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Saving Darwin: How to be a Christian and Believe in Evolution

Saving Darwin: How to be a Christian and Believe in Evolution is a theistic evolution book written by Karl Giberson. Giberson is a professor of physics at the Eastern Nazarene University. It was published in 2008 by HarperOne.
==Overview==
The book advocates Christian theistic evolution and opposes a literal reading of the Bible. The author also attacks creationism and atheism. According to Giberson, science and Christianity need not to be always at odds, and this is his attempt to unite them.Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution at the John Templeton Foundation Giberson writes that both science and religion can be reconciled and also explains his abandonment of his family's fundamentalist creationism beliefs which he explains were unscientific.Book Description at Powell's Books
==Reception==
The book was written for a religious Christian audience and should not be read as a science book.Product Description of Saving Darwin: How to be a Christian and Believe in Evolution It received positive reviews from other theistic writersBook Review. Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution by David RoemerReview: Saving Darwin by Denis O Lamoureux but has been rejected by creationists and the intelligent design community for embracing evolution.“Saving Darwin” — What’s the point? Glenn Branch in the Skeptical Inquirer gave the book a mixed review and said it would be enjoyed by Christians who accept evolution.A Christian Physicist’s Dispatch from the Evolution Wars
==References==
Category:Christianity
Category:Religious books
Category:Theistic evolution
Scam site

A scam site is a website that purports to reveal the truth about woo-based scams and fraudulent products, but on closer inspection, are in fact filled with fake testimonials and anecdotal evidence that supports the product in question.
==SEO==
Scam sites are an extension of the search engine optimization (SEO) employed by companies to boost their web presence. In the case of fraudulent products, it is likely that suspicious people will immediately go to Google and type in something along the lines of "Woo Product X scam" or "Woo Product X fraud" to try and find information about whether a product is genuine. By registering domain names featuring terms such as scam and fraud, companies can drown out criticism of their products with false praise.
This tactic isn't restricted to fraudulent products, but has also appeared in a more sinister guise with hoax viruses. In some cases, virus hoaxes are circulated, via Facebook for example, and malicious sites that host actual viruses immediately spring up to capitalize on the relevant search terms. 
==See also==
*Pyramid scheme
*Search engine optimization
*Scentura
*Webshites
Category:Consumer issues
Category:Woo
Category:Internet
Category:Scams
Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a two thousand year old name for a very cold peninsula in northern Europe. It comprises Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, of which the latter is actually not located on the peninsula at all. Iceland and at least parts of Finland are also part of Scandinavia, except when they're not. The definition of Scandinavia might even be stretched to include Greenland, which isn't even geographically in Europe.
==Political systems==
Scandinavians have large public sectors with generous state welfare provision including universal health care. Scandinavians tend to be happy despite harsh northern climate and tend to live long.
==Culture==
Through reviewing the existing studies, theories, and data behind the World Happiness Report, we find that the most prominent explanations [of Nordic happiness] include factors related to the quality of institutions, such as reliable and extensive welfare benefits, low corruption, and well-functioning democracy and state institutions. Furthermore, Nordic citizens experience a high sense of autonomy and freedom, as well as high levels of social trust towards each other, which play an important role in determining life satisfaction. The Nordic Exceptionalism: What Explains Why the Nordic Countries Are Constantly Among the Happiest in the World
Scandinavians regularly score extremely high in the world happiness index.
 And no, their hats didn't have horns.
Scandinavia has a mainly Germanic culture, but there are some remnants of the indigenous Sámi (or Laps, if you're hip) up north. Their pagan culture has nearly been eradicated and partly converted to Christianity. The result is a bunch of short stature, ill-tempered agnostics proficiently wielding wooden cups of cold coffee and moonshine. That, and some very long knives. In the summer the Lapps dress up in their colorful traditional garments to sell dried reindeer meat and postcards to German truck campers. Public speaking, on the other hand, generally scares the shit out of Scandinavians. If severely stressed, Scandinavia may react by producing vikings, Sami insurgents, heavy water, or satanistic metalheads.
The Finns also bring some Russian culture to the Scandinavian table, provided they're at all a part of Scandinavia.
==External links==
*Which countries comprise the region known as Scandinavia?
*The Geography and Culture of Scandinavia and Its Impact on the Viking Age
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Europe
Category:Geography
Scandza Forum

