User:Guðsþegn/backup

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

__NOTOC__ <table style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; width: 242px; border: #99B3FF solid 1px"> <tr><td><center><font color="#B53C07"><big>'''Guðsþegn'''</big></font>  ([[God|God's]] [[Thegn|minister]])</center></td></tr> <tr><td>[[Image:Earth satellite plane.jpg|241px]]</td></tr> <tr><td><div style="float: left; border:solid lightblue 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: lightblue;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: lightblue; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:Earth flag PD.jpg|70px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is a [[Catholic Evangelical|catholic and evangelical]] '''[[Christianity|Christian]]''' |}</div></td></tr> <tr><td>{{User Catholic Evangelical}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{userbox|lightblue|lightblue|[[Image:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg|92px]]|This user is an '''American'''.}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{userbox|lightblue|lightblue|[[Image:Flag of Texas.svg|70px]]|This user is a native '''Texan'''.}}</td></tr> <tr><td><div style="float: left; border:solid lightblue 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: lightblue;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: lightblue; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:Nordic-celtic flag.svg|73px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is of<br>'''[[Germanic tribes|Teutonic]]''' and '''[[Celt|Celtic]]''' ancestry. |}</div></td></tr> <tr><td>{{userbox|id=INTP|id-c=darkblue|id-fc=white|id-s=14|info=This user has an '''[[:Category:User INTP|INTP]]''' personality<br>per the [[Myers-Briggs Type Indicator|Myers-Briggs]] typing system|info-c=lightblue|border-c=lightblue}}</td></tr> <tr><td><div style="float: left; border:solid lightblue 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: lightblue;" | style="width: 90px; height: 45px; background: lightblue; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|34}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''{{{3|<><}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This user is a<br>[[Born again|Born Again Christian]].}}} |}</div></td></tr> <tr><td>{{User architect}}</td></tr> <tr><td><font color="#B53C07"><center><big>'''BELIEFS'''</big></center></font></td></tr> <tr><td> <div style="float: left; border:solid {{{1|#FF0000}}} 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: {{{2|#FFBBBB}}};" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: {{{1|#FF0000}}}; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|18}}}pt; color: white;" | '''{{{3|RB}}}''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | {{{4|This user is a '''[[Reformed Baptist]]'''.}}} |}</div> </td></tr> <tr><td>{{User Reformed Baptist}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user Christian democrat}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User CDP-USA}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User Run-Off}}</td></tr> <tr><td><div style="float: left; border:solid #0066FF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: lightblue;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #0066FF; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''PL''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is '''[[pro-life]]'''. |}</div></td></tr> <tr><td>{{userbox||#FFFFFF|[[Image:Esv-cover.jpg|36px]]|This user recommends the<br>'''[[English Standard Version|English Standard Version (ESV)]]'''<br>of the [[Bible|Holy Bible]].}}</td></tr> <tr><td><font color="#B53C07"><center><big>'''LANGUAGES'''</big></center></font></td></tr> <tr><td>{{user en}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user es-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user ke-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user is-1}}</td></tr> <tr><td><font color="#B53C07"><center><big>'''WIKIPEDIA'''</big></center></font></td></tr> <tr><td>{{user browser:Mozilla Firefox}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user tonofedits}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user freedom}}</td></tr> <tr><td><div style="float:right; border:solid red 1px; margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background:red;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background:1; text-align: center; font-size:5pt;" | [[Image:Crystal