Christianity of whatever stripe stopped being Christianity when the bishops of the First Council of Nicea sold themselves out for a little bit of power and took power from the rest of Christianity by issuing their proclamations. Constantine effectively eliminated a potential opposition by the old tactic of divide and conquer. On May 23, 7:31 pm, Matthew <news13102...@hotmail.com> wrote
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote in message news:sch895-pg4.ln1@dialup-4.230.135.9.Dial1.Houston1.Level3.net... On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:25:15 +0000 in 1203769536.24840.0@proxy00.news.clara.net, "brique" <briquenoir@freeuk.c0m> wrote: Mark K. Bilbo <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote in message news:mtm395-5am.ln1@dialup-4.230.135.109.Dial1.Houston1.Level3.net... On Fri, 22
On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:37:14 +0000 in Xns9A4CB34A161C6vicman@207.115.17.102, Uncle Vic <address@withheld.com> wrote: One fine day in alt.atheism, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote: On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:20:34 +0000 in fpneb2$fpc$1@onion.ccit.arizona.edu, cary@afone.as.arizona.edu (Cary Kittrell) wrote: In article <mtm395-5am.ln1@dialup-4.230.135.109.Dial1
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