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Wak mythology

Among the Oromo of Ethiopia, there is a distinct story that underpins the gadaa social structure of the ethnic group, even though few believe it these days. It holds that their one god, Wak, lived in the clouds.
==Wak this way==
Wak is described as a creator god (no definite pattern of capitalizing "creator" or "god" is consistent) who lived in the clouds. He asked humanity to build itself a coffin in which they buried themselves; Wak proceeded to make it rain fire for 7 years to create mountains.http://www.mythome.org/creatafr.html
Wak is a benefactor who does not punish; this is a mild contrast to the Abrahamic religions. 
Woman was supposedly made from the blood of Man, who was then married by Man.http://stepinafrica.com/african-myth-ethiopian-creation-myth/http://www.pantheon.org/articles/w/wak.html
Man reproduced creating 30 children. Man, who was apparently shamed by having so many, hid 15 of them, which Wak made into demons and other animals.http://www.gateway-africa.com/stories/Ethiopian_creation_Myth.html
==Tak this way==
The Gadaa belief system, though little-believed today except by one or two local groups within the Oromo, had a strong influence of establishing the social system used by Oromo men, and as the Oromo form over one-third of Ethiopia's population, that's quite some influence for a mythical cloud deity. On the positive side, the system encourages men to change their social role every 8 years, and is apparently democratic and egalitarian.Oromo mythology Perhaps the autocrats who have run Ethiopia for most of its history would have served their land better by having a little more gadaa in their activities, even if it's not based on firm rational principles.
==References==
Category:Religions
Category:Africa
Waldensianism

The Waldensians, founded in 1177 by Peter Waldo, were a Christian denomination prominent in the western Alps (in today's France). They rejected the traditions of the Roman Catholic Church, instead choosing to follow the Bible alone. Thus one can view them as a form of proto-Protestantism. The Catholic Church declared their views heretical, and began to persecute them; many Waldensians were martyred, and many others had to flee to remote places (such as the Alps) to escape persecution.
Some Protestants - even in those Protestant groups that do not directly descend from them - widely admire the Waldensians as forerunners of the Reformation. After the Protestant Reformation developed in the 1500s, many of the Waldensians joined in, with the bulk of them adopting Calvinism. A Waldensian church survives in Italy to this day, the Chiesa Evangelica Valdese, adhering to a broadly Calvinist outlook.http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_Evangelica_Valdese
In 2015 Pope Francis asked the Waldensians to forgive the Roman Catholic Church for its historic persecution of them.
Pope Francis asks Waldensian Christians to forgive the Church - "Pope Francis has asked Waldensian Christians to forgive the Catholic Church for historic persecution."
==Pseudohistorical claims==
During the Protestant Reformation, the doctrine of , by which Christian priests had to have an unbroken line of ordination going back to the Apostles, posed a problem for the newly splintered sects. Many responded by disavowing this doctrine altogether; however, some groups began to claim apostolic descent through the Waldensians. For this, they needed to deny the Waldensians' own claim to have been founded by Peter Waldo and instead claim that the Waldensian church was apostolic in origin. This involved the telling of a typical saint's myth, in which Paul of Tarsus visited the areas later known as the Waldensians' redoubts and established their churches.Waldenses at the Catholic Encyclopedia (newadvent.org).
==References==
Category:Christian denominations
Wall

*Berlin Wall, also known as the Wall of Shame
*Great Firewall of China
*Great Wall of America — something that just might come to mirror the Berlin Wall's ideology and the Great Wall of China's porosity
*WallBuilders — a dominionist Christian group
*WALL-E — a post-apocalyptic animated film
*Walled garden — an enclosed ecosystem, sometimes applied to cults, isolated societies such as North Korea, or creationist crankery
*Wall Street Journal — a once esteemed newspaper, now in post-Murdoch decline
*r/WallStreetBets — stock trading subreddit that became famous during the GameStop bubble
Walled garden

