tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075524748616031851.post3201943296485179208..comments2024-03-21T04:13:56.099-04:00Comments on Aaron's Essays: Conservapedia Claims Jesus Home-Schooled JohnAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13589741654455548220noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075524748616031851.post-22016674713934458882009-10-21T22:15:13.226-04:002009-10-21T22:15:13.226-04:00A true conservative would go back to (as close as ...A true conservative would go back to (as close as possible) original documents.<br /><br />What they're doing - and how they're approaching it - is more the mark of fanatics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075524748616031851.post-37000037170938040412009-10-20T17:06:34.889-04:002009-10-20T17:06:34.889-04:00Indeed Aaron, I have a hard time calling people wi...Indeed Aaron, I have a hard time calling people with such an apparent agenda "conservative" by any means.<br /><br />More and more, I see the terms "conservative" and "liberal" gaining meanings that have, at best, tenuous relationships to their dictionary definitions. These words have now become amorphous enough as to have any meaning that a person can convince others applies.<br /><br />It seems to me that the curators of Conservapedia are not trying to <i>conserve</i> facts and information, but rather <i>invent</i> it! Of course, they have probably convinced themselves that they are doing quite the opposite. It's enough to make one's head spin.Hercyniumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07068130107937678963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075524748616031851.post-4633948272430423562009-10-20T14:03:02.513-04:002009-10-20T14:03:02.513-04:00I just want to be clear about something, here. It ...I just want to be clear about something, here. It would be easy to read this post as an anti-something post (Christian, conservative, take your pick). While I won't deny that I'm probably anti-Conservapedia at this point, I still hold out hope that one day the minority of conservatives in the U.S. who feel that it's their duty to be "anti-liberals" will see their voice diminish in the national discourse and we'll have a mature discussion where disagreement doesn't come with a lack of respect.<br /><br />I'm not anti-conservative or anti-Christian because I respect the better qualities of both positions (and in some cases share a fair amount of common ground) and while I know that every political or religious affiliation comes with it's share of people who can't see other factions as equals, I don't think that's a uniquely left, right, religious or non-religious problem.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18334773771068768209noreply@blogger.com