Posts: 9147
Threads: 83
Joined: May 22, 2013
Reputation:
46
RE: What if christianity never existed ?
August 29, 2016 at 7:18 pm
(This post was last modified: August 29, 2016 at 7:18 pm by bennyboy.)
If Christianity never existed, we'd all be pagans. We'd put pine trees in our houses to scare away demons in the middle of Winter, we'd have egg and rabbit fertility symbols sometime in Spring, and we'd be railing against dangerous ideas like evolution.
Oh. . . wait. . .
Posts: 67169
Threads: 140
Joined: June 28, 2011
Reputation:
162
RE: What if christianity never existed ?
August 29, 2016 at 7:29 pm
(This post was last modified: August 29, 2016 at 7:36 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Unlikely, with regards to the latter. The last gasp of paganism was julian pan-hellenism. Knowledge, learning, a nascent sense of scientific inquiry, these were all positively valued.
Our common ideas of what pagans did or thought is handed down to us by christians, bofc.....not known for their honesty - particularly in describing groups they were actively persecuting. They were described as superstitious bumpkins...ironic, since that's how the pagans described the christians when they showed up.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
Posts: 2084
Threads: 7
Joined: August 14, 2016
Reputation:
10
RE: What if christianity never existed ?
August 29, 2016 at 7:29 pm
(August 29, 2016 at 7:18 pm)bennyboy Wrote: If Christianity never existed, we'd all be pagans. We'd put pine trees in our houses to scare away demons in the middle of Winter, we'd have egg and rabbit fertility symbols sometime in Spring, and we'd be railing against dangerous ideas like evolution.
Oh. . . wait. . .
"Leave it to me to find a way to be,
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting,
I knew the rules but the rules did not know me, guaranteed." - Eddie Vedder
Posts: 12743
Threads: 92
Joined: January 3, 2016
Reputation:
85
RE: What if christianity never existed ?
August 29, 2016 at 7:32 pm
I imagine the world would be a lot different.
Posts: 2084
Threads: 7
Joined: August 14, 2016
Reputation:
10
RE: What if christianity never existed ?
August 29, 2016 at 7:32 pm
(August 29, 2016 at 7:18 pm)bennyboy Wrote: If Christianity never existed, we'd all be pagans. We'd put pine trees in our houses to scare away demons in the middle of Winter, we'd have egg and rabbit fertility symbols sometime in Spring, and we'd be railing against dangerous ideas like evolution.
Oh. . . wait. . . BTW Bennyboy, that was a shit thing to do setting up Stimbo like that, gaslighting the situation when you KNEW he'd suffered loss.
"Leave it to me to find a way to be,
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting,
I knew the rules but the rules did not know me, guaranteed." - Eddie Vedder
Posts: 9147
Threads: 83
Joined: May 22, 2013
Reputation:
46
RE: What if christianity never existed ?
August 29, 2016 at 8:33 pm
(August 29, 2016 at 7:29 pm)Arkilogue Wrote: (August 29, 2016 at 7:18 pm)bennyboy Wrote: If Christianity never existed, we'd all be pagans. We'd put pine trees in our houses to scare away demons in the middle of Winter, we'd have egg and rabbit fertility symbols sometime in Spring, and we'd be railing against dangerous ideas like evolution.
Oh. . . wait. . .
Dude, that's funny cuz. . . wtf does Kim Jong-eun have to do with ANY of this? I'm ROFL right now.
Posts: 13122
Threads: 130
Joined: October 18, 2014
Reputation:
55
RE: What if christianity never existed ?
August 29, 2016 at 8:38 pm
(This post was last modified: August 29, 2016 at 8:39 pm by abaris.)
(August 29, 2016 at 8:33 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Dude, that's funny cuz. . . wtf does Kim Jong-eun have to do with ANY of this? I'm ROFL right now.
Well, don't be. The Kims constructed a regular religion around their persons. Using all kinds of Korean mythology.
Posts: 9147
Threads: 83
Joined: May 22, 2013
Reputation:
46
RE: What if christianity never existed ?
August 29, 2016 at 8:40 pm
I know, dude. I live in Korea.
Posts: 12743
Threads: 92
Joined: January 3, 2016
Reputation:
85
RE: What if christianity never existed ?
August 29, 2016 at 8:41 pm
(August 29, 2016 at 8:40 pm)bennyboy Wrote: I know, dude. I live in Korea.
Out of curiosity, are you actually a citizen or just a permanent resident?
Posts: 9147
Threads: 83
Joined: May 22, 2013
Reputation:
46
RE: What if christianity never existed ?
August 29, 2016 at 9:02 pm
(August 29, 2016 at 8:41 pm)Bella Morte Wrote: (August 29, 2016 at 8:40 pm)bennyboy Wrote: I know, dude. I live in Korea.
Out of curiosity, are you actually a citizen or just a permanent resident?
No, and no. But I've been here for 15 years now, so I guess I'm a long-term visitor.
|