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Who are some of the best minds of atheism?
>>403297
Well the first that comes to mind would obviously be the prophet Athe, the founder of Atheism
>>403297
Richard Carrier
Richard Feynman
Richard Dawkins
Anyone with a first name of "Dick"
>>403306
>Carrier
>Dawkins
Dont know who Feynman is but man if these two consist the best minds then /his/ is a fecking meme board
Was reading about the Yugoslav war. How should the Serbs had countered the islamists in Bosnia and Kosovo without being bombed by the west because of genociding them?
>>403266
By not genociding them and merely dismantling their capacity to organise.
>>403269
>dismantling their capacity to organise
how? the islamist self-proclaimed governments had an extreme support in the muslim population of Kosovo and Bosnia going against them was going against the muslim population itself.
>>403266
25 year rule
Let's talk about Napoleon of Persia
I love how he restored the borders of Sassanid Empire by defeating Mughals and Ottomans
bump for nader shah
>>403008
Let's see, on one hand he's seen as a valid successor to the Safavids due to his overwhelming military genius, political acumen, and administrative reforms. On the other hand in the final days of his reign he became insane, a psychopathic paranoid shadow-jumper as well as completely delusional, and even blinded his eldest son.
And his ending of the Safavid dynasty brought massive political instability to the final Persian Empire which lead to the Zands sacking various cities and centers in Iran and...
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Hey /his/. so I have this figurine stucked in my drawers... and I just wanna know... does someone know who the sculpture is? or is imitating?
It may have indian roots... but not sure if hindu god/goddess or the buddha.
>>402972
Its not guatama.
P.s. my curiosity is killing me ;-;
Oh, good to know.
What historical figure would you most want to meet in the afterlife?
(assuming there is an afterlife)
Thomas More,Julius Caesar,and Desiderius Erasmus are probably my tops
Hitler tbhfam
>>402939
diogenes
cao cao
temujin
These are macadamia nuts, they are the most economically significant cultivar to come out of Australia. Originally they were domesticated by Europeans as ornamental trees who gradually turned to growing them for their nuts and selling them. While tasty, they yield little calories per square kilometer and take years to reach maturity.
Due to the lack of viable native plants which could be easily domesticated, the native peoples of Australia were unable to develop an agrarian civilization and move beyond hunting and gathering.
>>402826
You appear to have answered your own question. Well done.
p.s.: eel farming.
>>403428
>>403567
The soil in this country is shit for farming without heavy fertilizer use, and the rains are hardly good enough to get an agricultural culture off the ground without irrigation. Not saying abos weren't uncivilized, but people adapt to their surroundings, they there was just never much to work with to develop an advanced culture. Even if they'd built fences, kangaroos could jump over them, wombats are capable diggers, possums and koalas can climb etc. Native plants probably...
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>>403622
What I'm saying is, intelligence develops in response to environmental pressures, it's not like humans just popped out of the ground with Europeans being smart and abos being stupid.
>free will and an omniscient God cannot exist together
Please. There are plenty of ways that they can. And even so, what exactly is the reason that the two HAVE to be put in opposition? Is there empirical evidence that states that they cannot coexist?
My personal understanding of how the two can coexist is this: God is able to know every possible path a soul can take in their life. However, free will stipulates that God does not know what choices that soul will make until the soul makes the choice. Omniscience is retained because true...
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>>402483
If a god knows everything there is to know, why wouldn't he know what specific outcome would or would not happen?
What is the empirical evidence for or against the notion of either free will or a God?
What is this business with free will? How is it defined? What is the trajectory? Are you speaking about a metaphysical conception of free will or an existential one? Maybe some other conception?
How about God? What type of God are you speaking about? What properties does this said God have? How do you know those properties? What is omniscience? Is it merely an extrapolation of a finite's being's capacities, and so, in actuality does not reflect an infinite as such,...
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>>402495
because he created an entity (rational soul) with the specific intention of allowing it sovereignty over itself. if God is still aware of every possible path it could take, it doesn't detract from God's omniscience
What went wrong?
>>402280
europe
by existing
>>402286
Explain
How physically fit was the average soldier during the Napoleonic Wars?
Also, what type of exercises would soldiers do to stay fit?
Fit enough to fucking walk everywhere
>>402100
Nothing. They weren't fit at all.
All they had to do was walk, stand in a line, and shoot.
A literal basement dwelling neckbeard from today that has never even seen a gym could join the army and become a GOAT soldier.
>>402100
It depends on the time of year.
During campaign season, they stayed fit due to the fact that they walked every fucking wear while humping their kit, which was probably close to about 70lbs total. Then, when they were stationary, there'd be the fortification details, latrine digging details, and all manner of other physical labor they'd be required to do, which most modern westerners couldn't do today, because they are soft little pussies.
Hell, western militaries today are pussies compared...
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Hi /his/.
Lets make a thread that presents the arguments for having faith and reasons for lacking it.
First argument: If God is omniscient, and he creates a universe, then that universe must have one specific timeline of events.
If that is the case, then free will cannot exist because it creates possible outcomes for any set of options and God's omniscience only allows for there to be one viable choice, the one that he planned.
That also means that God would have chosen for evil to come into existence, not Adam and Eve, and making a timeline...
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Faith doesn't make sense because in order for an idea to have been create, somebody must have had an experience of certainty at some point.
>>402019
or you could just create something like in comic books.
>I ate a mindless chicken therefore God is a bad guy
In 1948 the state of Israel was newly formed and divided into partially unconnected territories. They were surrounded almost completely by Arab League nations that really, really didn't like them. On the other hand the Palestinian people were unilaterally against the foundation of the Israeli state, and had many things that made them in solidarity with other countries. How come, after over 65 years, Palestine has gained only very little statehood recognition, gained no land back from 1948 borders, or won any military victories against Israel?
>>401947
>How come, after over 65 years, Palestine has gained only very little statehood recognition, gained no land back from 1948 borders, or won any military victories against Israel?
Because it was prophesied to come to this in the Bible.
Because the Kikes own the media, the government, and the banks maybe?
>>401947
Because Arabs can't into winning wars.
>tfw you really miss Modernism in art and media
>tfw you spend every day longing for its return
What was the best modernist movement and why was it Art Deco?
>>402069
>>402073
So /his/ I have recently come across what I believe to be a personal photobook that dates back to the 1930's. I also have a scanner. I think this is his related enough to warrant a photo dump.
The thing is literally falling to pieces.
There's also writing on it, but I can't really read it.
Here's a postcard.
Why did people let this happen?
Because humans are hierarchal by nature.
>>401143
>human nature
Top cvck
Why not?
Constantine XI to start with an easy one.
>>401134
Poor guy would have been one of the greats if he were emperor in Rome's heyday, he just wasn't made for those times. At least the empire went out proudly with him instead of John 'please help me' VIII
>>401134
Tell story please
>>401191
It's basically the real life equivalent of that charge from Return of the King. Only the Byzantines never got any reinforcements.
