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mackbrislawn said:
The Jehovah’s Witnesses will have nothing to do with the army, saluting the flag, nor with government. So, what I find ironic, is that the Roman army was primarily Arian. And I understand that when Constantine was finally baptized, it was by an Arian bishop. Meaning, the government was Arian!

I don’t know whether Jehovah’s Witnesses realize that or not. So, I chuckle about it.
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I do not think that the JW’s are taught about Arius anymore. I recently had a debate with a JW and they had no idea who Arius was.

Constantine was opposed to Arianism. You may be thinking about his evil son Constantius II who supported semi-Arianism.

It is true that Constantine was baptized by Eusebius of Nicomdia, a supporter of Arianism. He had wanted to be baptized at the Jordan River but he knew he would be dead soon and he could not wait. He did not like Eusebius of Nicomdia but he had no choice.
 
I thought Hitler used the word “Arian” to describe his white race supreme power radical beliefs? Also to my knowledge, in WW2, Hitler and the Persians changed Persia’s name to Iran, which means Arian. Two groups who hate the Jewish faith and deny the Son of God. It makes since if my memory serves me correctly.
 
FaithJoy said:
I thought Hitler used the word “Arian” to describe his white race supreme power radical beliefs? Also to my knowledge, in WW2, Hitler and the Persians changed Persia’s name to Iran, which means Arian. Two groups who hate the Jewish faith and deny the Son of God. It makes since if my memory serves me correctly.
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Hitler used another word spelled Aryan which has nothing to do with Arian.
 
FaithJoy said:
I’m confused, many sites agree with you, but some don’t. Example: biology-online.org/dictionary/Aryan see the alternatives forms section.
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I suppose Arian could be an alternate spelling of Aryan. But the link you gave refers to an ethnic or racial group. The Christian heresy gets its name from a Arius, a priest from Alexandria, whom is credited with its creation. He was excommunicated by his Bishop, Alexander of Alexandria. He then went to Nicomedia and found support from Bishop Eusebias of Nicomedia and that is where th problem started. It should also be noted that Arianism was something that kept developing. It started with Arius claiming that although the Word was God, the Word came into existence after God. From there it kept developing and at one point Arianism basically started teaching that Jesus was a demi-god like Hercules.
 
Hesychios said:
You are making claims here you will have to back up with references.
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It seems that on a chat forum, there is not so much a burden of proof as a burden of rebuttal.

If everyone had to prove his or her contentions with source material, then no one would chat.

If someone really disagrees, he or she may rebut with source material. If no source material is forthcoming in reply, then (presumably) the rebutter carries the debate.
 
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