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RE: What if Christianity never existed?
January 12, 2016 at 6:09 am
People seemed to manage just fine before Christianity was invented.
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RE: What if Christianity never existed?
January 12, 2016 at 6:40 am
They managed more than fine. The assumption of christianity was a retrograde move.
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RE: What if Christianity never existed?
January 12, 2016 at 7:06 am
It would make no difference if we woke up tomorrow and Christianity didn't exist.
But imagining waking up tomorrow and science didn't exist.
No medicine. No Space travel. No electronics. The list goes on and on and on and on..
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RE: What if Christianity never existed?
January 12, 2016 at 1:12 pm
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Science has always existed I would say, in some primitive form, as long as life has been able to think. If no one ever used evidence based reasoning, they wouldn't be able to walk through a door. They'd randomly bang about and try to teleport and stuff, rather than follow the evidence of what has worked before.
Even animals use science-esque (my own silly phrase) tactics. Basically, it is pragmatism above all else. They do what works, or at least they try to, within the confines of their intelligence.
If science-esque techniques didn't exist... well... life wouldn't have got very far.
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RE: What if Christianity never existed?
January 12, 2016 at 1:42 pm
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If Christianity never existed, then we'd never have Korean Jesus and his fucking shredded bod.
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For me that makes it aaalllll worth it. The messiah rocks an 18-pack.
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RE: What if Christianity never existed?
January 12, 2016 at 1:45 pm
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-and monkey fists! Looks like the kind of guy who could've busted the cross down as he hung on it, just for the lols.
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RE: What if Christianity never existed?
January 13, 2016 at 11:49 am
Well the Library of Alexandra wouldn't have been burned and wouldn't have suffered the Dark Ages.
Roman pantheism would probably have been replaced after the fall of the empire by a reassertion of the local deities, Nordic being a strong contender.
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RE: What if Christianity never existed?
January 13, 2016 at 12:53 pm
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Eh, the Christians were the final act for the Library, pagans did a lot of damage first. They did for Hypatia, though, and for some reason that rankles, even though it's been many centuries.
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RE: What if Christianity never existed?
January 14, 2016 at 10:01 am
(January 11, 2016 at 9:46 am)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: (January 11, 2016 at 9:24 am)Drich Wrote: We'd all be screaming Allah Ackbar as we go screaming into hindu or general infidel business and places of worship as we blow ourselves up.. Or we be blown up by people doing this.
I actually doubt islam would exist if christianity didn't as islam is heavily based on christianity, and the hindus are notably un-evangelical. Infact most pagan relgions are alot more tolerant then christianity was historically. Also bear in mind, the "they burn babies" was pretty much the go to line for ancient propaganda. So while a few did commit human sacrifice, the vast majority did not. Also on a very interesting note, those that did commit human sacrifice, it was considered an honor and was done by volunteers. These volunteers where then treated as heros. Not pretty, but prettier then the bloody verdict of verdun. Ah, no.
Islam was based on one mans desire to dominate and rule what he understood to be the world. To do this he had to Illegitimize Christianity not base his religion on it. Rather he returned to Judaism and strict pharisaical legalism to drive his religion, not the freedom found in Christianity.
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RE: What if Christianity never existed?
January 14, 2016 at 10:03 am
You're funny.
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