Scandza Forum is an annual gathering of neo-Nazis, identitarians and white nationalists often held in Scandinavian countries but in 2023 was held in Tallin, Estonia.https://guidingthestorm.com/2023-spring-conference
In 2023, Scandza Forum was relabelled Guide to Kulchur, named after Nazi sympathizer book.Ezra Pound by Ezra Pound (1938) New Directions.
==Background==
The European Commission Radicalisation Awareness Network has categorised the Scandza Forum as "right wing extremism".Contemporary manifestations of violent right-wing extremism in the EU: An overview of P/CVE practices, European Commission. 
Scandza Forum was founded in 2017 and has been described as having "ties to the most radical section of the alt-right movement, and the message being delivered differs little from Nazism."https://fritanke.no/raseteorier-jodekonspirasjoner-og-antimodernitet/19.11344 Its founder Fróði Midjord, has been affiliated with the neo-Nazi The Scandza Forum was modelled on the London Forum, whose founder Jeremy “Jez” Bedford-Turner was found guilty of inciting racial hatred in May 2018.https://www.irehr.org/2019/10/15/sons-of-vanguardism-american-white-nationalists-at-the-scandza-forum/ 
In 2019, Scandza Forum organised a conference titled "Human Biodiversity" dedicated to race and intelligence pseudoscience.The Fringe & The Far Right: Racist Pseudoscience Conference in Norway. Hope not Hate (Nov. 1 2019).
In 2023, Midjord founded Guide to Kulchur which appears to be the Scandza Forum under a different name.https://www.irehr.org/2023/05/09/mark-weber-jared-taylor-off-to-estonia-for-conference/
==List of speakers==
* Fróði Midjord — a white nationalist and neo-pagan from the Faroe Islands.White Nationalists From Around the World are Meeting in Finland, Vice News (Apr. 4 2019).
* Greg Johnson — was scheduled to speak in Oslo at a Scandza Forum conference but was arrested.Norway arrests US white supremacist ahead of far-right conference, CNN (Nov. 3 2019). https://www.thelocal.no/20191105/us-far-right-extremist-deported-from-norway
* Edward Dutton — far-right activist and racialist pseudoscientist. 
* Mike Enoch — founder of the neo-Nazi site and podcast The Right Stuff
* Mark Weber — Holocaust denier and president of the Institute for Historical Review
* F. Roger Devlin
* The Golden One — white nationalist bodybuilder
* Jared Taylor
* Kevin MacDonald — infamous anti-Semite
* 
* Helmuth Nyborg
* Ruuben Kaalep — politician
* Millennial Woes
===Other attendees===
* Emil O. W. Kirkegaard (a.k.a William Engman) — racist crank and activist for legalising child pornography.https://twitter.com/jollyheretic/status/1657847203308748802
* Mark Collett — neo-Nazi and founder of Patriotic Alternative.
* Matthew Frost (a.k.a. Matthew Archer) — neo-Nazi and founder of Aporia Magazine.https://investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/race-science-inc
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Alt-right
Category:Antisemitism
Category:Neo-Nazism
Category:Racism
Scare quotes

