle of Yarmouk in 636 began a long decline as imperial trade, tax levies, and military resources lessened. Increasingly poor relations with the emergent Arab states, Seljuk Turks, and re-emergent Western European kingdoms in the Early Middle Ages led to the Eastern Empire's isolation and, ignored by other Christian states and under constant attack from Islamic and Christian powers, the Empire fell in 1453 (although the marriage of Sophia Paleologue to Muscovite Czar Ivan III in 1469 resulted in Russia claiming to be a continuation of the Roman Empire until its fall in 1917; while the Holy Roman Emperors in the West claimed to be a continuation of the Western [and entire] Roman Empire from 800-1806). It is worth noting that the term &amp;quot;Byzantine&amp;quot; was not a contemporary term but one applied retrospectively; as the Eastern Empire continued to call itself - and be called by others - &amp;quot;the Roman Empire&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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''4. Explain what Pax Romana was.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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Like all such purported phenomena (the ''Pax Britannica'', the ''Pax Sovietica'', the ''Pax Americana''), the ''Pax Romana'' is something which did not exist. The Romans did bring peace to parts of the known world, at times, most notably 27BC - 180AD. But this was peace in the aftermath of devastating wars. As Calgacus said to the Romans, recorded in Tacitus - &amp;quot;You make a wasteland, and you call it 'peace'.&amp;quot; The Roman Empire was characterised by perpetual war; conflict was always happening somewhere on the Empire's frontiers, including the period c.27BC-180AD. Trajan's genocidal conquest of Dacia in the early 100s AD, two abortive invasions of Aethiopia in the first century AD, and of coure Claudius' invasion of Britannia in 43 AD are just three examples of violent wars which occured during the purported ''Pax Romana''. Just because things were relatively peaceful within the Empire (ignoring, of course, the rampant abuses committed against the Empire's vast slave population and religious sects), doesn't mean that there was peace. &lt;br /&gt;
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''5. Discuss Hannibal or Attila the Hun.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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Historians used to emphasise the ferocity and barbarity of Attila the Hun, whose armies seemingly overran the Romans in an cataclysm of bloodshed. The reality, as supported by contemporary documentary evidence and archaelogical evidence, is quite different. Indeed, the revised version of Attila is that he was in fact quite an incompetent and easily-swayed leader, and is a major figure in history not because of his inherent traits but because, like so many famous figures, he just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Certainly, his diplomacy was terrible (the Huns made enemies of everyone, not just the Romans) and even his military strategy was shockingly crude, allowing the badly-depleted Roman infantry to inflict a crushing defeat on him at Chalons in 451 AD. Attila's armies used stirrups unlike the Romans, and some historians have even concluded that it was the use of stirrups and rapid horseback travel which allowed the Germanic peoples to render the Western Empire impotent. Indeed, one reason the Romans found fighting the Huns so hard is that while the Romans excelled at close-quarters combat and expected everyone else to follow their example of throwing a lot of armoured infantrymen into a brawl and slugging it out until the better-trained Romans won, the Huns had the tactic of galloping up to the Romans, shooting their arrows, then galloping off again to reload before the Romans had the chance to react. Also, while Roman ideas of virtue and honour demanded that doomed troops stand and fight to the last man (as at Adrianople), the Huns had the cowardly (in the eyes of the Romans), but intelligent, strategy of retreating from fights they were likely to lose, so they could live to fight another day. However, at Chalons Attila became overconfident, decisively losing the battle to Aetius and Theodoric the Goth.&lt;br /&gt;
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When Attila came back the next year - and by now, there was no army and no Aetius (who had been executed by an Emperor fearful of a military coup d'etat) to stop him. But again, the conventional interpretation of history does not withstand scrutiny. The traditional view is that, although nobody knows what Pope Leo said to Attila, he gently convinced the Hunnic king to depart. A modern interpretation argues that the Pope might indeed have used ethical arguments on Attila, but equally he might have entered into negotiations. There were far more practical reasons for Attila not seizing Rome. It is known that he had a superstition of entering Rome, after Alaric had died shortly after his sacking of the city in 410, and Attila did not have the supplies he needed to march on the city. The Italian harvest had been abysmally low, and Attila could not even sustain his armies where they were, never mind attack Rome. Rome was also heavily fortified, and Attila knew his troops could not conduct real siege warfare. It is much more likely that Attila and Pope Leo met simply as a formal ritual, allowing the Romans to maintain an illusion of power and allowing Attila to withdraw back to his supply base before winter left him and his army, trapped in enemy country and with Roman-''foederati'' troops closing in, with nothing to eat.&lt;br /&gt;
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Attila's death the next winter is traditionally interpreted as an ironic ar rather pathetic end for the Scourge of God - dying of a nosebleed. Other schools of thought hold that Attila, planning to march on Constantinople for a second time, was poisoned by his latest wife Ildico (a known Roman agent). Or he may simply have died from a cerebral haemmorhage caused by a night of heavy drinking and sexual activity. Following Attila's death, the Huns fractured into warring groups and ceased to threaten the Empire - but the Western Empire, by this point, had already ceased to be anything more than a ceremonial ideal.&lt;br /&gt;
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''7. Julius Caesar: a hero or a villain? Explain.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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Caesar was neither hero nor villain. History is not black and white; it is always a shade of grey. Caesar committed atrocities (famously writing to the Senate that he &amp;quot;killed a million Gauls, and enslaved a million more), and annexed territories while dismantling the Senate apparatus in order to accumulate personal power; yet Caesar also improved living conditions for the free citizens of the Empire and reformed the decaying administrative apparatus of the government. Subjectivity is to be avoided in history; and taking an objective view of Caesar as neither angel nor demon arguably more useful to historians than risking Presentism by imposing modern dichotomies of good and evil upon a society now millennia old.&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Honors Questions (answer any 2 in addition to the above questions)''' &lt;br /&gt;
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''H1. Do you agree that the Romans really lacked any understanding of an objective truth, as reflected by Pilate's response to Jesus at His trial? Please discuss.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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To answer this, let us consider the narrative provided in the Bible itself. Caiphas and Annas, the High Priests of the Jewish Sanhedrin, did not like Jesus as he preached that the High Priests were hypocrites. Having arrested Jesus and obediently taken him to the local Roman Prefect, Pontius Pilate, they said to Pilate, &amp;quot;This man calls himself the King of the Jews!&amp;quot; Pilate considered this a waste of time and sent them packing. Caiphas and Annas thought, and took Jesus back to Pilate saying &amp;quot;This man is telling people not to pay their taxes to the Emperor!&amp;quot;. Now, this was a whole different matter. This was treason. Never mind that Jesus has told his followers to Render unto Caesar: Caiphas and Annas didn't tell Pilate this. So, Pilate questioned Jesus and was surprised at his intelligent yet evasive answers. Jesus did not admit to claiming to be King of the Jews, yet neither did he deny it. This placed Pilate in a dilemma. &lt;br /&gt;
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Pilate had two choices. The first was to decide what crime Jesus was guilty of - the petty crime of claiming to be King of the Jews, or the very serious crime of inciting riot in an extremely volatile provice. The second choice was whether or not Jesus was guilty of anything, the local (and powerful) priesthood clearly wanted him dead. Pilate had to choose between ordering the torture and painful execution of an innocent man in order to win the favour of the local elite, or let him go and risk the local elite making life for the Roman occupation forces very, very hard. So, faced with these awful choices, Pilate tried to convince Jesus to confess to the lesser crime (claiming to be King of the Jews). This could be punished with a simple whipping, Jesus could go free, and the Sanhedrin would have been foiled. But Jesus refused to go along with it as He would not lie. Pilate therefore asked, in depressed, frustrated exasperation, &amp;quot;What is truth?&amp;quot;. Jesus was refusing to lie, and that was going to get him killed. Pilate was probably morosely depressed because an innocent man would have to die a very gruesome death in order to satisfy the locals. But Pilate was a decent man, and even went so far as telling the crowds outside that he would release a prisoner. The murderer Barrabas, or Jesus. Their choice. The crowd, to Pilate's dismay, demanded the release of Barrabas and when Pilate stuck his neck out again by asking the crowd what he should do with Jesus, they demanded his death. So he called for a bowl of water, and in front of Caiphas and Annas, Pilate washed his hands saying that his hands were clean, and Jesus' blood was on theirs. Thus, Pilate did not lack of objective truth - he was simply caught in difficult circumstances. &lt;br /&gt;
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An alternative (and theologically much better) explanation is provided by St Thomas Aquinas in Book II:8 of Summa Theologiae (c.1274). Aquinas reasons that Pilate was indeed trying to persuade Jesus to lie. By confessing to the lesser (corporal) crime of claiming to being King of the Jews, he would only receive a flogging, while if he continued evading the &amp;quot;truth&amp;quot;, he would be found guilty of the more serious (indeed, capital) crime of inciting riot against the Roman authorities. So according to Aquinas, Pilate was urging Jesus to lie in order to save his skin. Aquinas concludes that Jesus refused Pilate's invitation to lie - not only because Jesus was destined to die as part of the Grand Plan, but because he had to die without committing a single sin. So even had he wanted to, Jesus couldn't lie and confess to the lesser crime. This forced Jesus to endure a terrible death but that was necessary for our salvation, and Jesus was unable to lie so that he could die without a single stain on his soul and thus save us from our sins. &lt;br /&gt;
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''H2. Which was more influential, the Roman law or the Roman legions?'' &lt;br /&gt;
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It is arguable that both the legions and the laws were equally important. Roman law had a far longer legacy as it alloed the Empire to Romanise its provinces and allow Roman control without the need for large garrisons, and Roman law forms the basis for continental Europe's legal systems to this day (including the resucitation of the Roman Empire - the European Union!). Recall Edward Bulwer-Lytton's assertion that &amp;quot;The pen is mightier than the sword&amp;quot;. However, also recall Cicero's quip that ''&amp;quot;Inter arma, silent leges est&amp;quot;'' - &amp;quot;In times of war, the law is silent&amp;quot;. Roman law would not have become so deeply entrenched in European culture had it not been for the absorbtion of most of Europe into the imperium. It is therefore fair to state that Roman laws and Roman legions were equally important, as each required the other in order to endure.&lt;br /&gt;
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''H4. The decline and fall of the Roman empire: what do you think was its biggest cause?''&lt;br /&gt;
