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I'm disappointed that the God of War entry doesn't list the whoring, including the button-mashing/sexualizing sequences

andy schlafly never found those parts

Hahaha that British uh "addendum" in the Damian Green thing! A+ conservapedia trolling.

http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Sarah_Palin&diff=prev&oldid=523414

http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=People's_Republic_of_China&diff=prev&oldid=471393

Guy who did the Damien Greene edits has got some choice back catalogue cuts.

Offensive remarks by Sandra Bernhard

Hi. The liberal comedian Sandra Bernhard made remarks which were deeply offensive to Sarah Palin and to Christians in a recent comedy performance. Breadan43 15:50, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

andy schlafly never found those parts

excellent, a double-edged zing, points for you

"A crowd much smaller than the millions predicted by the liberal media show up in D.C. for Obama's swearing in as President.[8] His first official order is expected to be to authorize taxpayer funding for abortion in foreign countries. "

LOL

I second that LOL.

I don't know, this is pretty much LOL all the way:

http://www.conservapedia.com/Obama?&&

I know we lost a week...
But we can't stay in some alternate universe where G.W.Bush is still president forever, especially if this article is going to link to the front page. We need to update this article to show that Obama is now president. I would do so, but its locked. As it has been. For quite some time. --DReynolds 23:57, 27 January 2009 (EST)

trustworthy

Have we mentioned Andy Schlafly's recent effort to rewrite(not retranslate) the Bible to fit in line with the rightwing ego-defense that the rest of the site?

link plz

what has to happen to a person to have this kind of break with reality?

wat

If that's not just fronting, it deserves a new thread.

'allegedly born in Honolulu', sets the tone straight away.

http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Essay:Adulteress_Story

hang on aren't you banned

When he takes office, President Obama will be the first person having ties to a known former terrorist to gain control over America's nuclear weapons.

http://www.conservapedia.com/Bible_Retranslation_Project

http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Bible_Retranslation_Project

And the Rationalwiki converage: http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Conservapedia:Bible_Retranslation_Project

Project outline

The project apparently does not involve much actual translating (e.g., from the original Hebrew texts or later Latin or Greek texts), but rather changing words and concepts that Schlafly feels threatens his personal concept of Christian Conservatism. It is more of an alteration project; rather than addressing the ancient texts, the words of the original authors and the context in which they were written, Schlafly and his close supporters are aiming to modify the language in existing English translations of biblical text. This is probably because, while claiming to have expertise in ancient Greek,(1) he seems to have a shaky grasp of it and isn't even sure that's what Jesus was speaking.(2)
(edit) Reasons behind the project

The stated rationale behind the project is that English is changing (or "devolving" according to Schlafly(3)) so rapidly that the words in previous Biblical translations are no longer accurate. Schlafly goes on to say that "If a word inevitably alters its meaning after an approximate number of uses, then the time period for the change in meaning will shorten due to improved technology". The project also focuses on the fact that several new words have entered the English lexicon since the original translations of the Bible and that these could be useful in adding new bias giving the translation more relevant meaning (naturally, these words include homeschool and conservative). Presumably this means that by the time the project is completed, it will already be out of date and a new translation will be required to compensate for further devolution.

The roots of the idea seem to lie in Schlafly's Conservapedia entry for Disputed Biblical Translations, started earlier in December 2008. In this he lamented that recent translations such as the New International Version have fewer direct mentions of Hell, the Devil and the divinity of Jesus Christ than are in the King James Version. Of course in Schlafly's mind this is all about liberal creep and misappropriation, rather than anything to do with advances in classical scholarship over the past four centuries...

I parsed that incorrectly. (xp)

Suggested Improvement
replace "behemoth" with "dinosaur"

From the Obama entry:

"He has no clear personal achievement that cannot be explained as the likely result of affirmative action."

http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Conservative&diff=prev&oldid=611260

daily mail: not conservative

Do all their entries read like book reports written by 4th graders with wingnut parent?

http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Gardasil&diff=next&oldid=609636

rape: less likely than being struck & killed by lightning

i'm basically giving up on talking to conservatives about anything ever again based on the reactions to some i know about obama's arab tv interview, mostly thanks to comments along the lines of "these people can't be reasoned with, he's one of them, see he admits it" etc

Essay:Differences Between Homeschoolers and Public Schoolers
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There are some fundamental differences of significance between homeschoolers and public schoolers:

1. Homeschoolers are consistently more proficient in mathematics, science, writing, and language.[1]
2. Homeschoolers do not stop learning upon receipt of a diploma; most public schoolers do not try to learn outside of school
3. Homeschoolers vote at three times the rate of public schoolers, when they become of voting age
4. Homeschoolers engage in less deceit than public schoolers, and are less easily amused by it
5. Homeschoolers form fewer cliques and gangs than public schoolers
6. Homeschoolers are less amused by profanity, and rarely have the compulsive profanity common to public schoolers
7. Homeschoolers are more able to be self-employed or self-disciplined without requiring constant supervision.
8. Homeschoolers are more likely to embrace faith and have a close relationship with God.
9. Homeschoolers pray more often than students in public school, where prayer is censored.
10. Homeschoolers perform better on average on all standardized test that are not infested with liberal bias (and even some that are)
11. Homeschoolers attain higher literacy rates and reading competence, due to an absence of anti-intellectual peer pressure.[2]
12. Homeschoolers have much lower teen pregnancy rates, and abortion is almost unknown among homeschoolers.

Do they ever cite any sources when making these claims?

[1]

[2]

1. ↑ Dr. Brian Ray, A Nationwide Study of Home Education: Family Characteristics, Legal Matters, and Student Achievement, National Home Education Research Institute, Seattle, WA, 1990, p. 53-54.
2. ↑ Dr. Brian Ray, A Nationwide Study of Home Education: Family Characteristics, Legal Matters, and Student Achievement, National Home Education Research Institute, Seattle, WA, 1990, p. 53-54.

1990

OMG these people are fuckin' deluded.

12. Homeschoolers have much lower teen pregnancy rates, and abortion is almost unknown among homeschoolers.

aint the only thing unknown by homeschoolers amirite

http://www.nheri.org/

The National Home Education Research Institute's mission is to:

* Produce high-quality research (e.g., statistics, facts, findings) on home-based education (homeschooling).
* Serve as a clearinghouse of research for the public, researchers, homeschoolers, the media, and policy makers.
* Educate the public concerning the findings of all research on home education.

my gf wants to homeschool eventual kids and it terrifies me

5. Homeschoolers form fewer cliques and gangs than public schoolers

man the gangs h/s'ers DO get around to forming must be seriously rugged

hoos that's a 'troubling indicator' i believe

It would flummox me to spend ALL DAY EVERY DAY with kids and even if they were mine, that would probably apply. School is not just an education and social skills, it's at least eight hours where children cannot make a mess/break shit in the home and you pay for it in taxes already so just go, OK?

http://www.conservapedia.com/images/5/59/Atheism.png

otm

hahahaha this is awesome, the only home-schooled kid I ever knew really well was raised a totally lefty hippie who didn't celebrate christmas *and* was a complete horndog and got with plenty of teh girlz

http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Gardasil&diff=next&oldid=609636

rape: less likely than being struck & killed by lightning

Whereas the chance of being killed by a terrorist is, like, 1 in 3, right, Schlafly?

4. Homeschoolers engage in less deceit than public schoolers, and are less easily amused by it

There's a whole lot of something behind this sentence.

Genesis 19:4-8
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

Reading the Conservapedia entry on Wikipedia is one thing.

Reading the Wikipedia entry on Conservapedia is wau lulz

wau lulz @

On June 9, 2008, New Scientist published an article describing Richard Lenski's 20-year E. coli experiment, which observed that bacteria evolve the ability to metabolize citrate – a rare and complex mutation. Schlafly contacted Lenski to request the data. Lenski explained that the relevant data was in the paper and that Schlafly fundamentally misunderstood it. Schlafly wrote again and requested the raw data. Lenski replied again that the relevant data was already in the paper, that the "raw data" were living bacterial samples, which he would willingly share with qualified researchers at properly equipped biology labs, and that he felt insulted by letters and comments on Conservapedia, which he saw as brusque and offensive, including claims of outright deceit. The exchange, recorded on a Conservapedia page called "Lenski dialog", was widely reported on news-aggregating sites and weblogs. Carl Zimmer wrote that it was readily apparent that "Schlafly had not bothered to read [Lenski's paper] closely", and PZ Myers criticized Schlafly for demanding data despite not having a plan to use it nor the expertise to analyze it.

the full dialog is still online: Conservapedia - An encyclopedia you can trust

(oops, that's a link to a post in this very thread that contains a link to the Lenski Dialog page)