Scare quotes are "quotes" put around a "proposition" because it is "unreliable". They are the written equivalent of air quotes.
==In writing==
Legitimate quotation marks are used when you wish to quote, or state without endorsing, the words of another:
: According to Deepak Chopra, "Quantum healing is healing the bodymind from a quantum level." 
This is classic quantum woo and a legitimate use of quotation marks.
Scare quotes, by contrast, accurately represent a correct statement in such a way as to imply it is held only by the one or a few people, for example:
: The "negative result" for homeopathy caused a massive furore.
when describing a study that produced highly credible, respected, widely reported, rigorous, and unambiguously negative results for homeopathy.
In general, scare quotes are among the cheapest of cheap rhetorical tactics, and used in excess, they tend to detract from a text's credibility by suggesting that the writer is unable to resort to more substantial maneuvers. Jonathan Chait described them as "the perfect device for making an insinuation without proving it, or even necessarily making clear what you're insinuating".https://newrepublic.com/article/64702/scared-yet
The term is also used to refer to the now-common misuse of quotation marks by people who think their purpose is for emphasis rather than, you know, quoting.
==The gesture==
Air quotes can also convey a sense of irony.An investigation of air quotes, mostly used to discredit the other side's words, not your own, as per Sean Spicer by Derek Hawkins (March 14 at 5:56 AM) The Washington Post. Air quotes first appeared in the 1920s and became popularized as a comedy device in the 1970s-1980s, particularly by Steve Martin and Chevy Chase.Spy Magazine (March 1989) The "Isn't it Ironic" issue.
==Self-referentiality==
Beginning with the Trump presidency, it has been noticed that both Trump and his press secretary, Sean Spicer, have been using scare/air quotes in reference to things that they themselves have said, as an apparent lame attempt at plausible deniability. E.g., the plausible deniability was attempted on this quote:
So, "President" Trump didn't really "mean" "wire tapped" because he put the words in "quotes", according to "Press Secretary" Spicer. Trump had likely been libeling President Barack Obama by accusing him without evidence of a felony (unauthorized wiretapping) that it is most unlikely that he committed. It is also likely an impeachable offense for Trump, falling under the category "serious misconduct by the government official",Donald Trump's wiretap tweets raise his risk of impeachment by Noah Feldman (March 6, 2017) Chicago Tribune. and the reference to the quotes by Spicer was a desperate attempt to backpedal.
Trump would later "clarify" that this was some kind of synecdoche:https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2017/did-donald-trump-just-come-up-with-a-new-use-for-quotation-marks/
==References==
Category:Rhetoric
Scare story

A scare story is an article masquerading as a news report that distorts facts in order to induce fear or panic in the reader using an appeal to emotion, often made worse by selective reporting. Typically, scare stories are written both to increase readership/viewership by making the news seem more dramatic and exciting than it really is, and to advance the agenda of the publication or news outlet concerned. Scare stories abuse the trust many people place in the printed word and take advantage of uncritical readers to influence public opinion, at times very effectively.
Scare stories most commonly appear in the fields of politics and crime. A political scare story might latch onto a careless quote by a given politician, and extrapolate wildly in order to make it seem like they plan to do something outlandish and damaging if elected — for example, raise taxes or thrust large bags of money into the arms of borderline terrorist preachers. A crime scare story might typically report a genuine criminal case, but subtly shift the emphasis of the facts to make it seem like similar crimes are much more common than they really are.
Quite often, scare stories are also propagated by the anti-science movement. In the UK in recent years, genetically modified food, the MMR vaccine, and stem cell research have all been the victims of scare stories exaggerating their supposed harmful effects, reporting biased scientific research, or pronouncing them dangerous before this has been adequately confirmed. Fringe scientists may be quoted as "experts" while the other side of the story is played down or completely ignored.
A classic form of pseudoscience scare story is the announcement that some heavenly body is coming our way and is likely to be a planet killer. The body in question may be Nibiru, Planet X, a brown dwarf binary companion of the Sun, or some unnamed asteroid. The expert at this is Marshall Masters, who has confidently predicted the end of the world in 2003, 2012, 2013, and 2016.Planet X Keeps Being 1 Year Away --Exposing Pseudoastronomy blog, September 2016
==Techniques==
The following are features that may enable you to spot a scare story should you come across one:
*Headlines in the form of a question, e.g., Does lacrosse cause cancer? (answer: no).
*First paragraphs containing phrases like 'Outrage was expressed at…' — this outrage is generally expressed by the reporter and nobody else.
*Views or facts that balance, oppose, or undermine the overriding tone of the piece being placed in the last paragraph of the article when everyone has stopped reading.
==See also==
* Cautionary tale
* Mass hysteria
* Moral panic
==References==
category:Media
Scentura

