Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Priestcraft

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. ugen 64 21:41, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Priestcraft
As this stub-like article looks like a dictionary definition, doesn't appear to have any sources or provenance for its unusual definition of the word, and generally has a NPOV, ranty vibe (unscientific though I realise that sounds), I suggest that the article should be deleted entirely, as only the title would appear to be of any use to future contributors. --Chips Critic 02:12, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Wiktionary has a dictionary article for the word at priestcraft, complete with quotations. I strongly suspect that an encyclopaedia article about priestcraft (in either sense) would have a different title.  Delete. Uncle G 03:11, 2005 Mar 21 (UTC)
 * Delete, dictionary definition. Megan1967 09:59, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, dictdef. Priestcruft. Jonathunder 07:58, 2005 Mar 26 (UTC)
 * Delete. It smells to me like a neologism invented specifically to embed a POV, but even if evidence were submitted to verify that it is in use...  it's still a dictdef, with no clear potential for expansion. -- Antaeus Feldspar 16:52, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. It's not just a neologism.  It's also a term in Latter-day Saint theology, referring to ordained clergy who do their work as a paid profession.  It stands in contrast to LDS lay-clergy, who have their own unrelated employment and work in the priesthood as part of their role in life.  More of this should be mentioned in this article.  It's not merely a criticism&mdash;it's a theology as well.  You see, in LDS belief, the love of money is considered evil, and to tie religious work with monetary income is perceived a conflict of interest.  There are other kinds of uses of religious money, such as tithing (which applies to 10% of everyone's income across the board), as well as fundraising and such.  But it's not considered appropriate to pay someone a wage or salary for religious work. - Gilgamesh 09:24, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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