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There are dozens, perhaps hundreds, of theories explaining why the Roman Empire fell. Beginning with Edward Gibbon's ''Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'' in 1776, monocausal explanations pointed (and continue to point) to such varied phenomena as the rise of Christianity and the associated decline in militaristic philosophies; economic decline caused by Rome's internal crises, lack of trade and productivity, and the cessation of large-scale income following the end of territorial expansion under Emperor Hadrian; barbarian incursions and near-endless civil wars caused by the unclear process of selecting a new Emperor and the subsequent existence of several rival Emperors at once; the split into East and West which deprived the West of necessary funds and resources; and climate change resulting in lower food production. One theory even argues that ''garum'', a very popular fish sauce which contained high quantities of lead, resulted in widespread lead poisoning. However, monocausal explanations - or even a combination of factors - are inadequate, as no single theory can explan so varied and historiographical a problem as the Fall of the Empire.&lt;br /&gt;
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Personally, I subscribe to the Pirenne Thesis. This theory, which appeared in the 1920s and has been adopted and adapted since, basically answers the question &amp;quot;Why did Rome fall?&amp;quot; with the answer &amp;quot;It didn't&amp;quot;. Henri Pirenne began with the premise that the purported Fall was in fact simply a change. History, after all, is the story of change, and change is inevitable in all things. Taking this as a foundational basis, Pirenne looked at the Roman Empire at various stages and concluded that rather than the Empire entering a period of decline, it simply morphed from the ancient, slave-based Republic to pseudo-Republican/pseudo-medieval Empire, and then into medieval feudal serfdom as provinces looked to their own survival in the face of various changes and an uncaring, incompetent central government. Consider the Empire under Augustus (1 AD); still very much a Republic, with the legions and the temples and all the trappings of Rome we see in films. Now, consider the Empire in 200 AD; very different. Its economic structure, its social hierarchy, its religions, had all changed significantly. By the time Diocletian became Emperor, Rome already resembled more of a medieval kingdom than the ancient Rpublic. Now, consider the Empire in 400 AD; it still existed, but was very different again. The fashions, the faiths, the economy and the social order - even the dominant cities - had changed even further. The Rome of 450 AD was almost unrecognisable next to the Rome of 50 BC. If we forget the concept of a &amp;quot;Fall&amp;quot; and look at Europe in 600 AD, we see this pattern continuing to happen. Pirenne pointed to the continuations - Roman religion, language, culture, architecture, and even institutions continued ''after'' the Empire officially ended. The Europe of 400 AD was very different to the evolved Europe of 600 AD, which was very different to the evolved Europe of 800 AD when Charlemagne was crowned the new Roman Emperor. What is crucial in this, is that the changes were not random and unpredictable; Pirenne saw them as the continuation of traits stretching back to Republican Rome. Perhaps the Empire did not decline and fall - it simply changed.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>World History Homework Four Answers - Student 5</title>
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&lt;div&gt;Answer 5 out of 7: &lt;br /&gt;
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1. Who is your favorite Roman emperor, and why? &lt;br /&gt;
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2. Describe what the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire were, including approximate dates. &lt;br /&gt;
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3. Compare and contrast the Roman Empire in the West with the Byzantine Empire. &lt;br /&gt;
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4. Explain what Pax Romana was. &lt;br /&gt;
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5. Discuss Hannibal or Attila the Hun. &lt;br /&gt;
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6. Enter 3 terms and descriptions into the online Study Guide (5 terms and descriptions are worth 2 questions). &lt;br /&gt;
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7. Julius Caesar: a hero or a villain? Explain. &lt;br /&gt;
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Honors Questions (answer any 2 in addition to the above questions) &lt;br /&gt;
H1. Do you agree that the Romans really lacked any understanding of an objective truth, as reflected by Pilate's response to Jesus at His trial? Please discuss. &lt;br /&gt;
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H2. Which was more influential, the Roman law or the Roman legions? &lt;br /&gt;
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H3. Discuss rights that Paul enjoyed as Roman citizen, rights not enjoyed by Jesus's other disciples. &lt;br /&gt;
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H4. The decline and fall of the Roman empire: what do you think was its biggest cause?&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>World History Homework Three Answers - Student 2</title>
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&lt;div&gt;''Answer any four of these six questions:'' &lt;br /&gt;
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1. List the major ancient empires of China, including the time periods and major leaders. &lt;br /&gt;
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2. List the major ancient empires of India, including the time periods and major leaders. &lt;br /&gt;
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4. Pick one of the religions in this week's lecture and discuss it, including where it fits in as to popularity and influence among all the world religions. &lt;br /&gt;
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5. Which intellectual insight or breakthrough discussed in this week's lecture is most important, and why? &lt;br /&gt;
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6. Write an essay of 150 words or more on any topic related to this week's lecture, or enter 3 key terms in the Study Guide with descriptions. &lt;br /&gt;
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''Honors Questions (answer any 2 of the following):''&lt;br /&gt;
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H1. Write an essay as requested in question 6, but make it 500 or more words (or add 6 key terms in the Study Guide with descriptions). &lt;br /&gt;
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H2. Discuss a difference between a belief system and a religion, in your view, and give some examples from this week's lecture. &lt;br /&gt;
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H3. How do you think the major belief systems of today, as ranked in the lecture, will rank in 100 years? &lt;br /&gt;
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H4. The lecture raises the possibility that Mark, the author of one of the Gospels, was being homeschooled by his mother as she followed Jesus, and that John, the author of another Gospel, was a teenager when he was an Apostle. What is your view? Discuss.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Talk:Mystery:What Percentage Go To Hell?</title>
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&lt;div&gt;===The &amp;quot;not-so-fun&amp;quot; part===&lt;br /&gt;
Anyone who rejects the free gift of salvation through Jesus Christ is doomed to hell.  God is patient; people have plenty of chances and opportunities with which to accept Christ...but only while they're alive.  After death is the judgement, and unfortunately there's going to be a huge percentage of people going there then going to Heaven.  So, time to make the choice now.  [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 18:33, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Assuming that the person so doomed has been informed that such a gift is available. What happens to those who live the whole of their lives without hearing the Gospel? [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 18:38, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Same thing. Still judged because they still fall short of the standards of god--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 18:41, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::@AsherL, his page [http://www.keepbelieving.com/sermon/1994-04-10-What-About-Those-Who-Never-Hear-The-Gospel/] could probably explain it better than I could.  [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 18:46, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Thank you for the link to that page Karajou; having read it I am disturbed by the author's logic over whether God sees the unproselytized as being &amp;quot;basically innocent&amp;quot;...or &amp;quot;basically guilty&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''&amp;quot;When you look at the teeming masses of the world wholly apart from the gospel, the Bible or Christianity in general, are they innocent or guilty in the eyes of God?&amp;quot; '' &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::::I don't know about you but I'd rather be judged by my own actions rather than be &amp;quot;lumped in&amp;quot; with a bunch of people I have no control. Even though my own actions would send me to Hell at least I'm damned by my own hand, as it were, rather than as a general principle.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::::But I rest assured that when God looks at me He sees Jesus, not because of anything ''I'' have done (or not done) but because of the free gift of Christ's precious blood which covers me and the whole of my stink.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;I think we don't actually ''know'' what happens to people so situated and should redouble our own efforts at proselytizing wherever we can and give liberally to Missions work whenever we can. [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 19:09, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::How don't we know? Either you believe in Christ and go to heaven, or you go to hell. Purgatory, Limbo and the Virtuous pagan are not biblical.--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 19:12, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::The page Karajou linked to says that the &amp;quot;default&amp;quot; of a person is &amp;quot;sinner&amp;quot; hence an unsaved person is sent to Hell since they do not have the covering that Christ gives freely. A person though who lives their lives in accordance to their own religious (read: other than Christian) tradition and is faithful to that tradition would have (probably) been a good Christian had they had been given the opportunity to become one. The accident of being born in the &amp;quot;wrong&amp;quot; country or wrong time shouldn't be counted against a person...again, I think God knows better '''''who''''' would have accepted Christ (had they heard the Gospel) and who would have rejected the free gift. [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 19:21, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::That is dangerously close to the Liberal Christian concept that anybody is saved as long as they follow the religion they choose faithfully, and I really recommend you read the bible some more. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 19:24, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::Or ''what'', exactly? [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 19:26, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::[http://www.esvbible.org/Matthew%207:22-23/ Matthew 7:22/23] is the fate of Liberal Christians. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 19:29, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::Ah, I see! Well I certainly wouldn't want the '''action''' of believing the wrong thing to damn me. But notice how Jesus informs those folk: &amp;quot;I never knew you...&amp;quot; which would suggest that this couldn't be a thing that just ''happens'' (one doesn't believe sillier and sillier things and all of a sudden you end up &amp;quot;losing&amp;quot; your salvation). No, it ''tells us'' that Jesus knows those who are truly His and who're trying to get one over on the Lord, boasting over their own works. Nice try though, trying to scare me. [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 19:38, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::::I never said that was your fate, i was warning you that the statement &amp;quot;god knows who '''WOULD''' have been christian given the chance&amp;quot; is very close and pretty much Universalism-lite. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 19:42, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::::So everyone who died before Jesus is in Hell? Including Adam, Moses, Joshua, David (well, everyone in the Old Testament) along with such figures as John the Baptist? Along with every human who goes through life without hearing of Jesus? Seems a bit unfair. And contrary to theological doctrine. This was postulated and refuted by Thomas Aquinas, a Doctor of the Church, in his' ''Summa Theologiae'' (c.1240); indeed he rejects this idea in Vol. 55, 52-55, as antithetical to the teachings of Christ's Harrowing of Hell. It's a long discredited concept in scholarly theology, and if true, would mean that over 99.99% (recurring) of humanity is in Hell for failing to worship a God ''they had never even heard of''. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 20:29, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::::::But ''you'' have heard of Jesus, so where do ''you'' stand in this?  Do you reject Him or accept Him?  [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 20:32, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::::::I accept Him; that's quite evident. What I am saying is that there is a distinction (dating even further than Aquinas; we can find it in ''City of God'' Bk. 11 Ch.1 (c.410 AD) between (1) people who know about Jesus, yet willingly reject Him, and (2) people who never heard of Him in the first place. The citation of Matthew 7:22-23 (above) is precisely that - Jesus is not saying what will happen to those who have never heard of Him, He is explaining what will happen to those who heard of Him yet choose to reject Him. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 20:36, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::::::: the harrowing of hell isnt even biblical, And no, those who were jewish are a different case. a nd i dispute Thomas's authority because he isnt above the bible--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 20:50, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::::::::: The Harrowing of Hell is referenced in: Matthew 12:40, Acts 2:31 and 2:27, and 1 Peter 3:19-20. It is indeed Biblical. On what basis do you state that Jews who died before Christ are granted entry into Heaven? What Scriptural verses are you using? And as for &amp;quot;Jews&amp;quot;, that would necessarily exclude all Old Testament figures who died prior to the giving of the Mosaic Code in Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy. So are Adam and Noah in Hell for being neither Christian nor Jew? Lastly; I agree with you that Thomas Aquinas is not above the Bible, therefore his authority is questionable. But you are also not above the Bible; so logically, your authority is just as questionable as mine or Aquinas'. Forgive me, I don't wish this to be a divisive issue and I intend no disresepct whatsoever. I am simply pointing out that we must be mindful of the distinction between those who consciously reject Christ's gift, and those who are unaware of it in the first place. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 20:59, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::::::::::There isnt a distinction though. All who havent, whether they have heard or not, accepted christ go to hell. the bible is VERY specific about that. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 21:01, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::::::::::Forgive me Sean but you didn't answer the above questions. What parts of Scripture support your view that all non-Christians (regardless of whether or not they have heard of Him) go to Hell; what parts of Scripture support your assertion that Jews go to Heaven even though they are not Christians; and what about pre-Mosaic Code patriarchs? [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 21:13, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::::::::::::[http://www.esvbible.org/search/john+14%3A6/ John 14:6] Seems pretty specefic about that. As for the pre-christians jews, the fact they followed god would seem to prove. Why would god waste time telling them to do any of his laws if they couldnt go to heaven til around 33 AD anyways?--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 21:19, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::::::::::::So using John 14:6, it seems that Jews do not go to Heaven as they have not accepted Christ. If we use the logic that they are worshipping the same Triune Godhead, thereby tacitly accepting Christ ''as a part of the Godhead'', then by that same logic it could be argued that ''all'' descendants of Abraham (including the Muslims, in their own eyes) go to Heaven, as they worship the same Godhead regardless of whether or not they accept Jesus. However, I don't intend to debate this ''ad nauseum'' as this is a peripheral issue and one which should not be divisive to Brothers in Christ. And of course, both our opinions are equally as valid, as no man (including us) is in authority above the Word of the Lord! Also I don't wish to clog up an official Talk Page. Perhaps we could continue our discussions privately via email? Blessings be with you, Sean. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 21:27, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== JW view ==	&lt;br /&gt;
@SeanS - Is it OK if I put that back in? After all, technically the JWs believe that only 144,000 will actually go to heaven. --[[User:LesCoyle|LesCoyle]] 20:57, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:No, because that isnt the same as the rest going to hell. Theres a lot more JW then 144,000, and the deadline for heaven closed back in the early 1900's. The rest of the JW are going to go to, i think its like earth but better, but not heaven,. They certainly aren't going to hell. And that is one of the main reasons they are heretics.--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 21:04, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::OK, fair point! I'll leave it then. --[[User:LesCoyle|LesCoyle]] 21:07, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
== Trying to look past the Rayleigh limit ==&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;br /&gt;
In Pathology we use microscopes a lot. The magnification power of light microscopes has not improved in the last 200 years, the reason for this is light diffraction, a bit off the point of the metaphor. Anyways back on point, there is a limit to how small an object we can see with a microscope, a ribosome for instance cannot be satisfactorily observed, it's just too small, too far from reach; if you increase the curvature of the lens you can make the ribosome appear large enough to see, but when you've got it that large the light diffraction will scatter the image and make it impossible to resolve. So when you have an answer at hand there is no way to tell if it's right or not and when you have the means to tell if you've got the right answer you've got nothing to test it on. You're trying to see behind a veil to a matter that is God's alone. Hopefully that made some sense, yesterday was a long night in the lab :( --[[User:DrDean|DrDean]] 18:38, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Talk:Mystery:What Percentage Go To Hell?</title>
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Anyone who rejects the free gift of salvation through Jesus Christ is doomed to hell.  God is patient; people have plenty of chances and opportunities with which to accept Christ...but only while they're alive.  After death is the judgement, and unfortunately there's going to be a huge percentage of people going there then going to Heaven.  So, time to make the choice now.  [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 18:33, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Assuming that the person so doomed has been informed that such a gift is available. What happens to those who live the whole of their lives without hearing the Gospel? [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 18:38, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Same thing. Still judged because they still fall short of the standards of god--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 18:41, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::@AsherL, his page [http://www.keepbelieving.com/sermon/1994-04-10-What-About-Those-Who-Never-Hear-The-Gospel/] could probably explain it better than I could.  [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 18:46, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Thank you for the link to that page Karajou; having read it I am disturbed by the author's logic over whether God sees the unproselytized as being &amp;quot;basically innocent&amp;quot;...or &amp;quot;basically guilty&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''&amp;quot;When you look at the teeming masses of the world wholly apart from the gospel, the Bible or Christianity in general, are they innocent or guilty in the eyes of God?&amp;quot; '' &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::::I don't know about you but I'd rather be judged by my own actions rather than be &amp;quot;lumped in&amp;quot; with a bunch of people I have no control. Even though my own actions would send me to Hell at least I'm damned by my own hand, as it were, rather than as a general principle.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::::But I rest assured that when God looks at me He sees Jesus, not because of anything ''I'' have done (or not done) but because of the free gift of Christ's precious blood which covers me and the whole of my stink.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;I think we don't actually ''know'' what happens to people so situated and should redouble our own efforts at proselytizing wherever we can and give liberally to Missions work whenever we can. [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 19:09, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::How don't we know? Either you believe in Christ and go to heaven, or you go to hell. Purgatory, Limbo and the Virtuous pagan are not biblical.--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 19:12, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::The page Karajou linked to says that the &amp;quot;default&amp;quot; of a person is &amp;quot;sinner&amp;quot; hence an unsaved person is sent to Hell since they do not have the covering that Christ gives freely. A person though who lives their lives in accordance to their own religious (read: other than Christian) tradition and is faithful to that tradition would have (probably) been a good Christian had they had been given the opportunity to become one. The accident of being born in the &amp;quot;wrong&amp;quot; country or wrong time shouldn't be counted against a person...again, I think God knows better '''''who''''' would have accepted Christ (had they heard the Gospel) and who would have rejected the free gift. [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 19:21, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::That is dangerously close to the Liberal Christian concept that anybody is saved as long as they follow the religion they choose faithfully, and I really recommend you read the bible some more. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 19:24, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::Or ''what'', exactly? [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 19:26, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::[http://www.esvbible.org/Matthew%207:22-23/ Matthew 7:22/23] is the fate of Liberal Christians. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 19:29, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::Ah, I see! Well I certainly wouldn't want the '''action''' of believing the wrong thing to damn me. But notice how Jesus informs those folk: &amp;quot;I never knew you...&amp;quot; which would suggest that this couldn't be a thing that just ''happens'' (one doesn't believe sillier and sillier things and all of a sudden you end up &amp;quot;losing&amp;quot; your salvation). No, it ''tells us'' that Jesus knows those who are truly His and who're trying to get one over on the Lord, boasting over their own works. Nice try though, trying to scare me. [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 19:38, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::::I never said that was your fate, i was warning you that the statement &amp;quot;god knows who '''WOULD''' have been christian given the chance&amp;quot; is very close and pretty much Universalism-lite. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 19:42, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::::So everyone who died before Jesus is in Hell? Including Adam, Moses, Joshua, David (well, everyone in the Old Testament) along with such figures as John the Baptist? Along with every human who goes through life without hearing of Jesus? Seems a bit unfair. And contrary to theological doctrine. This was postulated and refuted by Thomas Aquinas, a Doctor of the Church, in his' ''Summa Theologiae'' (c.1240); indeed he rejects this idea in Vol. 55, 52-55, as antithetical to the teachings of Christ's Harrowing of Hell. It's a long discredited concept in scholarly theology, and if true, would mean that over 99.99% (recurring) of humanity is in Hell for failing to worship a God ''they had never even heard of''. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 20:29, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::::::But ''you'' have heard of Jesus, so where do ''you'' stand in this?  Do you reject Him or accept Him?  [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 20:32, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::::::I accept Him; that's quite evident. What I am saying is that there is a distinction (dating even further than Aquinas; we can find it in ''City of God'' Bk. 11 Ch.1 (c.410 AD) between (1) people who know about Jesus, yet willingly reject Him, and (2) people who never heard of Him in the first place. The citation of Matthew 7:22-23 (above) is precisely that - Jesus is not saying what will happen to those who have never heard of Him, He is explaining what will happen to those who heard of Him yet choose to reject Him. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 20:36, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::::::: the harrowing of hell isnt even biblical, And no, those who were jewish are a different case. a nd i dispute Thomas's authority because he isnt above the bible--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 20:50, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::::::::: The Harrowing of Hell is referenced in: Matthew 12:40, Acts 2:31 and 2:27, and 1 Peter 3:19-20. It is indeed Biblical. On what basis do you state that Jews who died before Christ are granted entry into Heaven? What Scriptural verses are you using? And as for &amp;quot;Jews&amp;quot;, that would necessarily exclude all Old Testament figures who died prior to the giving of the Mosaic Code in Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy. So are Adam and Noah in Hell for being neither Christian nor Jew? Lastly; I agree with you that Thomas Aquinas is not above the Bible, therefore his authority is questionable. But you are also not above the Bible; so logically, your authority is just as questionable as mine or Aquinas'. Forgive me, I don't wish this to be a divisive issue and I intend no disresepct whatsoever. I am simply pointing out that we must be mindful of the distinction between those who consciously reject Christ's gift, and those who are unaware of it in the first place. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 20:59, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::::::::::There isnt a distinction though. All who havent, whether they have heard or not, accepted christ go to hell. the bible is VERY specific about that. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 21:01, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::::::::::Forgive me Sean but you didn't answer the above questions. What parts of Scripture support your view that all non-Christians (regardless of whether or not they have heard of Him) go to Hell; what parts of Scripture support your assertion that Jews go to Heaven even though they are not Christians; and what about pre-Mosaic Code patriarchs? [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 21:13, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== JW view ==	&lt;br /&gt;
