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Cuthbert Allgood

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15. "Preferred narrative"? You mean "the truth"?

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #10)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 03:27 PM

Dec 2017

The HRE came in, took over, and made people be Christian or they were killed. Much the same way that Europeans allowed native peoples to keep their culture in North America.

Come on...we aren't going to rewrite history are we?

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The roots of the Christmas tree: Pagans celebrate Yule [View all] guillaumeb Dec 2017 OP

The comments... oy vey GreenEyedLefty Dec 2017 #1

Agreed. They are "funny" in a sense, guillaumeb Dec 2017 #2

Be the change you want see. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #3

Is this your motto? guillaumeb Dec 2017 #6

Nope. I saw it on a bumpersticker. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #8

Also a good motto. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #11

Paganism Predates Christianity by Millennia. MineralMan Dec 2017 #4

Think about it? Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #5

Of course it does. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #7

"A way of allowing local cultures to keep some continuity with the past." Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #9

I understand that is your preferred narrative. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #10

"Preferred narrative"? You mean "the truth"? Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #15

No, I meant your preferred narrative. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #18

So you are saying that the HRE didn't just conquer and make people convert? Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #19

Oh, I can answer that! Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #37

.... Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #38

If you have evidence to counter someone's "preferred narrative" marylandblue Dec 2017 #36

Before one rewrites history, one must have at least read it. MineralMan Dec 2017 #24

True Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #27

"Roman" means "novel" in French. MineralMan Dec 2017 #29

"A way of allowing local cultures to keep some continuity with the past." trotsky Dec 2017 #13

The Romans did much the same thing in the countries guillaumeb Dec 2017 #14

Not really. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #17

Shhhh Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #20

Ooooooooooooh. A nod's as good a wink to a blind bat! Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #22

As the Roman Emperor, Dysplasian, wrote: MineralMan Dec 2017 #30

I think it might be... Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #33

"Hun?" "Goth, that can't be good." MineralMan Dec 2017 #34

Christopher Lee made a rock opera about that Lordquinton Dec 2017 #39

Wasn't that nice of them! trotsky Dec 2017 #21

The aqueduct! Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #23

And trains that run on time, too... MineralMan Dec 2017 #25

Silly old man. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #26

What? So, why are there Roman numerals on my clock? MineralMan Dec 2017 #28

Because God works in mysterious ways! Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #31

Oh, OK. I get it now. MineralMan Dec 2017 #32

Checkmate, atheists! n/t trotsky Dec 2017 #35

This fact confuses and scares many Christians. n/t trotsky Dec 2017 #12

So it does. MineralMan Dec 2017 #16

It's called appropriation Lordquinton Dec 2017 #40

And absorbing culture. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #41

Non-sequitur Lordquinton Dec 2017 #42