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Second Epistle to the Thessalonians

The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians is a book of the New Testament. It is a follow-up epistle to the church at Thessalonika, where Paul lays out some more eschatology to Christians who were worried they missed the rapture. Paul says the Day of the Lord will not come until there's a general apostasy that overtakes the whole church, followed by the appearance of the antichrist who will bill himself as God and sit in the Temple in Jerusalem. 
This book, therefore, presents a problem to modern Christians, because there is no more Temple in Jerusalem, and there won't be another Temple unless the Jews can get the Muslims to move their nice Dome of the Rock mosque off the place where the Holy of Holies used to go. That in turn presents a problem to Christians who adhere to the doctrine of immanence, which says that Christ could return at any moment without warning, like a thief in the night. There are Bible Colleges where people spend years of their life figuring this stuff out.
==See also==
*RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/2 Thessalonians
==Notes==
==References==
Category:New Testament
Category:Pauline Epistles
Secret society

A secret society is a society whose membership, proceedings, or teachings are secret: concealed from non-members or otherwise not open to the general public.
Secret societies typically accept new members only by initiation rituals, which frequently bind the initiate by various oaths not to reveal the secrets of the society to non-members. The initiations are sometimes multiplied, so that there are a variety of degrees or additional credentials that the members can achieve or progress through; these may take the form of an inner circle, group of adepts or the elect, sharing further secrets that are not communicated to other members. Secret handshakes, passwords, and other symbols are taught to the initiates, to enable them to be recognized by others without giving away the secret.
The secrecy aspect of the societies is overrated because the secrets are often known, or at least similar to, other known secret societies. This is especially true for the many organizations (Appendant Bodies and college fraternities) that are derivative of Freemasons, whose rites are well-documented.The Company he Keeps: A History of White College Fraternities by Nicholas L. Syrett (2009) Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807832537. College fraternities actually need to have a large degree of non-secrecy because they compete with each other for new members.
Secret societies also frequently feature social networking, and membership in the society acts as a recommendation to members, and may cause the members to be preferred over non-members in employment opportunities and appointed positions. Because of these features, secret societies often figure in conspiracy theories. 
Organized crime associations such as the Mafia and Mexican Cartels sometimes operate as secret societies. 
==Mystery schools==
A variety of mystery religions existed in the ancient world, such as the mysteries of Demeter at Eleusis, of Mithras, and of Orpheus. Initiates underwent a number of secret rituals to join these cults, swearing terrible oaths to keep the proceedings secret and inviolate, and as a result the substance of their beliefs and the nature of their ritual has been almost entirely lost. The gap in knowledge generates a great deal of speculation. Early Christianity, with its initiatory ritual of baptism, resembled these ancient mystery religions in some ways; in which case it is the only widespread survivor.King, M. L. Jr. The Influence of the Mystery Religions on Christianity (1949 - 1950), University of Stanford
==Examples==
===Actual secret societies===
===Alleged secret societies===
==Further reading==
*Hodapp, Christopher; Von Kannon, Alice, Conspiracy Theories and Secret Societies For Dummies. (Wiley, 2008; ISBN 0-470-18408-6).
*Stevens, Alfred C., The cyclopedia of fraternities (Hamilton, 1899)
==References==
Category:Conspiracy theories
Category:Culture
Sect

A sect is a collection of people adhering to a singular view within a larger scheme; in religion a sect is generally understood as a church or churches which have broken away from the larger church or denomination; religious sects often do not have a formal organizational body.Difference Between Sect and Denomination Sects are generally understood as slightly if not totally heretical, at least from the position of the larger, formal body.
==Example sects==
Most sects form when the prospective sect's founders disagree with their religion's established doctrine on many points, but the disagreement is not significant enough to warrant actually renouncing those beliefs. Some larger sects, such as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (a.k.a. Mormons), split (accustomed to distinctive fission) into subsects, such as (in this case) the LDS church, the and smaller, moronic ones like the Kingston Clan and the Fundamentalist Mor(m)ons.
 can occasion the development of new sects in cases such as where a traditional religious system proselytizes amongst cultures with different worldviews and practices. Thus Catholicism in Northern Europe built on native traditions before morphing into Protestantism, European Christianity can give rise to new religious movements like the Taiping Rebellion in 19th-century China or to Antonianism in 18th-century Africa or to the in 20th-century New Zealand, and early Buddhism took on a distinct flavor after mixing with local beliefs and becoming 
==There may or may not be base values==
Some religions have no "base values" and are instead composed entirely of different and competing sects. For example, there is no generic Islam - you are either Sunni, Shia, or a member of another Islamic sect. Other religions, such as Christianity, have texts that are so ambiguous that they can be interpreted to mean anything, so that each individual congregation could be considered a sect in its own right, but even so there is a generic "non-denominational" designation for those who do not wish to commit themselves to any specific belief system. Catholicism and Protestantism are often so at war with each other you'd think they're different religions and interpretations but they are actually the same, only the method of worship (and generally the degree of how seriously and literally you take the Bible) are actually different. They are often included together in religion statistics under the generic term of "Christianity".
==See also==
*Apostasy - Fully renouncing a religion.
*Heresy - What it's called when your new sect isn't big enough to defend itself.
==References==
category:Christianity
Category:Religious terms
Section 501(c)