@SeanS - Is it OK if I put that back in? After all, technically the JWs believe that only 144,000 will actually go to heaven. --[[User:LesCoyle|LesCoyle]] 20:57, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:No, because that isnt the same as the rest going to hell. Theres a lot more JW then 144,000, and the deadline for heaven closed back in the early 1900's. The rest of the JW are going to go to, i think its like earth but better, but not heaven,. They certainly aren't going to hell. And that is one of the main reasons they are heretics.--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 21:04, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::OK, fair point! I'll leave it then. --[[User:LesCoyle|LesCoyle]] 21:07, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
== Trying to look past the Rayleigh limit ==&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;br /&gt;
In Pathology we use microscopes a lot. The magnification power of light microscopes has not improved in the last 200 years, the reason for this is light diffraction, a bit off the point of the metaphor. Anyways back on point, there is a limit to how small an object we can see with a microscope, a ribosome for instance cannot be satisfactorily observed, it's just too small, too far from reach; if you increase the curvature of the lens you can make the ribosome appear large enough to see, but when you've got it that large the light diffraction will scatter the image and make it impossible to resolve. So when you have an answer at hand there is no way to tell if it's right or not and when you have the means to tell if you've got the right answer you've got nothing to test it on. You're trying to see behind a veil to a matter that is God's alone. Hopefully that made some sense, yesterday was a long night in the lab :( --[[User:DrDean|DrDean]] 18:38, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:RexBanner&amp;diff=918622</id>
		<title>User talk:RexBanner</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:RexBanner&amp;diff=918622"/>
		<updated>2011-09-21T01:08:32Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;RexBanner: /* So tell me */&lt;/p&gt;
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Enjoy the World History course!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 18:02, 30 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== So tell me ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Do you think Ghandi is in hell?--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 20:56, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Hello Sean. Yes, I do. Because Ghandi was aware of Christ yet consciously rejected Him.[[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 21:01, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Ok, just asking. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 21:05, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Not a problem. By the way, I think I accidentally overwrote the stubs on the Talk Page beneath the section where you and I were discussing theology. I'm afraid I'm not sure how to get them back. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 21:07, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::There was really only one active one and i reposted it, so not really a problem--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 21:07, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::Thankyou, I appreciate that! [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 21:08, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:RexBanner&amp;diff=918619</id>
		<title>User talk:RexBanner</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:RexBanner&amp;diff=918619"/>
		<updated>2011-09-21T01:07:07Z</updated>

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Enjoy the World History course!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 18:02, 30 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== So tell me ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Do you think Ghandi is in hell?--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 20:56, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Hello Sean. Yes, I do. Because Ghandi was aware of Christ yet consciously rejected Him.[[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 21:01, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Ok, just asking. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 21:05, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Not a problem. By the way, I think I accidentally overwrote the stubs on the Talk Page beneath the section where you and I were discussing theology. I'm afraid I'm not sure how to get them back. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 21:07, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:RexBanner&amp;diff=918615</id>
		<title>User talk:RexBanner</title>
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== So tell me ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Do you think Ghandi is in hell?--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 20:56, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Hello Sean. Yes, I do. Because Ghandi was aware of Christ yet consciously rejected Him.[[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 21:01, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Talk:Mystery:What Percentage Go To Hell?</title>
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&lt;div&gt;===The &amp;quot;not-so-fun&amp;quot; part===&lt;br /&gt;
Anyone who rejects the free gift of salvation through Jesus Christ is doomed to hell.  God is patient; people have plenty of chances and opportunities with which to accept Christ...but only while they're alive.  After death is the judgement, and unfortunately there's going to be a huge percentage of people going there then going to Heaven.  So, time to make the choice now.  [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 18:33, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Assuming that the person so doomed has been informed that such a gift is available. What happens to those who live the whole of their lives without hearing the Gospel? [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 18:38, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Same thing. Still judged because they still fall short of the standards of god--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 18:41, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::@AsherL, his page [http://www.keepbelieving.com/sermon/1994-04-10-What-About-Those-Who-Never-Hear-The-Gospel/] could probably explain it better than I could.  [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 18:46, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Thank you for the link to that page Karajou; having read it I am disturbed by the author's logic over whether God sees the unproselytized as being &amp;quot;basically innocent&amp;quot;...or &amp;quot;basically guilty&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''&amp;quot;When you look at the teeming masses of the world wholly apart from the gospel, the Bible or Christianity in general, are they innocent or guilty in the eyes of God?&amp;quot; '' &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::::I don't know about you but I'd rather be judged by my own actions rather than be &amp;quot;lumped in&amp;quot; with a bunch of people I have no control. Even though my own actions would send me to Hell at least I'm damned by my own hand, as it were, rather than as a general principle.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::::But I rest assured that when God looks at me He sees Jesus, not because of anything ''I'' have done (or not done) but because of the free gift of Christ's precious blood which covers me and the whole of my stink.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;I think we don't actually ''know'' what happens to people so situated and should redouble our own efforts at proselytizing wherever we can and give liberally to Missions work whenever we can. [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 19:09, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::How don't we know? Either you believe in Christ and go to heaven, or you go to hell. Purgatory, Limbo and the Virtuous pagan are not biblical.--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 19:12, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::The page Karajou linked to says that the &amp;quot;default&amp;quot; of a person is &amp;quot;sinner&amp;quot; hence an unsaved person is sent to Hell since they do not have the covering that Christ gives freely. A person though who lives their lives in accordance to their own religious (read: other than Christian) tradition and is faithful to that tradition would have (probably) been a good Christian had they had been given the opportunity to become one. The accident of being born in the &amp;quot;wrong&amp;quot; country or wrong time shouldn't be counted against a person...again, I think God knows better '''''who''''' would have accepted Christ (had they heard the Gospel) and who would have rejected the free gift. [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 19:21, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::That is dangerously close to the Liberal Christian concept that anybody is saved as long as they follow the religion they choose faithfully, and I really recommend you read the bible some more. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 19:24, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::Or ''what'', exactly? [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 19:26, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::[http://www.esvbible.org/Matthew%207:22-23/ Matthew 7:22/23] is the fate of Liberal Christians. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 19:29, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::Ah, I see! Well I certainly wouldn't want the '''action''' of believing the wrong thing to damn me. But notice how Jesus informs those folk: &amp;quot;I never knew you...&amp;quot; which would suggest that this couldn't be a thing that just ''happens'' (one doesn't believe sillier and sillier things and all of a sudden you end up &amp;quot;losing&amp;quot; your salvation). No, it ''tells us'' that Jesus knows those who are truly His and who're trying to get one over on the Lord, boasting over their own works. Nice try though, trying to scare me. [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 19:38, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::::I never said that was your fate, i was warning you that the statement &amp;quot;god knows who '''WOULD''' have been christian given the chance&amp;quot; is very close and pretty much Universalism-lite. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 19:42, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::::So everyone who died before Jesus is in Hell? Including Adam, Moses, Joshua, David (well, everyone in the Old Testament) along with such figures as John the Baptist? Along with every human who goes through life without hearing of Jesus? Seems a bit unfair. And contrary to theological doctrine. This was postulated and refuted by Thomas Aquinas, a Doctor of the Church, in his' ''Summa Theologiae'' (c.1240); indeed he rejects this idea in Vol. 55, 52-55, as antithetical to the teachings of Christ's Harrowing of Hell. It's a long discredited concept in scholarly theology, and if true, would mean that over 99.99% (recurring) of humanity is in Hell for failing to worship a God ''they had never even heard of''. