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Modern Christians tend to view God as some sort abstract sustainer of reality and the biblical tales to be completely allegorical.
But is this what the original authors intended or is it more influenced by Hellenic and Enlightenment philosophy? Or even a need to keep compatible with modern science?
There's evidence that the earliest Jews were henotheistic and literally did view God as a man sitting in the clouds, he was often depicted riding clouds and had the epithet "cloud rider".
Even people like Augustine who Christians often quote as...
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>Are Christians justified in changing their views or is it just an attempt to keep their religion from being obsolete?
If you're consciously modifying your religion to make it sound less absurd, then you've already admitted defeat. You might as well just call yourself a deist at that point and declare that you follow a certain moral code because you believe that's the way things ought to be.
Obviously Christians do not want to do this because (on an individual level) it would wound their pride and possibly cause some a crisis...
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>>1063676
>Modern Christians tend to view God as some sort abstract sustainer of reality and the biblical tales to be completely allegorical.
Are you sure about that? Such a view seems to be confined to academics or universalists
>>1063723
Well, I see people here constantly posting stuff like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zMf_8hkCdc
What is the most honorable clan and why is it shimazu?
>first shoguns
>minamoto bloodline
>defeated the mongols
>fought very well in the sengoku jidai
>commited to honor in the battle of sekigahara after an ishida messanger disrespected the shimazu
>lead the imperial forces in the boshin war
How do other families even compete?
And this was there sword style of choice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnLNExI_uK4
My history of East Asia teacher's surname is Shimazu. Do you think there is any chance she belongs to said clan?
>>1063241
You should first check out how the name is written in Japanese.
Sometimes names are spoken in the same way but written with different kanji.
I too had a Japanese friend back in college whose surname was Oda but his name was not written the same way as that of the legendary war lord (although he always used to say his grandmother was related to an actual Japanese princess or something).
Then look for ancestry and family tree. A lot of famous family trees can still be traced today, and many...
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How long after the fall of the Roman Empire did it take for technology in Europe to catch back up?
Obviously this is a complex question with various answers depending on the type of technology and the place in Europe. Any contribution is welcome.
>>1062979
In Italy, about 800 years. In Greece, well, it never was lost.
>It's a "MEDIEVAL DARK AGES, AMIRITE?" thread
>>1062979
When did barrel roofed churches start being made? Around that time.
How much would the Late Roman (or just Roman) auxilia resemble their native warriors? How much would they resemble the Roman regulars? Would it change as the roles change (auxilia palatina, cavalry/infantry, etc.)?
The Late Roman army was essentially Germanicized, that's why their using round shields, wearing trousers (which the earlier Romans thought were effeminate), and weilding spears.
>>1062853
>dudes in skirts thought lederhosen is effeminate
please tell us moar
what was the logic behind it?
>>1062871
Roman balls were free flowing and could grow unimpeded.
German balls were confided and smushed together
Was Philip II really King of England or was he just king consort?
The marriage treaty made it clear that neither him nor don carlos had claim, and that he was only ceremonial. He had no power over privy council or paliament.
However, he did have a council of state. It is unknown how much power he really had under the table, but officially he had little power.
Wikipedia doesn't mention that he was consort, does it mean he was the real king?
>>1062809
He was king, but he had no real power
>An Englishman, for instance, thinks it a deadly insult to be told that he is no gentleman, or, still worse, that he is a liar; a Frenchman has the same feeling if you call him a coward, and a German if you say he is stupid.
What insult would Schopenhauer put on par with modern americans? Do the insults he relates to england, france, and Germany still apply in their own unique way?
>>1062691
...An American if you tell him it cannot be supersized.
Today? Easy.
>That they're racist.
>>1062980
*a swede
Americans run too dissimilar for being called a racist to buy their insult.
Why have all attempts to create utopias inevitably failed, and almost always resulted in backlashes that were worse than the state of affairs before the utopian experiment started? I have trouble believing that as a species, we're we're that bad at putting our ideas into practice. I mean hell, we've done it countless times before, when it comes to physical inventions or even model forms of social organization.
So why is it so hard to eliminate things like jealousy, stupidity, prudishness, restraint, reactionary impulses, shame, and the like? Why can't...
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>>1062682
>Why have all attempts to create utopias inevitably failed, and almost always resulted in backlashes that were worse than the state of affairs before the utopian experiment started?
Like?
>>1062695
The paris commune springs rather readily to mind.
I would guess that it's because when any society is widely considered to be "failing" then violence and instability tends to result. A utopia is by definition a perfect or near-perfect society, so it's much easier for it to reach a stage of affairs where everyone considers it to be going down the tubes.
Consider our current society: there's no pretence that it's some perfect utopia, so when we learn about x example of it being imperfect we don't freak out and start talking about revolution, because we expect there to be a certain level...
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This is so fucking cool, sometimes I wish I lived in Europe just so I can find ancient stuff like this. Have you ever found your own roman coins, euroanons?
>Some 800 pounds of bronze Roman coins dating to the 4th century A.D. have been unearthed by construction workers digging ditches in Spain. The find, in 19 amphora — storage containers — is unique not only because of the volume of coins but because the coins appear to have never been in circulation, making them almost pristine by comparison with other discoveries.
>Workers...
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>>1062605
LOADSAMONEY
SPANIARDS GONNA WOP THEIR WADS
How often do Yuropers find bits of roman remains lying around? Does it ever get annoying having to deal with all the stuff the Romans left behind
>>1062605
So is it some freshly minted taxes that never got paid or something?
>>1062605
This is so weird. Giant jars filled to the brim with cash just left undisturbed and uncollected. How did the Roman Empire just forget it was due a payment from a particular province?
What would you guys recommend as essential books on history? General history books would be nice, but really anything you consider to be essential is cool.
>>1062594
read zizek
What kept Sisyphus from just saying "fuck that, I'm not rolling that stone anymore, I'll just sit down and do nothing for eternity"
>>1062463
Autism.
>>1062463
he was happy
>>1062463
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_Sisyphus
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