And then he went and lost it all! Twice!
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And then he went and lost it all! Twice!
Ever since Empire TW, I've been sceptical about CA's output. It's a shame, because I've followed the series since the original Shogun. I can still remember how amazed I felt at playing it, and...
Actually, 'Christianity' refers to the concept of the beliefs and dogmas espoused by 'Christ'. Are you referring to the word 'Catholic'? Technically of course 'Catholic' literally means (at least in...
No it doesn't. I converted a year ago from the Church of Scotland, and you can't get much more austerely Protestant than that.
Actually, I'm getting to quite enjoy quoting my earlier posts...
The difference is that in this case the Orthodox recognise the fact that the Church is united and can only uphold one doctrine (the correct one). Again, if you're a Christian then you will recognise...
Well the heresies never lasted.
Oh yeah? Name some.
Yes - and what happened to their doctrines? They're in the dustbin of history, of course. Like I said, the debates were resolved. And...
Actually, I do refer to this point later on in the first post. As I said,
Fortunately, I'm not Roman Catholic, I'm Orthodox (as you've probably gathered by now), so I don't really have to...
You'll be having an interesting time against the Ptolemies and the Arverni, I suppose!
I think his point was that it is unacceptable to categorically deny the possibility of God, not that lack of proof against God was in some way proof for God. And besides, any reasonable person can...
And how do you figure that out then? Actually, I think you'll find that the filioque clause is not in itself considered wrong by the Orthodox (poorly phrased and potentially misleading perhaps, but...
Well, if we're being really exact, the Romans excommunicated the Orthodox, and then the Orthodox tried to persuade them to rescind it. When they realised that the Romans wouldn't, they then...
As ever, you have spectacularly missed the point. I don't like repeating myself, so go back and read my first post properly.
[By the way, as for using the term 'Father', have you considered that...
No, the Spartans and Trojans were NOT lost tribes of Israel!
Who comes up with this rubbish?
The Spartans were Dorians, a large group of peoples who migrated into Greece from the North West in...
No it doesn't. You haven't read my post at all! I'm arguing that Christ gave a clear revelation to the Apostles, and that the Apostles passed on this revelation in the tradition of the Christian...
It was rather eloquent in a filthy-minded sort of way, but let's not distract threads, eh?
Then you either
1. Haven't read the post properly
or
2. Don't know enough about history to make...
No you couldn't!
There, I just brought as much to this discussion as you did.
Or 'Reasons to Ditch Sola Scriptura and Become Orthodox'
This is a long post, but a worthwhile discussion. So don't be afraid - give it a read-through! If you like, the conclusion is marked out at...
Well, I'm sure that the designers would like to add more complexity and variety to the government systems, and to some extent they have. The nomads have their own types of government (pastoralism and...
Actually, I think we do care about that. The perception of the Republican party in Britain is that they're a bunch of dictatorial, war-mongering numbskulls with an average IQ not much higher than...
Hey, weren't there a bunch of other posts here? What happened to them?
It's the old Greek name for Istanbul in Turkey. The news source is the Athens News Agency, and the Greeks still call it 'Constantinople'. It's where the Ecumenical Patriarch, the spiritual leader of...
Well, threads do have a tendency to be distracted at times. But in this case you must note that it was retired army officers, not Islamists, who were plotting the assassinations.
Well, it seems that militant Turkish officers have been up to no good in their own country...
People are often worried about Turkey's rogue Islamists kicking out against their military...
Yes, a browse through the text files does often reveal that CA had a few unfinished ideas!
Also, I think that if you fight a battle, when you return to the campaign map the sea will have turned back to blue.
The first problem is that Iraq should simply never have been invaded in the first place. You can talk all you like about defending freedom and that sort of lovely idealistic thing, but if you take...
This happens a lot, and it doesn't affect your game in anyway. You don't need to start a whole new campaign, just close Rome Total War and then restart it. When you reload your game, the sea should...
Hey, I was a Protestant once!
Now you see, that's where you're wrong, or at least partly wrong. Now I can't speak for Roman Catholic beliefs (what with me not being a Roman Catholic), but I can say that the Orthodox Church does...
Well, that's nice to hear!
Well, it's one of many ways in which Britain's natives (like myself) have benefited from immigration!
I thought you were a Christian... So why would you inflict such great evil on your people?
Ah, what a classic song! I loved Genesis.
It's a rank between a priest and a bishop.
Quite often I find myself agreeing with you, Oldgamer, but not here. I honestly fail to see how anyone could possibly hold this view of the Church. First of all, the Church does have a 'visible',...
Privatised public services? Are you mad man? That's a cocktail of disaster!
I really can't understand why people think that privatising public services is a good idea. Fine, the private sector is...
Man, what a cop-out!
Oh do they? We don't have them in the Greek Church.
We have more interesting titles in the Orthodox Church, especially in Russia, where you have all sorts of wacky things like Archpriests!
Hmm, the perfect state? In my view, it would be like this:
Government: Direct democracy based on tiered assemblies (at local, regional, national etc. levels).
Economy: All public services (eg....