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Chaos

{{philosophy}}{{ctransquote|The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.|German|Aufgabe von Kunst ist es heute, Chaos in die Ordnung zu bringen.|||Theodor W. Adorno in ''Minima Moralia''<ref>http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/adorno/1951/mm/ch03.htm</ref>}}{{hatnote|Not to be confused with the scientific theory, [[Chaos theory]]}}
'''Chaos''' is a term that refers to the state in which there is no order or predictability. The word comes from the Ancient Greek word χάος.

== Chaos in religion ==
=== Greek myth ===
In Greek [[creation myths]], the state before the creation of the universe is known as chaos. "Chaos" in this sense actually means something closer to "void", "emptiness", or "abyss", rather than its modern meanings of "disorder", "confusion", or "wild and absurd events".<ref name="wiktionary">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chaos chaos on Wiktionary] ("Chaos" with a capital C apparently refers to [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chaos a genus of amoebae].)</ref> In Greek myths, Chaos is — in addition to being effectively existence before existence{{efn|In terms of modern scientific understanding of the universe, this would be the universe before the [[Big Bang]]. One could indeed use "chaos" in the "void" sense to describe everything outside of the speck of matter that would become the universe once the Big Bang was sparked.}} — also a Primordial Entity or "''Protogenoi''", which were the first beings to come into existence, before even the titans. (Though technically, {{wpl|Chaos (cosmogony)|Chaos}} was ''both'' the void ''and'' the primordial entity. Creation myths can be weird like that.)<ref>{{wpa|Chaos (cosmogony)#Greco-Roman tradition}}</ref> Most people would be more familiar with the Protogenoi {{wpl|Nyx}}, {{wpl|Gaia}}, and {{wpl|Chronos}} (which were directly born from Chaos).

=== Creation and Chaos in mythology ===
Fighting against chaos appears as a common motif, and is referred to as ''chaoskampf'', which is German for "struggle against chaos". Chaoskampf appears in the form of hero gods fighting against powers of chaos.

== Chaos in pop culture ==

Chaos is regarded as a metaphysical force in fantasy settings such as <u>[[Dungeons & Dragons]]</u>, in which it is often defined in terms of its opposition to [[law]]/order<ref name="wiktionary"/><ref>See [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OrderVersusChaos "Order Versus Chaos"] on [[TV Tropes]] for more details.</ref> (which in practice forms a situation not unlike {{sl|Creation and Chaos in mythology|the aforementioned ''chaoskampf''}}). This dichotomy has a tendency to be distinct from [[Morality|good and evil]], though it can also overlap with them, particularly for the sake of creating more nuanced moral alignments.

==Notes==
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Charles Chilton Moore

[[File:Charles Chilton Moore.png|thumb|165px|left|Charles Chilton Moore, 1889]]
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'''Charles Chilton Moore''' {{lived|1837|1906}} was an American [[atheist]] who founded ''The Blue Glass Blade,'' one of the first newspapers promoting atheism in the country, which he was only able to publish on a sporadic basis due to legal issues. In an age of religious idiocy, he spent time in prison for anti-theism for promoting "free love" in 1899. Moore's grandfather was Barton W. Stone, a prominent figure in the history of [[Christianity]] in the [[United States]]. To this day, atheists credit Moore as one of the fathers of American atheists and one of the most influential.

He was dubbed "[[Kentucky]]'s most hated man" for pointing out the [[hypocrisy]] and idiocy of religion and the influence it has on society and political issues. Moore also had a thick beard, which kicked [[God]]'s beard's ass.

