I know, with how many various wikis that are around on the internet, a new one isn't much news. However, this is too good to pass up. This wiki's purpose it to combat the inherant "bias" of the ever-popular Wikipedia.
Bringing straight to you all the "facts" of the worlds straight from the conservative viewpoint. For both of you that think my snark may be uncalled for, here's the text from the article on unicorns.
The existence of unicorns is controversial. Secular opinion is that they are mythical. However, they are referred to in the Bible nine times,[1] which provides an unimpeachable de facto argument for their once having been in existence.
In the original texts, unicorns go by the Hebrew name Re-em whereas the Greek Septuagint used the name Monokeros.[2] Unicorn itself is Latin. All three names mean "one horn".
While popularly characterized as a horned member of the horse baramin, it is likely that the unicorn was actually quite unhorselike. One recognized theory is that the unicorn was actually the rhinoceros,[1] however a growing number of Creation researchers are theorizing that the unicorn was actually a member of the ceratopsian baramin.[2]
Post-Noachian references[1] to unicorns have led some researchers to argue that unicorns are still alive today. At the very least, it is likely that they were taken aboard the Ark prior to the Great Flood.
So, what do you all think? If you find any "interesting" things there, be sure to link.
I think you've happened across one of the many entries created by bloggers who've fucked with the site at a rate that far exceeds the administrators' ability to control.
I think you've happened across one of the many entries created by bloggers who've fucked with the site at a rate that far exceeds the administrators' ability to control.
If that's the case, they've hit the entire site:
The Wikipedia entry for the Piltdown Man omits many key facts, such as how it was taught in schools for an entire generation and how the dating methodology used by evolutionists is fraudulent.
I think you've happened across one of the many entries created by bloggers who've fucked with the site at a rate that far exceeds the administrators' ability to control.
If that's the case, they've hit the entire site:
The Wikipedia entry for the Piltdown Man omits many key facts, such as how it was taught in schools for an entire generation and how the dating methodology used by evolutionists is fraudulent.
No, I'm pretty sure that one's authentic.
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On the main talk page:
"Should Conservapedia be taken offline, or locked against editing, on Sundays?"
I think you've happened across one of the many entries created by bloggers who've fucked with the site at a rate that far exceeds the administrators' ability to control.
I'm tempted to send an e-mail, asking them how they expect family-friendly information to reflect the reality of family unfriendly situations. And if they don't expect to tell the whole truth in such situations, (say a bigraphy of an influential but all too human figure) how they can claim to dispense accurate information.
edit: I was really hoping FARK would've picked this up by now
It's funny that you say that because I just learned about Conservapedia on Fark this morning. I figured that this was a satire site, like Black People Love Us.
Dude seriously - people need to stop saying all homeschoolers are homeschooled because they have crazy ass religious parents. I know a lot of home schooled kids personally but I have yet to meet one who was taught at home for religious reasons.
Dude seriously - people need to stop saying all homeschoolers are homeschooled because they have crazy ass religious parents. I know a lot of home schooled kids personally but I have yet to meet one who was taught at home for religious reasons.
That's because you live in the Northeast, where religious extremism isn't nearly as popular as it is in the rest of the country.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 38.4% of homeschooling parents cite religion as one of the reasons they homeschool. I know that probably a good half of the kids I knew who were homeschooled were homeschooled because of religious reasons, and most of the rest because of some crazy belief that all public schools are full of drugs and gangs, with daily shootings and kids smoking up in class, which, as far as I'm concerned, is just as bad as religious reasons.
Dude seriously - people need to stop saying all homeschoolers are homeschooled because they have crazy ass religious parents. I know a lot of home schooled kids personally but I have yet to meet one who was taught at home for religious reasons.
That's because you live in the Northeast, where religious extremism isn't nearly as popular as it is in the rest of the country.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 38.4% of homeschooling parents cite religion as one of the reasons they homeschool. I know that probably a good half of the kids I knew who were homeschooled were homeschooled because of religious reasons, and most of the rest because of some crazy belief that all public schools are full of drugs and gangs, with daily shootings and kids smoking up in class, which, as far as I'm concerned, is just as bad as religious reasons.
Homeschooling for religious reasons is pretty big in Texas. Hey, just look at the Texas Eagle Forum. I go to Baylor University in Texas; the majority of the home-schooled kids who end up here are almost all very, very religious. But I'm not going to try to draw a conclusion from that.
I can't speak for the rest of the country or even the south, but I'd say a majority of the kids who are homeschooled in Texas are for either A) Religious reasons, or 2) some sort of activity the child does. If gymnastics or somesuch sport is literally the kids life, they are often homeschooled... but again, a majority of the homeschooled kids I meet down here are very religious.
