which is the cooler religion

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which is cooler

christianity
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Simon H.Johansen wrote:What the heck are those Papal Ninjas you keep talking about??
They're Ninjas. And they work for the Pope. :spoooooky:

In (some semblance of) seriousness, "Super Secret Papal Ninjas" are something I thought of when I was watching a Discovery special on the Swiss Guard. They're actually a combination of SpecOps force and Secret Service - and since their primary job is to guard the Pope...

At any rate, there needs to be Super Secret Papal Ninjas in a video game. I imagine them throwing crucifix-shaped shuriken.
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On word (for Islam): Crusades
One word (Christianity): Popemobile 8) ("Quick Cardinal, get the Pope-shark repellant!") :wink:
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Iceberg wrote:
Simon H.Johansen wrote:What the heck are those Papal Ninjas you keep talking about??
They're Ninjas. And they work for the Pope. :spoooooky:

In (some semblance of) seriousness, "Super Secret Papal Ninjas" are something I thought of when I was watching a Discovery special on the Swiss Guard. They're actually a combination of SpecOps force and Secret Service - and since their primary job is to guard the Pope...

At any rate, there needs to be Super Secret Papal Ninjas in a video game. I imagine them throwing crucifix-shaped shuriken.
At first I heard the term "Papal Ninjas", I thought of the Inquisition. But they're more akin to the Papal KGB than anything else.
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Darth Gojira wrote:On word (for Islam): Crusades
*Thinks of the forth Crusade*

Islam thanks you for your efforts, it made our later conquest of everything you fought to retake and defend much easier.
One word (Christianity): Popemobile 8) ("Quick Cardinal, get the Pope-shark repellant!") :wink:
*Plants bomb on the Popmobile*
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I picked Christianity, because movies about angels and demons are somewhat cool (eg. prophecy, demon knight, etc, etc). When the priest dude smites a vampire with a cross that's kinda cool too, and a vampire movie wouldn't be the same w/o it. I find that sort of Christian myth entertaining and interesting, the same way I find greek myth interesting.
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How dare one call the glorious Orthodox cathedrals and their bastard children Muslim! EASTERN EMPIRE FOREVER!

I voted Christianity. :D

(I also like the Orthodox cross...that crooked bar makes it unique IMO)
Islam thanks you for your efforts, it made our later conquest of everything you fought to retake and defend much easier.
Precisely, Islam got the crap beaten out of it for six-hundred years by the same people! EASTERN EMPIRE FOREVER! It took the help of some Venetian idiots to conquer Constantinople.
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Fremen_Muhadib wrote:3 words.

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NOt even maurading Christians kicked them out of the middle east. They did lose Israel, but they still have the rest of the middle east, the land their ancestors llived in MANY many generations ago, thats cool.
Timur the Lame? And most of the populations of old are gone. You think the Egyptians are ancient?
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Islam is more cool; with Islam you can have the Christian mythic stuff in the background-- Islam has angels and devils too, but also genies! And the Assassin Cult would whup ass on Papal Ninjas... you also get a batch of devoted followers willing to (effectively) use kamikaze attacks, and Paradise for the Muslims is soooo much better.

Christianity: Robes, harps, clouds.
Islam: Oasis with food and 70 beautiful virgins.

Harems, Arabian Nights, magic lamps, etc, are better than Popemobiles and guilt-laden repentance. Although the Christians have a distinct advantage with the alcohol issue...
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Coyote wrote:Islam is more cool; with Islam you can have the Christian mythic stuff in the background--
Don't need it. Christians got NINJA!
Islam has angels and devils too, but also genies!
But not ninjas.
And the Assassin Cult would whup ass on Papal Ninjas...
BULLSHIT! Nobody, and I meannobodycan beat a ninja. Ninjas are, for all intents and purposes, living and breathing mini-versions of God Himself!
you also get a batch of devoted followers willing to (effectively) use kamikaze attacks,
A ninja would cut those fuckers heads off.
and Paradise for the Muslims is soooo much better.
A ninja would cut those Muslim spirits fucking heads off. Ninjas transcend all boundries.
Christianity: Robes, harps, clouds.
NINJAS!
Islam: Oasis with food and 70 beautiful virgins.
Ninjas could easily raid a nearby Islam harem and steal all their food and virgins!Even in the netherworld, they are watching...
Harems, Arabian Nights, magic lamps, etc, are better than Popemobiles and guilt-laden repentance.
Ninjas are better than all of the above.
Although the Christians have a distinct advantage with the alcohol issue...
And ninjas.

Did I mention I aboslutely love ninjas? :D
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Islam can sentence you to death if they even THINK you're mocking their religion.

The worst Christianity can do to you if they think you're mocking their religion is call you obscene.
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Iceberg wrote:The worst Christianity can do to you if they think you're mocking their religion is call you obscene.
They're secretly dispensing ninja assasins to their home. The next day a look-alike of them will begin tending to the duties of the deceased, so as to not arouse suspicions. Then after the old memory-erasing/new memory implanting procedures are finished the person has effectively vanished without a trace...and everyone is none the wiser. :twisted:

Trust me, I'm on the inside. I know how this stuff works. :wink:

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Coyote wrote: <snip>
Islam: Oasis with food and 70 beautiful virgins.
<snip>
If they're virgins then that means that those that follow Islam can't screw them? Then what is the use? Look but don't touch? :)
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xtreme wrote:
Coyote wrote: <snip>
Islam: Oasis with food and 70 beautiful virgins.
<snip>
If they're virgins then that means that those that follow Islam can't screw them? Then what is the use? Look but don't touch? :)
Actually, some have proposed it translates into seventy crystal raisins. :P Islam is cooler in some aspects because you can't just screm JIHADDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!! while blowing up people for Christianity. But I mean the French bastards with the broadswods have smite the Muslim scum then the Muslims smite the bastards. It'sa cycle.
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ottoman mosques are mostly converted byzantine (roman) cathedrals and churches. The remainder are built in the roman archetextural style.
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Cthulhu-chan wrote:Truly, ninjas are a dreadful foes. However, my sunny-delite powered, cyborg dinosaur with febreeze breath weapon will conquer your ninjas!
Fool! You DINK! DINK! doubt the power of the ninja? You will pay.

*Joe Musashi leaps into action, dodging its poisonous febreeze venom and DINK! DINK! slicing its throat cleanly and quickly. The beast falls*

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Papal ninjas = better than islam
Loads of muslim women are ninjas.
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Darth Garden Gnome wrote:
Cthulhu-chan wrote:Truly, ninjas are a dreadful foes. However, my sunny-delite powered, cyborg dinosaur with febreeze breath weapon will conquer your ninjas!
Fool! You DINK! DINK! doubt the power of the ninja? You will pay.

*Joe Musashi leaps into action, dodging its poisonous febreeze venom and DINK! DINK! slicing its throat cleanly and quickly. The beast falls*

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Darth Garden Gnome wrote:
Cthulhu-chan wrote:Truly, ninjas are a dreadful foes. However, my sunny-delite powered, cyborg dinosaur with febreeze breath weapon will conquer your ninjas!
Fool! You DINK! DINK! doubt the power of the ninja? You will pay.

*Joe Musashi leaps into action, dodging its poisonous febreeze venom and DINK! DINK! slicing its throat cleanly and quickly. The beast falls*

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Agreed. It simply comes down to the fact that Ninjas are so much cooler!
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What the heck is the connection between the Pope and Ninjas? :?
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