Scentura Creations Inc. is a Georgia-based business scamin 2001, an Illinois appellate court ruled: "In our view, the consignment contract between plaintiff and defendant is properly characterized as a chain referral sales technique or pyramid sales scheme". See the ruling here: that sells imitation designer fragrances.
==The Pitch==
Recruiting is done by "distributors" who find prospective salespeople (frequently local university students) by promising management positions and high salaries. All prospective salespeople then sign a contract that states that each salesperson is an independent contractor, thus attempting to avoid potential legal trouble over the frequently highly questionable sales tactics. Despite the promises of a high salary, the contract also states that their only pay is via commission. Training relies heavily on cultivating a sense of groupthinksee this description of their training techniques that includes mandatory ecstatic dancing by salespeople who have made their first "drop". Descriptions of the vast riches awaiting dupes salespeople are entirely based on Larry Hahn's personal fortune, who as the individual on the top of the pyramid, is one of the few people who makes any measurable profit from the company.
==The Reality==
Salespeople quickly discover that there are only two methods of actually turning a profit through Scentura: recruiting new salespeople (and thereby becoming a "distributor") or selling massive quantities of the fragrances. The result is that Scentura salespeople are highly aggressive and frequently end up getting into legal troubleSee this article for one example over their sales tactics, as well as fueling the fires of an urban legend about robbers using knock-out perfumes.Snopes story here Preferred hang-outs for Scentura salespeople include parking lots and strip malls. Occasionally, salespeople will actually enter businesses and attempt to make sales to those businesses' customers.
Most of Scentura's online presence is devoted to perpetuating a bizarre cult of personality centered around its founder, Larry Hahn.This is a pretty good example Google searches related to Hahn and/or Scentura generally lead to an extended web of incestuous websites, all tied directly to the company or its supporters, unvaryingly idolatrous in their portrayal of Hahn.one of the worst offenders In true "the lady doth protest tomuch, methinks" fashion, Hahn maintained the website scenturacreationsscam.com, which, despite its name, is entirely devoted to justifying Scentura's legitimacy. In true crank fashion, all the cited "sources" are also sites run by Hahn or Scentura.
==References==
Category:Multilevel marketing
Category:Scams
Schlafly

Either you just hit an absurdly unlikely random selection of letters on your keyboard, or you're looking for one of the following members of the Schlafly clan:
* Phyllis Schlafly — Now-deceased ultra-conservative matriarch, anti-feminist, and founder of the Eagle Forum.
* Andrew Schlafly — Two-bit lawyer and founder of Conservapedia. (We have two articles about this guy. If you want the highly satirical version, go to Fun: Andrew Schlafly.)
* Roger Schlafly — Mathematician, blogger and sporadic Conservapedia contributor.
* John Schlafly — Also a lawyer, and an outed homosexual (and it's okay to be gay!).
* Thomas Schlafly — Owner of Schlafly Beer, nephew of Phyllis.
* Some obscure member of the Schlafly family about whom we don't have an article.
You might also have been looking for one of Andrew Schlafly's deceitful debating techniques:
* Schlafly Statistics
* The Schlafly Reversal
==See also==
* Fun:Schlafly Doo/Liberal Protection Suit
* Fun:Schlafly Quote Generator
School of Economic Science

