So yeah... these are my ideas for my paper in "Contemporary Islamic Theology"(tell me what you think, or which one I should go for, I will list what I have so far in order of preference):

1. Sufism and it's relation to the Orthodox (Christian) East

2. Traditional Islamic views on Sufism

3. Turkey: Islam in a Secular country

A professor of mine said today...

"What did the Greeks do to entertain themselves?? They played! They ran, jumped, threw things (The Olympic Games)"

"What did the Romans do to entertain themselves? They killed each other! (Gladitorial Games)"

So yeah, I started class last week. fun times. These are my classes ( Read more... )

You scored as Chalcedon compliant. You are Chalcedon compliant. Congratulations, you're not a heretic. You believe that Jesus is truly God and truly man and like us in every respect, apart from sin. Officially approved in 451.

Chalcedon compliant
92%
Pelagianism
83%
Nestorianism
75%
Monophysitism
42%
Modalism
33%
Donatism
25%
Apollanarian
25%
Gnosticism
8%
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I CANNOT WAIT to go to Turkey

Let's just call it even, okay?Thu Dec 8, 9:42 AM ET ( Read more... )

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LJ Interests meme results

1. boston:
   It's where I go to school. Sure, the weather sucks but it's still an awesome city
2. cordoba:
   Ahhh... the ancient capital of Muslim Spain... Spain's glory days...
3. eastern orthodoxy:
   It's my religion and therefore the most important thing... God = awesome
4. granada:
   Granada = by far the BEST city in all of Spain
5. istanbul:
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I'm here at my College. It's nasty out (stupid creepy tropic storm). I'm also really. bored.

I have an interesting question...

Who TRIES to smell like cigarettes???:


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