kthememgr.png|45px]] | style="font-size:8pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em; color:white;" | This user actively participated in rebellion against the Great 2006 New Year's Day Userbox Purge in favor of Userbox rights. |}</div></td></tr> <tr><td>{{User WP:UB}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User ESP-member}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User WikiProject Christianity}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User WP Architecture}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User WikiProject Middle-earth}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User WPStarTrek}}</td></tr> <tr><td><font color="#B53C07"><center><big>'''PREOCCUPATIONS'''</big></center></font></td></tr> <tr><td>{{user Trekkie}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user LOST}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{User Architecture}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user maps}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user poker}}</td></tr> <tr><td>{{user Weimaraner lover}}</td></tr> <tr><td>[[Image:Starbaby-cbe.jpg|241px]]</td></tr> </table>  [[Image:Flag_of_Iceland.svg|32px|Iceland]]   <font color="#B53C07"><big>'''Kristófur Guðsþegn Hermansson'''</big></font> ... is the "Wikiname" of a user that has an affinity for the people and culture of [[Iceland]]. ... lives in Groves, [[Texas]]. ... grew up in [[Southeast_Texas|southeast Texas]], generally. ... goes to school at [[Reformed Theological Seminary]] in Jackson, [[Mississippi]]. ... is almost finished with his '''[[Master of Divinity]]''' degree from RTS. ... went to school at The [[University of Texas at Austin]]. ... received a B.S. in '''[[architecture|Architectural Studies]]''' from UT. ... has worked for several architecture firms in Texas and Mississippi. ... is currently working for himself. ... dreams about having a wife and family. ... considers himself a "'''[[Catholic Evangelical]]'''" of the [[Reformed Baptist]] variety (believe it or not; can explain). ... dreams about greater church unity, while maintaining church purity. ... '''wants to create ecclesial structures''' that help bring the organic unity of the Church into a significant organizational unity. ... wishes he could vote for a party that wants to ''save babies'', rather than just have an issue. ... wishes he could vote for a party that wants to save American jobs ''and make workers lives better'', rather than providing corporate welfare to send jobs overseas. * '''[[Catholic Evangelical]]''' ([[Reformed Baptist]]) :My being a Catholic Evangelical (Reformed Baptist) can be taken two ways: ::(1) It means that I am an evangelical Christian who is a [[Baptist]] and who is also [[Reformed_Theology|Reformed]] in his theology, particularly regarding [[soteriology]], and loves to learn about and from the historical Church ''(go [[Athanasius]]!)'', and prefers to hold as close to historical Christian practices as possible without falling into idolatry or man-made religion. ::(2) It can mean that I am a [[Catholicism|catholic]] [[Christian]], that is, a Christian believer who is part of the "[[One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church|one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church]]" of Christ, who thinks that the Apostolic scriptures lead him to worship at a [[Reformed Baptist]] church; and who thinks that his church and evangelical churches in general could learn something from the [[Roman Catholic Church]], particularly in regard to organizational unity - minus the hierarchy. <p><br> <table style="margin: 5px; width: 490px;"><tr><td> <table style="float: left; margin: 5px; width: 480px; border: lightblue solid 1px"> <tr><td> <div style="float: left; border: solid {{{1}}} 1px; margin: 10px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 70px" | style="width: 70px; height: 70px; background: #FF7518; text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; color: white;" | '''CDP''' |} </div> </td> <td> '''''Information about the [http://www.cdp-usa.org/ Christian Democratic Party (USA)]''''' </td></tr> </table> <table style="float: left; margin: 5px; width: 480px; border: lightblue solid 1px"> <tr><td> <div style="float: left; border: solid {{{1}}} 1px; margin: 10px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 70px" | style="width: 70px; height: 70px; background: green; text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; color: