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Biography and Contact Information

Me
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es-2Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español.
sco-1This brouker can contreibute wi a laich level o Scots.
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United States of America.
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State of Indiana.
This user lives in or hails from Indianapolis.
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I am Justin Anthony Knapp (KoAVF), a Wikipedian from Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. I'm a life-long Hoosier, and attended Covenant Christian High School; upon graduating, I worked there as a tutor and teachers' assistant for two years. I joined Wikipedia on March 6, 2005, after anonymously editing for months. I work in the Cavanaugh Hall bookstore, at IUPUI, where I am a political science major. I also do some web design on the side. I hope to possibly become a social studies teacher, teach English in Taiwan (ROC), and/or be a humanitarian worker.

A chronology

Communication

Mail
(Home/Work) 		3431 Beeler Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46224-1919, USA 		425 University Blvd. CA 008
Indianapolis, IN 46203, USA
Phone (H/W) (317) 299-5670 (317) 278-2665
Fax (Work) (317) 274-3464
E-mail/AIM koavf@aol.com koavf

Alternately, you could shout really loud...

What else?

Needless to say, the things most interesting to me about my life probably won't be that interesting to you. You may see my biography here, or my family tree here.
Feel free to e-mail me if there's something that you desperately need to tell or ask me. That's the best way to get in contact with me. Also, feel free to call me at work.

Wikipedia Contributions

What I Do
This user contributes using Firefox.
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xhtml-1This user is a beginning XHTML user.

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PC-0 I am politically incorrect. Hence, I will use common sense and speak plainly rather than trip all over myself trying to be inoffensive.
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Wikimedia Foundation Thanks, apologies Angela
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These are my 4,300+ contributions (breakdown); I'm a fairly active Wikipedian. I think that Wikipedia is one of the few Internet communities worth joining, and the anachistic approach to editing is its strongest feature. You may find me on the Spanish Wikipedia on occasion, or possibly on the Simple English Wikipedia. I generally edit articles concerned with politics, philosophy, religion, or popular culture, and I try to particularly represent the interests of truth and the Sahrawis of Western Sahara (SADR). To that end, I created the Western Sahara Portal, Category:Supporters of Western Sahara, Category:Western Sahara stubs, Template:Western sahara to-do, and the Western Sahara Project. My watchlist has ballooned to over 1,200 articles, so I see a lot more than I do sometimes. I spent way too long on this userpage, and I recommend that everyone else learn from my mistakes. You probably won't ever find me doing peripheral Wikipedia stuff (Wikifun, stress tests, etc.), becuase I prefer to simply add information to pages and make new ones. Occasionally, I'll thrown in my two cents on a vote, and sometimes get into heated discussions on the talk pages for articles that interest me. Every now and again, I'll sort stubs, categorize pages, or click on the random page link, fix double redirects, and do what I can.

Done
To Do

/Christianity
/Westernsahara
/Worldguidebook

Interests

What I Like

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voc-2This user is an intermediate vocalist.

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Philosophy
Politics
Religion

Convictions

Who I Am

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This user knows that
no religion
has a monopoly on truth.

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This user believes in the existence of a human soul or spirit.

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evol-2 This user is skeptical about one or more components of the theory of evolution

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PL This user is pro-life.
This user rejects the use of
violence, force, or coercion
to resolve regional disputes.
This user believes that the death penalty should never be used.
This user is in favor of gun control.

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This user supports the United Nations.
This user supports the independence of Western Sahara (SADR).
This user supports the independence of Taiwan and a Republic of Taiwan.
File:FlagofWestPapua.png This user supports the independence of West Papua (RWP).
This user supports the independence of Tibet.
This user believes in a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

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This user is opposed to the House of Saud.

Template:User Cypriot reintigration

File:Korea unified flag.png This user supports the peaceful reunification of N. and S. Korea.

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This user is opposed to drugs and any kind of legalization of them.

My entire world view is based on the assertion that God exists, and created humanity in His image.

