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Amenadeel 02/25/20 9:57:10 PM #1: |
That's outrageously impressive. And was it consistently in place all that time, or were there decades when it was in hiatus and then had a comeback. I just don't know.
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vigorm0rtis 02/25/20 9:58:36 PM #2: |
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What? --- "Can't wait to count out your coin!" -- Bethesda, 2018 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Amenadeel 02/25/20 10:03:15 PM #3: |
It's just that, empires have fallen and risen and fallen again, but the very same organized religion has still survived it all. Just kinda terrifying in a way. Awe inspiring, but in this case the original meaning of the word awe
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TheMikh 02/25/20 10:04:51 PM #4: |
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vigorm0rtis 02/25/20 10:09:46 PM #5: |
Well... yes and no. I mean, first off, you could say the same thing about at least 4 religions. Second, Christianity has changed a lot. From cult to mystery cult to political monolith to fractured into as many flavors as you can imagine.
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MrResetti 02/25/20 10:10:27 PM #6: |
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TheMikh 02/25/20 10:34:59 PM #7: |
vigorm0rtis posted...
Well... yes and no. I mean, first off, you could say the same thing about at least 4 religions. Second, Christianity has changed a lot. From cult to mystery cult to political monolith to fractured into as many flavors as you can imagine.religions evolve and branch naturally - they're just ever drifting memeplexes with potent mechanisms that have become baked in facilitating sustainable social management if denominations become static or otherwise stuck in time, it tends to be a reaction of some sort - usually to external threats or the perception of such - rather than the product of a natural progression --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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