[WikiEN-l] Re: SPOV threatens NPOV

Tue Dec 13 19:54:49 UTC 2005

On 12/13/05, Sam Korn <smoddy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/13/05, Chris Jenkinson <chris at starglade.org> wrote:
> > Do you have any verification that the 'Resurrection' of Christ actually
> > occurred, other than Christian literature?
>
> Christian literature.  That makes it not bunk.
>
> We should present all views, not only the ones that seem most rational
> to us.  To call the Resurrection "bunk" is completely POV and
> unacceptable.  It doesn't conform to our knowledge of science, but
> that should not say that Wikipedia should present an opinion on
> whether or not it happened.
>
> SPOV should be in NPOV, but it isn't NPOV in itself.
>

I agree. I personally don't have any faith that the Resurrection occurred
(or even in Jesus' existence), but to say that it's total bunk is certainly
as POV as saying that the Resurrection absolutely happened.

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