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In technology, a walled garden is a closed ecosystem, analogous to the traditional horticultural meaning, where for example only pre-approved apps can be installed. Walled gardens are common in communities that cannot tolerate dissent or which have a strong resistance to outside input.
In a wiki, a walled garden refers to a closed circle of pages which reference only each other.Wikipedia: Walled Garden, which if memory serves is nicked from MeatballWiki, but there's nothing there now.
The subject is relevant to the study of cults, where it is common to pressure adherents to only associate with fellow cult members and to cut off contact with dissenting family members and others who might be sources of differing views than the cult's teachings; to propaganda and governments which discourage or make it illegal to access news sources outside government-approved channels; and to pseudosciences which cite only to each others' non-peer-reviewed journals.
==Examples==
Cold fusion advocacy is a classic walled garden: a small number of individuals running their own conferences, their own websites and journals, talking to each other, but rarely if ever engaging the mainstream at all. WikiWikiWeb summarises this neatly as "isolated little worlds".WikiWikiWeb
North Korea is perhaps the most obvious example of a walled garden imposed by its own government. Communist Albania was also such a case, particularly in the post-China period until the death of Enver Hoxha.
The Lyndon LaRouche movement and its front groups are another example. LaRouche publications cite almost exclusively other LaRouche publications as well as Lyndon LaRouche's writings and speeches, creating an ideology which is internally consistent to its adherents even though it contains many views that are simply absurd to the outside world.
Creationism and creationist advocacy are often walled gardens, exclusively citing other creationist writings and the Bible, and addressing outside criticism by regurgitating the same PRATT arguments over and over.
==See also==
*Confirmation bias
*Echo chamber
==External links==
* Walled Garden (technology) on some random website somewhere.
==References==
Category:Cognitive biases
Category:Evaluating arguments
Category:Internet culture
Category:Isolationism
Category:Neologisms
Category:Propaganda
Category:Cults
Wanting it bad enough

"Wanting it bad enough" is a "strategy" for achieving just about any goal promoted by a multiplicity of public figures, from self-help writers to mainstream celebrities, who all have one thing in common: they have already achieved their goals. These people like to talk up their own hard work by saying that:
#They got where they are simply or largely because they wanted it bad enough.
#You too can achieve your dream, so long as you want it bad enough as well.
Of course, none of these people's success can be in any way attributed to factors outside their own direct personal control such as patronage, privilege, opportunity or simple dumb luck.
There is also the flip side, of "blaming the victim." If you do not have the success you want, it is your fault because you didn't really want it badly enough. It has nothing to do with a bad economy, or the flat out odds against something happening.
==Seductive appeal==
The idea of "wanting it bad enough" as a route to success is very attractive to large numbers of people, since anyone is able to want something, and everyone likes to believe that their own dreams are uniquely powerful and thus more likely to come true. Unfortunately, while there is an abundance of testimonials from successful people endorsing the power of "wanting it bad enough," the sample tends to be somewhat self-selecting: only people who have already tasted success have the platform to tell their success story. While Britney Spears has undoubtedly had a level of success that must have been due in part to wanting success, history does not record how many other little girls from the American South might have wanted to become famous pop singers just as badly as, or even worse than, Spears, yet somehow ended up with only multiple divorces, drug problems and bouts of pant-mislaying insanity to show for it.
==Myth?==
If we accept that "wanting it bad enough" is something of a myth, its piquant cruelty begins to become apparent. If a person fails to achieve what they want, they first blame themselves, believing that it is entirely their fault. They didn't want it bad enough! There are two possible responses to this crushing epiphany:
#Persist in the delusion, secure in the knowledge that since you definitely do want it really, really badly, you will succeed eventually.
#Somehow try to make yourself want what you already want even more badly, despite the fact that a person who somehow managed to achieve such mastery of their own desires would be better advised to focus on wanting things that were easy to get, or ideally that they already had.
==See also==
*"Law of Attraction" and The Secret
*Name it and claim it
*The American Dream
*Hollywood values
*Will
Category:Neologisms
Warren Caylor

