how did the west become so wealthy and why is most of the world dirt poor?
>>341024
First disease let them conquer a couple nations, then they used the money from that and skills they learned murdering each other to exploit everyone else.
>inb4 white supremacy theories
define wealth
Who wrote the Bible?
open a fucking tab and google it fag
BAIT TROLL WEAK -100/10
>>340633
A handful of people.
A better question would be who translated it into the King James version and why did he hate the gays so much.
>>340633
A bunch of Jews over the course of like a thousand years
Is there any evidence for his existence other than the bible? Most arguments for his existence I hear end up being fallacies such as
>there's no evidence against God's existence, therefore he exists (argument from ignorance)
>the bible says God exists therefore he's real
>most people believe in God therefore he exists
>personal experience (argument from personal incredulity)
>the burden of proof
>many experts such scientists or scholars believe in God therefore he's real (false authority)
There are more but I want to hear your take
>>340638
HELLO, YES?
DO YOU NEED A NEW KEYBOARD? DO YOU NEED HELP?
>>340546
>the true spiritual hierarchy called "awliya er-Rahman (God)
>opposite to awilya esh-Shaytan (Satan)
Little word play for you guys:
>Rahman is another name for Allah
>Rama is another name for Krsna
Rahman - Rama
Also "Brahman" (impersonal, creating) as another aspect of God in Hinduism. The other two are Paramatman (Great Spirit) and Bhagavan (Personality)
>b-R-A-H-M-A-N and R a h m a n
Since the Bhagavan (Personality) is Krsna, Jesus is also the Bhagavan (Personality).
Jesus, who is the Christ, is also called Christos.
Christos in Sanskrit would translate to Krsna.
When Christians say Christ, they call on GOD. When Hindus say Krsna, they mean GOD.
Just like Krsna can mean all attractive, dark, but also
> "krsh" meaning "truth"
>" na" meaning "bliss.
Also
>Srimad Bhagavatam (3:23)
>in the nineteenth and twentieth incarnations, the Lord advented Himself as Lord Balarama and Lord Krsna in the family of Vrsni (the Yadu dynasty) and by doing so He removed the burden of the world.
Removed the burden of the world.
Interesting. Sounds kind of like what Jesus does.
>>340638
GO AWAY, BIPOLAR MEXICAN.
starting with an obvious one
>>339902
who?
>>339902
If you think I'd let Barry Goldwater move in next door and marry my daughter, you must think I'm crazy. I wouldn't do it for all the farms in Cuba.
He'd have done nothing but accelerate what Reagan ended up doing... he'd have done nothing of interest
Only libertarians and nigger haters idealize him
What's /his/'s family history?
>>334265
Template for those of you who are uninitiated
>>334265
How can I get a Chinese visa?
>>334265
5 minute attempt.
Polish side were all railworkers, german side were iron workers...
Can you guys post more of this meme its making me roflmao :D :D
Give me the funniest thing you've read about Benito Mussolini, /his/.
he was italian
He joined WW2 with the Axis!
>>333712
He thought he could make another Roman Empire.
How can anyone earnestly be a Christian after having read these guys?
Christianity is BTFO and it requires willful ignorance to not see that.
>>332721
Honestly, a better picture would be the 4 gospels. I don't know how anyone can be an earnest christian after reading them. They can't even agree on when Jesus was crucified.
>>332728
also 3 of them are second hand accounts that copy paste each other's lines and the third one is written after the other 3 were already in circulation.....
>>332721
Most people are Christian because their parents are, and never bother to learn philosophy. It's the sad truth. That's why Christianity is growing like mad in uneducated places like Africa and shrinking in the West
So /his/, just how bullshit was this movie?
Aside from the slightly supernatural nonsense, I'm aware that it's based on a real dude and a real battle between real armies.
But in terms of numbers and actual known facts, were the Spartans as based as this movie implies? Were the Persians really that shitty?
My friend likes to think he's an expert and says that Spartans could get their shit pushed in during any open battle with most other Greek states but I dunno. What do you guys think of le ebin Spartans?
There were 300 Spartans, but also a few thousand Argives iirc.
It's loosely based on Greek accounts of an actual battle. According to Herodotus it was 300 Spartans against 3 million Persians. That's considered to be an extreme exaggeration though, it was most likely about 10 000 on the Greek side (from various cities) and about 100 000 on the Persian side. And the Greeks got totally wrecked, though they probably did kill a lot of Persians in the process.
>>331586
After the sequel to this movie it looks like they're going full fiction and acting like the Greeks are actually going to beat the Persians. Be kind of a pity.
I always assumed /his/ would insist that the Spartan fighting prowess was just a meme.
>>326608
OP, dumbass. When you start at the very top, how are we supposed to keep it interesting?
>anon, I
In this thread post historical African weapons.
I've wanted to learn more about them and combat techniques, military strategies, etc.
They seem to like their machetes and falchions.
>>315039
/thread
ITT Post your most ridiculous Bible stories.
>>307427
Pharoh tried to build a huge tower too, if I recall correctly. I think God was angry that they were trying to reach the heavens.
From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!” He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
2 kings 23-24
>>307474
Quran
Who is the most overrated individual in history?
>>311155
That, and Hitler.
Bismarck.
Also most US presidents. Basically all famous ones.
We need a reading list edition
Why don;t you guys believe in Sola Scripture?
>>305171
Sola scripture is for noobs
I'd say we need more fidele.
what does /his/ think about the Diadochi? Did they want to keep Alexanders empire unified at first, or power-grab regions for themselves?
>>348401
Well that clearly depends on the Satrap. Though most of them were power-grabbers and this is the kind of diadochi that won, of course.
Just noticed Alexander's Persia was smaller than Darius' Persia.
For some reason I always thought he took all of Persia, and some extra, but apparently not.
>>348401
poor Kleitos