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Charles K. Johnson

{{quote|The whole point of the Copernican theory is to get rid of [[Jesus]] by saying there is no up and no down... the spinning ball thing just makes the whole Bible a big joke.|||Charles K Johnson}}
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'''Charles K. Johnson''' {{lived|1924|2001}} was (now, ''don't laugh'' because he took it seriously) president of the International [[Flat Earth Society]]. This organisation seriously contends that the earth is a flat disk centered at the [[Arctic|North Pole]] and surrounded by an ice wall at the [[Antarctica|South Pole]]. Under Charlie's enthusiastic period as President, membership of the IFES grew from "a handful" to around three thousand, which only goes to show that there are people out there who will believe anything. Johnson based his belief in a flat earth in his [[Biblical literalism|Biblical hyper-literalism]]: according to him, [[Jesus]]'s ascent ''up'' into [[Heaven]] proves that the [[Earth]] is flat, since there could be no "up"/"down" if the Earth is round.

He died on March 19, 2001 at age 76, having never won his struggle to "Replace the science religion… with sanity!" It is unknown if his family buried him or simply threw him over the edge.

The IFES's main target was [[NASA]] who, [[Moon landing hoax|they contended, had staged the moon landings]] as part of an elaborate hoax scripted by [[Arthur C. Clarke]]. 

==See also==
*[[Timecube]]

==External links==
* [http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/fe-scidi.htm The Flat-out Truth: Earth Orbits? Moon Landings? A Fraud! Says This Prophet] (Robert J. Schadewald, ''Science Digest'', July 1980)
* [http://aplanetruth.info/2015/04/10/flat-earth-news-charles-k-johnson-72424-31901/] (Flat Earth News)

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Charles Worley

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'''Charles Larry Worley''' is an [[America]]n [[fundamentalist]] [[Christian]] [[King James Only]] pastor, and current head of Providence Road [[Baptist]] Church, North Carolina.

==Controversy==
In a May 2012 sermon, Charles Worley made some horrible and ridiculously stupid statements regarding [[homosexual]]s and death camps.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu4q2-nbvrw</ref> He argued that a solution to the "problem" of homosexuals would be to have the entire American gay community interred in a giant 'pen with an electrified fence', so they couldn't escape and reproduce, and thus would eventually all die out. Any rational human may wonder how they'd reproduce anyway! He said that he could not get this law past [[Congress]], because America is currently being led by a "[[Barack Obama|baby killing homosexual lover]]", and that the next gay child to be born should be the first person interred (How would you know if a baby is gay!). And anyone who doesn't oppose homosexuality has no sense, because, in the words of Worley "[[God|Gahd]] and the [[Bible|Bahbull]] are aggenit, and ah'm aggenit!"<ref group=note>Worley actually speaks like this.</ref>

==Reactions==
The legendary comedian [[George Carlin]] periodically rose from the grave to give an excellent response to Worley's idiotic hatred, but some folks from Kansas may disagree with part of his agenda. Sorry, guys.

Surprisingly, [[Fred Phelps]] and the [[Westboro Baptist Church]] did not comment on Worley. Worley's probably just another fag-enabler disguised as a warrior for Christ.

To no surprise, the vile Worley had some of his brain dead [[sheeple]] defend him; they claimed that our problem is not with Worley, but it is in fact with God, because Charles Worley is speaking for God. Or something like that.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120525043219/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B70Msi7vrmE&gl=US&hl=en</ref>

==See also==
*[[Homophobia]]
*[[Religious Right]]
*[[Fred Phelps]]
*[[Ted Haggard]] He is not gay.
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Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt

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'''Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt''' {{lived|1930|2022}} was once a senior policy advisor in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement at the [[U.S.]] Department of Education. She was also a co-founder of Guardians of Education for [[Maine]], an educational activism group. She promoted a [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracist]] view of educational problems that attributes American [[anti-intellectualism]] to the evil machinations of former [[Soviet]] KGB agents.<ref>Charlotte Iserbyt. [http://www.newswithviews.com/iserbyt/iserbyt7.htm Former KGB Heads to Helps Spy on Americans]. ''NewsWithViews.com''. 2003 April 24.</ref> If you hear the sound of hoofbeats in Central Park, then surely it must be the sound of… former Soviet KGB agents dressed up as zebras.

==Book==
In 1999, Iserbyt published ''The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America''.<ref>http://deliberatedumbingdown.com/</ref> The book outlines Iserbyt's criticism of the American education system, wherein, according to her, schools and universities are used to suppress creative thinking, and to encourage students to toe the line.