white;" | '''HDA''' |} </div> </td> <td> '''''Information about the [http://www.cdp-usa.org/HDA/ Human Dignity Amendment]''''' </td></tr> </table> <table style="float: left; margin: 5px; width: 480px; border: lightblue solid 1px"> <tr><td> <div style="float: left; border: solid {{{1}}} 1px; margin: 10px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 70px" | style="width: 70px; height: 70px; background: #FF0000; text-align: center; font-size: 36pt; color: white;" | '''X''' |} </div> </td> <td> '''''Information about [[User:Christopher_Erickson#Voting System Reform|Voting System Reform]]''''' </td></tr> </table> </td></tr></table> = Topics of Interest = * [[Christianity]] ([[Portal:Christianity|Portal]]) * [[Theology]] (specifically [[Christian theology|Christian Theology]]), the "Queen of the Sciences" ** [[God]] *** [[Trinity|The Holy Trinity]] ([[Father]], [[Jesus|Son]], and [[Holy Spirit]]) *** The '''[[Lord]] [[Jesus]] [[Christ]]''' (a.k.a. [[Tetragrammaton|'''Y'''a'''H'''u'''V'''e'''H''']]; the LORD God almighty; the self-existent source and sustenance of ALL BEING) ** Holy Scripture, a.k.a. the Christian [[Bible]] *** [[Old Testament]] **** [[Genesis]] **** [[Deuteronomy]] **** [[Book of Job]] **** [[Psalms]] **** [[Book of Jeremiah]] **** [[Book of Ezekiel]] **** [[Book of Daniel]] *** [[New Testament]] **** [[Gospel of Matthew]] **** [[Gospel of John]] **** [[Epistle to the Romans]] **** [[Epistle to Galatians|Epistle to the Galatians]] **** [[Epistle to the Ephesians]] **** [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] **** [[Book of Revelation]] (a.k.a. Apocalypse of John) ** [[Salvation]] *** [[Covenant Theology]], a.k.a. [[Federalism|Federal Theology]] *** [[New Covenant]] ** [[Church]] and [[History of Christianity|Church History]] *** [[Catholicism]] **** [[Nicene Creed|The Nicene Creed]] ... especially the meaning of the "[[One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church|one holy catholic and apostolic Church]]" of Christ **** [[Athanasius]] **** The [[Baptist]] movement and theology ***** The [[Reformed Baptist]] movement and theology **** [[Protestant Reformation|The Reformation]] ***** [[Calvinism|Reformed Theology]] *** Ant'''i'''-Nicene "Christianity" **** [[Mormonism]] *** Expansive [[List of Christian denominations]] * [[Architecture]] ** [[Medieval architecture|Medieval Architecture]] *** [[Gothic architecture|Gothic Architecture]] **** [[Cathedral]] [[Cathedral architecture|Architecture]], a form of [[Religious architecture|Religious Architecture]] ** [[Urban design|Urban Design]] and [[Urban planning|Urban Planning]] *** [[New Urbanism]] **** [[Christopher Alexander]] **** [[Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk]] ** [[Sustainable architecture|Sustainable Architecture]] * [[Ideology]], [[Politics]] and [[Political Ideology|Political Thought]] ** [[Communitarianism]] *** [[Christian Democracy]] ** [[Elections]] *** [[Instant-runoff voting|Instant-Runoff Voting]] *** [[Proportional representation|Proportional Representation]] ** [[Federalism]] ** [[Government]] *** [[Parliamentary system|Parliamentary Government]] *** [[Political party|Political Parties]] *** [[Separation of powers under the United States Constitution]] *** [[Two-party system|Two-Party Political Systems]] ** Issues *** [[School choice|School Choice]] ... especially fully-funded, federal, [[Education voucher|school voucher programs]] *** [[Publicly funded medicine|Universal Health Insurance]] ** [[Publications]] *** [[The Atlantic Monthly]] * [[Education]] ** [[Homeschooling]] ** [[School choice|School Choice]] (as mentioned before) * [[Geography]] ** [[North America]] *** [[United States of America]] **** [[Alaska]] **** [[Louisiana]] **** [[Mississippi]] **** [[Texas]] **** [[Utah]], the center of [[Mormonism]] * Miscellaneous ** [[Personality test]]ing *** I am an '''[http://www.intp.org/ INTP]''' according to the [[Myers-Briggs Type Indicator]] system. ** [[University of Texas at Austin|The University of Texas at Austin]] == Voting System Reform == As with many others trying to break out of the politically oppressive [[two-party system]] box that is characteristic of the current American electoral system, the CDP advocates '''[[instant-runoff voting]]''' (IRV), to replace the current [[Plurality electoral system|first-past-the-post voting]] (FPTP) system. The current American [[two-party system]] is created