Remember how a few days ago I contributed Christian Views of Women to Wikipedia? Here’s what that entry says now, right at the top of the page: “This page has been listed on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion. Please see that page for justifications and discussion.” That was the first thing someone did for that entry: ask that it not exist. And here’s what it has to say on the Votes for deletion page: “Incredibly [Point of View, rather than Neutral Point of View] and anti-Christian”; ” DELETE”; “incredibly hard to justify given NPOV guidelines”; ” As it stands I say delete”; ” Yes, delete — can’t imagine this becoming NPOV, and don’t see it adding any substance to Wikipedia”; ” If it’s not fixed to something reasonably NPOV within the seven days, delete it.”
What is the original entry like that people react against it so negatively, you might ask? The original entry was a brief neutral introductory statement (“Christianity, in all its variations, relies on the Bible as a guide. Therefore, the Biblical perspective of women is the Christian perspective of women. The following quotations are from the Bible.”) followed by 100% verbatim, accurate and in-context quotations from the King James Bible.
As usual, some people don’t want you to read the Bible. Most of the time, it is Christians lead the charge against reading the Bible. It just plain has all this stuff in it you aren’t supposed to read. This atheist says read it, and insist that those who say it is a worthy moral or scientific guide need to back up their claims.
