Maps of Europe.

[Saras]

--"Calvin would turn in hell."

Are you catholic?

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Saras
--"Calvin would turn in hell."

Are you catholic?

You should ask Heresson or Obi Gyn that !


No, I just don't like religious fanatics of any stripe. Calvin collaborated with the Inquisition to get an anti-Trinitarian killed.

" ...when he studied the scriptures in the original, he found no reference to the Trinity. He wrote to Calvin, 'Instead of God, you have a Cerberus of three heads: the Trinity.' "

He lived in a world which killed and expelled Jews and Muslims. In the 20th Century we have witnessed the murder of six million Jews, and now war with many Muslims.

Like many students of faith today, Servetus envisioned a common spiritual reality greater than any creed. He wrote THE RESTITUTION OF CHRISTIANITY as a call to return to Christianity of the Gospels rather than the dogmas of the creeds. Discovered as the author of this heresy, he was arrested in Vienne, but escaped, only to be recognized in Geneva and condemned to death by flames. The sentence was carried out on the 27th of October 1553. As Servetus died, he said, jesus thou son of the eternal God, have mercy upon me.?It is recorded that Calvins associate, Farel, said, 'If he would only say, "Jesus. Thou eternal Son of God",we could cut him free.'

The example and writings of Servetus influenced the founding of the Unitarian Churches in Poland and Transylvania. In his person Servetus linked religion and science, setting a pattern which lived on Unitarian tradition through Joseph Priestley, Linus Pauling, and today in persons such as Tim Berners-Lee. "

http://www.hibbert-assembly.org.uk/Servetus

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0712676988

[Ben Kenobi]

And no Protestant Swiss ? Calvin would turn in hell.

I grant you that. It has only been recent times that the Swiss Presbyterians have been outnumbered by Catholics.

But as for the Hussites, they have never approached the numbers needed anywhere to be a majority of the Christians anywhere.

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi

But as for the Hussites, they have never approached the numbers needed anywhere to be a majority of the Christians anywher.

In which nation is that meant to be then ?

[Ben Kenobi]

At the time?

Catholic Austria?

[Ben Kenobi]

Anyhow, I've had an interesting few days.

I would like to request the services of one of the Poly Germans since some informtation has come to me regarding my ancestry in what was formerly East Prussia.

Unfortunately the information prefers the terms Ostpreußen, and gemeinde to ones I would prefer to work with.

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by Sir Og
Religion is deffinately wrong. Southwestern Bulgaria is not Muslim.

I think there are some minor mistakes. I have noticed that south Albania is marked as muslim whereas it is orthodox (Greek minority). Also north Fyrom is not marked as muslim but it is (Albanian segment).
Maybe I'm wrong, but in south Bulgaria you have a muslim minority which is close to 1 million? (from the ottomans?)

[Ben Kenobi]

yeah, I would have to agree with Paiktis here.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

switzlerland is like 40% catholic, 40% protestant, 10% muslim/other, and the rest dont have a religion i think.

[Heresson]

This religious map...
- at least one county of Northern Ireland has more catholics than Protestants
- Switzerland has no protestants...
- Germany isn't complecty correct either
Bosnia is complectly mixed up
Montenegro is majortly Orthodox
northern part of Albania is majorly catholic
Kosovo part...
Transsilvania...
No Muslim Albanians in Macedonia?
Pomaks aren't than numberous, and there are many Muslims in Dobrudja
Galicia region in Ukraine is Greek-catholic...
Adjaria in Georgia is Muslim
Karabach in Azerbeydjan is Armenian
Dagestan, Tatarstan, Ingushetia, Tchechenia etc in Russia are Muslim
there are some catholics in Byelorus
Kaliningrad is orthodox today
...

[Ben Kenobi]

Switzerland has no protestants...

Uh, what do you call the Swiss presbyterians, better known as Calvinists?

I didn't know they were Catholic.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by paiktis22
Which leads to an interesting question: why are left parties associated with the color red? It must have something to do with the octobrian revolution?

It symbolizes the blood shed by the working class for freedom. It's been the color of the left since the 1880s.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
about 6:1 Catholic : Protestant ratio

Yeah, after the Austrians took Hungary from the Ottomans, they began supressing the Protestants.

[Heresson]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


Uh, what do you call the Swiss presbyterians, better known as Calvinists?

I didn't know they were Catholic.

It has no catholics ON THIS MAP

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
At the time?

Catholic Austria?

Wrong! Bohemia.