The Off Topic Topic

[Syt]

Jeez, a high school girl Syt?

She looks legal to me. Besides, I posted this because I thought this was mildly amusing, not because she was superhot.

But I could depend on you to get your frilly panties in a twist, so, it was not quite in vain.

[Syt]

But here, Tim, something to cheer you up:

[jimmy olsen]

  What the hell is that!?

[Josquius]

Apparently the mormons are making a big push in this area, had two around mine tonight.
This just...isn't right. I don't like what they're doing at all. One of the beautiful things about Japan is it still keeps its native religion (with a bit of harmless buddhism tacked on), it hasn't had the foreign semitic religion of christianity thrust upon it the way the various people of Europe had.
I just don't get why some Japanese are signing up for it. Mormonism is an extra crazy blend of christianity too. One of the girls who game was a rather cute Chinese-American too, wonder what possessed her family to go Mormon.

[Jaron]

Apparently the mormons are making a big push in this area, had two around mine tonight.
This just...isn't right. I don't like what they're doing at all. One of the beautiful things about Japan is it still keeps its native religion (with a bit of harmless buddhism tacked on), it hasn't had the foreign semitic religion of christianity thrust upon it the way the various people of Europe had.
I just don't get why some Japanese are signing up for it. Mormonism is an extra crazy blend of christianity too. One of the girls who game was a rather cute Chinese-American too, wonder what possessed her family to go Mormon.

Mormons are like that world wide. Anywhere they wouldn't get their heads cut off for trying.

Their actual practices aren't that odd, but their theology is batshit crazy. Magic rocks, golden plates, lost tribes...sounds like it would be the plotline of Final Fantasy or something.

[Josephus]

Mmmm . . . banana.

Is that alluding to anything?

[Josquius]

Mormons are like that world wide. Anywhere they wouldn't get their heads cut off for trying.

Their actual practices aren't that odd, but their theology is batshit crazy. Magic rocks, golden plates, lost tribes...sounds like it would be the plotline of Final Fantasy or something.

Which would explain the Japanese take up.

[Habbaku]

One of the beautiful things about Japan is it still keeps its native religion (with a bit of harmless buddhism tacked on), it hasn't had the foreign semitic religion of christianity thrust upon it the way the various people of Europe had.

  Japan's Christian community is very old and has a rather large number of adherents (1-2 million, as I recall).  On top of that, they exert disproportionate power in Japanese politics.  You're just talking out of your ass here.

[jimmy olsen]

  Japan's Christian community is very old and has a rather large number of adherents (1-2 million, as I recall). On top of that, they exert disproportionate power in Japanese politics.  You're just talking out of your ass here.

Yeah, they've had like 7 Prime Ministers.

[Josquius]

One of the beautiful things about Japan is it still keeps its native religion (with a bit of harmless buddhism tacked on), it hasn't had the foreign semitic religion of christianity thrust upon it the way the various people of Europe had.

  Japan's Christian community is very old and has a rather large number of adherents (1-2 million, as I recall).  On top of that, they exert disproportionate power in Japanese politics.  You're just talking out of your ass here.

That's 1% of the population. Britain has more hindus than that. Japan is overall quite thoroughly vaguely shintoy-buddhisty native religiony.

[Neil]

Women who read fantasy novels are evil.

Disagree.

[jimmy olsen]

One of the beautiful things about Japan is it still keeps its native religion (with a bit of harmless buddhism tacked on), it hasn't had the foreign semitic religion of christianity thrust upon it the way the various people of Europe had.

  Japan's Christian community is very old and has a rather large number of adherents (1-2 million, as I recall).  On top of that, they exert disproportionate power in Japanese politics.  You're just talking out of your ass here.

That's 1% of the population. Britain has more hindus than that. Japan is overall quite thoroughly vaguely shintoy-buddhisty native religiony.

Have there been 7 Hindu Prime Ministers?

[Neil]

I'm going to have to say that Tyr is probably right here.

[Malthus]

One of the beautiful things about Japan is it still keeps its native religion (with a bit of harmless buddhism tacked on), it hasn't had the foreign semitic religion of christianity thrust upon it the way the various people of Europe had.

That's not entirely true - Japan has a long history of Christianity, and at one point in fact the Japanese Christians (allegedly) threatened to take over the state - leading to a war o extermination against them by the Tokugawa.

Also, native Japanese Buddhism and Shinto are hardly harmless, as both (for example) actively supported Japanese militarism. Controversies over Japanese shrines honouring Japanese war dead continue to this day. 

[Josquius]

I'm aware of the history. I like it though that christianity was turned back here and 16th century trends didn't continue.

And I never said Japanese religion was harmless. I like however that it is a native religion which hasn't been stamped out in the way so many others were by christianity.