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cheerfullydrab posted:Man, Gotland, Cyprus, and Malta start their own "island EU". Icelandic membership is hotly debated. I still maintain that it has to be called the Imperium of Mann.
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GreyjoyBastard posted:I still maintain that it has to be called the Imperium of Mann. Blessed is the island too small for doubt
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Politically loaded aerial photos.   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/aerial-photos-unequal-scenes_us_57712986e4b017b379f66f6b
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Check some Brazilian capitals on Google Earth and try to get through 5 minutes without spotting this kind of stuff. It's incredibly easy to find favelas right next to high-class residential zones.
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Bloodnose posted:Speaking as a Jew, the stuff I know about Mormonism makes me think it more closely resembles Second Temple Judaism than any Christian religion. it's christianity with some guy's fanfiction about ancient aliens thrown in they call their churches 'temples' but other than that it's pretty standard evangelical protestant stuff minus the parts about aliens icantfindaname fucked around with this message at 02:50 on Jun 29, 2016 |
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icantfindaname posted:it's christianity with some guy's fanfiction about ancient aliens thrown in They're non-trinitarian though, which is why, at least on theological grounds, they get called non-Christian.
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Numerical Anxiety posted:They're non-trinitarian though, which is why, at least on theological grounds, they get called non-Christian. There's tons of outright non-trinitarian Christians though. Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian Scientists, a bunch of those indistinguishable sects that like to call themselves "the whatever church of god" or "church of god something". And there's lots more that are pretty weak on really respecting trinitarianism in practice. That's the thing with a religion with like 2 billion people - every difference you can think of has millions of people behind it.
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We politely include mormons as Christians the same way that contemporary evangelicals include Jews (but exclude Muslims) when they talk about Abrahmic faiths or Mughal Emperors would include Hinduism as a Sharia-sanctioned "religion of the book". Religion is a glass we use to put in culture. It confines the shape and absolutely contributes to peripheral factors like smell and mouth feel. Also, those finer points only matter if you are super rich.
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cool and good posted:That's what "Latter-day Saints" is or am I missing something? That's why the out "church of Jesus Christ.." Right in the front of their title.
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fishmech posted:There's tons of outright non-trinitarian Christians though. Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian Scientists, a bunch of those indistinguishable sects that like to call themselves "the whatever church of god" or "church of god something". And there's lots more that are pretty weak on really respecting trinitarianism in practice. "Tons," if you restrict yourself to the US and count only from the last 150 years. Otherwise, you have a tiny minority who is notable mostly for being odd.
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As an atheist, I told my believing protestant girlfriend (now wife) on our second date that if she wants to believe in God, she had better learn Latin. Otherwise, her god is sitting in heaven going "Que? Cognitas Latinum ne?". I mean, I don't believe in god and it's been a good 20 years since I took Latin, but I'll be damned if my wife, who believes in god, believes in the wrong god (which I don't believe in), so I want to ensure that when she communes with her god (that she believes in and I don't) it is very important that I ensure she worships her god in the right manner.
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Source your quotes.
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Numerical Anxiety posted:"Tons," if you restrict yourself to the US and count only from the last 150 years. Otherwise, you have a tiny minority who is notable mostly for being odd. There have been plenty of breakaway non-trinitarian Christians sects throughout history, like the Arians, the trinitarians just got noticeably worse at purging them in the last 150 years.
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Shbobdb posted:As an atheist, I told my believing protestant girlfriend (now wife) on our second date that if she wants to believe in God, she had better learn Latin. Otherwise, her god is sitting in heaven going "Que? Cognitas Latinum ne?". Should she also learn Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew to cover all bases of just Christianity?
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Vorpal Cat posted:There have been plenty of breakaway non-trinitarian Christians sects throughout history, like the Arians, the trinitarians just got noticeably worse at purging them in the last 150 years. The trinitarian definition was a response to the Arian crisis, the Arians weren't a breakaway group. That happens in the fourth century, but takes a while longer to resolve itself. Between early middle ages and the nineteenth century, you have maybe the followers of Swedenborg and who else?
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Numerical Anxiety posted:The trinitarian definition was a response to the Arian crisis, the Arians weren't a breakaway group. That happens in the fourth century, but takes a while longer to resolve itself. Between early middle ages and the nineteenth century, you have maybe the followers of Swedenborg and who else? Unitarians and Socinians, too.
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Maxwells Demon posted:Should she also learn Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew to cover all bases of just Christianity? Of course not! Are you some kind of weird rear end heretic?
