armenians being the first nation to accept christianity

[eMachine]

bell the cat?? Turkish?

[bell-the-cat]

bell the cat?? Turkish?

Not!

[TurKOnE]

the first church built in Antakya [HATAY] in Anatolia. i will try to find some info and pictures, i know that church, been there b4...

I know it. it's in Antakya..

the church is named St.Pierre..

I also know that Antakya has soaps made of daphne leaves. daphne soaps of Antakya are known pretty well. daphne is kind of a tree (if anyone doesnt know in case)

I remember a japanese girl who had come to St.Pierre because it was an important church for christian belief. dont know exact importance though (I'm muslim).. had a good conversation with her she was very nice.

[bell-the-cat]

I know it. it's in Antakya..

the church is named St.Pierre..

I also know that Antakya has soaps made of daphne leaves. daphne soaps of Antakya are known pretty well. daphne is kind of a tree (if anyone doesnt know in case)

St Peter in English. It is called this because it is built on the site of a cave in which, according to a local Christian tradition, the Apostle Peter had preached in.

"Daphne" is another name for a laurel tree.

[nairi]

Why do you think it is important for you to be saying that Armenia was the first nation to accept Christianity? The circumstances that caused it to come about are not ones that anyone should be particularly proud of. Armenia became, as you put it "the first nation to accept Christianity" because it was an oriental-style despotic state. Whatever the King decided was true (whether it was a sincere belief or just for political reasons) had to be true for everyone, under threat of death.

The same happened in England, not once, not twice, but innumerable times. So what?

[Siamanto]

bell the cat?? Turkish?

In my book, anybody who joins hands with *urks to attack Armenians and Greeks is a *urk!

In my book, yes!


PS. Isn't it curious that *urks recognize you as one of theirs?

Note: I have chosen to auto censor the words "*urk" or "*urkish" because it is commonly perceived as unpleasant and offending, evokes unpleasant emotions and imagery and is pregnant with immoral and evil connotations!

[TUR-Friend]

Your book?
So, you write children's books, Siamanto?

[bell-the-cat]

The same happened in England, not once, not twice, but innumerable times. So what?

I don't know what history book you have been reading. The exact opposite is true. If a king in England or Scotland began to get messianic dillusions and start to meddle in religious affairs and freedoms, he would risk his head being separated from his body.

[nairi]

As far as I remember the switch from paganism to Christianity in England did not go very smoothly... Nor the hundreds of internal religious conflicts.

[bell-the-cat]

As far as I remember the switch from paganism to Christianity in England did not go very smoothly... Nor the hundreds of internal religious conflicts.

Sorry, I thought in your first post you were referring to the medieval and Renaissance periods.

And aren't you actually now making my point - that is what I was saying, Armenia's initial "conversion" was in name only - and was for most a matter of convienience and not belief.