Title 26 of the United States Code, Section 501(c) - stylized as 26 U.S.C. § 501(c), but frequently cited simply as 501(c) - is the section of the federal code of the United States that deals with tax-exempt status of approved organizations. As of 2010, with the passage of the Affordable Care Act and the establishment of "Qualified Nonprofit Health Insurance Issuers," there are 29 categories of nonprofit organizations recognized by the US government, ranging from credit unions to retirement pension funds to fraternal orders. However, the two subsections that get the most attention are:
*501(c)(3), which is reserved for "Organizations organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes, or to foster national or international amateur sports competition, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals."Instructions for IRS Form 1023 (the application form for 501(c)(3) status)
*501(c)(4), a more broadly defined statute that is made up of "civic" and "social welfare" organizations. These organizations can engage in an unlimited amount of lobbying, but only a limited amount of politicking, so long as politicking is not the primary purpose of the organization. The Sierra Club, Human Rights Campaign, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and the National Rifle Association are all 501(c)(4) organizations. Unlike 501(c)(3) organizations, the IRS does not have a specific form for organizations seeking 501(c)(4) status. Supposedly, there is no requirement to apply for 501(c)(4) status at all. But having the IRS confirm that your organization is eligible for 501(c)(4) status is highly recommended before proceeding with any (questionable) activities.For example, an Alliance for Justice Action Campaign fact sheet on organizing a 501(c)(4) organization.
The tax-exempt status of religious organizations with 501(c)(3) status often come under scrutiny when clergy use their pulpits as a platform to deliver political diatribes or for stump speeches for specific candidates and campaigns, such as on "Pulpit Freedom Sunday."
In May 2013, 501(c)(4) status experienced its first broad examination by the public. The Obama Administration took heat from several right-wing groups and politicians after it was confirmed that the IRS had given extra scrutiny to several political organizations seeking 501(c)(4) tax-exempt status by claiming that they were really "social welfare organizations." Of course, they invited the scrutiny by significantly blurring the lines between social welfare and political activity, and the "scandal" fell apart.The IRS scandal shows the IRS needs a bigger budget, Vox
Since the Citizens United ruling in January 2010, many political groups have tried to disguise themselves as social welfare groups as a way to claim 501(c)(4) status. There is an extra bonus to 501(c) status: Such groups are virtually exempt from IRS audits, and their donors lists are confidential.
==References==
Category:Economics
Category:Culture
Category:Tax
Category:Religion
Secular Pro-Life

Secular Pro-Life is a non-profit anti-abortion organization which is described as incorporating atheists, agnostics, secular humanists, and basically all nonreligious folk into the pro-life movement in the United States. They have stated their mission is to end abortion worldwide. Secular Pro-Life was founded by Kelsey Hazzard in 2009.
Though some supporters of the organization are not alien to conspiracy theories (e.g. abortion is black genocide, abortion causes breast cancer, etc.), they usually refrain from making arguments based on crank ideas, and instead base their arguments on nonreligious and "scientific" reasoning. They're quite liberal too,http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/19/pro-lifers-cozy-up-to-lgbt-movement.html unlike the majority of the movement.
Secular Pro-Life has appeared at numerous conferences having to do with atheism and irreligion. In 2012, Secular Pro-Life had a stand at the American Atheists conference, where their presence was said to have caused some controversy. In 2014, the president and founder of Secular Pro-Life, Kelsey Hazzard, gave a speech at the University of Georgia, where some who disagreed with the organization tore down posters advertising the group's arrival.
Their website is full of fallacious emotionally manipulative arguments which reduce abortion to murder and hide the hidden misery of unwanted or unexpected pregnancies. One article infers that pharmaceuticals that manufacture day-after-pills are predatory companies that prey on vulnerable women.https://www.secularprolife.org/
==External links==
* Their website
==References==
Category:Abortion
Category:Secularism
Category:Atheist groups
Secular Woman

