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Some of the more nationalist minded/metalheaded or whatever folks sometimes rumble about forced Christianization of Lithuania, even though it brought literacy and stuff to Lithuanian (first book in Lithuanian is a Catechism), helping Lithuanian-ness not slip into irrelevancy too soon. The Poles knew what they were doing when they got baptized in the 900s. Inb4 Baltic Crusades, fuckers!
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Paramemetic posted:I had some weird experiences that prompted me to write to my favorite priest growing up, who, at the time, was in Rome as a Judicial Vicar. The question and his answer in some edited form still exists on the website of the diocese at which he is now a Monseigneur. "Kurt Wagner, did you use you powers for evil? Do you spy on women, steal or drop things on people from greit heights?" "No, father" "Then teleport with God, my son" EDIT: Church visiting: While I'm a dirty Euro living in a Euro country, I tend to go to church in jeans, t-shirt and a jacket. For Catholic church, just sit your rear end down in pew and listen to the show. The church I used to go to before I moved (I used to lived down town  ) was a major tourist attraction so you had people going in and out and milling about all the time during the Sunday mass. Also, children doing children stuff.I'm kind of jealous of the social/free food aspect of the American churches. I might want to get in contact with the people in the parish, but I'm afraid that they'd turn out to be more conservative (I can't say less progressive, since I'm not) w/r/t muslims, gays, abortion, artificial insemination, stem cells and growing potatoes in the ISS. JcDent fucked around with this message at 07:50 on Sep 23, 2016 |
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If there was (medium-to-good) pasta after the service, I'd attend so much harder. I fukken love pasta. I'm also kinda fat, so my AV can be misleading.
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Sep 23, 2016 08:54
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At which part do I bring out the pike block?
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Sep 23, 2016 10:01
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How big are those churches where you have coffee and potlucks? Because I can hardly imagine my downtown church's 200+ congragants gathering together. Also, do you do it somewhere around the church or go places? I really doubt I'll get in touch with any parishioners here. It's a big church in a 'sleeping hood' (translating from Lithuanian verbatim - it's a term for city districts/areas where you have mainly apartment buildings and schools and supermarkets - entertainment, culture and industry happens somewhere else), about 10 to 15 minute walk...
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Sep 23, 2016 18:10
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Siivola posted:Edward III famously ordered English men and boys to practice archery on Sundays, and I'm fairly sure the practice was to be overseen by the village priest. Sounds like priests were fairly close to village life in 14th century England. Slowly but surely all of MilHist thread will be dragged here.
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Sep 24, 2016 22:40
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Hard to go harder than Taiping, so crazedtianity is probably the answer.
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Sep 25, 2016 19:31
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I'm a worse Catholic since I don't even know how to pray the Rosary. I should find out, my mom gave my late grandma's rosary for baptism. *Thread devolves into a discussion on how everyone is the worst person to have ever believed in God* I'd say get married and join in the religious community life as hard as you can, especially if your future wife can do it with you. And don't let anyone dis Skype webchat during long distance relationships. I used to chat with my girlfriend for 3 hours every day when I was in Japan and we'd just leave it on for the whole day on weekends (we're both kinda computer locked). We even watched movies and TV series together like that.
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The key is to live in civilized, internet-capable countries like Lithuania and Japan, and not some third world hellhole where internet is delivered via IP Over Avian Carriers, like America.
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Sep 26, 2016 07:35
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No problem! Now let me channel Hey Gal a little by saying that I hope you get better and get back here to post fancy hats.
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Sep 26, 2016 18:55
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Paladinus posted:Very menacing. To papist scum
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Sep 27, 2016 09:30
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Mr Enderby posted:Deep in the Protestant Headquarters, the Head Protestant sits on a plastic stool, wearing ugly polyester vestments. Cringing Lackey approaches. 
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Sep 28, 2016 13:19
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Something something futanari
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Sep 29, 2016 07:09
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mad upholsterer lol I'd be jealous, but then I remember that I have never seen any good Lithuanian erotic footage, and I have seen many lovely ones, so I'm guessing I'm not missing out. I may or may not order a Polish herlmet, a Czech gasmask and a E. German NBC protection suit from a milsurp site, just because I can. I doubt it would be here for Halloween and I have no parties to go to. EDIT: Oh great, now I have the idea of wear pink women's lingerie under the NBC suit for some reason... JcDent fucked around with this message at 11:18 on Sep 30, 2016 |
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Sep 30, 2016 10:07
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HEY GAL posted:do lithuanians even have sex? we just don't know *Looks at population statistics* Apparently we don't! Tias posted:You know all that you need to do. Aside from checking my posts for grammar mistakes before posting?
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Sep 30, 2016 11:20
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Oh, I totally got that. Maybe not the zombie gimp part. I have not yet come up with any possible explanation for lingerie part, only that I read that it gets hot in the suit, so I'd probably go in my underwear, and if I'm doing that, why not try for something stupid? EDIT: Went as Taliban last year 
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Sep 30, 2016 11:54
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HEY GAL posted:for maximum tasteless he should have gone with ISIS, it would have explained the white-as-hell part brb, ordering the ayyy lmao ISIS flag
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Sep 30, 2016 13:06
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Is Johnson Famine because he seems delirious from malnourishment? Went to the *new* local church in my hood yesterday. It's a modern church, so it felt more like an assembly hall than a church, even if it had stained glass windows and all. The demographics shift was jarring, tho: downtown church was full of people, and a young one's, too. This place was basically all old people, all the the time. The church prayers or something were mostly for dead people. Girlfriend says that the sermon was to the point, though I don't remember much, since I was mostly fighting against OCD and dreaming about Genestealer Neophytes. Collection basket also showed a definite shift in demographics; downtown church was almost always paper, now it's metal.
