Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Date: 18 Dec 2024 22:21:04 GMT Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <253549be-ac18-daa7-6b9a-a3b41e3e91e7@example.net> <54acad70-d817-060f-5378-304258c3a1f0@example.net> <0cabca8e-52bc-bd20-04b3-b77282e575bc@example.net> <8e38b627-a937-cfde-ddad-070f49d4fc94@example.net> <45923010-96be-72d0-9ccc-9a43f25f35c4@example.net> <9f43ab34-3ec7-e654-c9a4-864acfc74923@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net IL4oEsO20ObD6beB320KIgxBBXCECLBV44EP3DIRmoJBHCl1Dp Cancel-Lock: sha1:uPnAD3N7q7loom4xAx38ygplOxU= sha256:4D1wTSd7xbB+C8J4Wb1/EEe0gkesGsCYouyev5SZjkw= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:62653 On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:17:49 +0100, D wrote: > Brings back good memories of debating abortion with good, honest, god > fearing republicans when I was studying one year in Chicago. I avoid that topic. I will say when my wife called me at work one day and said 'I think I'm pregnant.', my first thoughts weren't 'Wonderful! I'll be a father!' False alarm. > Divide and conquer! Do you not fear the the protestants will unite? Not a chance. Even the mainline denominations are splitting up. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/20/united-methodist- congregations-lgbtq-same-sex-marriage-ban That's often a factor although there can be more arcane reasons. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is the largest but there is also the second largest Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod that goes back to 1847 with roots in the Kingdom of Saxony and ultimately goes back to how seriously they take the 1580 'Book of Concord'. Many of the evangelical churches are more about personalities than theology. A friend who died last year used to fill me in on the various scandals and schisms on the local scene. His flavor was 'Smith's Friends' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunstad_Christian_Church