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In Catholicism, is it acceptable to choose someone as a Patron Saint, even if you aren't under their patronage "categories"?
For example, would it be acceptable to choose Joan of Arc as a patron saint, if you are neither French, nor a soldier?
Or St. Patrick, if you aren't Irish, Celtic, or Anglo?
Thanks in advance! :)
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>>1498911
Yes, all pagans are free to pray to all the pagan gods they want to.
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>>1498911
Personally I like worshiping St Joan.
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why do saints trigger proddies?
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Would Romans actually look this white?
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>>1490075
Some of them im sure, but they were probably olive skinned
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they wer small haha
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Italians look the same. Actually go to Italy, they have white skin and various hair colours, they just tan because you know, it's sunny?
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You can travel back in time 100+ years and tell any individual five words or less
Which historical figure do you choose and what do you say?
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Jean D'Arc
Suck my dick
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Brutus et tradet vos occiderem
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julius caesar
it isn't worth it.
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How do I force him to hand me over the means of production?
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Kill his family commisar OP
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>>1498295
At the very least unionize so you can assert greater control over the means of production. With your higher wages, collectively purchase shares of the publicly traded company. Do this until your union owns a controlling share of the form. You now collectively have control of the means of production.
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Kill him.
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>be an admitted Byzaboo
>have to put up with cringey LARPers spouting drivel like: "Hopefully one day by the grace of God, the orthodox churches will reunite with Rome, the Muslims will be defeated, and the Santa Sophia and Blue Mosque will be turned into churches!"
I love the Byzantine Empire, but really, I'd argue embracing Christianity harmed it fatally in the long run.
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>>1497517
ummm the Byzantine empire was never *not* Christian...
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>>1497517
deus vult motherfucker
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>>1497523
>"le deyus voolt xDDD"
Cringe
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>If you are in your current state unhappy but comfortable, you will not become happy if you do not change anything.
i find myself coming back to this quite often and realising its truth
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>>1496672
That's fucking obvious, dipshit.
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>>1496674
as obvious as it is, i often forget about or don't apply it
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sounds kind of obvious, your kind of people are what Aristotle calls the incontinent man in his Nico Ethics, you should read it if you want to become happy and understand how ethics should be dealt with.
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Can Christianity and human evolution be reconciled?
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A rationalization that's growing in popularity among more pragmatic Christians is that, to paraphrase, god creating the earth in a week could mean much longer in real life and a week is only from god's perspective.
It sounds ridiculous but that's how far some are willing to go to reconcile religion and science.
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>>1494758
Yes. Most Christians already do. It's pretty much just the Baptists and televangelists that have a problem.
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>>1494786
There's stuff in the bible that can be read metaphorically. I think the creation is one of those things.
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Why does it seem the field of philosophy is lacking behind? We have all these great modern theories about parallel universes and shit, and it seems philosophers still just sit around talking about if they should pull the lever or not.
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Philosophy isn't about results
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Science is literally a philosophy.
Science tells you how, philosophy attempts to tell you why. They are not separate.
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>>1494676
Isn't he an evolutionary biologist?
Assuming the quote is real, shouldn't he know that murder is present all over the animal kingdom?
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What are some logical arguments against antinatalism? It feels like every other argument is based on muh feelings rather than logical explanation why is refusing to reproduce "bad" in any possible way.
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Weak antinatalism is the position that refusing to reproduce is justifiable
Strong antinatalism is the position that reproducing is unjustifiable.
There are no arguments against strong antinatalism either, other than "muh species"
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Arguments for anti-natalism are based on >muh feelings
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If anything, antinatalism is much more based on "muh feelings" than arguments against it.
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20th/21st century aesthetics power-ranking
Top Tier
>1980's
>1960's
Great Tier
>1950's
>1910's
>1900's
Decent Tier
>1940's
Meh Tier
>1930's
>2010's
Shit Tier
>1920's
>1990's
Pure Garbage
>2000's
>1970's
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>>1491000
>Top Tier
>>1980's
>>1960's
>Pure Garbage
>1970s
Please explain, I can't think of much from the 1970s beyond disco that wasn't also part of the '60s or '80s.
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>>1491016
The 1970's were just disgusting in general
>fashion was shit, bell bottom pants, ridiculous sideburns, stupid boots
>cars were oversized and looked like shit
>everything was puke green, brownish orange
>pollution was out of control, economy was shit, crime rates were out of control
The only good thing was the music
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>>1491000
Why don't you like the 20's and 30's anon?
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Why people condemn that attack on Pearl Harbor while the British did the same thing once against Denmark, and also If you like against France in WW2
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because the US was the victim, duh
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>>1496229
>Why people [Americans] condemn that attack on Pearl Harbor while the British did the same thing once against Denmark [which was not America], and also If you like against France [which was not Americans] in WW2
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>>1496229
it was a sneak attack and Japan was on the allied side during World War 1.
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in response to the embargo on US oil exports to Japan which occurred 5 months before Pearl Harbor was attacked.
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Are most people who are in the military on the right side of the political spectrum? Its always appeared to me that was the case. But it that were the case, then consider the following:
Throughout history, there have been numerous times where conservative ideas were being dropped for more liberal ones, which were becoming the norm, and more than often, there were violent conservative reactions to this. The Gracchi Brothers and Julius Caesar were assassinated for trying to bring in new, liberal ideas. Mussolini founded fascism as a response to the growing threat of communism. Both the Republic and Fascists, of course, failed.
Now what I don't quite understand is, assuming that military people are more likely to be conservative, why is it that conservative reactions often fail? The military, which appears to me anyway as being more conservative, is usually the most or second to the most strongest force in a nation. Why would military men be willing to help someone bring in more liberal ideas? Consider how Lincoln led the north against the south to prevent secession, but eventually included abolishing slavery. Why wouldn't a huge faction of Lincoln's army quit when their leader begins spreading ideas they are against (that is, once again, we assume most soldiers and military personnel are conservative)?
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>>1495514
The military are just the arms and fists of the state. The military will usually serve to uphold the current government and institutions. Military coups will sometimes happen if they think that the government has gone too far in something.
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>>1495514
Lafayette was a wealthy and powerful military man who was devoutly liberal, something which at the time was on the left of the political spectrum
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>fascism wasn't a reaction to both sides of the political spectrum
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Christians, what would you do if we came into contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life?
Also, would it mean Jesus had to repeatedly die so he could save each intelligent lifeform?
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>>1494576
An alien race might not have fallen as low as humanity and therefore never needed a savior.
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>>1494576
I would most likely lose my faith. after all we're made in God image. If there are other species, it means we're not special...It meanswe're living in a random universe.
But that's never going to happen
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>>1494644
>made in God image
>implying god's image is the human form
It's obviously referring to self-cognizance.
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Lets have a thread about quality /his/ podcasts, youtube channels and similar things
Stuff that can be listened to while commuting
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>>1493380
you can start anytime OP
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0YsoaN__8U
New channel
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Alright, this guy is obviously an impostor. So who's the real pope?
Benedict is still alive. Is it him?
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>pope returns to Christianity's weak, servile roots
>waaah imposter
If you don't like this sort of cuckery, pick a religion that isn't fundamentally a masochistic, self-hating suicide cult.
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>>1490820
This is b8
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>>1490935
But it's true