[WikiEN-l] Opus Dei article

Fri Apr 22 17:39:06 UTC 2005

The Opus Dei article is a total propagdana piece.  It makes
no attempt at all  to objectively describe Opus Dei. 
Rather, it reads like an Opus Dei proselytizing tract.

There are many serious, sustained and important criticisms
of Opus Dei, especially from Catholics!  There are similar
criticisms from many people worried about their cult-like
behaviour.  However, the article only minimally mentions
these controversies, glosses over them, and then disposes
of them with generic apologetics.  That style of writing
violates our NPOV policy.

The article, as it stood when I read it, is an embarassment
to any work that claims to be an encyclopedia.  The
problems with it are not merely that it is part of a "work
under construction".  The problems are:

* It represents agressive religious proselytizing which
clearly flouts NPOV.

* It offers no serious academic or critical-historical
analysis.

* It minimizes and makes apologetics for the vast amount of
criticism in such a way that one might rightfully call the
article "censored."

Robert (RK)

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