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Elfive (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1026: Feb 7th 2018 at 7:00:30 AM

Maybe we're all part of a weird cult.

firewriter Since: Dec, 2016
#1027: Feb 7th 2018 at 8:10:11 AM

I wonder if we could count snake handlers as a heresy.

Corvidae It's a bird. from Somewhere Else Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
It's a bird.
#1028: Feb 7th 2018 at 9:04:59 AM

The thing is, the ideas of unmaterial souls choosing things that makes no sense for us, humans is pretty common and logical, they are a sort of Pseudo Blue and Orange Morality.

If something like what I described actually turns out to be true, I'll dedicate the rest of eternity to inventing time travel so I can meet the pre-incarnation memory loss version of me and punch them in the face. Just saying.

Still a great "screw depression" song even after seven years.
RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#1030: Feb 7th 2018 at 9:23:49 AM

Most Real Life examples in that page are humans.

edited 7th Feb '18 9:41:42 AM by TheHandle

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer
#1031: Feb 7th 2018 at 9:25:34 AM

I guess cats, dolphins, and wolves are humans then.

And that is not even relevant to what I said.

edited 7th Feb '18 9:26:02 AM by RAlexa21th

Continue writing our story of peace.
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#1032: Feb 7th 2018 at 9:42:08 AM

My bad, I misread.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
KazuyaProta Shin Megami Tensei IV from A Industrial Farm Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Shin Megami Tensei IV
#1033: Mar 28th 2018 at 12:10:44 PM

So...there is any leftist christian here?

edited 28th Mar '18 12:10:56 PM by KazuyaProta

Watch me destroying my country
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#1034: Mar 28th 2018 at 12:44:24 PM

Yo! Proud Co E Christian, where the C stands for communist. tongue

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1035: Mar 28th 2018 at 1:31:07 PM

Right here. Watcha need, bro?

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
raziel365 Anka Aquila from South of the Far West (Veteran) Relationship Status: I've been dreaming of True Love's Kiss
Anka Aquila
#1036: Mar 28th 2018 at 2:46:29 PM

Centre-left Christian here.

Instead of focusing on relatives that divide us, we should find the absolutes that tie us.
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#1037: Mar 28th 2018 at 4:12:50 PM

Some days I wish I was a Christian just so I could use the beautiful churches...

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#1038: Mar 28th 2018 at 5:38:01 PM

[up]Other religions also have nice looking places of worship too. And it's really only the Catholic cathedrals that are opulent. Protestant ones tend to be more spartan, deliberately.

Disgusted, but not surprised
dragonfire5000 from Where gods fear to tread Since: Jan, 2001
#1039: Mar 28th 2018 at 5:40:02 PM

I've visited a few Buddhist temples that were breathtaking to look at as well, so I can vouch that Christianity doesn't have a monopoly on places of worship that are easy on the eyes.

"I squirm, I struggle, ergo I am. Faced with death, I am finally, truly alive."
TheWildWestPyro from Seattle, WA Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#1040: Mar 28th 2018 at 5:44:04 PM

Proudly left-wing Christian here!

DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#1041: Mar 28th 2018 at 6:03:13 PM

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Protestant ones tend to be more spartan, deliberately
Some of them even look deliberately ugly - as in: the overall building design is utter nonsense.tongue

We learn from history that we do not learn from history
KazuyaProta Shin Megami Tensei IV from A Industrial Farm Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Shin Megami Tensei IV
#1042: Mar 28th 2018 at 9:09:13 PM

[up][up][up] Yeah, Many religions have cool temples.

My favorite one is still the Cao Dai temple. Is a glorious mix between Catholic and Buddhist aesthetics

edited 28th Mar '18 9:09:24 PM by KazuyaProta

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RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer
#1043: Mar 28th 2018 at 9:33:33 PM

Mosques are very opulent with intricate caligraphy.

Continue writing our story of peace.
DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1044: Mar 29th 2018 at 6:51:32 AM

A clearing in the woods, man, a clearing in the woods.

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The Mod with the Migraine
#1045: Mar 29th 2018 at 8:12:24 AM

And it's really only the Catholic cathedrals that are opulent. Protestant ones tend to be more spartan, deliberately.
And then there's the Mormons with their cookie-cutter buildings. Seriously, my wife's family is just barely Mormon, so I've seen their churches in four (or five?) states and multiple cities - completely identical. The only one that was different was in Japan, where they couldn't afford the land to build their usual building and had to rent out space.

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#1046: Mar 29th 2018 at 8:53:39 AM

I live next to a Mormon church and it's absolutely immense, towering over most nearby houses and matching the height of some buildings. It also has a golden statue of an angel blowing a trumpet on top of it. Said statue is even used as an easy point of location (look at the sky, see the statue in the distance? you can get an inkling where exactly you are). There are also some pretty massive evangelical churches around, one in my city being the actual size of a shopping mall.

I suppose it varies from branch to branch. The Cathedrals do tend to be the the big, wonderful churches (my city having a long history of Baroque art, so it has some mesmerizing cathedrals), but I often get the sense it's only the old, historical ones. New churches seem to be way more modest.

"All you Fascists bound to lose."
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#1047: Mar 29th 2018 at 1:16:42 PM

I love mosques too, but the lack of comfortable seating makes itself felt. More importantly, here in Stockholm the Lutheran churches are on top of hills and have awesome brick work and sharp pointy bronze rooftops that I find really satisfying and sleek in their geometry. The insides are modest, but not Spartan: as the churches nowadays function mostly as daycare centers and cultural hubs (choirs, painting, photography) the atmosphere tends to be quiet but in a warm and welcoming sort of way. Very bright and cozy interiors, seeking to embrace rather than cow. The contrast with my experience in Gothic Spaniard churches is stark. Although some of the older cathedrals here could get pretty Catholic-ish and go for the a bit more atmospheric and mysterious/mystic style, as well as opulent. Swedish Lutheranism evolved in much the same way as Anglicanism: very gradually and top-down.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
TheWildWestPyro from Seattle, WA Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#1048: Mar 29th 2018 at 1:58:45 PM

Could you elaborate on top-down? I'm curious.

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#1049: Mar 29th 2018 at 3:04:51 PM

The king nationalised the church to enrich and empower himself, and the change in dogmatic and ritual was a cosmetic and gradual afterthought.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#1050: Mar 29th 2018 at 3:39:28 PM

I've never been inside a mosque. My greatest insight into its achitecture is the fact the Jedi Temple(s) in Star Wars have an architecture inspired by mosques.

"All you Fascists bound to lose."

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