by the convergence of two traditions, one [[constitution]]ally mandated and the other simply arbitrary. In the United States, the [[Separation of powers under the United States Constitution|separated legislative and executive branches]] are constitutionally mandated. This system was created by the [[Founding Fathers|founding fathers]] to help deter any formation of a monarch, a laudible goal. Though most of the founding fathers despised the idea of [[Political party|political parties]] in general (a bit near-sighted given the nature of man), the system they created (when combined with FPTP voting) helped create an entrenched [[two-party system]]. In contrast, [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary systems]] (as in Britain) tend to deter the emergence of an entrenched two-party system. The other tradition, the seemingly intuitive but actually totally arbitrary [[Plurality electoral system|first-past-the-post voting]] system, when combined with the [[Presidential system|presidential]], or separated powers, system of governance almost guarantees an entrenched [[two-party system]]. Replacing the current FPTP system with [[Instant-runoff voting]] would require no constitutional or legal change at the federal level (some states may require change if they have enshrined FPTP voting). In addition, (contrary to some criticism by two-party system advocates) IRV could easily work alongside the [[electoral college]] system. There is no conflict at all between them. The reason two-party system advocates do not like IRV is because '''''it would move the United States toward having a Congress that to a greater degree [[Proportional representation|proportionally represents]] the real desires and voice of the American people''''', and it would cause the powers-that-be to lose some of their power. IRV would almost certainly open the system to parties like the CDP, because it would dissuade voters from engaging in the now common practice of [[tactical voting]], which is exactly the thing that entrenches the [[two-party system]]. Curiously, in FPTP, the post (i.e. the requirement to win) actually moves, according to how many candidates are in the field. With FPTP, a candidate in a field of six could potentially win with just 17% of the vote. In IRV, the requirement to win is always a majority of the vote. The winner in an IRV election may not be the ''first choice'' of a majority of the voters (as is also true with the current FPTP system), but '''''the winner will certainly be the candidate desired more than any of the other candidates''''' (unlike FPTP) and a ''majority winner'' over the second place candidate. This is to some degree true with all runoff voting, but unlike runoff voting in general (as in Louisiana voting), [[instant-runoff voting]] (IRV) does not require any additional voting events. You only go to the ballot box once. ''Some positive side effects'' of going to an IRV system would be that more people would be likely to vote, because they could vote for a candidate that more closely represented their views without feeling like they were totally wasting their time. Moreover, because IRV is a "ranked choice" voting system, it is very likely that '''''there would be much less [[negative campaigning]]''''', because candidates would not only be seeking to be the first choice of the voters, but they would also be seeking to be the second and third choice of voters who actually prefer other candidates. The candidates would not want to offend those voters who prefer an opposing candidate by calling their favorite candidate a "slime bag" because they need some of their second choice votes. This would probably produce a great deal more substantive debate as well, because when personal issues are out of the way, more important issues can fill the gap. {{WP:UB/A|right}} =Links= * [http://www.cdp-usa.org/ '''Christian Democratic Party''' (USA)] * [http://www.chriserickson.org/ Personal Website] =Sub-pages= *[[/Question for Alibabs|Question for Alibabs]] *[[/backup|bak]] {{userpage}} {{WP Christianity}} {{User:Exir Kamalabadi/E2}} {{Inclusionist}} {{ub}} {{WP:UBS}} {{opentask}} [[Category:Catholic Evangelical Wikipedians|Guðsþegn]] [[Category:Calvinist Wikipedians|Guðsþegn]] [[Category:Wikipedians in the United States|Guðsþegn]] [[Category:INTP Wikipedians|Guðsþegn]] [[Category:Born-again Christian Wikipedians|Guðsþegn]] [[Category:Generation X Wikipedians|Guðsþegn]]