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 20:29, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::::::But ''you'' have heard of Jesus, so where do ''you'' stand in this?  Do you reject Him or accept Him?  [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 20:32, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::::::I accept Him; that's quite evident. What I am saying is that there is a distinction (dating even further than Aquinas; we can find it in ''City of God'' Bk. 11 Ch.1 (c.410 AD) between (1) people who know about Jesus, yet willingly reject Him, and (2) people who never heard of Him in the first place. The citation of Matthew 7:22-23 (above) is precisely that - Jesus is not saying what will happen to those who have never heard of Him, He is explaining what will happen to those who heard of Him yet choose to reject Him. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 20:36, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::::::: the harrowing of hell isnt even biblical, And no, those who were jewish are a different case. a nd i dispute Thomas's authority because he isnt above the bible--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 20:50, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::::::::: The Harrowing of Hell is referenced in: Matthew 12:40, Acts 2:31 and 2:27, and 1 Peter 3:19-20. It is indeed Biblical. On what basis do you state that Jews who died before Christ are granted entry into Heaven? What Scriptural verses are you using? And as for &amp;quot;Jews&amp;quot;, that would necessarily exclude all Old Testament figures who died prior to the giving of the Mosaic Code in Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy. So are Adam and Noah in Hell for being neither Christian nor Jew? Lastly; I agree with you that Thomas Aquinas is not above the Bible, therefore his authority is questionable. But you are also not above the Bible; so logically, your authority is just as questionable as mine or Aquinas'. Forgive me, I don't wish this to be a divisive issue and I intend no disresepct whatsoever. I am simply pointing out that we must be mindful of the distinction between those who consciously reject Christ's gift, and those who are unaware of it in the first place. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 20:59, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Mystery:What_Percentage_Go_To_Hell%3F&amp;diff=918603</id>
		<title>Talk:Mystery:What Percentage Go To Hell?</title>
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&lt;div&gt;== Fun ==&lt;br /&gt;
Even if you go into [[Kabbalah|Kabbalahistic]] or [[Numerology|numerological]] arguments (''the obvious answer is 666&amp;amp;permil;''), the whole thing is amusingly silly - so it's a nice break from more serious business like translating the Bible correctly. [[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 18:01, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Nothing &amp;quot;amusing&amp;quot; about this.  There is a correct answer - a specific percentage.  What is it?--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:25, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Unknown to all but god.--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 18:26, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:::The precise percentage may be unknown, but estimates are surely possible.  For example, the percentage must be less than 100%, and more than 0%.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:27, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The number I gave (80 at best/most optimistic, and up to 90 at most pessimistic/realistic) tends ot be the one ive seen the most. I am questioning the includion of the percentage of US church goers, as that only includes people in the states.--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 18:30, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::::Your insight about this is superb.  I moved your edit higher in the table.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:38, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===The &amp;quot;not-so-fun&amp;quot; part===&lt;br /&gt;
Anyone who rejects the free gift of salvation through Jesus Christ is doomed to hell.  God is patient; people have plenty of chances and opportunities with which to accept Christ...but only while they're alive.  After death is the judgement, and unfortunately there's going to be a huge percentage of people going there then going to Heaven.  So, time to make the choice now.  [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 18:33, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Assuming that the person so doomed has been informed that such a gift is available. What happens to those who live the whole of their lives without hearing the Gospel? [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 18:38, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Same thing. Still judged because they still fall short of the standards of god--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 18:41, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::@AsherL, his page [http://www.keepbelieving.com/sermon/1994-04-10-What-About-Those-Who-Never-Hear-The-Gospel/] could probably explain it better than I could.  [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 18:46, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Thank you for the link to that page Karajou; having read it I am disturbed by the author's logic over whether God sees the unproselytized as being &amp;quot;basically innocent&amp;quot;...or &amp;quot;basically guilty&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''&amp;quot;When you look at the teeming masses of the world wholly apart from the gospel, the Bible or Christianity in general, are they innocent or guilty in the eyes of God?&amp;quot; '' &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::::I don't know about you but I'd rather be judged by my own actions rather than be &amp;quot;lumped in&amp;quot; with a bunch of people I have no control. Even though my own actions would send me to Hell at least I'm damned by my own hand, as it were, rather than as a general principle.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::::But I rest assured that when God looks at me He sees Jesus, not because of anything ''I'' have done (or not done) but because of the free gift of Christ's precious blood which covers me and the whole of my stink.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;I think we don't actually ''know'' what happens to people so situated and should redouble our own efforts at proselytizing wherever we can and give liberally to Missions work whenever we can. [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 19:09, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::How don't we know? Either you believe in Christ and go to heaven, or you go to hell. Purgatory, Limbo and the Virtuous pagan are not biblical.--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 19:12, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::The page Karajou linked to says that the &amp;quot;default&amp;quot; of a person is &amp;quot;sinner&amp;quot; hence an unsaved person is sent to Hell since they do not have the covering that Christ gives freely. A person though who lives their lives in accordance to their own religious (read: other than Christian) tradition and is faithful to that tradition would have (probably) been a good Christian had they had been given the opportunity to become one. The accident of being born in the &amp;quot;wrong&amp;quot; country or wrong time shouldn't be counted against a person...again, I think God knows better '''''who''''' would have accepted Christ (had they heard the Gospel) and who would have rejected the free gift. [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 19:21, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::That is dangerously close to the Liberal Christian concept that anybody is saved as long as they follow the religion they choose faithfully, and I really recommend you read the bible some more. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 19:24, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::Or ''what'', exactly? [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 19:26, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::[http://www.esvbible.org/Matthew%207:22-23/ Matthew 7:22/23] is the fate of Liberal Christians. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 19:29, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::Ah, I see! Well I certainly wouldn't want the '''action''' of believing the wrong thing to damn me. But notice how Jesus informs those folk: &amp;quot;I never knew you...&amp;quot; which would suggest that this couldn't be a thing that just ''happens'' (one doesn't believe sillier and sillier things and all of a sudden you end up &amp;quot;losing&amp;quot; your salvation). No, it ''tells us'' that Jesus knows those who are truly His and who're trying to get one over on the Lord, boasting over their own works. Nice try though, trying to scare me. [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 19:38, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::::I never said that was your fate, i was warning you that the statement &amp;quot;god knows who '''WOULD''' have been christian given the chance&amp;quot; is very close and pretty much Universalism-lite. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 19:42, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::::So everyone who died before Jesus is in Hell? Including Adam, Moses, Joshua, David (well, everyone in the Old Testament) along with such figures as John the Baptist? Along with every human who goes through life without hearing of Jesus? Seems a bit unfair. And contrary to theological doctrine. This was postulated and refuted by Thomas Aquinas, a Doctor of the Church, in his' ''Summa Theologiae'' (c.1240); indeed he rejects this idea in Vol. 55, 52-55, as antithetical to the teachings of Christ's Harrowing of Hell. It's a long discredited concept in scholarly theology, and if true, would mean that over 99.99% (recurring) of humanity is in Hell for failing to worship a God ''they had never even heard of''. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 20:29, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::::::But ''you'' have heard of Jesus, so where do ''you'' stand in this?  Do you reject Him or accept Him?  [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 20:32, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::::::I accept Him; that's quite evident. What I am saying is that there is a distinction (dating even further than Aquinas; we can find it in ''City of God'' Bk. 11 Ch.1 (c.410 AD) between (1) people who know about Jesus, yet willingly reject Him, and (2) people who never heard of Him in the first place. The citation of Matthew 7:22-23 (above) is precisely that - Jesus is not saying what will happen to those who have never heard of Him, He is explaining what will happen to those who heard of Him yet choose to reject Him. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 20:36, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Interesting ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This reminds me of a short story by Philip Jose Farmer in which a hallucinating priest sees Hell and decides there is no justice in such a fate, and he takes it upon himself to try and replace every single damned soul.  He spends the night running about the city trying to spare Hell's denizens as much pain as he can.--[[User:CamilleT|CamilleT]] 18:23, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Perhaps the story is an attempt to downplay or deny [[Hell]]?  Denying something doesn't change reality.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:26, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Trying to look past the Rayleigh limit ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Pathology we use microscopes a lot. The magnification power of light microscopes has not improved in the last 200 years, the reason for this is light diffraction, a bit off the point of the metaphor. Anyways back on point, there is a limit to how small an object we can see with a microscope, a ribosome for instance cannot be satisfactorily observed, it's just too small, too far from reach; if you increase the curvature of the lens you can make the ribosome appear large enough to see, but when you've got it that large the light diffraction will scatter the image and make it impossible to resolve. So when you have an answer at hand there is no way to tell if it's right or not and when you have the means to tell if you've got the right answer you've got nothing to test it on. You're trying to see behind a veil to a matter that is God's alone. Hopefully that made some sense, yesterday was a long night in the lab :( --[[User:DrDean|DrDean]] 18:38, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Mystery:What_Percentage_Go_To_Hell%3F&amp;diff=918600</id>
		<title>Talk:Mystery:What Percentage Go To Hell?</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;RexBanner: /* The &amp;quot;not-so-fun&amp;quot; part */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== Fun ==&lt;br /&gt;
