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| − | The Conservapedia Commandments suffer from a fatal flaw. | + | #REDIRECT [[The Conservapedia Commandments]] |
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| − | The first commandment is ''"1 - Everything you post must be true and '''verifiable'''. "''
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| − | However, as a website dedicated to promoting Christian Values and Christian theology in both an encyclopedia and on the internet as a whole this suffers from a serious logical error.
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| − | "Verifiable" is defined by Webster's Dictionary as the following:
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| − | 1. capable of being verified; "a verifiable account of the incident"
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| − | 2. capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation
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| − | "Verify" is defined by Webster's Dictionary as the following:
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| − | 1. to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
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| − | 2. to ascertain the truth or correctness of, as by examination, research, or comparison: to verify a spelling.
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| − | 3. to act as ultimate proof or evidence of; serve to confirm.
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| − | 4. Law.
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| − | a. to prove or confirm (an allegation).
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| − | b. to state to be true, esp. in legal use, formally or upon oath.
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| − | However, Christianity, the Bible, and the word of God cannot be verified as true. Therefore any Christian related articles on the Website are a violation of the first commandment of Conservapedia.
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