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Kitnyot is now kosher for Passover.
Also, why don't Christians celebrate Passover?
>>1027169
You don't Jews celebrate Yulenight? It's the day one of the three aspcects of god was born.
>>1027169
Only in the conservative movement not in the Orthodox movement and really this is only a matter of importance to Ashkenazim because the rest of us aren't that fucking stupid to do this in the first place.
>>1027169
>Also, why don't Christians celebrate Passover?
We call it Easter, with all the double symbolism involved.
Was it worth it?
Bit pointless wasnt it?
>>1029846
I am also wondering to the point of morale.
scientifically, it was very insignificant, but so was sending a man to the moon
Why climb that mountain?
Because it's there.
Why fling a dog into low orbit?
Because i can.
Is this a valid critique of Marx?
>>1028092
If you accept as hominems to be valid
I don't agree with Marx but the image is basically ad hominem.
if you think it is you belong in a gulag
What is your opinion on Muhammad (PBUH)?
he sure did like fucking 9 year olds
Best proselytizer in history.
>>1025664
I feel like Mo was some of the more unique religious founders out there.
There's way too many ascetics, wilderness preachers, turn-the-other-cheek types as founders of religions.
But Muhammad? Fuck no.
>Im oppressed. Im taking my autism away from here.
>Im oppressed here as well. Fuck you guys, you asked for this.
Warlord and Major Religion Founder. No one else in history was like this.
I've heard many complain they didn't take calculus in HS, but never heard someone complain they didn't take more courses on poetry or history.
Does this imply humanities are worthless af?
Worthless? No, just less practical and easier to understand.
>>1021777
It's harder to get a good grade in the social sciences than in pure sciences. This being said, you can't compare each to the other, as they require different levels of skill or expertise.
>>1021777
I have a Masters in History and I can assure you I did it in my sleep. Its the only major where you can press your Professor up against a bar wall and make-out with. STEM major can prove me wrong doe.
So, when exactly do Christians believe the Second Coming will happen?
>>1020889
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
- Mt 24:36
>>1020889
tonight, in ur mom
During their lifetimes. For the last 2000 years, the majority of xtians have believed it will occur during their lifetime.
Why did Xerxes failed at invading Greek city states?
Is it his decision on tactics fault for losing the war?
Greeks had better infantry.
Chariots, cavalry and elephants are hard to maneuver in the hilly and claustrophobic hills of Greece.
>>1020595
Couldn't they just focus on missile infantry or horse archers in hills?
>>1020584
He never really wanted it and just halfassedly tried to conquer it because he was honorbound by his fathers failure to do so
did female vikings participate in the raping?
In reality they were viking futas
>>1026166
Revisionist scum, all vikings were actually viqueens - the men stayed at home while the women did all the fighting.
What the fuck did you think happened? Only the viking women raped.
Who was the single most important person of history, /his/?
Paradoxical question open for too much philosophical memery.
>Julius Caesar obviously
>Well, than Caesars parents were obviously the most important
Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ
Goku
The typical narrative is that the big bad british empire sent in the brave Australian soldier to die in a pointless campaign.
I want to know what actually happened during the Gallipoli campaign, anyone have some reliable resources or things I can read?
once thats sorted, general Australian war history thread.
>>1024667
Gallipoli by peter fitzsimmons
I think that's typically a myth that was perpetuated by films like Gallipoli which paint all the Australian officers as faultless. I mean, when the Australians first landed, they were ordered to move in land and only faced about 100 Turks. The Australian command chickened out and ordered the ANZACs to dig in, allowing the Turks to move in adequate reinforcements.
>>1024671
>pop history
I hope he chokes on that damned bandanna.
How do we reconcile Christianity with the theory of evolution by the process of natural selection?
Jesus serves no purpose without a literal Adam, Eve, and Fall from Grace.
I await your input.
Evolution is illusion created by Satan.
>>1030539
They don't disagree
Adam and Eve is a metaphor
Original sin is a metaphor for our flawed nature
>>1030549
Jesus died for a metaphor?
Can human history be said to operate via natural selection?
>>1029044
No, to some extent we are still subject to natural selection, but we have been able to mitigate the vast majority of the pathways that natural selection operates through as it applies to ever other species.
>>1029044
>human nature
Seriously fuck off.
>>1029075
>I don't know what natural selection is
You should probably read a book sometimes. It's a nice experience.
Assuming the European Bank would decide to decorate their currency in a more imaginative manner than bricks and mortar, the portraits of which historical persons would you put on Euro banknotes? The persons need to represent the history of European civilization and hold an influence that is not limited to their own respective national culture.
Keep in mind you need to have something of a proportional representation for the different regions of Europe, different cultures and ideally different periods as well. They should be of different vocations and professions and come...
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>>1025752
Non-Euro here.
Intellectuals and Artists will be your best bet.
Shit like Da Vinci, Plato, Voltaire, Kant or some shit.
Pretty neutral and pan-european as opposed to slapping one of your kings or generals on the bill.
My own choices:
>Sappho
>Jean d'Arc
>Copernicus
>Friedrich the Great
>David Hume
>Edvard Grieg
>Emile Cioran
>>1025768
>Europe is Germany meme
What motives did the inventors of the original Semitic religion have?
>>1021818
To have a religion that is Semetic
>>1021818
How to keep a bunch of desert tribesmen safe, healthy and spiritually fulfilled?
To explain natural phenomena, e.g. what is thunder? It's the voice of Yahweh, rider of clouds, of course.
Define the Holy Spirit in ten words or less
>>1019087
Gnostic
Usher of the righteous ways.
>>1019087
light of the world
