If you had to choose between Christianity and being Armenian.

[SoyElTurco]

Re: If you had to choose between Christianity and being Armenian.

I don't care about your book. Chances are you're a crappy author.

hilarious. very witty.

[Pazooki]

Re: If you had to choose between Christianity and being Armenian.

SoyElTurco, let me ask YOU a question:

If you had a choice of being a Muslim Armenian or a Christian Turk, which one would YOU be?

SoyElTurco you still have yet to answer.

[SoyElTurco]

Re: If you had to choose between Christianity and being Armenian.

SoyElTurco, let me ask YOU a question:

If you had a choice of being a Muslim Armenian or a Christian Turk, which one would YOU be?

I'd rather be a Muslim Armenian. Being Muslim always takes priority to race.
Being Armenian or Turkish is irrelevant so as long as I am Muslim. Islam frees one from all bonds of race an creates a transcending brotherhood amongst believers.

[SoyElTurco]

Re: If you had to choose between Christianity and being Armenian.

SoyElTurco you still have yet to answer.

sorry it took long to respond. i just finally looked at this thread after a day. you didnt give me enough time to get up to his post.

Patience.

[Armenian]

Re: If you had to choose between Christianity and being Armenian.

I'd rather be a Muslim Armenian. Being Muslim always takes priority to race. Being Armenian or Turkish is irrelevant so as long as I am Muslim. Islam frees one from all bonds of race an creates a transcending brotherhood amongst believers.

That's a respectable answer, ElTurco. And I do appreciate your deep faith.

[truAnatolian]

Re: If you had to choose between Christianity and being Armenian.

"Worship is the social adhesive that binds Armenians together. Clannish and wary of outsiders, the church has always been the focus of their socialist and cultural lives. Given Armenia's pride as the first state to adopt Christianity as its religion, it was not surprising that last week with the families came Karekin II, Catholicos of all Armenians, as the leader of the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church is known, and a choir of two dozen from the church's seat in Etchmiadzin, Armenia."

I copied this from the one of the calcutta armenian articles out there...

[yerazhishda]

Re: If you had to choose between Christianity and being Armenian.

He did not target the Armenian church. He stated a general opinion about organized religion/religion broadly.

So if he targets religion 'broadly', why wouldn't that include the Armenian Church? Is the Armenian Church not an organized religion?

You are still however stating this anyone who...is not Armenian as if that's anything more than your personal opinion. Even if there are others who agree with you, that is still an opinion.

This is your perception. Did I not say, "in my book"? Everyone has an opinion here. Everyone here has their personal truths. I am not saying my opinion is ex cathedra infallible.

He answered the question asked in the thread and you're attacking him for posting it. You just want to string up anyone who disagrees with you on some fundamental issue of your choosing whether Turk or fellow Armenian. That's not how it works here.

Did he not call me an "idiot"? Why is everything so one-sided? Are we not supposed to respond to other's opinions, especially if they are denigrating to something universally recognized as vital to the Armenian culture?

[Siggie]

Re: If you had to choose between Christianity and being Armenian.

No kidding, that includes the Armenian church? I said he's not specifically attacking it. I thought that distinction might have made some difference to you. It's irrelevant anyhow.

You did respond to it already. No need to hijack the thread and turn it into a fight between you.

And I told both of you to stop it. You're just the only one here arguing with me.

Btw, my latin usage > yours. I don't think you used that phrase correctly as you have no authority.

[Anonymouse]

Re: If you had to choose between Christianity and being Armenian.

Did you rep me for it?

I did now!

[vasbourakan1]

Re: If you had to choose between Christianity and being Armenian.

reading the header if you had ...
I did not choose to be Armenian, I was born Armenian
but if I was born in another race, still I would not have the choice, because I would belong to that race, so I will take into consideration the first part of the question which concerns religion. again I was born in a family belonging to the armenian apostolic church, and raised such as. I read the Bible several times and frankly speaking the stories narrated there are a little bit childish because they can't stand any logical criticisim or analysis, a person must have a blind and absolute faith to beleive in the stories-I repeat the physical stories-, but on the other side the ideas, the philosophical concepts are universal and if applied will reach the mankind to it's perfection. in what concerns paganism this was the religion which preceeded christianity in Armenia and was mostly inspired from the nature and it's forces, so they prayed to and for his tree, river, fire, sun, forests, etc and also before the paganism there were other prereligions with human sacrifices and all the stuff. so religions come and disappear as the level of civilisations change, I mean intellectually, politically, socially