Nine Theses on Wikipedia: A Special Feature
I submit these nine theses to Wikipedia’s community and to the world. I do this, as Martin Luther said when he posted his famous 95 theses, “Out of love for the truth and the desire to elucidate it.” A quarter of a century ago, Jimmy Wales’ company Bomis hired me to start a free encyclopedia. The first draft, from which we learned much, was Nupedia—it made slow progress. So, a year later, on January 2, 2001, when a friend told me about wikis, I immediately began imagining a wiki encyclopedia.
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Grokipedia: a first look
To begin with my credentials for those who arrive here not knowing who I am: I’ve started, or helped start, five encyclopedias and meta-encyclopedia projects, including Wikipedia.((I founded Nupedia and Wikipedia, advised the
On Wikipedia, the God of the Bible Is the Head of a Pantheon
My God is called, in the Bible, Yahweh. That is, Yahweh is a speculative transliteration of the Hebrew name we know only by the vowel-less “tetragrammaton,” YHWH, or יְהוָה, which in generations past
How to Choose a Church: Quick Notes
In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, many people have declared that they will attend Church for the first time in a long time, or ever. This is excellent and I
Which projects would best serve the Kingdom?
I am not going to give an in-depth discussion of this question myself. I will, however, give you a bunch of notes. Mostly, the reason I am posting is to get your feedback
“Why we are the pure, primitive Church”
Many partisans defend their particular Christian denominations by constructing arguments that have the conclusion, “This is the purest form of Christianity.” Look and see if I am not correct. Here, then, is a
On the cybersecurity subcommittee’s Wikipedia investigation
Congress is now investigating Wikipedia. More precisely, according to a letter dated August 27, 2025 and sent by Rep James Comer (R-KY) and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) to the CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation,
Why the ACNA
Here is why I am joining the traditional Anglicans. I announced last week that I am seeking to be confirmed in early September in the Anglican Church in North America. I have begun attending
The Denominational Distinctives III: Further High Church Distinctives
In Part I, I discussed those questions that distinguished Catholicism and Orthodoxy, on the one hand, from all of Protestantism, on the other. In Part II, I began to discuss questions that distinguish
On W. L. Craig on whether God can learn
A friend of mine has pressed me to respond to William Lane Craig’s defense of Molinism, so here is a small contribution. Recently, I found an occasion to do so. Craig’s X.com team
The Denominational Distinctives II: The High Church Distinctives
This is the second set of questions and answers about the distinctive doctrines of the Christian denominations. My aim in this series is to help me to decide on my proper denominational home.
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/larrysanger- I invited my X peeps to ask me questions and then "like" the various questions, and I would upload the answers in video form. Here it is! Christian identity – 1:10 "Call no man teacher" – 9:25 Role of government – 15:45 Authority & resistance – 19:15 Wikipedia labor – 24:20 Net value of Wikipedia […]
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- While I was raised Christian, I lost my faith in my teens, as so many do. But my life has been a truth-seeking quest, and I ended up earning a Ph.D. in philosophy (as I was starting Wikipedia). My reasons for disbelief fell away one by one; eventually I read the Bible, finally, for good […]