Tell me about how Satan is understood in Christianity. I know that like God, he's a completely abstract entity. I think I heard somewhere his presence can be everywhere. So is he privy to everyone's thoughts at all times?
Satan wants to >pic related
You got the abstract bit right, but specifically NOT omniscient, as that would require a kind of infinite power of thought. Can only 'think' in one place at a time, where it is is where its attention is.
>>663272
>Can only 'think' in one place at a time,
Then he can't temp multiple people at once? So who's doing that, his minions?
Fuck your shit. History of swears, obscenities and vulgar language thread.
Discuss how certain words came to be and then came to be obscene or taboo. And to get some things out of the way, if the story involves an acronym origin it is pretty much guaranteed to be wrong.
Don't know anything about it but bump for interesting
>>662442
You're a cunt.
>>662450
The word cunt originated as an acronym for a person "carrying unnatural tension" this made them act cuntish
moar like this
i dont know what im supposed to post
>>658988
>Sweden
>Chaotic Cuck
>>658988
>shit here come the germans literally riding their ancient navy like a bunch of mexicans
>better roll over and die
I think I found my waifu. Post yours
this b*tch
>>656982
Why is Tewi so punchable?
What are some of the most horrible methods of torture / execution in history?
flaying is bretty bad
also i dont think that picture is quartering
>>651597
>quartering
Its quartering by horses. There's many types.
American television
ITT: Try to convert me to believe whatever your religious beliefs are
Convince me that I should believe what you believe in terms of spirituality, whatever that might be
I'm curious to hear genuine appeals from multiple points of view.
Consider your audience open minded and non-judgmental, not just to you, but other perspectives as well.
Christ is LORD
The Church is TRUTH
His is THE WORD
All you need to hear, the rest is up to you.
>>644992
Which church, specifically? And why? Just Christianity in general, or Catholicism? If the latter, which branch of Catholicism, and why is that one better than the others?
>>644951
You don't need to
but pay in mind that religion is an ideology and thoses are shortcuts your mind. those shortcut can lead you further or they can lead you nowhere.
>If you assume than ecology wothout facts (ie negating the consequences of wind based enrgies such as rare earth el and lithium) is green washing
>If you admits that manicheism is cancer and there is no good nor bad people only personnal goals vs morality and sanity ok
>If you can respect other belief without accepting their abuses
otherwise you are just a pseudo smarter version of >>644992
t; born from a jewish dad and a muslim mom, currently eating bacon
I don't think I need to pose a question to generate discussion, sadly the inevitable spammed macros and youtube minor celebrities dressing their opinions up as fact will do this for me.
If you want to avoid the macros and memes, post contemporary art with merit. If it's not all women plopping paint eggs onto canvas or canning literal shit, prove it.
Very easy way to prove everyone wrong.
>>633727
How do you define "merit"?
>Claim or title to commendation or esteem; excellence, worth.
>A commendable quality, an excellence
How would you convert such vague wishy-washy subjectivity to an objective classification to apply to something as subjective as peoples' highly individualistic tastes in visual art?
It is hard to describe Christianity without ascribing it to any specific religious and ritualistic practice.
Many people call it a path, a way to life, not a religion.
The Early Church is likely the early assemblies of people who gathered in Yeshua's name, and is also likely to have existed before Christ came about. Matthew 23 is a great example about Yeshua and His take on the Pharisees and the religious leaders at the time and brought about a reformation to Israel, and the redemption and salvation of sins.
What do we know about Yeshua?
>and Yeshua went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing all manner kf sickness, and all manner of disease among the people Matthew 4:23
He is known for teaching in synagogues and healing the sick.
>and He came out of the grave after His resurrection and went into the Holy city and appeared unto many Matthew 27:53
Christians believe in the death and resurrection of Christ and also follow the teachings He left behind as they are alive with us today
What about the teachings?
> "And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.” Mark 11:25
The hardest idea to understand is love and forgiveness to those who cause us trouble.
Christ says "follow me"
> "Those who serve me must follow me. My servants will be with me wherever I will be. If people serve me, the Father will honor them." John 12:26
Servants can be synonymous with disciple.
God bless. Let's have a good thread.
>Yeshua said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6
Mentioned this in another thread, Yeshua says that He is the Way. No one goes to the Father but through Him. He tells us to love nothing but the truth, and that He is the life.
>"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 3:2
This is pretty much to say that when we repent our sins, we begin the process to purify ourselves, which is one of the key qualities in establishing a relationship between us and God.
Just a few more ideas of where thread might go.
So whatever denomination you are, or not, not here to discuss theology as much as the wisdom and basic teachings of Yeshua.
It is important to understand that the Gospels are more about the teachings of Christ rather than a full synopsis of His life. We merely only get a glimpse of Yeshua's wisdom in the Gospel from when He is baptized and after the Crucifixion.
