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What is the point of Islam if Allah chooses who to guide and who not to?
>>1431029
It only has a point if you believe in its nonsense to begin with. Same can be said about all theology.
>>1431029
To overcome his will and prove you're not a little bitch.
There is a big theological discussion in Islam about predestination and free will and how the two relate. The same is true with Christianity. Don't oversimplify things.
>Swords sucked and so does this washing machine!
Lindybeige
>>1430790
Isn't that a dryer?
>>1431106
It's clearly a washing machine with a fucking sword in it.
Washing machine? Don't you mean a Spinwobbly Bubblepuffer?
Society is the relationship between people. It is so empty, because we are not working together but all working in our own self interest collectively. Asking how can I help myself, and then how can you help me?
Your parents, as their parents have, will tell you to grow up get a job and have a family. People not knowing anything else, never questioning or asking, will take this solution and at the end of their lives say "I don't know what it was all for."
I do not wish to exit society, to go live in a cabin far up north in the woods. I wish to maintain...
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So what you're really asking, if I'm understanding this correctly, is how can you stay a neet but still remain sociable?
>>1430548
Not a NEET in the political sense of the word that I get money from the government, but a NEET in the sense that I am not imprisoned by society. That the will of others is not forced upon me. But yes, that I may still interact with my fellow man.
>>1430635
Well in that case it would be hella difficult.. you still have to survive and because everywhere on earth food shelter clothing and other essential human needs have a cost (even if you live on NEETbucks) you'd be hard pressed to find someone let alone a group of people who would be willing to pal around with somebody who has no desire to get off his ass and figure out how to provide for himself be it food or booze or whatever. I assume you don't want to panhandle either because despite it requiring 0 skills...
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How did people communicate in the ottoman empire when you had dozens of different ethnicities living together.
Aside from maybe maybe merchants and government officis most people probably wouldn't speak a different language than their mother language.
>>1429211
Lingua Franca
>>1429211
And that's why the Ottoman Empire isn't here anymore.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kar%C3%A1nsebes I'm surprised there are not more occurrence's of stuff.
From a consequentialist standpoint, surely Stalin was a good person?
He could done the same without killing people, so no.
Killing soviet citizens is good, so definitely.
His desired outcome was to actually kill millions of people.
What do you think of him and his youtube channel?
Any historical cooking info you'd like to share?
I've never seen his Youtube channel so I have no thoughts.
>>1427380
He's an uber nerd but the channel has some pretty neat stuff if you're into food at all
He's a cool lad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pUHi3ZV4r0
Was there really a period in time where there was almost no technological progress?
If so was it due to the Christian church?
Yes it was called 'the vast majority of human history prior to c.10000 BC
>>1426618
1. Depends how far back we're talking. If you mean the period from about the fall of Rome to the Age of Exploration that is on that graph, then no.
2. No
Yes, there were two: the Roman era, and the Renaissance.
Radovan Karadžić was a hero to the Serbian people and history will vindicate his actions.
Discuss.
>>1426407
Why did he drink so much water, though? Also, Serbs are a shitty people with unwarranted ideas of superiority who should be exterminated, along with the rest of former Yugoslavia.
>>1426407
He absolutely was a hero to the Serbs, which is a completely unforgiveable thing to be.
https://youtu.be/8LkyruirJDI
>>1426414
No. people like you are the ones that should be exterminated in order for the species thrive
How would Nazi Germany have dealt with the likelihood that, while returning to a manned space mission, their astronauts could miscalculate the landing and end up in a Soviet or Allied territory (let's get serious, even a victorious Nazi Germany couldn't have brought them to submission, at best they could've sit with them at the same table and negotiate peace on equal terms)?
Would've account for the astronauts to commit suicide with a poison capsule before being captured?
How would this news be dealt (if published at all) in the Fatherland=
>>1431084
>Soviet or Allied territory
>>1431084
Holy fucking shit how do you even come up with something like this, what the fuck did you smoke bro
Did the US consider the possibility that their astronauts could have ended up in Soviet territory?
I'm guessing it would've been the same thing.
What do you guys think of this quote?
"The reason that people don’t correct the incongruities in their ideology is because they have primarily identified with that ideology and abandoning it for a more logical framework would necessitate decomposing their self-identity. This cognitive dissonance is painful and most people prefer to retreat to their neatly-packaged framework they’ve always held.
Social justice and science are pillars upon which Western Civilization rests, but without a logical foundation, they morph into bastardized versions of social justice...
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>implying people care about logic or consistency instead of results
Pretty much explains why i dont label my beliefs as an ideology. If they are not connected by an overarching system, they can be challenged individually.
>>1430580
Let me make sure I understand:
"People are scared of change because then they have to admit they're wrong, and that makes them panic. People should also only commit to the most logical action because going by emotion makes them do stupid shit like "fighting for peace", and not understanding the difference between correlation and causation."(paraphrased)
I disagree. It is with emotion that we assign value to things for better, or worse. There are a few examples of individuals...
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I am fairly new to this area of study and would really appreciate any sort of help you can give.
My essay requires that I define the human condition in Hobbes' eyes, but also whether or not Hobbes is an optimist or pessimist.
I have used http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl201/modules/Philosophers/Hobbes/hobbes_human_nature.html to get a general understanding, but I would really appreciate someone elses input/guidance in tackling this question.
Thanks in advance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_Condition_(film_series)
For people which aren't pussies and don't have short attention span
I don't get it, have you actually read Hobbes?
Why don't you just read his works and come to your own conclusion?
>>1430389
Why would I need to read him? I'm just writing an essay on him. You should only read an author if you're doing it as a hobby or something.
I imagine a king would have some royal mapmaker or something, but how did common people go about daily travel, border control, and trade before paper and printing?
>border control
you got around by word of mouth and experience, if you were lucky enough to find a map it would be grossly inaccurate.
UÃ Neill best clan.
O'Brien shits need not apply
>>1430276
Common people did not travel more than a couple miles from home. Border control did not exist. Trade was done along known routes, by memory. If all else fails you ask where you are at an inn. No maps needed.
Is this the biggest meme warrior in existence?
Yes, the meme being that anything that's praised by some group is in fact meme shit in the eyes of le 4channeur contradicteuriste extraordinaire
>meme
>rampant cultural idea, phrase, or style of humor (double irony, baiting, grieving), for better or worse
Easily the white death. He did not get 300 kills. Maybe 14-50. He did not bring 300 rounds with him into a tree and land all his shots.
>worked for centuries and centuries against countless different peoples
>meme
I guess artillery is a meme too.
'Florem aetatis a Venere orti in Bithynia contaminatum'
Seriously, can we put good old whoremonger of Gaul to rest and focus on decent leaders of fledgling Imperial Rome?
OH WAIT THERE WERE NONE. NOT A SINGLE ONE UNTIL NERVA AND THE ADOPTIVES. GG CLAUDIANS AND FLAVIANS YOU REALLY DID WELL HATS OFF, PINNACLE OF LEADERSHIP RIGHT THERE
Go home, Marcus, you're drunk.
>>1430101
> implying Claudius wasn't based af
Plebs, abi domum.
>Implying Augustus wasn't primo princeps
Julius Caesar was ok.
Why did the English adopt the longbow instead of the crossbow like much of the rest of the continent? Was it a cultural thing or were there economic reasons?
Crossbow is a shit weapon
>slow to fire
>inaccurate
>>1430040
Life is not a video game.
As well as longbows the English also used crossbows, especially in ships, defenses, and such.
>>1430040
they had a developed culture of archery, and the longbow was a reliable and effective weapon on the battlefield.