Some of her findings:
* A child who can read, write and compute at a sufficient level should have no limitations on controlling his or her own destiny. Providing such basic education is not and should not be expensive, but the subsequent [[brainwashing]] is an expensive and long process.
* In 1972, a survival problem was presented to a class where a lifeboat was overloaded and students needed to decide who to toss off the lifeboat to ensure that some survived. When the students found a method that allowed all people to survive, the professor rejected it and insisted the problem be done again.
* After Iserbyt questioned the educational value of some pedagogical methods, she discovered that some critics were calling her a "[[kook]]" for maintaining what she believed was a principled position.

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Chastity belt

[[File:Fomfr chastity belt.jpg|right|thumb|165px|Chastity belt which used to be on display in a German museum.]]{{Sex}}
{{Sources needed}}
A '''chastity belt''' is a belt device designed to prevent [[sex]]ual intercourse on the part of the [[person]] wearing it. 

The chastity belt has been popular in the public mind due to its apparent suppression of [[human]] sexuality and the dominant [[religion|religious]] and [[patriarchy|patriarchal]] motives behind enforcing the chastity of the person wearing it. They've occasionally been the butt of a few [[goat|jokes]], such as when Robin Hood had to call for a locksmith at the end of ''Men in Tights''. However, there's little evidence to suggest that they were as popular in [[history]] as some fiction and romantic ideals may suggest, and even when they were used, it was mostly to prevent [[masturbation]] rather than intercourse, and even then only in Victorian Britain. People who have successfully completed a long stretch of time wearing a chastity belt are sometimes called ''fapstinents''.<ref>Klein, Marty. "Skeptical of the porn skeptics: a response to Zimbardo & Wilson." Skeptic (Altadena, CA) 21.3 (2016): 27-31.</ref>

In fact, the device's medieval popularity is greatly exaggerated for modern [[BDSM]] sensibilities, or, like the [[flat earth]] myth, these exaggerations are intended to portray the church-dominated past as even more idiotic or oppressive than it really was. There is no credible evidence that chastity belts existed before 1500. Even then, their use would have been very limited as the metalworking of the times would have made it difficult to fashion a belt safe for long-term wear<ref group=note>For example, how to deal with the problems related to lack of hygiene 
due to the waste pipelines passing through and so close to the recreational area
</ref>. On the other hand, they are increasingly popular nowadays for use in powerplay sex games - indeed, they are ''far'' more popular now than they ever were for "real" use. Enjoy!

==See also==
*[[Bible Belt]]
*[[Abstinence]]
*[[Sex toys]]

==External links==
*[http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/you-it/201205/the-truth-about-chastity-belts The Truth About Chastity Belts]
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Cheating

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* In lower and higher education, academia, and in other contexts, cheating on tests or in the production of works. The latter may involve [[plagiarism]]. Research fraud often involves fabricating data.
* Illegal activities like fabricating financial records, and at times legally exploiting loopholes or navigating grey areas.
* [[Adultery]].
* [[Deceit]] in general, emphasizing unfair conduct.
Chemical

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*[[Chemistry]] — the science of chemicals
*[[Chemophobia]] — the fear of chemicals
*[[Chemotherapy]] — a standard medical treatment for [[cancer]]
*[[Chemtrails]] — the [[conspiracy theory]] that airplanes are dumping "chemicals" on us instead of contrails
*Chemically-Assisted Nuclear Reactions, a.k.a., [[Cold fusion]]
*Chembuster, a.k.a., [[Cloudbusting]]
*[[Weapons of mass destruction#Chemical weapons|Chemical weapons]]
Cherry Hill Seminary

{{significantly problematic}}{{newage}}{{sources needed}}'''Cherry Hill Seminary''' is an online graduate school for [[Pagan]] studies. The school offers Masters degrees in Divinity, Pastoral Counseling, Chaplaincy, Pagan Ministry, and Pagan Studies. Cherry Hill Seminary claims to be "the only online Pagan school that can legally grant degrees and diplomas", though this doesn't quite square with their nonaccredited status. However several states have religious exemption from accreditation because of their beliefs (See [[Academic accreditation]] for more information). Despite being unaccredited at this point CHS is highly respected in the Pagan community. 