Warren Caylor is a British spiritualist medium who has been accused of fraud throughout his career.
==Background==
Caylor was born in Tumbridge Wells, Kent. In 1979, he claimed that he knew of his father's death before the police knocked on his door and told him the news the next morning.Warren Caylor. (Archive). He has made a career working as a direct-voice and physical medium.Spirited away: Meet the psychics with an uncertain future. (Archive). It is alleged that he can produce ectoplasm, levitations of objects, and direct voice communication with the spirit world.UK physical phenomena medium Warren Caylor
==Allegations of fraud==
Caylor has been accused of fraud by skeptics and those from his own spiritualist community.
In 2007, spiritualist medium Jackie Mecke, who attended a séance, described Caylor as a "complete fraud" and suggested his séance phenomena were like a "puppet show in a darkened room".Warren Caylor — Fraud? BadPsychics. (Archive).
It was discovered in 2007 that a séance sitter had a dictaphone device in their possession that Caylor knew about. According to an article in the Paranormal Review, "skeptics could argue that the presence of such a device (which can play back as well as record) might explain some of the 'voice' phenomena produced."Warren Caylor. Paranormal Review.
Skeptic Jon Donnis has written that Caylor's "seances are nothing more than silly magic acts."Warren Caylor Caught Cheating. BadPsychics. (Archive).
Gary Mannion, himself a fraudulent spiritualist medium, accused Caylor of fraud at the Australian Academy of Spirit (AAS). According to a report by "Warren arrived, was accused of fraud by Mannion and after some very unfortunate incidents Caylor got on a plane back home before the symposium started."Testing in other countries.(Archive).
On one occasion, Caylor was actually observed in an act of deception by two séance sitters, Caroline Smith and Michelle Skyrne. He was supposed to be tied to his seat but was observed doing something else:
==Ectoplasm==
Caylor's ectoplasm that he produces during séances looks like cheesecloth or in other cases the thing that you wipe your ass with. A report in The Independent noted it looks an "awful lot like toilet roll".
==See also==
*Kai Muegge
*David Thompson
==External links==
*Warren Caylor
==Notes==
==References==
Category:British people
Category:Living people
Category:Psychics
Warren Jeffs

Warren Steed Jeffs is a self-proclaimed prophet of God, the on-and-off leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,Jailed sect leader retakes legal control of church a polygamist, and a pedophile. He made it onto the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List in 2006 when he tried to escape prosecution for arranging illegal marriages. He also married all but two of his father Rulon's wives after his death, making him, literally, a motherfucker.http://www.nndb.com/people/950/000055785/
Jeffs claims that he is a prophet and is said to have at least eighty-five victims wives. In August 2011 he was convicted of two counts of sexual assault on a child and was sentenced to life plus 20 years in prison.Salt Lake Tribune: Warren Jeffs gets life in prison for sex with underage girls August 11, 2011 This prophet threatened the judge and jury with divine punishment but judge and jury were prepared to risk all that and convicted the criminal.The Houston Family Law Blog: Polygamist FLDS Leader Warren Jeffs Gets Sex Abuse Conviction August 5, 2011 Once in prison, he threatened many countries of the world with divine punishmentKiss My-- Left Behind: Warren Jeffs - a polygamist's latest manifesto June 2, 2011 and later had to be induced into a serious coma after a three day fast.ABC News: Warren Jeffs In Coma, May Not Survive August 29, 2011
Jeff was also a racist who said "If you marry a person who has connections with a Negro, you would become cursed" as well as other racist statements like "The black race is the people through which the devil has always been able to bring evil unto the earth."http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2005/spring/tempest-in-texas/the-prophet-speaks
==References==
Category:Convicted felons
Category:Criminals
Category:Cult leaders
Category:Fundamentalists
Category:Living people
Category:Mormons
Category:Paedophilia
Category:Racists
Category:We're on a mission from God
Category:Conspiracy theorists
Washington Examiner

