Talk:Pandeism (Godfrey Higgins)

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[edit] VfD results

For an April 2005 deletion debate over this page see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Pandeism

[edit] Godfrey Higgin's earlier works

Does anyone have access to Higgins' earlier works, to determine when he first described pandeism? Also does anyone have acces to Kersey Graves' 1875 book The World's 16 Crucified Saviours, Madame Blavatsky's 1888, book, The Secret Doctrine, or Vsevolod Solovyov's 1895 book, The Priestess of Isis? All three relied heavily on the Anacalypsis for their writing, and may have carried forth Higgins' pandeism theory. ([1] [2]) --BD ^thimk 20:20, 2005 May 3 (UTC)

You can read Graves' The World's 16 Crucified Saviors here. Anacalypsis is expensive. Adraeus 10:50, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the link! Kersey cites the Anacalypsis copiously (here, here, thrice in this chapter, here, here, and here), but not pandeism (not surprising tho, as Kersey was primarily interested in digging up examples of mythological parallels to Christianity, and this would hardly be one). The Anacalypsis is expensive, but is available in some libraries. Emyth said he was going to the Harvard library to have a look. --BD ^thimk 14:16, 2005 May 4 (UTC)

[edit] Assumption of bad faith and removal of {cleanup} tag

An anonymous editor has removed the {{cleanup}} from the article, saying that the tag was being used as a general insult. As it is that user's only edit, and in light of the fact that I think the cleanup tag remains well-warranted, I have put it back. BD2412, if you know who did this, I recommend you paddle them and have them help you clean the article up rather than simply removing the cleanup tag and acting like the article is no longer a mess. Just because the VfD failed doesn't mean the article is a candidate for the wikipedia showroom. Tomer ^TALK 02:21, May 13, 2005 (UTC)

I have no idea who removed the tag, and would suggest that anyone intent on doing so should first log in - such opinions should be expressed openly. I agree that the article still needs much work, and have no dispute with the cleanup tag, as that may attract editors who have something to contribute. --BD ^thimk 03:18, 2005 May 13 (UTC)

We should outline,what needs to be cleaned up and changed so that others can contribute. Falphin 18:21, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)