I read the OP and was like "Does the OP not realize that this conservapedia is ironic... I mean the unicorn entry..." but I guess it isn't. Its getting obnoxious, the religious tie to the word conservative. Ugh.
Considering that your original point was that not all homeschoolers are homeschooled... it doesn't really need rebutting.
Regardless, religion is an issue in a minority of homeschoolers.
I'm confused? What possible reason is there to homeschool your children beyond disabilities that make traditional schooling impossible and crazy-batshit religious reasons?
I'm not claiming anecdotal evidence is conclusive, but of the 50 plus homeschoolers I've met in Upstate NY at some point in my life, each and every one was homeschooled for religious reasons.
Dude seriously - people need to stop saying all homeschoolers are homeschooled because they have crazy ass religious parents. I know a lot of home schooled kids personally but I have yet to meet one who was taught at home for religious reasons.
That's because you live in the Northeast, where religious extremism isn't nearly as popular as it is in the rest of the country.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 38.4% of homeschooling parents cite religion as one of the reasons they homeschool. I know that probably a good half of the kids I knew who were homeschooled were homeschooled because of religious reasons, and most of the rest because of some crazy belief that all public schools are full of drugs and gangs, with daily shootings and kids smoking up in class, which, as far as I'm concerned, is just as bad as religious reasons.
Wow 34%.
Way to rebutt my point. Powerful.
Yes, because that was my goal: rebutting your point. :roll:
Considering that your original point was that not all homeschoolers are homeschooled... it doesn't really need rebutting.
Regardless, religion is an issue in a minority of homeschoolers.
I'm confused? What possible reason is there to homeschool your children beyond disabilities that make traditional schooling impossible and crazy-batshit religious reasons?
I'm not claiming anecdotal evidence is conclusive, but of the 50 plus homeschoolers I've met in Upstate NY at some point in my life, each and every one was homeschooled for religious reasons.
I was homeschooled for a year because my previous elementary school was pretty crappy. I enjoyed it, but regular school is fine too.
Considering that your original point was that not all homeschoolers are homeschooled... it doesn't really need rebutting.
Regardless, religion is an issue in a minority of homeschoolers.
I'm confused? What possible reason is there to homeschool your children beyond disabilities that make traditional schooling impossible and crazy-batshit religious reasons?
I'm not claiming anecdotal evidence is conclusive, but of the 50 plus homeschoolers I've met in Upstate NY at some point in my life, each and every one was homeschooled for religious reasons.
I was homeschooled for a year because my previous elementary school was pretty crappy. I enjoyed it, but regular school is fine too.
<--- not religious at all.
I understand that there are people (apparently 66% of homeschoolers) who don't do it for religious reasons, I just don't understand reasons like the one you gave. Is there anywhere in the US where there's only 1 school district available?
I mean, if you're homeschooled, you have a parent home full time, so you should be able to drive to the next district over, and there's usually only a nominal enrollment fee for going to another school district. So why did your parents chose to home school you instead of transfering you to another school?
Dude seriously - people need to stop saying all homeschoolers are homeschooled because they have crazy ass religious parents. I know a lot of home schooled kids personally but I have yet to meet one who was taught at home for religious reasons.
That's because you live in the Northeast, where religious extremism isn't nearly as popular as it is in the rest of the country.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 38.4% of homeschooling parents cite religion as one of the reasons they homeschool. I know that probably a good half of the kids I knew who were homeschooled were homeschooled because of religious reasons, and most of the rest because of some crazy belief that all public schools are full of drugs and gangs, with daily shootings and kids smoking up in class, which, as far as I'm concerned, is just as bad as religious reasons.
Wow 34%.
Way to rebutt my point. Powerful.
Yes, because that was my goal: rebutting your point. :roll:
What did you think, I was arguing that no homeschoolers are kept home for religious reasons?
Dude seriously - people need to stop saying all homeschoolers are homeschooled because they have crazy ass religious parents. I know a lot of home schooled kids personally but I have yet to meet one who was taught at home for religious reasons.
That's because you live in the Northeast, where religious extremism isn't nearly as popular as it is in the rest of the country.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 38.4% of homeschooling parents cite religion as one of the reasons they homeschool. I know that probably a good half of the kids I knew who were homeschooled were homeschooled because of religious reasons, and most of the rest because of some crazy belief that all public schools are full of drugs and gangs, with daily shootings and kids smoking up in class, which, as far as I'm concerned, is just as bad as religious reasons.
Wow 34%.
Way to rebutt my point. Powerful.
Yes, because that was my goal: rebutting your point. :roll:
What did you think, I was arguing that no homeschoolers are kept home for religious reasons?