==Accreditation==

The Cherry Hill Seminary website states that the school is not yet accredited but is seeking accreditation through the Distance Education and Accrediting Commission, an accrediting group recognized by the United States Department of Education. The process is costly and will take several years to complete.

==Staff and Business office==
Cherry Hill has a business office in South Carolina, and has actual teaching staff. 

==The school==
There are courses in Paganism and [[Wicca]] as well as courses related to [[New Age]] topics. There is a bookstore for students for educational materials. There is financial aid and students can get tuition refunds if programs are not completed. The seminary also offers non-degree courses for those who do not want to go for a degree and the school has non-degree diplomas. Diplomas include- Life Long Learning, Pagan Pastoral Care for Helping Professionals, Leadership, and Soma/Psyche/Spirit.

'''Example Courses'''
*C5101 Ethics & Boundaries
*N6650 Paganism & the Body
*M6208 Addictions & Recovery
*T/N6281 History of Alternate Healing
*P6830 Neurophysiology
*M5000 Holistic Healings
*M5201 Dreams in Spiritual Mentoring
*P5203 Death, Dying and Grieving: Call of the Dark Mother 3
*P5204 Stress, Trauma and Self-Care for Pagans   

==Theological Educational Equivalency==

Despite lack of accreditation one of the CHS alumni was accepted into the Association of Professional Chaplains. The APC requires an Masters of Divinity degree from an accredited seminary or divinity school. There is a book about this written by alumni Reverend Sandra Harris who was awarded the first Pagan M.Div degree in Chaplaincy, the book called "Theological Educational Equivalency- Defending the first Pagan Masters of Divinity degree" details CHS course requirements and how the academic accreditation.  

==External links==
* [http://www.cherryhillseminary.org/ The school's site]

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Chicago Statement

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The '''Chicago Statements on Biblical Inerrancy and Hermeneutics''' are two position papers made in 1978 and 1982, respectively, and signed by over 200 leading evangelicals and [[fundamentalist]]s of the time.

They assert that the Bible is [[Biblical literalism|inerrant, literally true, and historically accurate]] from [[Young earth creationism|Genesis]] to [[Revelation]], and all but state that those who do not believe this are off to [[hell]].

==The Statements==
The statements take particular care to bash [[evolution]] as well as non-Protestant positions on Biblical authority. They are:
# God, who is Himself Truth and speaks truth only, has inspired Holy Scripture in order thereby to reveal Himself to lost mankind through Jesus Christ as Creator and Lord, Redeemer and Judge. Holy Scripture is God's witness to Himself.
# Holy Scripture, being God's own Word, written by men prepared and superintended by His Spirit, is of infallible divine authority in all matters upon which it touches: it is to be believed, as God's instruction, in all that it affirms: obeyed, as God's command, in all that it requires; embraced, as God's pledge, in all that it promises.
# The Holy Spirit, Scripture's divine Author, both authenticates it to us by His inward witness and opens our minds to understand its meaning.
# Being wholly and verbally God-given, Scripture is without error or fault in all its teaching, no less in what it states about God's acts in creation, about the events of world history, and about its own literary origins under God, than in its witness to God's saving grace in individual lives.
# The authority of Scripture is inescapably impaired if this total divine inerrancy is in any way limited or disregarded, or made relative to a view of truth contrary to the Bible's own; and such lapses bring serious loss to both the individual and the Church.

==External links==

* [http://www.bible-researcher.com/chicago1.html Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy]
* [http://www.bible-researcher.com/chicago2.html Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics,] with commentary by Norman L. Geisler
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Chico Xavier

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[[File:Chico Xavier.png|180px|thumb|left|165px|Chico Xavier (left) with Otília Diogo in bed sheet.]]
'''Chico Xavier''' {{lived|1910|2002}} was a [[Brazil|Brazilian]] [[spiritualist]] medium and claimed [[psychic]] healer.  He was a major figure in the [[Spiritism]] religion.

