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TWI

"Spotlighting mainstrean Christianity or Christian apologists (whatever those are)"

If you took the time to go to the highlighted link to the Wiki article on Christian apologetics, you would know what a Christian Apologist is before you dismiss them.

"Cult status is not a given, it's an accusation by critics"

No, in Christianity, "cult status" is not an accusation, it's based on certain criteria (and usually determined by Christian and Biblical scholars as well as sociologists and psychologists). People who have PhD's after their names consider TWI a cult, yet you seem to believe you know better how TWI should be viewed and who is actually scrutinizing them. Maybe you should look up the article on cults as well to gain an understanding about something you don't appear to grasp.

"I think leaving the mention of fundamentalists, apologists or whoever else you want to throw in there, leaves the impression that the cult label is affixed only for religious reasons, which it is not."

Well of course it is! TWI presents itself as a Christian denomination (even though they deny being a denomination), yet they do not accept the very basic tenets of Christianity that would make them truly Christian in nature. You can't decide whether a pseudo-Christian cult is precisely that based on secular precepts! TWI is a religious group, ergo, it must be judged on it's religious merits.

And something else, Ten: it's really bad form, unfair, and completely inappropriate to try and hijack an article (as you appear to be doing with this one) just because you have spent alot of time editing it. Others who may have more knowledge of and/or personal experience with the subject matter can add to an article in a way someone else cannot. SkagitRiverQueen 17:30, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Christian Biblical Council

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Christian Biblical Council, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at its talk page. Removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, but the article may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. Lsjzl 13:53, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

L C M

Responded to you on that page about "Bad Science" Lsjzl 20:01, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Archive

Archive 4 was created for The Way Int. Doing it is sort of funny.. I trial and error it... anyway we are almost ready for archive page 5 though there are things that should not be moved just yet I think. Lsjzl 12:50, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Dr

Hey Ten, left you a note on the Dr W talk page about this line: "a non-accredited institution that was reputed to be a degree mill" Lsjzl 15:11, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

December 2007

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Talk:The Way International. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Alexfusco5 15:53, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Whatever they appear to be, what they are is moving some old topics to the archives. Merry ChristmasTen of Swords (talk) 16:12, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

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