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Shbobdb posted:As an atheist, I told my believing protestant girlfriend (now wife) on our second date that if she wants to believe in God, she had better learn Latin. Otherwise, her god is sitting in heaven going "Que? Cognitas Latinum ne?". One of the major points that attracted people to Protestantism was that it allowed holy scripture to be translated in local vernacular, so Protestants definitely believed that it didn't matter what language you addressed God in. It was the Catholic Church that insisted on Latin until well into the 20th century. Also, if you want to be pedantic with the Latin, at least get it right (I think your phrase should be "Quod? Non cognosci linguam Latinam?")
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Maxwells Demon posted:Should she also learn Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew to cover all bases of just Christianity? My Year 8 Welsh teacher, on being asked "Sir, why are we learning Welsh?", declared "Welsh is the language of Heaven, boyo!", so add that to the list.
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Shbobdb posted:As an atheist, I told my believing protestant girlfriend (now wife) on our second date that if she wants to believe in God, she had better learn Latin. Otherwise, her god is sitting in heaven going "Que? Cognitas Latinum ne?". I've never been a believer but atheism is looking more morally indefensible by the day
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Guavanaut posted:Politically loaded aerial photos. Reminds me of this photo of the Indian-Bhutanese border 
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Is that one of those micro-enclaves?
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the jizz taxi posted:One of the major points that attracted people to Protestantism was that it allowed holy scripture to be translated in local vernacular, so Protestants definitely believed that it didn't matter what language you addressed God in. It was the Catholic Church that insisted on Latin until well into the 20th century. Does God accept Vulgar Latin?
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Numerical Anxiety posted:"Tons," if you restrict yourself to the US and count only from the last 150 years. Otherwise, you have a tiny minority who is notable mostly for being odd. Most people talking about current religions do consider it relevant to talk about huge countries and things that are going on now, instead of what counted as a Christian when no one could travel faster than 35 miles per hour. Whatever sect you think is the best isn't the true christianity, if there can even be such a thing. Ras Het posted:Does God accept Vulgar Latin? Nah, only polite Latin. 
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I dunno, I imagine God has a pretty crude sense of humour. He made us, after all.
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Samuel Clemens posted:I dunno, I imagine God has a pretty crude sense of humour. He made fishmech, after all.
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Samuel Clemens posted:I dunno, I imagine God has a pretty crude sense of humour. He made us, after all. Maybe you. I evolved from a emergent feature of carbon chemistry
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Baron Porkface posted:Is that one of those micro-enclaves? India and Bhutan have a very clear border with no enclaves. You're thinking of India and Bangladesh, which had a horribly chaotic border with hundreds of enclaves, sub-enclaves, and, in at least one epic case, part of India inside part of Bangladesh inside part of India inside Bangladesh. However, a very recent agreement (process began last July) fixed the problem, and the border was simplified, de-enclaving all the land.
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the jizz taxi posted:One of the major points that attracted people to Protestantism was that it allowed holy scripture to be translated in local vernacular, so Protestants definitely believed that it didn't matter what language you addressed God in. It was the Catholic Church that insisted on Latin until well into the 20th century. I know, isn't it sad? All those people talking to their God in a language he doesn't speak.
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fishmech posted:Whatever sect you think is the best isn't the true christianity, if there can even be such a thing. So is Islam part of Christianity as well? Why (not)?
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Could God create a language so complex not even He could speak it?
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cebrail posted:So is Islam part of Christianity as well? Why (not)? They don't consider themselves Christians, so they aren't Christians.
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Guavanaut posted:Politically loaded aerial photos. US/Mexican border:  The US is on the left
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But Christians are Muslims. Just bad Muslims because they are working with a corrupted revelation. For the same reason, Jews are Muslims but Jews are explicitly not Christians. Mormons, however, aren't Muslims because Joseph Smith claims revelation after Mohammed. Christians, Jews, Muslims and Mormons are all Baha'i.
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Theres has many religions has religious people exist. They all pick whatever they like from religion and ignore what they dont like or need effort.
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DrSunshine posted:Could God create a language so complex not even He could speak it? Depends on if you consider Finnish the devil's work.
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Mister Olympus posted:Depends on if you consider Finnish the devil's work. Helsinki
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Negrostrike posted:It's such a shame for them that any chance to annex Inner Mongolia from China is dead and buryat. the truth yurts
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Ron Jeremy posted:That's why the out "church of Jesus Christ.." Right in the front of their title. what
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Or, ya know, in Detroit:
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