The Washington Examiner is an American right-wing news website and political journal that is heavy on psychological projection and denialism. It could be thought of as Townhall.com's more "respectable" cousin, but even then, the site looks like a tabloid desperately trying to pass itself off as real news. Although their reporting has been rated as factually mixed after failed fact checks,Washington Examiner at Media Bias Fact Check. it is common to see them used as a source among more extreme right-wingers, who seem to like how proper the site pretends to be.
On science issues, the site is pretty abysmal. Global warming denialism is rampant,R. Emmett Tyrrell, Charles Krauthammer against the global warming tyrants. Washington Examiner, 18 April 2014. as is myths about DDT bans and other anti-environmentalist rhetoric,Jay Ambrose, Jay Ambrose: The ban on DDT pesticide is war against humanity. Washington Examiner, 18 July 2007. leading to the site having a weird obsession with defending coal as being not all that damaging to the environment.Ashe Schow, Shocker: EPA official leaves for environmental group. Washington Examiner, 16 April 2014. Also, Barack Obama only beat Mitt Romney because of the damned liberal media,Noemie Emery, The liberal media loved Obama to death. Washington Examiner, 9 October 2012. with implementing socialism being part of Obama's (and liberals) master plan.David Limbaugh, Socialism, not access to health care, is Obama's prize. Washington Examiner, 10 February 2014.Conn Carroll, Obama voters love socialism. Washington Examiner, 29 November 2012. The site also appeals to railing for the "fuck you I got mine" sentiments of fiscal conservatives.Tiana Lowe, If you're considering not having kids because of global warming, then please don't; IQ is hereditary. Washington Examiner, 13 March 2019. Also, they regurgitate "IQ is hereditary" as a mud sling against their imaginary low-IQ alarmist strawmen. Basically the site is what you'd expect from a publication that makes most of its money from winding up wingnuts.
Surprisingly, in 2018 the Examiner exposed a culture of alcohol abuse, sexual assault, and debauchery at the 2017 Student Action Summit, an event sponsored by Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA.Philip Wegmann, Turning Point USA struggles with allegations of student sexual assault, harassment. Washington Examiner, 20 June 2018.
Until ceasing publication in 2013, the print version of the Examiner was given away to commuters at Washington, DC area subway stations, where its main competitor was the Washington Post Express.Matt Connolly, The Washington Examiner local news team says goodbye after eight years. Washington Examiner, 13 June 2013.The Washington Post Express itself stopped publishing in 2018.
==See also==
*The Washington Post
*The Washington Times
==External links==
*Washington Examiner
==References==
Category:American media
Category:Conservative deceit
Category:Conspiracy theorists
Category:Denialist websites
Category:Fake news
Category:Global warming denialists
Category:Internet kooks
Category:Islamophobes
Category:Magazines
Category:Racists
Category:War on science
Category:Webshites
Waste analysis

Waste analysis is a medical diagnostic technique that involves analyzing urine or feces. It is a legitimate medical practice, but many CAM practitioners use it in a pseudoscientific way (see copromancy).
==Alkaline woo==
Proponents of the alkaline diet claim it is possible to see what the body's pH is by testing one's urine, and there are many expensive do-it-yourself urine testing devices available for this purpose. The basic foundation of the diet is that the blood is slightly alkaline, and that people should eat alkaline foods, in order to maintain the body's pH (promoters of this diet assume that the entire body has the same pH, for some reason). It is not possible to change the blood's pH with food, because any alkaline food is immediately neutralized by stomach acid, and even if it were possible, any significant change in blood pH would result in serious illness or death. Your Urine is Not a Window to Your Body: pH Balancing – A Failed Hypothesis, Science-Based Pharmacy.
Even if the premise of the alkaline diet — that food can and should be used to change the blood's pH — were true, the urine testers would still be useless, as urine pH is not an indicator of the blood's pH, which remains relatively stable; changes in urine pH are due to eliminated food "ash," which does not affect the rest of the body, blood inclusive.Acid/Alkaline Theory of Disease Is Nonsense, Gabe Mirkin, M.D, Quackwatch.
==See also==
*Copromancy
* Dr Gillian McKeith, the poo lady
* pH woo
==References==
Category:Alternative medicine
Category:Medicine
Category:Shit articles
Water Cure

