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From what you have posted on this so far, I see a clear lack of understanding of what Christianity is. No, it does not mean belonging in a group. It is not a cult, a club, or a membership. It means you have faith in Jesus and his teachings. Same as other main religions, and yet you insist that being a Christian must accept rulings of a treaty a convention, or being a member in a council or group. Was that what Jesus taught? Where is that in the Bible? Please feel free to point it to me.

This also highlights lack of understanding what the Protestant church and its branches are and why. I am not a Jew, so I am not qualified to tell some of them they can't be considered as Jews. Same with other religions. Who am I to tell some of them that they don't belong in their own religion?

You are entitled to your opinion, but not to present it as if it was a fact. And no, no one speaks for the entire world, so your assertion Armenians are not Christians, and then in another comment you even argued they are not Caucasians, not white, then implied they were soviet Russians. Armenian history goes back thousands of years, and is literally among the oldest civilizations. You don't have to take my word for it. That information can easily be verified.

Not sure where are you getting this revisionist history from and this false stuff about Christianity and about Armenians.

You also admitted that you are not a Christian, and not a believer in God. So given that, why do you think that you can decide who can be a Christian and who can not? Since when being a Christian means a required membership in a group?

Strange argument to make that only certain Jews and certain protestants can be accepted, then you added some Catholics, and "exotic Protestants", and everyone else is disqualified.

The bottom line on this. If Armenians are not Christians, then no one is. You are arguing the earliest church and the first Christian nation in history is not a Christian nation and its citizens, and the entire Armenians around the world, known for their strong Christian faith not Christian. Forget big stretch. That is a false argument and not rooted in history, data or facts.

That's the bottom line and I don't want to keep repeating what I said.

Feel free to do some research on this, or better, visit Armenia. You'll be surprised to see how far from the truth your arguments are.

Artsakh is the historically accurate name. For thousands of years, it was an Armenian land. Stalin cut it and gave it to the people who started moving to there to appease turkey after World War I. Up until recently, over 90% its population was still Armenian. They were forced to flea facing ethnic cleansing as their defense army was facing an much bigger invading army. The Armenian government did not have resources to help. But yes you are correct, Russia is guilty. Soviet Russia and Stalin is started this whole thing.

"Because they rejected council of Chalcedon in 451AD"

Maybe you should read the context behind that and why? Also, since when being a Christian is tied to being a member of a group, treaty, agreement, or organization? It's not. This is not a valid reason to dismiss an entire country or a whole group of people.

You miss a simple fact, that the Armenian church is Apostolic Orthodox church, not Roman Catholic, and not Eastern Orthodox, and not any other church. They stuck to the original basic teachings of Jesus. Saint Bartholomew, along with Saint Thaddeus brought Christianity to Armenia and are considered the patron saints of the Armenian church.

If they are not Christian, what are they? It's a strange argument you are making here.

Armenia is the first Christian nation in history. Have you visited Armenia? The entire country is literally a large Christian display. Churches, Monasteries, and cross stones everywhere. The entire country goes to church on Sunday before doing anything else.

The Armenian alphabet was designed specifically to translate the Bible. The Armenian food mostly is about the Christian lifestyle. When Armenian women make the famous Lavash bread, when they are shaping the dough, the carve a cross in the dough before spreading it thin, for example.

The entire Armenian lifestyle is built around Christianity. So saying they are not Christian, is not based on any fact, or reality.

By your argument, no Christian today is Christian, and no Protestant church is Christian.

From your other comment. "It's weird but Armenians are not considered "white" by Europeans (or fellow Soviets). "

Armenians are not soviets. The country was taken under the Soviet Russia rule after World War I, does not make them Russians or Soviets.

"Georgians and Armenians hate each other so much" You are referring to in centuries old war that no longer exist today.

Armenians are virtually in every country. So being a small minority in Israel being held against them is the reason you consider them not Christian?

"Georgians and Armenians hate each other so much" You are referring to in centuries old war that no longer exist today.

Armenians are virtually in every country. So being a small minority in Israel being held against them is the reason you consider them not Christian?

"And calling them "Christian" is a bit of a stretch" Seriously? Armenia is the first Christian nation in history. That's a fact.

It was down for sure for me. I am in Los Angeles area. Error occurred message.

It's not only apple. Almost all of the big tech doing that these days, either out of concern about their manufacturing resources, or other motives. Something I won't support, but can understand their motives behind. But I am trying to understand how this part fits in the list.

"November 2019, Trump re-election campaign ad shot in Apple’s Mac Pro plant in Austin

Given the context and the headline, Apple working with authoritarian governments. Unless the author thinks the US is authoritarian.

I don't see any problems with any high tech executive supporting one politician or another, if the author is making the alleged Tim Cook's support for Trump the reason to include that in the list of incidents showing Apple working with authoritarian regimes.

You can dislike her, not support her, that is your choice and it is it American way. Banning her from services and de-platforming is not something should be encouraged or supported. If you are justifying this, and saying she should find an alternative, then you should also support when people of faith refuse to service/do something that goes directly against their faith and conscious, for example.

Plus, if we are still in a Constitutional republic, and equal justice under the law is not just words, then the civil rights acts which were signed into laws all ban discrimination. If you ban today because someone is in the party you don't like then expect the same done to you, if one day, the shoe is on the other foot.

Feel free to downvote more or post more revisionist history. It is not even remotely turkish, but like most "turkish" food and drinks, it was stolen from the cultures they attempted to destroy. Truth is downvoted these days.

Actually it's not Turkish. It is an Armenian food, some of the Balkan states also had it in different forms and different recipes at the same time. Those predate even the ancestors of the Ottoman Turkish empire. This is again, part of the genocide. After committing the actual murders, the culture is stolen all good things are now claimed to be Turkish. They did this also to the Greeks, Assyrians, and some of Balkan states.

To be honest, it is hard not to joke about the name, but I'll not do that. Looks interesting. Thanks for sharing.

As someone who was shadow banned, I left twitter, youtube, and facebook. The few times I expressed my opinion in a peaceful way, got called probably every name you can think of, and then saw my twitter account suspended.

I was told by twitter support I was engaging in "targeted harassment", asked for proof, did not hear back from support. The twee they referred to is a reply to someone wishing me to die from terminal disease, to which I responded "Bless your heart", and apparently that person reported me for that.

After one month of being shadow banned, which for some reason spilled to youtube and facebook, I closed all accounts.

I can understand why conservatives feel that way. They are the only group getting things like this thrown at them, and I am an independent, who happened to disagree on calls to censor one side over the other, seen first hand what that gets you into.

I have seen reports of gab.ai being popular and truly for free speech, but did not use them, lost interest in social media altogether, and to be honest, my productivity went up after that. Maybe others have different experiences, but that was my experience.

So censorship is OK as long as it is done to the side you disagree with. (Not a Trump supporter, but I won't support any censorship.)

You complain about the US legal system, which based on the constitution protects everyone with due process rights, and like countries like the Netherlands which have no bill of rights? Me and my family spent our life savings, endured the horrors of leaving everything behind to come to the US to enjoy the liberty and rights that are guaranteed to everyone, yet people like you are not happy and want lower standards.

Good riddance. If you don't want to be a citizen of this great country, it would be better than you.