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Hello and welcome
File:Cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosa) on Capybara.jpg|left|Capybara: Now that I am the "cattle tyrant", can I just order everyone to agree with me?
File:Holy Spirit as Dove (detail).jpg|Gråbergs Gråa Sång offers this humble bird to be included on my mock coat of arms (along with my crocodile) and my very real motto "Illegitimi non carborundum" (don't let the bastards grind you down).
Atheist Tom Bissell writing about the history of the Apostles declares, "I have long believed that anyone who does not find Christianity interesting has only his or her unfamiliarity with the topic to blame."
"Mainstream" scholarship is defined by critical method and what is verifiable historically. It is not a point-of-view or a philosophy, it is not found in the presence or absence of religious belief. It does not require belief of any kind other than a belief in the method itself.{{paragraph break}}
"[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/05/08/npr-ceo-katherine-maher-congress-media-bias-uri-berliner/73597888007/ But should we not seek the truth? Yes, of course. Nonetheless, as Maher said, like the volunteer writers of Wikipedia, we also must focus on "the best of what we can know right now." That is a statement of intellectual humility, not of relativism. Complex topics and problems do not lend themselves to easy assessments of truth in real time. Through broad sourcing, the Wikipedia model in theory moves us to closer approximations of what is true.]"{{paragraph break}}
- My Essay On Neutrality
I fully support the very high priority Wikipedia and my fellow editors place on neutrality. It's an amazing thing when you stop and think about it - millions of people setting aside personal beliefs and opinions to uphold a standard that goes against natural tendencies.
For better — and for worse — we are all influenced by our culture, race, nationality, gender, and ethics. We are all historically situated. The good news is, that does not have to prevent neutrality and objectivity.
Take Olympic judges for example. They must overcome their national biases to be decent judges, and part of that is the presence of the other judges from whom they want the same thing. As historian Thomas L. Haskell explains, "even a polemicist, deeply and fixedly committed" can cultivate neutrality insofar as they are willing to enter into even a little empathy and treat others as they would like to be treated. That is the Wikipedia Way.
This is not naive; it is fully practical and doable.
- I. Be wary of overconfidence.
:* "The more certain you are about an opinion, the more likely you are to employ confirmation bias... Sometimes the best time to expose yourself to opposing views is when you are most certain you already have all the information you need". [https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/how-to/human-resources/2017/05/tips-for-overcoming-and-neutralizing-your.html]
:* "When you find evidence that contradicts your opinion, don’t assume you must either reject the evidence or abandon your opinion. Instead, consider modifying aspects of your original theory."
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- II. Confront all data
:* Test Yourself by looking for contrary evidence.
:* Leave behind the way we might prefer things to be and deal with the way things are.
:* Pure detachment is not possible, but, as economist Robert Solow says, “Just because a perfectly aseptic environment is impossible doesn’t mean one should conduct surgery in a sewer.”
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- III. Use Wikipedia's just and reasonable Method.
{{See also|Wikipedia:Reliable sources#Biased or opinionated sources|Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view}}
:* Vet your sources.
:* Learn how to recognize if an author neglects facts, fails to acknowledge opposing arguments, or dismisses contradictory studies. Their bias doesn't excuse yours.
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- IV. Use the same standard for all
:* Seek Consensus; Submit your work to the unsympathetic. Listen. Peer reviews are worth their weight in gold.
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- V. No Personal attacks
:* Don't make them, don't let others get away with them. Contact an admin when needed. This is our online home, and we must all maintain it.
:* However, we must also be willing to listen to criticism and carefully consider it. We don't have to automatically agree - or disagree - but we should at least check it out.
:* Admitting error doesn't actually cost anything. All of us are more than any one mistake.
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- VI. From Gog the Mild Up your game!
- Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
- Never use a long word where a short one will do.
- If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
- Never use the passive where you can use the active.
- Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
- Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
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- Cheers to all my fellow Wikipedian's! Enjoy being here. This is a wonderful opportunity. A thousand blessings on Jimmy Wales! Jenhawk777 (talk) 18:02, 3 May 2025 (UTC)
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- These steps are taken from the work of Michael Licona, from the Forbes Coaches Council on leadership: 15 Steps You Can Take To Fight Unconscious Bias[https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2020/04/02/15-steps-you-can-take-to-fight-unconscious-bias-in-your-hiring-process/?sh=29c6210c5e1c]; and from The Business Journal's Tips for overcoming and neutralizing your confirmation bias[https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/how-to/human-resources/2017/05/tips-for-overcoming-and-neutralizing-your.html].