Secular Woman, Inc. is a non-profit organization incorporated in the state of Georgia in June 2012. It is the first national membership organization dedicated exclusively to advancing the interests of atheist, humanist and other non-religious women. Secular Woman is currently preparing its application for recognition by the Internal Revenue Service of exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the tax code. Currently, the Founding Council of Secular Woman is serving as the organization's Board of Directors. As membership increases, Secular Woman's Board will evolve into a larger governing body.
Secular Woman envisions a future in which women without supernatural beliefs have the opportunities and resources they need to participate openly and confidently as respected voices of leadership in the secular community and every aspect of American society.
To accomplish this feat Secular Woman provides the following:
*Conference grants: Secular Woman maintains a fund to make it possible for more women to attend secular conferences and related events in the United States. 
*Anti-harassment registry: Secular Woman provides a registry of anti-harassment policies and procedures in the secular community. They are not involved in the development, creation, maintenance, or updating of policies and procedures adopted by other organizations. Listed organizations are those who gave permission for their policies to be included.
*Speakers' bureau: The Secular Woman Speakers Bureau furthers the mission by bringing more women's voices to secular and related events. The list includes speakers addressing a broad range of topics, not all directly related to atheism, secularism, or skepticism. The goal is diversity and therefore all who identify as female are encouraged to add their name to the list. 
==External links==
*Secular Woman website
==References==
Category:Atheist groups
Secular market trend

A secular market trend (from the Latin saecularis, "of or pertaining to an age or century" - not to be confused with secular, meaning "not of the church" or "temporal") is the long-term primary trend of a market - averaging the sequential growth or decline of shorter-term market trends. More bull markets than bear markets give the longer-term market a general bullish secular market trend, and vice versa. Market trends have become popular with trend-following investors and with cranks worried about economic apocalypse.
== Investors ==
It is very popular for gains and risk management for investors to judge when to buy as the market increases, and when to sell when the market decreases. In a secular bull run, many people try and judge when the short-term lows are to buy items at a discount, whereas in secular bear markets many look for short-term highs to sell stocks off. It is not perfect since it is very hard to tell when the tops and the bottoms are till the market is in the next short-term gain/loss.
== Cranks ==
Cranks especially love the idea since they can state no matter what is happening in the market currently they can peddle their economic collapse theories. Anything a person can say that market conditions are improving or economic indicators are getting better will be countered with a crank stating that the longer-term trend is always down...just you wait.
Usually, this "trend" is backed up by nothing more than special pleading that they know, instead of a time series graph showing general market trends over time.
This pleading can include cherry picking history from other countries that in some minor way resembles the point they are trying to make while leaving out some major points of concern. Popular topics include the economic problems in Japan during the lost decade (while leaving out anything about deflation), Argentina's economic problems 1999-2002 (while leaving out the currency being pegged to the dollar), and the break up of the British Empire after 1945 (while ignoring World War II, and various social movements). A few real nutters present the length of time between the credit crunch of 2007, the Great Depression, and the (which are similar).
Certainly don't point out that while these examples were tough times for all of the countries, they survived very well and did not decline into a ravaged post-apocalyptic nightmare where only those with gold, guns, and god survived.
Category:Economics
Secure the border

Secure the border is an American euphemism often used in a racist context for "we hate smelly Mexicans respectfully decline association with Mexican countries Latin Americans"Not from Mexico at all, but they are hated just the same. (although the term itself is applicable throughout the world in reference to neighboring scapegoat countries other than Mexico). This can be most widely evidenced due to the fact that while xenophobes clamor for a secure border between the United States and Mexico, they seem to have little concern for the far larger, undefended border between the U.S. and Canada. And this explanation doesn't even consider the United States' largest border: that being the combined borders with various major bodies of water. After all, you never know when the whales will seek their revenge!
It is also a euphemism for such security theater as national ID cards, massive surveillance, mandatory pre-employment background checks, adding biometric features to Social Security cards, "smart chips" or RFID chips in passports, requiring passports to enter or leave the U.S. from Canada, etc. These will probably make some government contractors rich. What they have to do with "the border" is anyone's guess, although John Tanton, the Michigan activist behind much of the anti-immigration movement, considers these Really Important.
While the anti-immigration movement is clearly racist in character, there are areas in which the administration of the border could be improved. Instead of wasting their time separating tax-paying families with kids, the government could spend more time chasing contraband items such as drugs, guns, and illegal money, as all of these items contribute to the drug trade. But most of those who cry "secure the border" are generally trying to promote white supremacy, not necessarily looking for a solution to drug trafficking. This is especially evident as many of those same people support policies that only aggravate the drug war.
==See also==
*Brexit
*Britain is full
*Donald Trump
*Great Wall of America
*Myths and facts about immigration to the United States
*Know Nothing Party
*Minutemen
*Moral panic
*REAL ID Act
*VDARE
==References==
Category:Clichéed_sayings
Category:Immigration
Category:Isolationism
Category:Mexico
Category:Moral panics
Category:Racism
Category:United States politics
Category:Xenophobia
Category:Anti-immigration
Securities fraud

