Conservative Media

This is absolutely crazy. Scary-crazy.

I was doing an internet search when I encountered Conservapedia.com. It's modeled after Wikipedia, except that it embodies the world according to the Republican party. This is why it's a ".com," not an ".org," like Wikipedia. Obviously, it slants heavily to the right.

What I find scary about this is that someone made an entire online encyclodpedia that isn't a fair, unbiased source. This is a gay-bashing, bible-thumping, evolution-denying website that is modeled after a real website that works hard at being fair and accurate. (Ironically, Conservapedia's motto is "The Truthful Encyclopedia.") This really freaks me out, really and truthfully. Check it out and be aware. Or, if they agree with you, rejoice. I can't hold it against you if there's an entire website devoted to the world as you see it and you're happy about it.

A note of interest- I couldn't find anything like it for liberalism. Perhaps that's because, as they say, most media has a left slant anyway?

Note to the reader: I'm a constitionalist. It's one of the crosses between liberalism and conservatism.

Ylerecnis,
N

Knowing Our Religions

Earlier this week, in history class, our assignment was to visit this website about the basic beliefs of Islam (check out Chapter 3: General Information on Islam). I think that it tells a lot about Islam (although it's obviously a bit biased toward how great Islam is), and I urge you to read it. Islam is part of our world. There are even Muslims at LHS (none I know personally).


Sadly, though, there are people who are ignorant about religion, even the religion they belong to. I've even heard a case of someone (a Christian) who didn't know that Jesus died. This kind of thing has got to stop.


For information on the beliefs of any religion, religious conflicts, and ethical debates, visit ReligiousTolerance.org.

To learn more about Catholicism and the Roman Catholic Church, here's the Wikipedia Article.

To learn more about Atheism, visit American Atheists.


If you'd like a laugh (with spiritual benefits), here are links to: The Church of Google, The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and the Virtual Temple of the Invisible Pink Unicorn. Keep in mind than none of these are true religions- they're examples of satire with a message.


Ylerecnis,
N