And here's a couple of FUNNY You-tube videos for those with a sense of humor:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x2SvqhfevE] {{Smiley}} and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQLfgaUoQCw]
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Contributions:
Augustine of Hippo (section on Coercion)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bible_and_humor The Bible and humor] My first DYK? article!
Bible and violence - the very first article I ever worked on here on Wikipedia - needs work now
Biblical criticism (my first GA article) 20px
Byzantine Empire (Religion section)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_ethics] Christian ethics 20px
Christianization of the Roman Empire as diffusion of innovation
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronicle_of_Arbela] Chronicle of Arbela
GAR of Devil in Christianity
My first creation (rather than addition) - Early Christian Women and Pagan Opinion: The Power of the Hysterical Woman
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics_in_the_Bible] Ethics in the Bible
created Evolutionary theodicy
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_Jesus Historical Jesus]
Historiography of the Christianization of the Roman Empire 20px
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christian_thought_on_persecution_and_tolerance] History of Christian thought on persecution and tolerance 20px
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrdom_of_Pionius] Martyrdom of Pionius
Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire
Persecution of Christians in the post–Cold War era
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_pagans_in_the_late_Roman_Empire] Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role_of_Christianity_in_civilization Christianity in civilization] Role of Christianity in civilization
Religious persecution [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Religious_persecution#large_proposed_addition_to_section_8.4]
Religious policies of Constantine the Great
Religious responses to the problem of evil
- As a reviewer:
Reviewed: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Tourbillon Tourbillion] Bulgaria; My first GA review of someone else's article succeeded!
So did my second: Indonesian Christian Student Movement! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_Christian_Student_Movement]
Reviewed W. Sterling Cary a really well done article and passed it. Jenhawk777 (talk) 19:01, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
Reviewed John 3:16 failed
Reviewed Papyrus 45 passed
Reviewed Devil in Christianity passed
Reviewed Christianity: failed
Reviewed Michael Miller: failed
Peer review of Megan Phelps-Roper that subsequently went GA
Works in progress:
Of interest:
need to create: New (Neo) evangelicalism
need to create: Primitive Christianity
need to create: volitional epistemology and moral ecology
need to create: Wayne Meeks; Charity in early Christianity; The Confession of St. Patrick;
need an article on the Christian enlightenment during the early modern period.
need to create an article on Moore's book. Lots of articles available on it.
Add to Louis the Pious impact on church becoming less entangled with state
- Frances Young
- Early Christianity
- The Bible and slavery
- State (polity)
- EPG model
- First Great Awakening
- Ulrich von Hutten
- State church of the Roman Empire
- Christianity and colonialism
- Second Congo War
- do this one first: Being and Nothingness
- Peace and Truce of God - multiple issues
- Albigensian crusade
- Christian values is seriously bad - start class
- Edict of Thessalonica has since been worked on by someone else; it looks better now
- Christianity in the 8th century
- Christianity in the Roman Empire
- Christianity in late antiquity
- Christianization of Europe
- Persecution of pagans under Theodosius I - outdated scholarship
- Wild animal suffering
- Predation problem
- Crisis of the Third Century
- Damascius
Add to this one under Legacy: Apostles in the New Testament
Christianity in the 4th century
Christianity in late antiquity
From Gog:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics_in_religion] Ethics in religion
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity] History of Christianity
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Death_penalty_in_the_Bible Death penalty]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covenant_(religion) covenant] Covenant
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus Nativity] Nativity
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaizers Judaizers] Judaizers
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Theodicy Talk:Theodicy] Theodicy
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_civil_religion] civil religion
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atonement_in_Christianity] atonement in Christianity
total rewrite has been suggested for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insider_movement Insider movement]
added [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toleration Toleration]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_and_violence] Christianity and violence, my first bog of quicksand, doesn't look too bad.
Circumcellions imbalance
Covenant (historical) needs citations
Compadres
these are wonderful editors and people! I am so glad to have worked with them
Just Another Cringy Username editor capable of deleting what isn't necessary; helped on History of Christianity
Aza24 helps with music/arts
Wham2001 also corrects citations - man I love these guys, and I mean that literally!
ActivelyDisinterested willing to help with correcting citations! YAY!
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Gerda_Arendt Gerda]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Farang_Rak_Tham Farang Rak Tham]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:J_Milburn Josh]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Andrewa Andrewa]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Christianity WikiProject Christianity]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mortee Mortee]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ermenrich]Ermenrich
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Buidhe]Buidhe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:A._Parrot
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Josh Milburn semi-retired
Generalissima did the GA of history of Christianity
User talk:Werter1995 sources on H. of C.
User talk:Borsoka Middle Ages - lots of drama
User talk:AirshipJungleman29 Middle Ages
User talk:Seltaeb Eht Middle Ages
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