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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 8, 2024 15:34:36 GMT
Because it seems strange not to have one. The usual rules about no googling or looking things up applies. Who wrote an article in The Atlantic in July 2016, predicting a Trump defeat, and compared him to heroin, saying:
What Trump offers is an easy escape from the pain. To every complex problem, he promises a simple solution. He can bring jobs back simply by punishing offshoring companies into submission. As he told a New Hampshire crowd—folks all too familiar with the opioid scourge—he can cure the addiction epidemic by building a Mexican wall and keeping the cartels out. He will spare the United States from humiliation and military defeat with indiscriminate bombing. It doesn’t matter that no credible military leader has endorsed his plan. He never offers details for how these plans will work, because he can’t. Trump’s promises are the needle in America’s collective vein.
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Post by kizolk on Nov 8, 2024 17:11:19 GMT
JD vance is tempting. I don't know much about him but it would be amusing.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 8, 2024 17:26:09 GMT
I thought it would be harder. Over to you.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 9, 2024 16:13:34 GMT
Or anyone, really.
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 9, 2024 17:48:26 GMT
Name one or more European peoples that were still pagan in the 13th century AD.
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Post by kizolk on Nov 9, 2024 21:32:57 GMT
Let's try the Basques. I'm thinking their peculiar linguistic situation might have made it harder to Christianize them.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 10, 2024 2:55:32 GMT
Iceland?
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 10, 2024 4:42:12 GMT
No and no.
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Post by kizolk on Nov 10, 2024 9:06:25 GMT
The Finns?
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 10, 2024 9:20:19 GMT
Hmm... not far off, I guess, but I don't think I should accept it as an answer. Here's what Wiki says about the Christianization of the Finns:
"Judging by archaeological finds, Christianity gained a foothold in Finland during the 11th century. The Catholic church was strengthened with growing Swedish influence in the 12th century and the Finnish "crusade" of Birger Jarl in the 13th century."
I'm not sure about the proportions, but it sounds unlikely that most Finns were still pagan in the 13th century even though some may still have been... at least that's how the above, admittedly not-all-that-clear paragraph sounds to me.
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Post by kizolk on Nov 10, 2024 9:24:51 GMT
Yeah, not super clear.
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Post by kizolk on Nov 10, 2024 21:12:15 GMT
Bulgars? Not sure that's the right name, but you know what I mean. Seeing as their name became a Christian insult, I would guess they became Christians relatively late.
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Post by terentiusfaber on Nov 10, 2024 22:43:08 GMT
Lithuanians
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Post by terentiusfaber on Nov 10, 2024 22:44:00 GMT
As anyone who has read Edmond Privat's 'Vivo de Zamenhof' knows.
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 11, 2024 6:06:52 GMT
Of course this question would have been up your alley. Correct. The Lithuanians were, I believe, the last European people to convert to Christianity, toward the end of the 14th century. |
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