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Thank you for your interest in being educated by Smart makes a comeback

It is with no regret, that we must inform you that due to circumstances beyond your control, you have been places on the ignore, aka shitcan list on a permanent basis

While we make no harsh judgments against, and are tolerant of the learning impaired , the stupid, drooling fat fuks, the chronically unemployed, and men who cross dress and have female alter egos, it has been decided that your chronic displays of the aforementioned, along with general whiney, wooseyness, do not meet the minimum requirements for classification as a viable human being

If you feel you have received this message in error, we suggest consulting others, and we are confident you will get the same evaluation

Please piss off and skip a meal eat and a salad now and then

SMAC

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Argue with some..IGNORE the stupid

Yeah it hurts, you have been fucked by an Elephant !

"Happamia, sanoi kettu pihlajanmarjoista kun ei niihin yltänyt" ("Sour, said the fox about rowan berries, being unable to reach them"

I don't think the above post qualifies as "ignoring" someone.

In fact, I know it doesn't. What you are doing is not ignoring, it is refusing to respond to arguments presented because of your history of being made a fool of when you attempt to do so.

Thank you for your interest in being educated by Smart makes a comeback

It is with no regret, that we must inform you that due to circumstances beyond your control, you have been places on the ignore, aka shitcan list on a permanent basis

While we make no harsh judgments against, and are tolerant of the learning impaired , the stupid, drooling fat fuks, the chronically unemployed, and men who cross dress and have female alter egos, it has been decided that your chronic displays of the aforementioned, along with general whiney, wooseyness, do not meet the minimum requirements for classification as a viable human being

If you feel you have received this message in error, we suggest consulting others, and we are confident you will get the same evaluation

Please piss off and skip a meal eat and a salad now and then

*****When billed...Please remit the designated psycho obsession charge forpo0sting to someone who has you on ignore and doesnt read what you babble, along with the slobbering fat fuk charges associated with your 4 chins and your inabilty to see your feet

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Argue with some..IGNORE the stupid

Yeah it hurts, you have been fucked by an Elephant !

"Happamia, sanoi kettu pihlajanmarjoista kun ei niihin yltänyt" ("Sour, said the fox about rowan berries, being unable to reach them"

Unless you were reading what I posted you wouldn't know who I was replying to, which shows that once again, you are not ignoring anyone.

Secondly, I can't understand why you keep bringing up a thread where you have been consistently wrong.

What was that Dum1 ?
I dind't catch that

Oh thats right !
I have you on ignore, so I dont see what you babble about, and because you are obsessed and cant help yourself, you keep talking to yourself..LOL

That really pisses you off huh fat ass...yeah..it does..LOL
You lose sleep over it

How do you keep a lard ass tranny busy?
Put him/her/it on ignore, then taunt and mock him/her/it
Bwhahahahah

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Argue with some..IGNORE the stupid

Yeah it hurts, you have been fucked by an Elephant !

"Happamia, sanoi kettu pihlajanmarjoista kun ei niihin yltänyt" ("Sour, said the fox about rowan berries, being unable to reach them"

I can bring up all of your idiotic arguments and where you were proven wrong at any time for anyone to see, so burying your idiocy won't help. That IS what you are trying to do. Ironically, it makes you look even more idiotic.

You were beaten down by at least three different posters on this thread alone. At least four on the other.

See?

Bwhahahahahhahaha !!!

WHAT a putz

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Yeah it hurts, you have been fucked by an Elephant !

"Happamia, sanoi kettu pihlajanmarjoista kun ei niihin yltänyt" ("Sour, said the fox about rowan berries, being unable to reach them"

Where did Constantine "mandate" Christianity at the point of a sword? I notice that it still hasn't been pointed out. Funny that someone woudl say he did that when he didn't even "convert" to Christianity until his death bed.

Constantine was a politician. He was credited with making Christianity the official religion of the empire because of his famous vision of the cross and statement that under this symbol he would rule. I suspect that his real purpose was two fold. He was trying to appeal to a growing movement and cement his political power with their support. The other reason may have been to avoid having to deal with the intrigues created by the complex Pagan religious tangle of competing temples and priests vying for power. Monotheism is so much neater for the leader of an empire, especially if the monotheistic religion also hints at the divine right of kings.

This doesn't mean that Constantine created Christianity. But he certainly did use it for his own purposes. It's also likely that he influenced it in a direction that was beneficial to himself.

To get back to the original question of how things might have been different if he had co-opted Hinduism instead, I don't think he ever would have. Hinduism was too much like the existing religion of Pagan Rome to have been attractive to him. He still would have had to deal with multiple temple all vying for supremacy. There was no benefit to him.

One of the powers of Christianity from a rulers perspective is that not only could it be used to support the divine right of kings (and also Emperors) but there was no legitimate alternative path. In a Pagan religion, if you don't like a priest's proclamations, you can find another temple with a different God or Goddess that is more to your liking and there's no risk to your soul. With Christianity, if you don't follow the rules, you're going to Hell. What dictator (that's what kings and emperors really are) wouldn't love a religion like that?