Even if you go into [[Kabbalah|Kabbalahistic]] or [[Numerology|numerological]] arguments (''the obvious answer is 666&amp;amp;permil;''), the whole thing is amusingly silly - so it's a nice break from more serious business like translating the Bible correctly. [[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 18:01, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Nothing &amp;quot;amusing&amp;quot; about this.  There is a correct answer - a specific percentage.  What is it?--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:25, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Unknown to all but god.--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 18:26, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:::The precise percentage may be unknown, but estimates are surely possible.  For example, the percentage must be less than 100%, and more than 0%.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:27, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The number I gave (80 at best/most optimistic, and up to 90 at most pessimistic/realistic) tends ot be the one ive seen the most. I am questioning the includion of the percentage of US church goers, as that only includes people in the states.--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 18:30, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::::Your insight about this is superb.  I moved your edit higher in the table.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:38, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===The &amp;quot;not-so-fun&amp;quot; part===&lt;br /&gt;
Anyone who rejects the free gift of salvation through Jesus Christ is doomed to hell.  God is patient; people have plenty of chances and opportunities with which to accept Christ...but only while they're alive.  After death is the judgement, and unfortunately there's going to be a huge percentage of people going there then going to Heaven.  So, time to make the choice now.  [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 18:33, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Assuming that the person so doomed has been informed that such a gift is available. What happens to those who live the whole of their lives without hearing the Gospel? [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 18:38, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Same thing. Still judged because they still fall short of the standards of god--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 18:41, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::@AsherL, his page [http://www.keepbelieving.com/sermon/1994-04-10-What-About-Those-Who-Never-Hear-The-Gospel/] could probably explain it better than I could.  [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 18:46, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Thank you for the link to that page Karajou; having read it I am disturbed by the author's logic over whether God sees the unproselytized as being &amp;quot;basically innocent&amp;quot;...or &amp;quot;basically guilty&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''&amp;quot;When you look at the teeming masses of the world wholly apart from the gospel, the Bible or Christianity in general, are they innocent or guilty in the eyes of God?&amp;quot; '' &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::::I don't know about you but I'd rather be judged by my own actions rather than be &amp;quot;lumped in&amp;quot; with a bunch of people I have no control. Even though my own actions would send me to Hell at least I'm damned by my own hand, as it were, rather than as a general principle.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::::But I rest assured that when God looks at me He sees Jesus, not because of anything ''I'' have done (or not done) but because of the free gift of Christ's precious blood which covers me and the whole of my stink.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;I think we don't actually ''know'' what happens to people so situated and should redouble our own efforts at proselytizing wherever we can and give liberally to Missions work whenever we can. [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 19:09, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::How don't we know? Either you believe in Christ and go to heaven, or you go to hell. Purgatory, Limbo and the Virtuous pagan are not biblical.--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 19:12, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::The page Karajou linked to says that the &amp;quot;default&amp;quot; of a person is &amp;quot;sinner&amp;quot; hence an unsaved person is sent to Hell since they do not have the covering that Christ gives freely. A person though who lives their lives in accordance to their own religious (read: other than Christian) tradition and is faithful to that tradition would have (probably) been a good Christian had they had been given the opportunity to become one. The accident of being born in the &amp;quot;wrong&amp;quot; country or wrong time shouldn't be counted against a person...again, I think God knows better '''''who''''' would have accepted Christ (had they heard the Gospel) and who would have rejected the free gift. [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 19:21, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::That is dangerously close to the Liberal Christian concept that anybody is saved as long as they follow the religion they choose faithfully, and I really recommend you read the bible some more. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 19:24, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::Or ''what'', exactly? [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 19:26, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::[http://www.esvbible.org/Matthew%207:22-23/ Matthew 7:22/23] is the fate of Liberal Christians. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 19:29, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::Ah, I see! Well I certainly wouldn't want the '''action''' of believing the wrong thing to damn me. But notice how Jesus informs those folk: &amp;quot;I never knew you...&amp;quot; which would suggest that this couldn't be a thing that just ''happens'' (one doesn't believe sillier and sillier things and all of a sudden you end up &amp;quot;losing&amp;quot; your salvation). No, it ''tells us'' that Jesus knows those who are truly His and who're trying to get one over on the Lord, boasting over their own works. Nice try though, trying to scare me. [[User:AsherL|AsherL]] 19:38, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::::I never said that was your fate, i was warning you that the statement &amp;quot;god knows who '''WOULD''' have been christian given the chance&amp;quot; is very close and pretty much Universalism-lite. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 19:42, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::::So everyone who died before Jesus is in Hell? Including Adam, Moses, Joshua, David (well, everyone in the Old Testament) along with such figures as John the Baptist? Along with every human who goes through life without hearing of Jesus? Seems a bit unfair. And contrary to theological doctrine. This was postulated and refuted by Thomas Aquinas, a Doctor of the Church, in his' ''Summa Theologiae'' (c.1240); indeed he rejects this idea in Vol. 55, 52-55, as antithetical to the teachings of Christ's Harrowing of Hell. It's a long discredited concept in scholarly theology, and if true, would mean that over 99.99% (recurring) of humanity is in Hell for failing to worship a God ''they had never even heard of''. [[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 20:29, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Interesting ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This reminds me of a short story by Philip Jose Farmer in which a hallucinating priest sees Hell and decides there is no justice in such a fate, and he takes it upon himself to try and replace every single damned soul.  He spends the night running about the city trying to spare Hell's denizens as much pain as he can.--[[User:CamilleT|CamilleT]] 18:23, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Perhaps the story is an attempt to downplay or deny [[Hell]]?  Denying something doesn't change reality.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:26, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Trying to look past the Rayleigh limit ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Pathology we use microscopes a lot. The magnification power of light microscopes has not improved in the last 200 years, the reason for this is light diffraction, a bit off the point of the metaphor. Anyways back on point, there is a limit to how small an object we can see with a microscope, a ribosome for instance cannot be satisfactorily observed, it's just too small, too far from reach; if you increase the curvature of the lens you can make the ribosome appear large enough to see, but when you've got it that large the light diffraction will scatter the image and make it impossible to resolve. So when you have an answer at hand there is no way to tell if it's right or not and when you have the means to tell if you've got the right answer you've got nothing to test it on. You're trying to see behind a veil to a matter that is God's alone. Hopefully that made some sense, yesterday was a long night in the lab :( --[[User:DrDean|DrDean]] 18:38, 20 September 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>RexBanner</name></author>
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		<title>World History Homework Two Answers - Student 8</title>
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&lt;div&gt;'''Answer 4 out of 6 questions below:''' &lt;br /&gt;
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''1. When did the Greek empire exist, and what events mark its beginning and its end?''&lt;br /&gt;
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There was no Greek &amp;quot;empire&amp;quot;. As a word and political idea derived from the Latin ''imperium'' and the geopolitical hegemony of Rome, the concept of empire is both linguistically and geopolitically alien to Greece. There were indeed some larger-scale ''hegemonia'' in Ancient Greece, most notably the Delian League (c.477-404 BC) which some scholars, for convenience, refer to as the &amp;quot;Athenian Empire&amp;quot;. However it is noteworthy that (1) the use of the word &amp;quot;empire&amp;quot; here is purely for convenience as more people are familiar with &amp;quot;empire&amp;quot; than &amp;quot;hegemonia&amp;quot; or the Delian League, and (2) the League was centred around Athens and the eastern Peloponnese, not the whole of Greece. It is therefore fair to say that there was a Greek ''civilisation'', but never a Greek ''empire''.&lt;br /&gt;
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''2. What is your favorite Aesop's Fable, and why? Explain.''&lt;br /&gt;
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''Washing the Aethiop White''. In the fable, a white Greek purchases an Aethiop (sub-Saharan African) slave from a previous Greek owner. The new owner assumes that the Aethiop has been so badly neglected by his previous owner that he is filthy, and proceeds to wash his slave. However, no amount of bathing will turn the Aethiop white. &lt;br /&gt;
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There are various interpretations of this fable. A rather grim one is ''caveat emptor'' - let the buyer beware of what he is purchasing. Perhaps equally grim is the fable's implicit condemnation of white Europeans for having no knowledge of sub-Saharan Africans. But the most likely interpretation is that human nature cannot be changed even when the intention is honourable; thus &amp;quot;washing the Aethiop white&amp;quot; is an eternal and futile quest. The Greek wishes to genuinely help the Aethiop by cleaning him, but cannot change his nature. The fable remains as powerful today as when it was first written - it is possible to educate the unbeliever in the Truth, and it is possible to explain the ideal political system to the closed-minded fool; but no matter how hard we might try, we cannot change a person's nature. &lt;br /&gt;
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''3. Pick one of the Greek philosophers and compare and contrast him with another Greek philosopher.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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Epicurus (c.341–270 BC) taught that the purpose of life was to attain true happiness, defind by three states of existence: (1) ''ataraxia'', the peace and freedom granted by lack of fear; (3) ''aponia'', the absence of physical or emotional pain; and (3) living a self-sufficient life surrounded by friends. Epicurus also taught that both body and soul are finite, that there is no afterlife as the gods don't care about humans, and that the universe is eternal without beginning or end. It is perhaps notable that in the mid-nineteenth century, Karl Marx wrote his PhD thesis on Epicureanism, and that historically, an Epicurean leaning has often characterised literati and intelligentsia.&lt;br /&gt;
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Zeno of Citium (c.334-262 BC) was famous for both logic and physics in addition to philosophy. His Stoic philosophy became more widely accepted in both Greece and, later, Rome; as it relied upon simpler tenets. Like the work of Epicurus, Zeno's teachings were based upon natural philosophy. Based upon his premise that the universe is perpetually changing and utterly uncaring as to the fate of humanity, Zeno taught that individuals should develop strong self-control to avoid becoming distracted by petty, everyday affairs (including emotion), thus enabling them to adapt to an ever-changing universe and attain a closer connection to a universe which itself is uninterested in the petty affairs of mankind. &lt;br /&gt;