>Behold, a virgin shall be with child, an shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel which is being interpreted "God is with us"
God is with us!
The Gospel is only a piece of what we experience when we establish or re-establish our eternal connection to the Father.
So ITT, let's talk about the teachings of Christ, who teaches us the Way to God, and teaches us useful practice in the face of adversity and affliction.
>>621923
>For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. Romans 8:5-6
It is easy to be overcome by worldly desire, in fact many teachings of today encourage indulgence.
Mindfulness of the spirit of things here is obviously preferred.
Educate me on Kurds, /his/
On the one side, they are depicted as pro west, pro equality and fighting the evil terrorists.
On the other side, Turks call them backward, violent and prone to honor killing.
>>696091
>On the other side, Turks call them backward, violent and prone to honor killing.
Not a turk but they're right. The west likes to ignore such things when finding an ally for muh oil
I mean Saudi arabia is murican ally goddamnit.
>>696099
>The west likes to ignore such things when finding an ally for muh oil
>I mean Saudi arabia is murican ally goddamnit.
qft
>>696091
Depends on Kurts
Turkish Kurts - Niggers of Turkey
Iraqi/Syrian Kurts - More civilised than other neighbours, save from Assyrian whose clay they steal
Iranian Kurts - No idea, they're Sunni but don't give that much fug muh iranic brotherhood
I'm mean its all over the bible?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usury
"And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked."
—Luke 6:34-35
"…Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow. Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?"
—Luke 19:22-23
Exodus 22:24 (25)—If thou lend money to any of My people, even to the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.
So yeah? Why do devout Christians have a 401K and interest bearing savings accounts?
How can they reconcile that?
>>695653
>Catholics running indulgence scams to help build golden palaces and pay for master works of art
>Protestants = entrepreneurial spirit, capitalist work ethic.
How DO they reconcile that?
>>695653
They defy the word of God, not to be harsh, but it is heresy..
>>695661
Yeah, if Protestants are all about capitalism, why are they for something that is all about charging interest (especially to the poor).
It specifically says in the Bible not to do that.
Yet many modern Christians are like... But muh 401K!
Tell me more about Augusto Pinochet /his/
Fuck that guy. He tookdown the first domocratic elected marxist in history
He looks like my Indonesian friend
This thread is for the discussion of the language, culture, travel, daily life, etc. of the Middle Ages. Let's talk at random in Latin and Old French. Take it easy!
Useful links---
>http://www.nativlang.com/middle-english/index.php
Learn Middle English
>http://english.fsu.edu/canterbury/
Read Canterbury Tales
>http://www.ewtn.com/library/CHISTORY/ZCRUSADE.HTM
>http://www.ewtnreligiouscatalogue.com/Home+Page/MULTIMEDIA/EWTN+HOME+VIDEO/All/THE+CRUSADES.axd
Learn the truth about the Crusades
>Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem; Creatorem coeli et terrae.
Please declare before making a new thread, and put the next link.
If the glory of Roman lived on in its entirety, where would we be today by means of technology and society?
>>695188
Probably where we are now, but with shittier wagons unable to carry baggage over long distances
Also less developed cultural philosophy all around
>>695174
>Learn the truth about the Crusades
>the truth
Is this another red pill thing?
This thread is dedicated to all the glorious empires that were destroyed by Muslims.
Today: The Vijayanagara Empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayanagara_Empire
>see OP's pic
>expect a thread about Indian kingdoms, Hindu architecture, or something interesting like that
>it's just another Muslim hate thread
>>695178
Tell me about these things anon. I know nothing about India, but would like to know.
>>695178
That's a really cool sun, I like it a lot.
Where'd you get it?
Official /his/ philosopher tier list:
>Transcendental tier
Nietzsche
Hegel
Heidegger
>High tier
Plato
Kant
Hume
Aristotle
Wittgenstein
Descartes
James
Stirner
Epicureans
Heraclitus
>Alright tier
Kierkegaard
Locke
Fichte
Augustine
Berkeley
Cynics
Pyrrhonian Skeptics
Socrates
Feuerbach
>Wtf tier
Foucault
Schopenhauer
Aquinas
Russell
>Shit tier
Sartre
Camus
Stoics
Neoplatonists
Whitehead
>>695075
>nietzsche and hegel on the same level
Care to explain?
>>695075
>shit tier
>Stoics and neoplatonists
Nice bait
>Shit Tier
Camus
>Obligatorily hated by 20-year olds in their second-year intro to philosophy course
Sartre
What is the most bro-tier religion and why is it the Sikhs?
DESIGNATED
>>694610
Besides the hairy women, I love em.
Why do everybody consider Sikhs to be bros? I'm not familiar with them.