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Oct 3, 2016 04:50
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Pope has come to give not piece, but a sword, a particularly fruity sword.
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God-drat OCD is annoying, I'll tell you that. Theodora, you might have noticed that this thread suggested that acting like you're Christian (praying, going to the mass, clenching fists whenever you hear about gospel of prosperity) will eventually lead to being one. I hope that will work to shield me from the worm at the back of my mind who will use any possible doubt against my belief. On the off days, it will use any possible doubt against my girlfriend. Being conscious of it helps, but only a little.
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StashAugustine posted:Anime, like God, is real Thread devolves into a multipage shitfight over sexualization of children, harem animes, plausibility of giant robots, otakus, escapism, Disney influences, ultraviolence and annoying teenage protagonists.
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I don't think I have thought about it this way or I don't remember doing so. Still, OCD is means all doubts, all the time. And it comes from wanting to have power/be prepared for the worst. Like, one time, we basically WebMD'd that I might possibly have parkinsonitis or something. Doubts about God, life and everything? Gone with the wind, I have to think about how I'll live out my last 5-15 years! And, like I said, sometimes it switches gears to doubting relationship. I'm sure I'll never be without doubts, because there are only few things I don't doubt (physics, Marvel movies being trash, anise candies tasting horrible). EDIT: Anyways, I have great respect for Deteriorata's attitude towards faith and scientific stuff. I'm still perplexed by Cythereal's Poser 3D/horrible videogame AV, tho. JcDent fucked around with this message at 15:01 on Oct 4, 2016 |
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Paramemetic posted:
I'm still waiting on you to share how you decided to go to Tibet and become Paramedic Strange.
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Cythereal posted:As for my avatar, it's from an old Star Trek Online thread in Games courtesy of goons deciding that my discomfort with the totally ironic racism and genocide jokes was a sign I was insufficiently getting into the spirit of things. Back when I was playing STO, I no joke saw someone recruiting people for a Christian guild.
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Cythereal posted:a hardcore Christian fundamentalist furry Come one, come all... There's no shame in knowing about internet drama; being the cause of said bullshit internet drama is something to be ashamed of
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Cythereal posted:None more zealous than a convert, as they say. There's even a quote to that extent in 1d4chan's page on Word Bearers! 
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Cythereal posted:Nah. Rockstar generally tries to make you feel bad for being a psychopath in game. I'd say look to Volition and the Saint's Row series. One major character is even strongly implied to be a priest or pastor of some Christian denomination. Johnny Gat?
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Oct 5, 2016 18:56
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Would ask for prayers that make job searching easier or something. Can't say how fervent they should be because I have only a very tenuous grasp on the realities of my finances and the labor market.
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Oct 6, 2016 14:15
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I think it might similar to finding your political leanings, but more profound. RCC-liberation theology-socialism is the winning combo, the light and the way.
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Tias posted:Aww, we'll gift you anyway dude. I'm unemployed on my 12th year on and off, but I'll craft y'all some nice things. HEY GAL is getting a 28mm scale pikeman.
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Hoover Dam posted:That's when six to eight Dutch people show up on your doorstep to explain how Zwarte Piet is totally not racist Glad thing we never had people of color in my country, no racist tradition. Except for dressing up as a gypsy for... the celebration of winter's end. I dunno how you amrikki call it or even if you do it, seeing how USA is large and full of strange climate places.
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Well, thinking that Christianity is quid-pro-quo is sorta prosperity gospel, no? Bad stuff can and will happen in, but that's peanuts from God's perspective. Or something. I'm not well-versed in this thing. My baptismal(?) saint, Francis de Sales, has a prayer I try to say every morning.
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I think God has guided my life quite well, throwing opportunity after opportunity at me, and if I wasn't as lazy, I could have probably achieved even more. If a man can want more than a loving girlfriend, a flat they don't have to pay rent for, a talkative cat, hobbyshop that feeds my need for attention, a free gaming PC that I got because of/for game reviewing and more! I am really lucky/blessed. Except for my OCD or something, which makes most of my day a tiring fight for my faith (it gets other subjects to get obsessed with, but only rarely). Then again, it kinda lead me to this thread, a deeper understanding of Christianity and to deliver de Sales' prayer to you, so if I'm still going to be a believer in a year's time, it will have been worth it! Per aspera ad Dominus!
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Tias posted:Oh, I remember being very interested in Therese of Lisieux! I should really check her out - do you know of a good place to start? Preferably with free downloadable pdfs in English
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Oct 24, 2016 19:40
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Dale Reed seems fun. Do you recommend seeking him out in Rational Wiki or Encyclopedia Dramatica?
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Oct 25, 2016 08:43
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Ah, I think I had visited the thread once or twice.
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Oct 25, 2016 11:04
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My Sunday reading was also about tree climbing tax collectors! I wonder if they have a callendar of readings. The church actually had a kids choir who sang the Lord's prayer; girlfiend thought it was cool and kinda medieval sounding, so I liked it a lot.
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We should build a giant, well stocked room deep underground and stay there until the next election. Speaking of which, what the gently caress was with Teump's joke about Hillary pretend not to hate Catholics?
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Nov 2, 2016 17:01
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I think we have a very different idea of Christianity in general, at least in comparison to the mainstream
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I was in Japan for two years and I can't read it. To be fair, this is a case of me sucking.
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