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Just Magdalene, sorry, and she only counts if you're a Gnostic or Neo-Gnostic. Joel Send a noteboard - 27/03/2011 03:23:58 AM
Since the Gnostics have been dead for ~1800 years and most Neo-Gnostics are devotees of Dan Brown and/or David Icke, I pray you are neither. :dead:

The whole "I want twelve unique names" is probably doomed to failure, incidentally. Expecting twelve men chosen from any fairly large culture to all have different names is probably asking too much, and in addition to James:

"Peter"s given name was Simon, with "Peter" being a new game given him by Jesus after averring the Rock on which the Church and salvation are founded

Jude is sometimes called "Judas" and

A second Matthew was chosen to replace Judas Iscariot after the latters suicide.

The acknowledgement of Paul highlights the real problem though: It's not strictly accurate to speak of "the Twelve Disciples" OR "Twelve Apostles" because there were far more than twelve of each (and in the opinion of many, still are). It's more accurate (if less common and less convenient for comedy) to speak of the twelve foremost disciples/apostles, though Paul once again illustrates that's not a perfectly accurate statement either (I'd wager a lot more people have heard of Paul than either Philip or Bartholomew).
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Which apostles of Jesus Christ have you known? In the biblical sense, of course. - 23/03/2011 04:52:48 AM 1679 Views
About as close as I can get it is a Mary *NM* - 23/03/2011 04:55:10 AM 323 Views
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Slutty. I like it *NM* - 23/03/2011 05:10:03 AM 374 Views
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My answer. - 23/03/2011 05:14:54 AM 973 Views
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Sorry, trade secret. *NM* - 23/03/2011 05:37:46 AM 442 Views
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My challenge to you... - 23/03/2011 06:39:06 AM 836 Views
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I think it's related to statistical significance. *NM* - 23/03/2011 10:55:26 AM 414 Views
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oh man, i gotta remember dude's names? - 23/03/2011 05:44:06 AM 961 Views
What do you mean, "maybe"? - 23/03/2011 05:46:54 AM 941 Views
Yeah, you're winning so far. *NM* - 23/03/2011 10:54:16 AM 432 Views
You know, Joshua and Jesus are the same name. - 23/03/2011 06:54:52 AM 800 Views
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God must be a forward thinker. *NM* - 23/03/2011 09:34:07 AM 321 Views
Different ethnic versions of the names are fine. *NM* - 23/03/2011 03:12:18 PM 428 Views
Joshua = Jesus. According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal - 24/03/2011 10:08:27 PM 726 Views
Because cleary, God is a Brit. - 24/03/2011 12:40:28 PM 778 Views
My response. - 23/03/2011 10:53:06 AM 867 Views
1.5 - 23/03/2011 02:43:46 PM 869 Views
Why? - 23/03/2011 03:15:23 PM 797 Views
lol, I'm sorry, that just got a lot funnier than I had expected it to. - 23/03/2011 03:25:38 PM 966 Views
Then it doesn't count. - 23/03/2011 03:53:55 PM 860 Views
Have a John is better than none...? *MN* - 27/03/2011 03:42:09 AM 742 Views
Half a John, hahaha. Classic *NM* - 23/03/2011 03:55:37 PM 427 Views
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"How many apostles have known you?" Fantastic. *NM* - 23/03/2011 11:05:25 PM 438 Views
LOL. *NM* - 24/03/2011 04:12:21 AM 427 Views
Also, John and Jonathan are not the same name. - 24/03/2011 02:48:49 AM 704 Views
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I have come into the world, but the world has known me not. - 24/03/2011 01:43:36 PM 808 Views
Nice *NM* - 25/03/2011 10:19:37 PM 409 Views
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I hate it when people of the same ethnicity have different spellings of essentially the same name. *NM* - 25/03/2011 10:20:32 PM 438 Views
Алина, Алена, Елена really bothers me - 25/03/2011 11:42:56 PM 797 Views
Americans still have that "official name vs. everyday-use name" thing to a very large degree. - 26/03/2011 12:08:26 AM 912 Views
Germans do it. - 26/03/2011 12:20:21 AM 742 Views
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I think you may be misunderstanding the concept of nicknames. - 26/03/2011 04:17:09 PM 720 Views
I have known people who did it - 29/03/2011 05:41:32 PM 673 Views
Actually, all Slavic languages do it extensively. - 26/03/2011 12:29:39 AM 789 Views
My experience with Slavic languages is extremely limited, but... - 26/03/2011 12:44:19 AM 672 Views
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For a lot of people it is. - 26/03/2011 04:52:57 PM 887 Views
Hoi polloi do a lot of idiotic things. - 26/03/2011 04:58:46 PM 836 Views
Oh that's not that bad! - 26/03/2011 03:48:05 PM 806 Views
Well, you're in luck! - 26/03/2011 04:52:18 PM 721 Views
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Sure you can - 26/03/2011 05:56:10 PM 733 Views
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Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? *NM* - 25/03/2011 06:08:51 AM 434 Views
Re: Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? - 25/03/2011 11:10:47 AM 812 Views
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It's never too late! *NM* - 25/03/2011 06:42:01 PM 419 Views
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Well then maybe it is too late *NM* - 26/03/2011 05:25:46 PM 356 Views
Yeah, most likely :-) it's actually quite nice to be honest. *NM* - 26/03/2011 05:52:37 PM 443 Views
Just Magdalene, sorry, and she only counts if you're a Gnostic or Neo-Gnostic. - 27/03/2011 03:23:58 AM 751 Views
Best I can do - 28/03/2011 07:01:17 AM 852 Views
That's awesome. - 28/03/2011 07:25:46 PM 883 Views

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