No, I was merely clarifying, bringing some actual information into the debate (instead of just "I know a bunch of people") and attempting to explain where your perspective likely came from.
"notihng useful has ever come of the theory of relativity"
I guess the chump has never heard of Nuclear power...
I am so unsure wether it is satire or not.. Because it's not FUNNY, but it's so STUPID...
No, the truth is even worse(ie: more hillarious). They thought that the Theory of Relativity was the same thing as Moral Relativity. You can't make shit like that up.
This energy is referred to as rest energy. The rest energy does not cause any conflict with the Newtonian theory because it is a constant and, as far as kinetic energy is concerned, it is only differences in energy which are meaningful.
Taking this formula at face value, we see that in relativity, mass is simply another form of energy. In 1927 Einstein remarked about special relativity:
Under this theory mass is not an unalterable magnitude, but a magnitude dependent on (and, indeed, identical with) the amount of energy.[2]
This formula becomes important when one measures the masses of different atomic nuclei. By looking at the difference in masses, one can predict which nuclei have extra stored energy that can be released by nuclear reactions, providing important information which was useful in the development of the nuclear bomb. The implications of this formula on 20th-century life have made it one of the most famous equations in all of science."
I understand that there are people (apparently 66% of homeschoolers) who don't do it for religious reasons, I just don't understand reasons like the one you gave. Is there anywhere in the US where there's only 1 school district available?
I mean, if you're homeschooled, you have a parent home full time, so you should be able to drive to the next district over, and there's usually only a nominal enrollment fee for going to another school district. So why did your parents chose to home school you instead of transfering you to another school?
Some people in the Bible belt who homeschool because they feel the public schools are too religious.
I guess that's kind of homeschooling for religious reasons, though?
I understand that there are people (apparently 66% of homeschoolers) who don't do it for religious reasons, I just don't understand reasons like the one you gave. Is there anywhere in the US where there's only 1 school district available?
I mean, if you're homeschooled, you have a parent home full time, so you should be able to drive to the next district over, and there's usually only a nominal enrollment fee for going to another school district. So why did your parents chose to home school you instead of transfering you to another school?
Some people in the Bible belt who homeschool because they feel the public schools are too religious.
I guess that's kind of homeschooling for religious reasons, though?
I'm picturing a school system somewhere in the Bible Belt which, while being pretty religious and turning off those families who aren't, is not religious enough for those who really are . . . and nobody goes to it.
Heh, entry for the Iran-Iraq War:
"[Blah, blah, blah, poor grammar, spelling mistakes] . . . Over three thousand people died in the Iran-Iraq War."
Now that's what I call a conservative encylopaedia.
This energy is referred to as rest energy. The rest energy does not cause any conflict with the Newtonian theory because it is a constant and, as far as kinetic energy is concerned, it is only differences in energy which are meaningful.
Taking this formula at face value, we see that in relativity, mass is simply another form of energy. In 1927 Einstein remarked about special relativity:
Under this theory mass is not an unalterable magnitude, but a magnitude dependent on (and, indeed, identical with) the amount of energy.[2]
This formula becomes important when one measures the masses of different atomic nuclei. By looking at the difference in masses, one can predict which nuclei have extra stored energy that can be released by nuclear reactions, providing important information which was useful in the development of the nuclear bomb. The implications of this formula on 20th-century life have made it one of the most famous equations in all of science."
wait, so you're saying that energy is equal to mass times the speed of light squared?
big deal. It's not like that means that we could potentially get massive amounts of energy from a small amount of matter and like, use it to build power plants, or drive huge ships or maybe even use it as a weapon somehow.
jeez:roll:
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Yes,... yes, I agree. It's totally unfair that sober you gets into trouble for things that drunk you did.
I understand that there are people (apparently 66% of homeschoolers) who don't do it for religious reasons, I just don't understand reasons like the one you gave. Is there anywhere in the US where there's only 1 school district available?
I mean, if you're homeschooled, you have a parent home full time, so you should be able to drive to the next district over, and there's usually only a nominal enrollment fee for going to another school district. So why did your parents chose to home school you instead of transfering you to another school?
Some people in the Bible belt who homeschool because they feel the public schools are too religious.
I guess that's kind of homeschooling for religious reasons, though?
I'm picturing a school system somewhere in the Bible Belt which, while being pretty religious and turning off those families who aren't, is not religious enough for those who really are . . . and nobody goes to it.
Heh, entry for the Iran-Iraq War:
"[Blah, blah, blah, poor grammar, spelling mistakes] . . . Over three thousand people died in the Iran-Iraq War."
Now that's what I call a conservative encylopaedia.