Over a period of sixty years Xavier produced over four hundred books, all of which he claimed were actually [[Automatic writing|written by spirits]]. He termed this style of writing "psychography". He is also known for his abnegation and charity work. 

==Controversies==
A fellow medium and close associate of his, {{w|Waldo Vieira}} {{lived|1932|2015}}, is sometimes quoted as having exposed him as a fraud, although this is subject to debate.

Xavier would receive information about his clients from staff at his spiritist center (Centro Espírita Luiz Gonzaga).<ref>Stollznow, Karen. (2014). ''Language Myths, Mysteries and Magic''. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-137-40484-8 "Xavier was revealed to be a cheat. In what is called [[hot reading]], Xavier's staff at his spiritist center in Brazil gathered information from clients as they lined up to see the psychic. In the letters from the dead, these details were presented back to the clients as though they had been psychic messages."</ref> According to an article in the ''[[Skeptical Inquirer]]'':

{{quotebox|"Workers from the Spiritist Center went to the line [of followers] to get details from the deceased. Or they used stories told by relatives in the letters where they asked for a meeting. The messages from Chico had this information," Vieira revealed. That would explain his "psychographed" letters with details that "only the deceased had known." More than [[cold reading]], this was just plain [[hoax]]ing. There were other hoaxes, according to Vieira.<ref name="Skeptical Inquirer">[https://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/spiritualism_in_brazil_alive_and_kicking Spiritualism in Brazil: Alive and Kicking]</ref>}}

There are also embarrassing photographs of Xavier with another medium Otília Diogo dressed in white bed sheets as a [[Ectoplasm|spirit]].<ref name="Skeptical Inquirer"/>

Despite the fakery of this case, Xavier has retained a strong following in Brazil and is still supported as the real deal by some modern [[parapsychology]] [[cranks]]. [[Guy Lyon Playfair]] wrote an entire book about Xavier describing him as a "hero" and the "medium of the century".<ref>Playfair, Guy Lyon. (2010). ''Chico Xavier, Medium of the Century''. Roundtable Publishing. ISBN 978-0956449313</ref> Go figure.

== See also ==
*[[Eusapia Palladino]]

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Children

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{{cquote|'''Homer:''' Well if kids are so innocent, why is everything bad named after them?  Acting childish, kidnapping, child abuse...<br>
'''Bart:''' What about [[adultery]]?<br>
'''Homer:''' Not until you're older, son.|50|50|''[[The Simpsons]]''|}}

'''Children''' are larval [[humans]]. They start out as helpless 
parasites
 babies, unable to feed or care for themselves at all, and gradually grow larger and learn useful skills, like sticking gum to furniture or tying pink ribbons onto other defenseless animals. Due to their nature, they are often quite vulnerable to certain [[mythology|myths]], like [[Tooth Fairy|the inflated value of spare teeth]], [[Santa Claus|fat men in red suits]] [[Socialism|giving things away for "free"]], or other [[God|big men in the sky]] answering [[Prayer|wishes you make just before bedtime]].

Usually by the age of seven or so, they will exhibit relatively distinct personalities and burgeoning talents or skills. A few years later, they metamorphose into an ill-tempered, cocoon-like state known as puberty. During this time they are more or less helpless and as demanding as a new-born baby once more. This phase lasts from two to 
thirty
 six years.  

After puberty turns them into little adults, fully capable of [[sex|breeding]], they will still need anywhere from two to twelve years' further [[Education|training]] in order to play a useful role in society (i.e. welding, plumbing, cooking, etc.). This time period partly depends on how "advanced" the [[culture]] in which they live has become, and the individual's [[job|career]] ambitions.

==Playing the Kid Card==
Won't somebody '''''please''''' [[think of the children|think of the '''''children''''']]?!?!!

==See also==
*[[Child abuse]]
*[[Education]]
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