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''4. Explain how the expansion and influence of the Greek culture became useful to the growth of Christianity. Mention the role played by Alexander the Great.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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The cultural and commercial spread of Greeks from the fifth century BC onwards, into the eastern Mediterranean, Levant, and Egypt, caused Greek influence to become established across the region. This was cemented by the geopolitical expansion of Macedon, and its culture, under Alexander the Great and his subsequent legacy of establishing Greek-style states after his death (the Seleucids and the Ptolemies being notable example). However this was not the first time that a particular culture had gained widespread recognition in the region. Ancient Greek became a ''lingua franca'' which did indeed facilitate the eventual spread of Christian ideology, but it also facilitated the spread of distinctly non-Christian and even anti-Christian philosophies such as those of the pagan philosophers. It was not even the first ''lingua franca'' - long before the Greeks were known in the Levant, Akkadian cuneiform was the diplomatic and commercial ''lingua franca'' of the eastern Mediterranean, as evidence by the Armana Letters of thirteenth-century Egypt and Hatti. The argument also discredits the power of God, as it implies that God had to wait for a particular combination of human language, geopolitics, commerce, culture, and activity to form before he could send Jesus to Earth. Surely an omnipotent, omniscient God is not bound by human affairs? Christianity would have spread regardless of Greek culture, as is evidence by the spread of Christianity into pre-colonial Africa and Asia from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries. Ideas spread regardless of politics on the ground.&lt;br /&gt;
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''5. Pick two of the important ancient empires other than the Greek empire, and briefly describe them.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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The Kushite civilisation, based at the city of Meroe, was one of the longest-lived societies of the ancient world. Records from the Egyptian Old Kingdom testify to an organised society in the area, which controlled the trade routes between Egypt and sub-Saharan Africa. A matrilineal society headed by the ''Kandake'', or queen, Kush maintained its control of the Upper Nile in spite of an almost-perpetual struggle with the various dynasties of Egypt, who desired direct control of the trade routes. While Egypt was gradually able to conquer, annex, and Egyptianise Nubia, the Kushites maintained their independence from Egypt (and the later Nubian Dynasty). When the Romans conquered Egypt, the Kushites established strong trade links with the Roman state, providing perfumes, ivory, spices, and slaves to Rome in exchange for Mediterranean goods (notably iron). Subsequent Roman attempts to conquer Kush in the first and fourth centuries were unsuccessful, and Kush ultimately outlived its Roman rivals until the Arabic conquest of Egypt in the seventh century. The subsequent shift towards trading on the Red Sea rather than the land route through Kush and Nubia bypassed Kush, depriving the Kushites of trade income. The civilisation appears to have fragmented and dissolved in the late seventh century.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Nok culture of West Africa emerged around the turn of the first millennium BC. Little is known about the Nok apart from their sculpture and metallurgy, first discovered by archaeologists in the 1920s, and which attest to a highly-advanced society employing sophisticated mining and manufacturing techniques, in addition to a rich religious culture which presumably commissioned the many spiritual sculptures. The geographical spread of these artifacts attests to either a commercial and cultural hegemony in much of West Africa, or an outright military control of the region. As so little is known about the Nok besides their sculptures (which imply a stratified, hierarchical society with far-flung commercial contacts), archaeologists are still unsure why the Nok culture disappears from the archaeological record around 500 BC. As no indications of military violence or ecological change have been discovered, it appears that the culture merged with the Yoruba and Oyo, quickly becoming assimilated into these more powerful societies.&lt;br /&gt;
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''6. Write 150 words on any aspect of the lecture, or describe 3 important terms from the lecture (such as adding them to the study guide above).'' &lt;br /&gt;
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It is surprising that the Lecture contains so little material on the Celts, a civilisation whose existence has been known of since the Roman period, and about which archaeologists and historians have uncovered a wealth of material. It is also surprising that the Lecture refers to the Celts as a collection of tribes, rather than a civilisation. By what criteria do we judge one society to be &amp;quot;civilised&amp;quot;, and another &amp;quot;tribal&amp;quot;? Iron Age Northwestern Europe was inhabited by a number of fixed, organised, hierarchical societies which practised agriculture, organised religions, architecture, had access to professional military forces, were governed by semi-elected and/or ancestral chieftains, and had long-distance commercial links with the Mediterranean. Additionally, these societies shared cultural links through art and language, and had far more in common with each other than with the emerging societies of central Italy, Carthage, or the eastern Mediterranean. Perhaps this counts more as a &amp;quot;civilisation&amp;quot; than a mere collection of &amp;quot;tribes&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Honors Questions (answer any 2 in addition to the above questions)''' &lt;br /&gt;
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''7. Write an essay of 200 words on any aspect of one or more ancient languages, such as their development or origins (or add 5 terms with descriptions to the study guide).'' &lt;br /&gt;
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Linear A is a written language from the Minoan period of Bronze-Age Crete. While its symbols share some similarities with the deciphered Linear B, Linear A remains a mystery to linguists, historians, and cryptographers. Many of the symbols correspond to letters and glyphs in the ancient Phoenician, Minoan, Hittite, and Urrudian alphabets, but do not appear to have the same meaning. Furthermore, only a few artefacts have been discovered which bear writing in Linear A script, and the sequence of glpyhs and letters on artefacts is not always the same. This confounds efforts to find a mathematical pattern which would help establish a basic grammar. However, some theories have been proposed. Vladimir Georgiev proposed that Linear A is simply an archaic dialect of Ancient Greek, and its writers had not understood that some of their letters were from other alphabets. Gareth Owens proposes that Linear A is a derivative of Luwian, a language written using the Hittite alphabet, while Jan Best suggests that it is in fact a combination of Phoenician letters and glyphs from an as-yet undiscovered native script. None of these theories fully explain Linear A; testament to the complexity of any language and the arbitrary nature of all forms of writing. Letters and glyphs have no intrinsic meaning, only meaning which people collectively impose upon them, and our own languages today are no exception to this rule. &lt;br /&gt;
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''10. Discuss any aspect of the lecture.''&lt;br /&gt;
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The Lecture claims that Jesus did not have a defence lawyer at his trial because the Romans lacked the concept of judicial defence. However, the famous orator Marcus Tullius (Nicknamed &amp;quot;Cicero&amp;quot;; 106-43 BC) made his early career defending Sextus Roscius, Aulus Cluentius, Lucius Murena, Aulus Archias, Marcus Rufus, and famously Titus Milo, among others. As these defences took place in trials at the Senate itself, and as Cicero (as the survivng texts demonstrate) was obliged to follow complex protocols and anticipate his opponents' speeches, there is very significant evidence that the Romans indeed embraced the concept of defence lawyers. The reason Jesus did not have one are disputable. Judea was an insignificant province at the time and Jesus was, in the eyes of Pontius Pilate (but not Caiphas and Annas) an insignificant man. It is also unlikely that Jesus had the financial resources to hire a defence lawyer, and most importantly, it was God's plan that Jesus be found guilty and executed to save us from our sins. Had Jesus been assigned a defence lawyer, and won his case, then God's plan for salvation would not have happened!&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>World History Homework Two Answers - Student 8</title>
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&lt;div&gt;'''Answer 4 out of 6 questions below:''' &lt;br /&gt;
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''1. When did the Greek empire exist, and what events mark its beginning and its end?''&lt;br /&gt;
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''2. What is your favorite Aesop's Fable, and why? Explain.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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''3. Pick one of the Greek philosophers and compare and contrast him with another Greek philosopher.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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''4. Explain how the expansion and influence of the Greek culture became useful to the growth of Christianity. Mention the role played by Alexander the Great.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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''5. Pick two of the important ancient empires other than the Greek empire, and briefly describe them.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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''6. Write 150 words on any aspect of the lecture, or describe 3 important terms from the lecture (such as adding them to the study guide above).'' &lt;br /&gt;
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'''Honors Questions (answer any 2 in addition to the above questions)''' &lt;br /&gt;
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''7. Write an essay of 200 words on any aspect of one or more ancient languages, such as their development or origins (or add 5 terms with descriptions to the study guide).'' &lt;br /&gt;
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''8. What weaknesses, if any, do you see in the ancient Greek democracy?'' &lt;br /&gt;
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''9. Discuss the ancient Persian empire, and suggest reasons why it could not withstand the expansion of Alexander the Great.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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''10. Discuss any aspect of the lecture.''&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>World History Homework One Answers - Student 5</title>
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&lt;div&gt;'''This week answer the following questions and either post your answers online or hand them in at the next class:''' &lt;br /&gt;
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''1. Which do you think was the most important invention, idea or law discussed in the lecture? Include in your answer the &amp;quot;when, where, what, why and how.&amp;quot;''&lt;br /&gt;
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This is a matter of personal opinion, but for me it was Egyptian medicine. Even as far back as the Old Kingdom, Egypt was famous in the ancient world for having the best doctors. Several of the surviving Amarna Letters, which are ancient New Kingdom-era diplomatic letters between Pharaohs and foreign kings, contain requests from foreign kings for the Pharaoh to send a good doctor for their palace. Egyptian religion claimed that there was a goddess of both disease and healing (Sekhmet), and the physician Imhotep was later deified. Several medical texts have survived (the Kahun, Erbst, and Hearst papyruses) which prescribe some rather strange medicines (such as curing baldness by smearing the head in crocodile dung!). Good bodies are the gift of God, and good medicine is the greatest gift which Man has bequeathed us.&lt;br /&gt;
