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Smoking Crow
Feb 14, 2012

*laughs at u*

Hello and welcome to the apostolic successor of the last Christianity thread. While most of us are liturgical in some form (Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, Episcopalian, etc), we cover a myriad of denominations. Ask anything you want! Just remember the rules: 1) be a cool guy 2) don't be an uncool guy.

last thread https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3554109

Always now and ever and unto ages of ages~~~

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Keromaru5
Dec 28, 2012

Pictured: The Wolf Of Gubbio (probably)

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Many years!

System Metternich
Feb 28, 2010

But what did he mean by that?

Oh yeah, ground floor! :cool:

Ad multos annos! :angel:

zonohedron
Aug 14, 2006


Funny hats only, please.

Only registered members can see post attachments!

Worthleast
Nov 25, 2012

Possibly the only speedboat jumps I've planned

Lace and gilded skeletons are cool too.

Thread processional music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwU37osOkQA

StashAugustine
Mar 24, 2013

Do not trust in hope- it will betray you! Only faith and hatred sustain.

Who's ready for the spirit of Christianity Thread II?

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.
Token evangelical checking in now that the Liturgicals have schismed and been overthrown.

*starts nailing theses to forum door*

HEY GUNS
Oct 11, 2012

FOPTIMUS PRIME
good things: vestments, bells, elaborate music, theology, gays

bad things: polyester, people who don't care about theology, Just Asking Questions, hats that aren't silly

Paladinus
Jan 11, 2014

heyHEYYYY!!!
Controversial opinion: some new things are actually better than old things.

HEY GUNS
Oct 11, 2012

FOPTIMUS PRIME

Paladinus posted:

Controversial opinion: some new things are actually better than old things.

hot take: no they aren't

Senju Kannon
Apr 9, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo
Hey did you guys know the Buddhist church of America has programmed services in the style of Christian services

Hymns, readings from scripture, reading quotations from the founder and foundational thinkers, and there's even pews

We even bow to the altar to show respect and reverence

Yessir jodo shinshu is not only non-discriminatory it's also super familiar to western Christians. Don't genuflect tho that's apparently a "faux pas"

Deteriorata
Feb 6, 2005

But as to all opinions which do not strike at the root of Christianity, we think and let think.

Senju Kannon
Apr 9, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo

HEY GAL posted:

hot take: no they aren't

Make new friends but keep the old, one is silver and the other is gold

Though why new friends are lesser than old friends I don't get. What if the old one is a jerk and the new one super nice?

Worthleast
Nov 25, 2012

Possibly the only speedboat jumps I've planned

That processional was too short and lacked a gilded German organ.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5K28AVa86s

Smoking Crow
Feb 14, 2012

*laughs at u*

Mo Tzu posted:

Make new friends but keep the old, one is silver and the other is gold

Though why new friends are lesser than old friends I don't get. What if the old one is a jerk and the new one super nice?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Lw9YWLVts

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

HEY GAL posted:

hot take: no they aren't

Whatever gets butts in pews for your local church. Shop around.

HEY GUNS
Oct 11, 2012

FOPTIMUS PRIME
why are you friends with jerks, mo tzu

Worthleast
Nov 25, 2012

Possibly the only speedboat jumps I've planned

Time for the Introit. Wait schola, you are unnecessarily large.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmH1nZSGIyY

The Belgian
Oct 28, 2008

Mo Tzu posted:

Hey did you guys know the Buddhist church of America has programmed services in the style of Christian services

Hymns, readings from scripture, reading quotations from the founder and foundational thinkers, and there's even pews

We even bow to the altar to show respect and reverence

Yessir jodo shinshu is not only non-discriminatory it's also super familiar to western Christians. Don't genuflect tho that's apparently a "faux pas"

I bet they don't even transubstantiate anything.

Senju Kannon
Apr 9, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo

HEY GAL posted:

why are you friends with jerks, mo tzu

Depression. Also anxiety. And just a wee bit of a guilt complex about cutting people out of my life

HEY GUNS
Oct 11, 2012

FOPTIMUS PRIME
while looking for a soundtrack for a game i run, i found this loving thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6gyxbBvmTY

Powered Descent
Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

For where two or three shitposts are gathered in My name, I am there lurking the thread.

Senju Kannon
Apr 9, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo

The Belgian posted:

I bet they don't even transubstantiate anything.

Well there are legends about people ascending to the pure land without dying first

Or something like that

So there's that

Worthleast
Nov 25, 2012

Possibly the only speedboat jumps I've planned

Post the sweetest Church music you got. Christian Rock is not Church music, for it is neither good Christianity, nor good rock.

