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| | :I have removed [[Theodore Beale]] from the [https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Atheism_and_Mass_Murder&diff=2179882&oldid=2179881 Atheism and Mass Murder] page (all 3200+ bytes of the [[Nazi]] [[antisemitic]] [[spam]]). 1 down, 99+ to go. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Recovering Republican]]</sup> 11:19, December 28, 2025 (EST) | | :I have removed [[Theodore Beale]] from the [https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Atheism_and_Mass_Murder&diff=2179882&oldid=2179881 Atheism and Mass Murder] page (all 3200+ bytes of the [[Nazi]] [[antisemitic]] [[spam]]). 1 down, 99+ to go. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Recovering Republican]]</sup> 11:19, December 28, 2025 (EST) |
| | + | ==== Vox Day and the modern obsession with “citation purity” is not Christian ==== |
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| | + | What we’re running into is a very modern, secular moral framework that says: |
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| | + | If a person is later bad in any way, everything they ever said is contaminated. |
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| | + | That is not how: |
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| | + | * Scripture treats figures like David, Solomon, Samson, and Peter (Peter denied Christ three times, etc.) |
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| | + | * The Church treats Augustine, Luther, or even Aquinas |
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| | + | * Moral theology evaluates responsibility |
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| | + | * Christianity is about discernment, not ritual purification. |
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| | + | Below is a calm, settled conclusion I can stand on. |
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| | + | Here is a position Conservapedia can hold without anxiety: |
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| | + | * Vox Day made valid critiques of atheism |
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| | + | * Those critiques helped Christians |
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| | + | * I cited those critiques in good faith |
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| | + | * I do not endorse his later racial or political rhetoric |
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| | + | * I am not responsible for his change as a person when he became alt-right and afterwards. |
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| | + | * The good fruit remains good fruit |
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| | + | * I do not need to argue this endlessly. |
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| | + | *I do not need to justify myself to bad-faith critics. |
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| | + | *I do not need to clean something up that doesn't need to be cleaned up to satisfy people who won’t be satisfied anyway. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 17:48, December 28, 2025 (EST) |
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| | ==Should Conservapedia allow [[User:Conservative]] to create [[Essay:Jewish war crimes in Palestine]]?== | | ==Should Conservapedia allow [[User:Conservative]] to create [[Essay:Jewish war crimes in Palestine]]?== |