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''2. Pick one of the major ancient empires mentioned in the lecture, and describe basic information about it. Include in your answer a reference to how it compared with another ancient empire mentioned in the lecture.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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Egypt and Nubia have long been close neighbours. In the Proto- and Pre-Dynastic Eras (c.6000-3100 BC), a number of small agrarian fiefdoms emerged along the Nile. Eventually solidifying into the Two Kingdoms of Egypt - the Upper, or Valley; and the Lower, or Delta - were unified by King Menes-Narmer with a capital at Men-Nefer; the Old Kingdom. Nubia, though, remained semi-independent and a trading partner of Egypt. The centralisation of state power and resources, coupled with Egyptian acquisition of Nubian gold, enabled the early Pharaohs to expend labour and materials on monumental funerary construction. Historians disagree as to the causes of the Old Kingdom's decline, but archaeological evidence appears to point towards a series of low floods which significantly reduced the food supply and therefore the legitimacy of central authority. During the First Intermediate Period (c.2181-2055 BC) Egypt split back into multiple local societies, until reunified by the Mentuhoteps of Waset. The subsequent Middle Kingdom saw the flourishing of Egyptian art and culture, with increasing commercial and diplomatic interaction, and military clashes, with the Nubians. The Middle Kingdom entered a period of rapid decline apparently synchronous with migration into the Nile Delta from the Levant (the &amp;quot;Hyksos Migration&amp;quot; theory). During the Second Intermediate Period (c.seventeenth century BC) Egypt ''again'' fractured while Nubia - which had by this point been significantly Egyptianised - again retained semi-independence and improved relations with an increasingly dependent kingdom around Egypt's largest city, Waset. Following the reunification of Egypt by the Ahmoses, the New Kingdom (c.1550-1100) saw relations between Egypt and Nubia become significantly more equal. Egypt maintained military control over Nubia, while Egyptian culture permeated the Nubian elite, yet Egyptianised Nubians were able to gain significant political and economic power in the Two Kingdoms. The decline of the New Kingdom, caused by internal political squabbling, saw Egypt and Nubia fracture in the Third Intermediate Period (c.1070-660 BC) until a Nubian military campaign led by Piye reunified Nubia and Egypt under the Twenty-Fifth (Nubian) Dynasty consisting of the Nubian Pharaohs Piye, Shabaka, Shebitku, and Taharqa. Following Taharqa's defeat by the Assyrians, Egypt and Nubia again split, forming two distinct civilisations which continue to this day.&lt;br /&gt;
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''3. There are several tables in the lecture containing various estimated dates. Pick one of those estimated dates and explain either why it surprises you, why you think it may be wrong, or why you know it is correct.''&lt;br /&gt;
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4004 BC. The table claims that Adam and Eve were created in 4004 BC, but the main text claims that &amp;quot;there is no reliable evidence of Man existing before 3500 BC&amp;quot;, and that &amp;quot;there is no reason to think that man existed for thousands of years without ever expressing himself in written form&amp;quot;. If Man was created in 4004 BC and immediately began writing, why is there no evidence of writing until 3500 BC? One of the Mysteries of History, perhaps.&lt;br /&gt;
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''4. Either write an essay of at least 150 words in length on any aspect of the lecture, or add or fill in 3 important terms from the lecture for the Study Guide at the link above (mention in your homework which three terms you picked).'' &lt;br /&gt;
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(See Q.5 below)&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Honors Questions''' &lt;br /&gt;
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''5. Write a longer essay (500 words rather than 150 words) in your answer to question 4, or add or fill in 6 important terms from the lecture for the Study Guide at the link above.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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Throughout history, Ancient Egyptian religion was overwhelmingly polytheistic (the worship of multiple gods). But they had several contradictory Creation stories.&lt;br /&gt;
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1) Ra. In the Old Kingdom, the Egyptian Creator-God, Holy Ra, was the dominant god. Egyptian mythology claimed that Ra had created himself out of the Primordial Water, and thus created the first Order over Chaos. But Ra, lonely at being the only intellect in existence, cried, and humans emerged from the tears. Ra then created the other gods to keep him company and help him govern the humans, which he did until a human rebellion forced him to appoint a half-man, half-god (the Pharaoh) to rule on his behalf. The cult of Ra spread throughout Egypt and Nubia throughout the Old and Middle Kingdoms, and merged with other gods, taking on their aspects (Ra-Khepri, Ra-Herakhty, etc).&lt;br /&gt;
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2) Osiris. This version of the Ra myth contradicts the above version. In this myth, Ra creates the universe but does not create humans, instead making other lesser gods to serve him. Favourite among these was Osiris, and when humans were eventually created - by accident - Ra gave Osiris control over them. But Osiris' brother, Seth, tricked Osiris and killed him (similar to the story of Cain and Abel! There is even a Seth in Genesis - maybe the Egyptians meant the actual story of Cain and Abel but got one of the names wrong). Osiris' wife Isis put his body back together and their son Horus fought Seth, and won.&lt;br /&gt;
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3) Ptah. Similar to the Biblical information, this myth claims that Ptah was a craftsman-god who made all of the universe with his carpenter's tools, then breathed life into animals and Man. This contradicts the Ra myth - Egyptians had a lot of contradictions!&lt;br /&gt;
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4) Amun. Amun was originally a minor local god from Waset, but as Waset grew in tremendous political power in the Middle and New Kingdoms, Amun became a more important god who was claimed to have created the universe through unknowable magic. Under the reign of the three Amenhoteps, the priesthood of Amun, and their temple at Karnak, became so powerful that the new Pharaoh, Akhenaten, feared them. He elevated a very minor god, the Aten, and declared it was the sole god (monotheism). He even moved the capital to a custom-built city, and shocked Egyptians by saying that Aten cared for all humans, not just the Egyptians. Historians disagree why exactly Akhenaten did this - he may have been doing it as a political move against the Amun priesthood, he may have genuinely believed it, or liberal historians might have misinterpreted the data. Akhenaten's neglect of the military and foreign policy caused the Egyptian empire to badly decline, and his son Tutankhamun, who followed Akhenaten, was a weak boy who died young. After Tutankhamun's death, the Chief of the Royal Armies, General Horemheb, led a conservative counter-revolution which returned Egypt to its traditions, threw the invaders out, and proclaimed himself King. Egypt did not experience monotheism again until the late Roman Empire legalised Christianity.&lt;br /&gt;
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''6. Which matters most to the success of an ancient empire: its technology, its laws, its language, or its geography? Explain, with specific examples.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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All, and none.&lt;br /&gt;
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Technology in the Copper and Bronze Ages was largely the same across the civilised world. Although ironworking was practiced by some societies (such as the Hatti, or Hittites), the iron produced was brittle and largely used for ceremonial, not practical, purposes. In cases where a particular technology was not used - such as wheels not being used in Egypt - this was not due to a lack of knowledge but a lack of practical application. The Egyptians were aware of the concept of the wheel (they used potters' wheels, for instance, and tomb models of carts have been found), it was simply that wheels were highly impractical at the time as they were fragile and liable to sink into the sand. Therefore the majority of transport was on boats, with land transport consisting of pack-animals and sledges hauled by labourers. Given, therefore, the technological similarity of ancient civilisations, we cannot use that as an answer.&lt;br /&gt;
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Law is a concept which emerged long before any of the civilisations discussed in the Lecture. Hunter-gatherer societies still exist, and they have laws against murder, incest, and other similar things which were outlawed in ancient societies and which we still prohibit today. There is strong evidence for law emerging long before civilisation, as Almighty God gave laws to Adam and Eve (which they broke). As ancient societies did not generally follow Biblical law, their laws cannot be considered good or important.&lt;br /&gt;
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Language is inconsequential to the success or failure of any society, ancient or modern. All forms of writing use arbitrary symbols which have no meaning on their own - rather, they have meaning because of collective agreement. The ancient cuneiform and hieroglyph languages look incomprehensible to us, but the modern Latin alphabet used by English-speakers is equally incomprehensible to a native Chinese. Speech is, for obvious reasons, much more difficult to assess, as there are no living speakers of ancient languages. Experts ''think'' they can approximate the pronounciation, but cannot be sure despite what some adherents claim. &lt;br /&gt;
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Geography - or more specifically, geographical determinism - is a debated issue in history. For example, some geographers and historians point to the Nile River as a unique place for a society to emerge and flourish, due to its fertility from annual flooding (before the 1950s), and natural borders in the form of deserts, sea, and mountains to the south. But if we consider that similarly impressive societies emerged along the Tigris and Euphrates - as the Lecture says - and if we also consider that Egypt was invaded and fell into political disunity several times in its history, we might question just how important Egypt's geography was.&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Extra Credit (regular or Honors) '''&lt;br /&gt;
''7. What is your favorite mystery about the ancient world, and what do you think explains it? Some suggested possibilities include: &lt;br /&gt;
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The invention of the wheel: who, when and how? &lt;br /&gt;
How did the Egyptians build the pyramids? &lt;br /&gt;
Why did ancient empires collapse?''&lt;br /&gt;
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Construction of the Egyptian pyramids is indeed a mystery, but we can piece togther an educated guess. The first pyramids, such as the Stepped Pyramid of Pharaoh Djoser, were much smaller than the later Giza pyramids which are so famous today. Remnants of the ramps used to drag mudbricks to built it have been discovered. By the time the Giza pyramids were started, the Egyptians had centuries of experience constructing such monuments. When we consider that Egypt had no rival societies, a large population, and ample resources, it was fairly easy for the Old Kingdom Pharaohs to amass armies of workers (paying their state taxes in the form of labour for their God-King). Using simple technology, simple mathematics, a long time, and a ''lot'' of muscle from an army of devoted workers who (wrongly) thought they were serving a God, the construction of the pyramids does not seem quite such a mystery!&lt;br /&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;RexBanner: Signing up for the World History course!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;You can sign up for the fall course in World History here, by editing this file and clicking the signature button (10th one from the left above) next to one of the entries below:&lt;br /&gt;
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*[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 22:28, 23 July 2011 (EDT) (instructor)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 19:17, 31 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 20:22, 2 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[User:FrederickT3|FrederickT3]] 12:14, 14 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[User:TimothyFlowers|TimothyFlowers]] 13:09, 14 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:RexBanner|RexBanner]] 17:41, 30 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
*41 students have enrolled from [[New Jersey]] as of Aug. 17, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Total enrollment''': 45&lt;br /&gt;
Work on the [[World History Study Guide to 1648‎]], and improvements to it are welcome; the class itself begins September 1, 2011.&lt;br /&gt;
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== See also ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*[http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/ex_history.html CLEP materials]&lt;br /&gt;
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