Well, it's true. It's even close, as long as you don't count non-Americans as people. And I mean, really, who would?
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It's not a funny one though
edit: I was really hoping FARK would've picked this up by now
If that's the case, they've hit the entire site:
"Should Conservapedia be taken offline, or locked against editing, on Sundays?"
not at all
your sig was going as I read this.
It fit well
Editing a Wiki hardly constitutes as "work". For many people, it's more of a hobby.
I wanted to bring up the entry on Islam, which was one of the first things I checked out.
Anyway, here's an interesting blog entry with a bit about the guy behind the whole mess, as well as some wonderful quotes.
Jon Swift: Conservapedia
His name is "Jon Swift"? Definitely a satire site then.
You didn't open it, did you.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 38.4% of homeschooling parents cite religion as one of the reasons they homeschool. I know that probably a good half of the kids I knew who were homeschooled were homeschooled because of religious reasons, and most of the rest because of some crazy belief that all public schools are full of drugs and gangs, with daily shootings and kids smoking up in class, which, as far as I'm concerned, is just as bad as religious reasons.
Wow 34%.
Way to rebutt my point. Powerful.
I can't speak for the rest of the country or even the south, but I'd say a majority of the kids who are homeschooled in Texas are for either A) Religious reasons, or 2) some sort of activity the child does. If gymnastics or somesuch sport is literally the kids life, they are often homeschooled... but again, a majority of the homeschooled kids I meet down here are very religious.
I read the OP and was like "Does the OP not realize that this conservapedia is ironic... I mean the unicorn entry..." but I guess it isn't. Its getting obnoxious, the religious tie to the word conservative. Ugh.
Regardless, religion is an issue in a minority of homeschoolers.
I'm confused? What possible reason is there to homeschool your children beyond disabilities that make traditional schooling impossible and crazy-batshit religious reasons?
I'm not claiming anecdotal evidence is conclusive, but of the 50 plus homeschoolers I've met in Upstate NY at some point in my life, each and every one was homeschooled for religious reasons.
"notihng useful has ever come of the theory of relativity"
I guess the chump has never heard of Nuclear power...
I am so unsure wether it is satire or not.. Because it's not FUNNY, but it's so STUPID...
- "Proving once again the deadliest animal of all ... is the Zoo Keeper" - Philip J Fry
I was homeschooled for a year because my previous elementary school was pretty crappy. I enjoyed it, but regular school is fine too.
<--- not religious at all.
I understand that there are people (apparently 66% of homeschoolers) who don't do it for religious reasons, I just don't understand reasons like the one you gave. Is there anywhere in the US where there's only 1 school district available?
I mean, if you're homeschooled, you have a parent home full time, so you should be able to drive to the next district over, and there's usually only a nominal enrollment fee for going to another school district. So why did your parents chose to home school you instead of transfering you to another school?
I am willing to bet a large sum of money that he doesn't consider Nuclear Power to be something useful.
. . .
What did you think, I was arguing that no homeschoolers are kept home for religious reasons?
No, the truth is even worse(ie: more hillarious). They thought that the Theory of Relativity was the same thing as Moral Relativity. You can't make shit like that up.
I'm fairly sure that the theory of relativity has very little, if anything, to do with nuclear physics.
" E_{rest} = m c^2 \,\!
This energy is referred to as rest energy. The rest energy does not cause any conflict with the Newtonian theory because it is a constant and, as far as kinetic energy is concerned, it is only differences in energy which are meaningful.
Taking this formula at face value, we see that in relativity, mass is simply another form of energy. In 1927 Einstein remarked about special relativity:
Under this theory mass is not an unalterable magnitude, but a magnitude dependent on (and, indeed, identical with) the amount of energy.[2]
This formula becomes important when one measures the masses of different atomic nuclei. By looking at the difference in masses, one can predict which nuclei have extra stored energy that can be released by nuclear reactions, providing important information which was useful in the development of the nuclear bomb. The implications of this formula on 20th-century life have made it one of the most famous equations in all of science."
"some wonderful quotes" as in, "every damn sentence".
Some people in the Bible belt who homeschool because they feel the public schools are too religious.
I guess that's kind of homeschooling for religious reasons, though?
Steam: pazython
Heh, entry for the Iran-Iraq War:
"[Blah, blah, blah, poor grammar, spelling mistakes] . . . Over three thousand people died in the Iran-Iraq War."
Now that's what I call a conservative encylopaedia.
wait, so you're saying that energy is equal to mass times the speed of light squared?
big deal. It's not like that means that we could potentially get massive amounts of energy from a small amount of matter and like, use it to build power plants, or drive huge ships or maybe even use it as a weapon somehow.
jeez:roll: