2025 RationalWiki 'Oregon Plan' Fundraiser

There is no RationalWiki without you. We are a small non-profit with no staff—we are hundreds of volunteers who document pseudoscience and crankery around the world every day. We will never allow ads because we must remain independent. We cannot rely on big donors with corresponding big agendas. We are not the largest website around, but we believe we play an important role in defending truth and objectivity.

Fighting pseudoscience isn't free.
We are 100% user-supported! Help and donate $5, $10, $20 or whatever you can today with PayPal Logo.png!
Donations so far: $8765.50Goal: $10000

Conservapedia:Parthian shot/DanH

From RationalWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Wigocp.svg This Conservapedia-related article is of largely historical interest and is no longer the focus of RationalWiki today.
Conservapedia (and religious fundamentalism to an extent) was a major focal point in the early history of RationalWiki, but long ago ceased coming up with new ways to appall and amuse.
Our energies are now spent debunking other, fresher examples of pseudoscientific claims, authoritarianism, and deceit.
For RationalWiki's less ancient content, try the Best of RationalWiki.


Formerly MountainDew

DanH

Template:User Christian2


I have been thinking about this and praying, and I have to conclude that for the time being I morally cannot bring myself to participate in a project that smears a confessing Christian as a Muslim. The name "Barack" has African roots, not Muslim roots, and I am inclined to believe his Christianity as 1 John 4:15 reads - If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the son of God, God lives in him and he in God. I interpret this verse to accept as genuine one who professes Christianity unless I have specific reason to disbelieve them based on their actions. Is Obama's Christianity a liberal variation? Yes. Is it Muslim? No. Americans deserve a debate based on the issues, not on something with tenuous evidence that implies Islam (if he really was Muslim, the evidence would be clearer than saying "57 states". Until I see specific actions that lead me to believe otherwise, I will not participate in such a smear.