The School of Economic Science (also the School of Philosophy and the School of Practical Philosophy) is an international organisation that teaches "economics with justice"http://www.economicswithjustice.co.uk/ and philosophy based on SES leader Leon MacLaren's (1910-1994) interpretation of ,http://www.iirep.com/Report/report.htm p216-219. a philosophical system based on orthodox Hinduism.http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/6636/Advaita
It has offshoots in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the Netherlands. In the last 50 years or so, the London branch has had some 130,000 students through its doors.
==Teachings==
===Philosophy courses===
Rather than offering an introduction to multiple current philosophies, the SES promotes its philosophy of Advaita Vedanta. Advaita involves the claim that there is an identity between the individual Self (the Atman) and the universal Self (the Brahman).
The courses are promoted as being Socratic dialogues, but instead are merely vehicles to disseminate the Truth of Advaita. Hounam and Hogg state: "… students are not taking part in some philosophical free-for-all. Although no one has yet told them, they are receiving instruction in the Truth."Secret Cult, p. 98
Other tidbits:
*Socrates proved that our souls had existed before our birth.
*Even those people in the deepest states of unconsciousness, presumably including the most serious of persistent vegetative states, have awareness.
*Sexual and gender conservatism. As Jeremy Stangroom states: "It was partly down to dress codes — the men, on the whole, wearing suits and ties, and the women, in a manner reminiscent of The Stepford Wives, long-flowing dresses."
Against claims of being a religious cult, David Boddy, spokesperson for the SES, stated: "We’re not a malicious organisation. We stand for certain principles. We encourage people who come to the school to live in a certain way. It’s pretty harmless. It’s not subversive. It holds to certain family values. And it values marriage and all that kind of stuff."
==External links==
*School of Economic Science A Cult
==References==
School of the Americas

The School of the Americas (now the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation) *cough*euphemism*cough* is a highly controversial school located in Fort Benning, Georgia established by the US government for teaching law enforcement and military techniques to US allies in the rest of the Americas. It was originally at Fort Gulick, Panama and moved to Fort Benning in 1984. 
==Notable alumni==
The American military, funded by US taxpayer dollars, used the facility to train Latin American dictators and their militaries in various terrorist techniques to quell dissidence in their countries.George Monibiot. "Backyard Terrorism." Rethinking Schools. 2001 December. Some (in)famous graduates include Panama's Manuel Noriega; Argentina's military junta members Jorge Rafael Videla, Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri and Roberto Eduardo Viola; Chile's Manuel Contreras (former chief of DINA, the secret police during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet); Bolivia's Hugo Banzer; Peru's Vladimiro Montesinos (former head of the National Intelligence Service, under Alberto Fujimori); Guatemala's Efraín Ríos Montt; and El Salvador's death squad leader Roberto D'Aubuisson (also known as "Blowtorch Bob", due to his frequent use of a blowtorch in interrogation sessionsEl Salvador's brutal civil war: What we still don't know, Al Jazeera.).Most Notorious SOA Graduates Because of its horrendous reputation for the disregard of human rights, including the right to live, the School is also known by its informal name, the "School of the Assassins."
That is why, as one of his last acts as President, Bill Clinton allegedly revamped the school. His stated goal was to make sure that human rights and democracy were central to all studies. In recent years, the American Council on Education has rated the classes offered, finding them all academically acceptable and some even worthy of graduate credit. 
The school, however, remains one of the most controversial programs of the American military and is the target of an annual protest by the group School of The Americas Watch every November. The protest is held on the anniversary of the murders of a group of Jesuit missionaries in El Salvador by a group trained by the SOA."About SOA Watch." SOA Watch. 2012.
==Favorite tactics==
Graduates from the SoA have many favorite techniques they use. Varying levels of intimidation, starting at yelling and ending at severe lock-downs with rather intimidating chains and tie-downs are utilized, as are various torture methods. Favorite torture methods range from the hard to prove, such as sucker punching and slapping, to hard-core lashings with belt buckles (to the back) and drilling out the patellar tendon.Palmer Legare. "Bad education: U.S. training of Guatemalan military leaders is just one example." SOA Watch. 
==References==
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Category:Conservative deceit
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Category:United States politics