Securities fraud (sometimes stock fraud or investment fraud) is the general legal term for any type of financial fraud whereby the buyer is duped into purchasing an asset through false information. This includes:
*Any type of insider trading or "front running," where stakeholders make trades based on non-public knowledge.
*Pump and dump schemes, where securities are hyped and then sold off by insiders.
*Short and distort schemes, where securities are sold short and then discouraging information is spread about them.
*Naked short selling, where securities are sold short when the seller can't even borrow them.
*Accounting fraud, where accountants simply cook the books.
*Pyramid or Ponzi schemes, where new investors' money is used to pay off earlier investors while cash is skimmed off the top.
*Dump and dilute, where stocks are repeatedly issued by no valid reason other than to take investor's money away, causing ever falling share prices due to exponential stock dilution.
*Chop stocks. Similar to pump and dump schemes except the broker finds some (often illegal) way to get the stock at far below market value.
*Microcap fraud or penny stock fraud. Because little information is usually available about penny stocks, they tend to be hotbeds for just about every type of securities fraud, but most often pump and dump, dump and dilute, chop stocks, and Ponzi schemes.
*Late trading. Stock sold after 4:00 PM is to be sold at the closing price for the next day. Brokers and investors can collude to make it look as if transactions have been made before the cut-off when they haven't to take advantage of after-hours market trends.
==See Also==
*Enron
*Bernie Madoff
Category:Economics
==External links==
*Securities fraud definition at Investopedia
Category:Law
Category:Financial fraud
Category:Scams
Sedona

Sedona is a city in Arizona. It has a population of about 10,000 and is home to some spectacular rock formations and large forests. For a long time it was best known for its high-quality river fishing. Since the 1980's it has become the de-facto New Age capital of the west coast.
According to the official Sedona website, the red color of the rocks is "neuro stimulating" and "enhances creative thinking and problem solving", and the green forests encourage "hope and renewal".http://visitsedona.com/what-to-do/a-spiritual-side-sedona/
Much of the Sedona woo originates from the theory that it's a conjuction of so-called "vortexes", of which Sedona has many: "upflow/masculine/electric, inflow/feminine/magnetic, or combination/electromagnetic, etc."
"What is a Vortex," one might ask? We'll let them explain:
Wow, that's an impressive amount of Deepak Chopra-level of gobbledygook. What does it even mean?
And all of the above is from the Sedona city website, so you can imagine what the woomeisters make of it!
==See also==
*Pete Sanders — Sedona vortex woo promoter.
==External links==
*Their site
==References==
Category:New Age
Category:United States
Category:Cities
Seeking God in Science: An Atheist Defends Intelligent Design

Seeking God in Science: An Atheist Defends Intelligent Design is an intelligent design book written by Bradley Monton and published by Broadview Press in 2009.
==Overview==
Monton claims that intelligent design deserves serious consideration as a scientific theory, and on many pages of the book defends intelligent design in opposition to naturalistic processes. He writes:
==Closet Theist?==
There is no real evidence that Monton is an atheist. He likes to pretend so to sell more copies of his book, but it is quite clear from the book and his internet posts that he is a theist who believes in God and intelligent design. Monton has also supported William A. Dembski and has claimed the books of Dembski are pro-science.Atheist philosopher Bradley Monton rebuts “anti-science” claims re ID, contra Ken Miller Dembski and many members of the Discovery Institute have endorsed Monton's book and it has also been supported by religious creationists.Tom Gilson Reviews Bradley Monton's New Book: "Seeking God in Science: An Atheist Defends Intelligent Design
==Science==
The book has been described as using religious arguments and is not taken seriously by the scientific community.Book Review by Matt Young
==References==
Category:Intelligent design creationism
Category:Religious books