The Water Cure (also known as the Kneipp Cure or hydrotherapy) was created in 1816 by a peasant farmer in Austria. The water cure was later developed and popularized in the 1880s by Father Sebastian Kneipp.Meine Wasser-Kur, durch mehr als 30 Jahre erprobt und geschrieben zur Heilung der Krankheiten und Erhaltung der Gesundheit by Sebastian Kneipp, Jos. Kösel, 1899.My Water-Cure: Tested For More Than 40 Years by Sebastian Kneipp. 3rd English edition translated from the 36th German edition. Jos. Kösel, 1894. later published puff pieces on the water cure in a journal he runs himself.The Water Cure: Another Example of Self Deception and the “Lone Genius” by Harriet Hall. Science based Medicine It was accepted as part one of many cure-all treatments in the early days of naturopathy.Universal Naturopathic Encyclopedia, Directory and Buyers' Guide: Year Book of Drugless Therapy for 1918-19 by Benedict Lust (editor and publisher). It has since mostly fallen into disfavor.
Hydropathic organisations did accept women before actual medical schools admitted female students. Historically, they treated female patients with respect.
In modern-day non-woo medicine, the term "hydrotherapy" more often refers to physical therapy done in water. Of course, NaturalNews is promoting the woo version;The Water Cure: An interview with Dr. Batmanghelidj by Mike Adams. Natural News even worse, they proclaim it a cure to AIDS.The Water Cure: AIDS and the Pharmaceutical Industry Natural News Also screw credentials, you don't need a license to practice the hydropathy.
==How==
Treatments include: covering with wet sheets, foot baths (cold or warm), half-baths (cold or warm), whole-baths (cold or warm), head baths, eye baths, vapor (steam) baths, shower-baths, ablutions, bandages, walking barefoot in the snow, and water drinking. Herbal medicine and diet (bran bread or Kneippbrød, soup and mead) are also used.
You see, according to most American hydropaths, the water cure is best applied externally on the skin,The Feminist Origins of “Eight Cups a Day” by Erika Janik. Slate even though skin isn't very good at absorbing water.Does human body absorb water through skin? Quora In fact, the skin of terrestrial animals (including humans) has specifically evolved to not allow water to freely pass through it so terrestrial animals don't rapidly dehydrate as a consequence of living on dry land; Libre Texts, Human Biology (Wakim and Grewal), Integumentary System anything that lets water through it in one direction (which isn't is also likely to let water passively pass through in the other direction. 
Incidentally, hydrotherapy is probably, at least in part, the basis for the old cartoon cliché in which a character suffering from the cold is treated with a heated foot bath.
==Aliments that are allegedly cured== 
List:
==External links==
*Pleasures of the Water Cure — a satirical Victorian-era booklet illustrated by Thomas Onwhyn
==References==
Category:Pseudoscience
Category:Alternative medicine
Category:Nature woo
Category:Water woo
Water is a must have for having life in any planet in the Universe

"Water is a must have for having life in any planet in the Universe - Mentioned in the Noble Quran and confirmed by Science" is a document by Answering Christianity that purports to show that the Qur'an contains scientific foreknowledge when it "predicted" that (a) water is necessary for life and (b) everything in the universe was created in twos.
The following is a side-by-side rebuttal.
==Rebuttal==
===Intro===
===Water is necessary for life===
===Duality of the universe===
==Summary==
==See also==
*Qur'anic scientific foreknowledge
==External links==
*"Drowning in Fake Miracles (Or: Watering the verses until the miracles sprout)", Answering Islam
==References==
Category:Qur'anic scientific foreknowledge
Category:Side-by-side articles