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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 1681 Views
About as close as I can get it is a Mary *NM* - 23/03/2011 04:55:10 AM 324 Views
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Slutty. I like it *NM* - 23/03/2011 05:10:03 AM 375 Views
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My answer. - 23/03/2011 05:14:54 AM 976 Views
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Sorry, trade secret. *NM* - 23/03/2011 05:37:46 AM 443 Views
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My challenge to you... - 23/03/2011 06:39:06 AM 839 Views
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I think it's related to statistical significance. *NM* - 23/03/2011 10:55:26 AM 415 Views
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oh man, i gotta remember dude's names? - 23/03/2011 05:44:06 AM 964 Views
What do you mean, "maybe"? - 23/03/2011 05:46:54 AM 942 Views
Yeah, you're winning so far. *NM* - 23/03/2011 10:54:16 AM 434 Views
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God must be a forward thinker. *NM* - 23/03/2011 09:34:07 AM 322 Views
Different ethnic versions of the names are fine. *NM* - 23/03/2011 03:12:18 PM 429 Views
Joshua = Jesus. According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal - 24/03/2011 10:08:27 PM 728 Views
Because cleary, God is a Brit. - 24/03/2011 12:40:28 PM 780 Views
My response. - 23/03/2011 10:53:06 AM 870 Views
1.5 - 23/03/2011 02:43:46 PM 870 Views
Why? - 23/03/2011 03:15:23 PM 800 Views
lol, I'm sorry, that just got a lot funnier than I had expected it to. - 23/03/2011 03:25:38 PM 969 Views
Then it doesn't count. - 23/03/2011 03:53:55 PM 863 Views
Have a John is better than none...? *MN* - 27/03/2011 03:42:09 AM 745 Views
Half a John, hahaha. Classic *NM* - 23/03/2011 03:55:37 PM 428 Views
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"How many apostles have known you?" Fantastic. *NM* - 23/03/2011 11:05:25 PM 439 Views
LOL. *NM* - 24/03/2011 04:12:21 AM 428 Views
Also, John and Jonathan are not the same name. - 24/03/2011 02:48:49 AM 707 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 810 Views
Nice *NM* - 25/03/2011 10:19:37 PM 410 Views
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Алина, Алена, Елена really bothers me - 25/03/2011 11:42:56 PM 800 Views
Americans still have that "official name vs. everyday-use name" thing to a very large degree. - 26/03/2011 12:08:26 AM 915 Views
Germans do it. - 26/03/2011 12:20:21 AM 745 Views
I think you'll find they do it rather less these days. - 26/03/2011 12:31:54 AM 853 Views
I think you may be misunderstanding the concept of nicknames. - 26/03/2011 04:17:09 PM 723 Views
I have known people who did it - 29/03/2011 05:41:32 PM 676 Views
Actually, all Slavic languages do it extensively. - 26/03/2011 12:29:39 AM 792 Views
My experience with Slavic languages is extremely limited, but... - 26/03/2011 12:44:19 AM 675 Views
But "Tom" isn't a proper name. - 26/03/2011 01:53:38 PM 763 Views
For a lot of people it is. - 26/03/2011 04:52:57 PM 890 Views
Hoi polloi do a lot of idiotic things. - 26/03/2011 04:58:46 PM 839 Views
Oh that's not that bad! - 26/03/2011 03:48:05 PM 809 Views
Well, you're in luck! - 26/03/2011 04:52:18 PM 723 Views
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Sure you can - 26/03/2011 05:56:10 PM 736 Views
But... - 28/03/2011 07:28:17 PM 839 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 435 Views
Re: Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? - 25/03/2011 11:10:47 AM 815 Views
I had no idea! - 26/03/2011 04:28:06 PM 823 Views
It's never too late! *NM* - 25/03/2011 06:42:01 PM 420 Views
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Well then maybe it is too late *NM* - 26/03/2011 05:25:46 PM 357 Views
Yeah, most likely :-) it's actually quite nice to be honest. *NM* - 26/03/2011 05:52:37 PM 444 Views
Just Magdalene, sorry, and she only counts if you're a Gnostic or Neo-Gnostic. - 27/03/2011 03:23:58 AM 753 Views
Best I can do - 28/03/2011 07:01:17 AM 854 Views
That's awesome. - 28/03/2011 07:25:46 PM 886 Views

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