Vestments and architecture are a bonus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y9yM53TowA

The Belgian
Oct 28, 2008

Mo Tzu posted:

Well there are legends about people ascending to the pure land without dying first

Or something like that

So there's that

Yes but do you eat their flesh in your mass? This is very important.

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

HEY GAL posted:

while looking for a soundtrack for a game i run, i found this loving thing

Honestly, who hasn't raided with a Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas album blaring over vent?

HEY GUNS
Oct 11, 2012

FOPTIMUS PRIME

Cythereal posted:

Honestly, who hasn't raided with a Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas album blaring over vent?

go Charpentier or go home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vha5Sd53Ah0

Keromaru5
Dec 28, 2012

Pictured: The Wolf Of Gubbio (probably)

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Cythereal posted:

Whatever gets butts in pews for your local church. Shop around.
Tear out the pews.

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

Keromaru5 posted:

Tear out the pews.

Throw out the candles.

Smoking Crow
Feb 14, 2012

*laughs at u*

Cythereal posted:

Throw out the candles.

bury me with my candles

Paladinus
Jan 11, 2014

heyHEYYYY!!!
What if it's electric candles?

System Metternich
Feb 28, 2010

But what did he mean by that?

RIP old thread, have Mozart's Requiem with the added bonus of a Tridentine Requiem Mass being said along with it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPGx76vR414&t=292s

Paramemetic
Sep 29, 2003

Area 51. You heard of it, right?





Fallen Rib
Have you all heard the good word of our Lord and Savior Shakyamuni Buddha?

Tias
May 25, 2008

Pictured: the patron saint of internet political arguments (probably)

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HEY GAL posted:

while looking for a soundtrack for a game i run, i found this loving thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6gyxbBvmTY

What game do you run? Or on whom?

E: :ese:

Tias fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Sep 20, 2016

Senju Kannon
Apr 9, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo

Paramemetic posted:

Have you all heard the good word of our Lord and Savior Shakyamuni Buddha?

That's a funny way to spell Amida

Gaspy Conana
Aug 1, 2004

this clown loves you
Guy who doesn't know what denomination he is checking in. I'm glad the new Christianity thread has a broader title because I wasn't sure if I was allowed to post in the last one. Not used to liturgical services, but I'm definitely over the Charismatic evangelical thing. It gets really weird and political and flag-worshippy for my taste. Even the gentrified young people churches are like that, except they have espresso machines instead of a drip brew from the seventies.

Also I imbued my clown game with shenanigans. No direct Christ allegory, more like a ~what a Christian should look like~ metaphor. Anyway, cool to talk about this on SA.

HEY GUNS
Oct 11, 2012

FOPTIMUS PRIME

Gaspy Conana posted:

Guy who doesn't know what denomination he is checking in. I'm glad the new Christianity thread has a broader title because I wasn't sure if I was allowed to post in the last one. Not used to liturgical services, but I'm definitely over the Charismatic evangelical thing. It gets really weird and political and flag-worshippy for my taste. Even the gentrified young people churches are like that, except they have espresso machines instead of a drip brew from the seventies.

Also I imbued my clown game with shenanigans. No direct Christ allegory, more like a ~what a Christian should look like~ metaphor. Anyway, cool to talk about this on SA.
go to a bunch of services of different denominations, see what grabs you

i hope it's orthodoxy

Powered Descent
Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Gaspy Conana posted:

Guy who doesn't know what denomination he is checking in. I'm glad the new Christianity thread has a broader title because I wasn't sure if I was allowed to post in the last one.

:ssh: I'm actually ex-Catholic, now thoroughly non-believing. I just still find it an interesting topic.

A Renaissance Nerd
Mar 29, 2010

Powered Descent posted:

:ssh: I'm actually ex-Catholic, now thoroughly non-believing. I just still find it an interesting topic.

Ex-atheist current agnostic who loves learning about religion here. Lurked the whole last thread and this thread is Cool and Good.

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Senju Kannon
Apr 9, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo

HEY GAL posted:

go to a bunch of services of different denominations, see what grabs you

i hope it's orthodoxy

This is good advice, though if you're more intellectual and less experiential (this seems elitist but I'm not sure how else to say "if thinking is easier than feeling for you") then reading up on different church dogmas, ideologies, and theologies is also good

It's why I became Catholic, and then Buddhist. Also how I became gay, and then trans. Funny how that works. Anyway reading is also good

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