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1. Kerokeronim (mk2boogaloo@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 23:32:07 JST Kerokeronim
   "Why did the Vikings convert to Christianity?"
   
   A common misconception today, probably brought on by modern media depictions, is that the Norsemen enjoyed their life of violent struggle. They, as anyone, did not want to live nasty, brutish, and short existences. They wanted to sit by the fire with their family, eat well, and sleep safely. Christianity offered a path to that.
   
   Religion breeds culture. A religion of violence breeds violent culture. Religion was also mandated by the state in those days, and it would be up to kings to make those choices for their people. Norse kings knew the only way out of endless generations of savage barbarism would be to change their culture.
   
   A pantheon of angry violent gods could not accommodate such a culture of peace, but a god who loved the world so much He bled and died for it could change those ways. For men who knew nothing but the sword, the offer of beating them into ploughshares was not only attractive but necessary. Civilization is the opposite of barbarism.
   
   Modern paganism is a reconstruction from the romances of violence, by people who have not known generations of said violence. Media tells people violence is heroic and, well, fun. It's neither. Nobody truly wants to live in violent times, though all recognize it is sometimes a necessity when violent men rise. We call these men today psychopaths.
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   • fat ugly creepy angry retarded louser (professionalbigot69@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 23:35:34 JST fat ugly creepy angry retarded louser

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     @MK2boogaloo romanticizing human savagery because they didn't like waking up early on sundays, yeah
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   • احمدابن محمد الخيام (sysrq@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 23:35:36 JST احمدابن محمد الخيام

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     @MK2boogaloo
     words not reading
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   • Kerokeronim (mk2boogaloo@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 23:36:02 JST Kerokeronim

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     • fat ugly creepy angry retarded louser
     @professionalbigot69 they're libtards in disguise.
   • Kerokeronim (mk2boogaloo@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 23:36:15 JST Kerokeronim

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     • احمدابن محمد الخيام
     @sysrq yeah I know you're too dumb to read, it's fine.
   • Christmas Coon (mebigbrain@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 23:59:07 JST Christmas Coon

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     • fat ugly creepy angry retarded louser
     @professionalbigot69 @MK2boogaloo Mad at their moms and dads for trying to raise them right.
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   • احمدابن محمد الخيام (sysrq@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 23:59:11 JST احمدابن محمد الخيام

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     @MK2boogaloo
     nigga you're too dumb to read a guide for irc
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   • Giar Naga Thar (dicer@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 14:42:56 JST Giar Naga Thar

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     @MK2boogaloo Fire
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   • Kerokeronim (mk2boogaloo@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 14:58:38 JST Kerokeronim

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     • Giar Naga Thar
     @Dicer I really don't like when someone romanticize war and pillaging too much.
   • Giar Naga Thar (dicer@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 15:31:52 JST Giar Naga Thar

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     @MK2boogaloo The only thing I need to know of war is my grandpa telling me he saved a German soldier as a ww2 medic. The German protesting in Greek telling him his own men would kill him if they knew he helped an enemy. I don't think my family kept the cap he gave him as a gift.
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   • Loki 1 (loki@whinge.town)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 15:31:55 JST Loki 1

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     • Giar Naga Thar
     @MK2boogaloo @Dicer shut up fag, war is cool
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   • Giar Naga Thar (dicer@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 15:32:00 JST Giar Naga Thar

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     @Loki @MK2boogaloo War is cool when the good guys win(my guys)
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   • Loki 1 (loki@whinge.town)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 15:32:03 JST Loki 1

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     • Giar Naga Thar
     @Dicer @MK2boogaloo so tru
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   • :sonnenrad: ✝️ Wisconsin_Kraut ✝️ :sonnenrad: (wisconsin_kraut@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 15:32:03 JST :sonnenrad: ✝️ Wisconsin_Kraut ✝️ :sonnenrad:

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     • fat ugly creepy angry retarded louser
     @professionalbigot69 @MK2boogaloo lol even with church I can sleep in
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   • billy_hughes (billy_hughes@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 15:32:05 JST billy_hughes

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     • :sonnenrad: ✝️ Wisconsin_Kraut ✝️ :sonnenrad:
     @Wisconsin_Kraut @professionalbigot69 @MK2boogaloo It's really not that early. When I was younger I went to bed late and slept in late. But now even for the early services I can sleep in
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   • Kerokeronim (mk2boogaloo@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 15:32:41 JST Kerokeronim

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     • Giar Naga Thar
     • Loki 1
     @Loki @Dicer it's cool when done right.
   • Loki 1 (loki@whinge.town)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 15:47:34 JST Loki 1

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     • Giar Naga Thar
     @MK2boogaloo @Dicer nigga this shit is 2 days old, took you that long to think of a reply?
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   • Kerokeronim (mk2boogaloo@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 15:47:58 JST Kerokeronim

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     • Giar Naga Thar
     • Loki 1
     @Loki @Dicer too busy these days smh.
   • Loki 1 (loki@whinge.town)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 16:06:08 JST Loki 1

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     • Giar Naga Thar
     @MK2boogaloo @Dicer understandable, busy week for me too
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