ellauri048.html on line 1767: Who keeps the keys of all the creeds,
ellauri051.html on line 1117: 526 This head more than churches, bibles, and all the creeds. 526 Tämä pää on enemmän kuin kirkot, raamatut ja kaikki uskontunnustukset.
ellauri051.html on line 1703: 1094 Sermons, creeds, theology -- but the fathomless human brain, 1094 Saarnat, uskontunnustukset, teologia -- mutta päättömät ihmisaivot,
ellauri111.html on line 353: You might wonder what's the diff if you still need to do 3) anyway. Wasn't the point that Christ had already paid our bills? So why can't we just go on and sin, and then go back to step 1)? Admittedly, there is the timing problem, like what the Pope had, when he had to say last of all Amen, and he ended up saying instead, "No, minä..." Jokes aside, but yes, in principle that's the way it works. It is never too late to repent, though there are a few things that are unpardonable, like making fun of the Holy Ghost, and converting to Islam (for some creeds at least).
xxx/ellauri491.html on line 265: Source and basis of authority: Christianity has scripture, creeds, and institutional authority (clergy, councils) define doctrine and ethical norms. Shaman authority is experiential — shamans can't even read or write. Personal calling, spirit relationships, and local tradition — all making doctrine diffuse and practice highly variable.
xxx/ellauri491.html on line 312: Serious difference, focused and practical: Christianity typically claims a single, universal revealed truth (scripture, creeds, institutional interpretation) that orders belief and behavior across cultures; many shamanic systems are local, experiential, pluralistic, and embedded in specific ecological and social contexts. That difference makes Christianity more able to be systematized, exported, and used as justification for universalizing projects (mission, conversion, state formation), whereas shamanism is tied to particular communities and practices. Christianity—especially when allied with states and colonial institutions—can be institutionalized into law, education, and empire; shamanism is generally decentralized and community-embedded, lacking the same structural reach. This explains why Christianity became a better tool of imperial governance, while shamanism tended not to have a chance.
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