Since this is the case, all persons are the things in the universe most like God, and have immeasurable dignity and worth. This dignity is expressed in rights, the primary of which is the right to life. Humans have been given a rational will to make moral decisions, and the most fulfilling way of life is one characterized by love and genuine reciprocity between persons; the greatest love being charity. Persons are the only things which can be said to truly exist, and humans are unique among animals in our capacity to reason, use language, make choices, create art, have projects, create meaningful relationships, and we have souls. Since humans do nothing to merit personhood, there is also nothing they can do to lose it; their rights are immutable, equal, and non-transferable. Even if we have disagreements with others, we must respect their moral and rational autonomy.

Some of the rights that persons have are positive and others negative, and the primary purpose of the state is to allow flourishing and excellence among its citizenry. Domestically, this is accomplished by creating genuine democracy in a stable republic. In international relations, this is best accomplished by peaceful cooperation, sometimes fostered by intergovernmental organizations. Governments must provide for the entire well-being of the citizen - including education, health care, safety, and, above all, the rule of law. The wealth and affluency of some states is only the case because of a reciprocal relationship with other states (sometimes, this relationship is explotative.) Consequently, it is imperative to give back to those other societies to help them develop themselves and to show appreciation for their worth as persons.

In terms of interpersonal relations, persons should always respect the rights of other persons, never treating them as a means only, and always as an end. Manipulation is always wrong. All persons have an intuitive understanding of good and evil, a conscience. This conscience is not perfect, though, and must be transformed by habit and reason. Compassion, kindness, and mindfulness are a few of the virtues that all persons should acquire, and since they can only be acquired by habit, we must practice care for the environment and fellow animals; not because they deserve it in and of themselves, but because we can better respect other humans if we demonstrate respect to other creatures.

This respect is also a moral imperative, since by demonstrating love toward God's creations, we demonstrate love to Him also. God has entered into history at various times to guide the course of human affairs, but He typically acts through persons on an individual level. To all who ask for wisdom, or truth, He gives in abundance, and gives perseverance to those who need it in times of trial. The greatest guide that He has given to humanity to help them understand the universe and their place in it is the Bible, and the greatest instance of His intervention in human affairs is the incarnation of Jesus Christ. It is because of His sacrifice that we can acheive salvation. This is open to all persons, including those who have never known His name. Ultimately, it is impossible for any human to know who will be saved, as it is an intensely personal matter and relies on God's unknowable economy. We can only control our words, actions, and beliefs in this life. It is imperative that persons of the faith unite under the essentials of Christianity.

Ultimately, there are several philosophies that contain some truth, but not all of them share it in equal measure. A philosophy can only be ultimatley useful if it is holistic, that is, it takes into acocunt all of the kinds of experiences that people have. Humans are made up of five overlapping dimensions, none of which is most important or real, and all of which are dependent on the others for their fullest expression: the spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, and social. Our spritual life is constituted by our relationship to God, beliefs about other persons, intentions toward others, priorities and affections, and love. The mental component of our lives includes memory, personality and temperment, imagination, logical reasoning, creativity, and volitional will. We have a wide range of emotions: happiness, anger, sadness, and more. None of them is invalid, and all of them should be exercised at some time. Our bodies are our most important possessions, and we should take care that they operate in the best condition; if our brains are lazy, so then will our minds be. Lastly, humans are social creatures, and in creating relationships with others, we learn invaluable truths about ourselves and the world around us.

We are all pilgrims, though, and the search for truth is rich because of reciprocity between persons - so feel free to let me know what you think. Above all else, love, beware false prophets, and don't panic.

Important Information and Final Thoughts

The Sahrawis

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|\________| * Western Sahara
| )___(*___| * Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic
|/_______| * Flag of Western Sahara
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An informative site about the struggle for Saharawi independence

The Taiwanese

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|_*_|        | * Republic of China
|              | * Political status of Taiwan
|________| * Flag of the Republic of China
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The government of the Republic of China on Taiwan

The Papuans

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|  |=======| * West Papua
| *|=======| * Free Papua Movement
|_|=======| * Flag of West Papua
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|

An informative site about West Papua

The Tibetans

o_________
||___|__|___| * Tibet
||___/ * \___| * Government of Tibet in Exile
||__/~:::~\__| * Flag of Tibet
|
|

The government-in-exile of Tibet

The last words of Leonardo da Vinci:

"I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have."

The epitaph of Paul Erdős:

"Finally I am becoming stupider no more."

The last words of Ludwig Wittgenstein:

"Tell them I've had a wonderful life."
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