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mrmandias replied to the thread Gregory X lives longer?.Fascinating
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mrmandias reacted to Mirza Khan's post in the thread WI: Ivy League bans southern students? with
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Honestly I think you need a broader context for this. Why are Northern elites ITTL so keen to keep stoking Civil War animosity, when... -
mrmandias reacted to PecuTheGreat's post in the thread What if the Huichang Persecution of Buddhism in China never targeted Christianity as well. with Like.
It is said that Church of the East (Madenkha) Christianity was out to an end in China by the The Huichang Persecution of Buddhism...
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mrmandias reacted to CHKeeley's post in the thread WI: Ivy League bans southern students? with Like.
You’d need to avoid the broader national reconciliation and “reforging of the white republic” that occurred after the 1870s in order to...
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mrmandias replied to the thread WI: Ivy League bans southern students?.This would be an own goal. The civil rights movement had significant quiet elite cooperation in the South partly because these elites...
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mrmandias reacted to AlfLandonFan's post in the thread Three Paces Left - A War of 1812 Timeline with Like.
Corrections and Clarifications Thank you so much for the praise, criticism, and tips. I appreciate all of them very much. Some have...
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mrmandias reacted to Evil Crusader's post in the thread What If Judas Iscariot is made/canonized as a holy saint in Christianity, especially by catholicism and/or other denominations? with Like.
By the time of Diocletian's persecutions, Christianity had well escaped the confines of the poors and started gaining adherents in the...
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mrmandias replied to the thread What If Judas Iscariot is made/canonized as a holy saint in Christianity, especially by catholicism and/or other denominations?.The main base of support for Christianity was not "the poors." Historical sociology of religion is a well-established field and the...
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mrmandias reacted to GoldenEye's post in the thread Best way to abort Christianity after Constantine? with Like.
IIRC, one of Julian's project was the reorganization of the Roman religion into something that could compete with Christianity. TBH I...
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mrmandias reacted to Analytical Engine's post in the thread Best way to abort Christianity after Constantine? with Like.
Christianity had withstood centuries of persecution by that point, and still managed to grow to millions of adherents by the death of...
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mrmandias replied to the thread What If Judas Iscariot is made/canonized as a holy saint in Christianity, especially by catholicism and/or other denominations?.Most recent comments are just arguing religion, not discussing alternate history. Take it to chats, friends.
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mrmandias replied to the thread What If Judas Iscariot is made/canonized as a holy saint in Christianity, especially by catholicism and/or other denominations?.Roman Empire cultural and intellectual elites pretty much all believed in some kind of infinite and perfect supreme being (or force or...
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mrmandias replied to the thread What If Judas Iscariot is made/canonized as a holy saint in Christianity, especially by catholicism and/or other denominations?.A flawed supreme being would be extremely difficult (i.e., impossible) to square with dominant philosophical positions held in late...
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mrmandias reacted to Evil Crusader's post in the thread What If Judas Iscariot is made/canonized as a holy saint in Christianity, especially by catholicism and/or other denominations? with Like.
The problem is, you're putting the cart before the horse. The "flawed creator" concept's main raison d'être is as an exploration of or...
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mrmandias reacted to Mildtryth's post in the thread What If Judas Iscariot is made/canonized as a holy saint in Christianity, especially by catholicism and/or other denominations? with Like.
There's no way that would happen unless Gnosticism - or better, the specific Gnostic sect that wrote that gospel - became mainstream.