Performing arts: opera, ballet, theater.
Where do you stand on modern performing arts? Particularly new/modernized/restaged versions of classic pieces, such as Faust and Swan Lake, which add new material or even completely re-envision the piece? (For example, Kudelka's Swan Lake envisions the kingdom as corrupt and violent--in a scene that is normally a cutesy celebration of the prince's birthday with nobles and peasants alike was reimagined by Kudelka to be the prince's knights groping and eventually raping a peasant girl.)
>>1127254
Sounds awfully degenerate desu.
anachronisms and revisions in opera should be fucking banned
just follow the original idea the author had ffs
I think that restaged/modernized versions which deviate from the original are inevitable but companies really need to make sure that the promotional material lets people know they aren't seeing the classic version. To use the Kudelka example again, at least in the recent stagings the NBC has done, they don't tell people that this version contains gang rape and darker thematic elements (the court scene with the princesses is transformed into the princesses showing off for the prince into a creepy almost auction-like scene where they're inspected like meat) and isn't an ordinary Swan Lake. If you want to play with Swan Lake or another classic piece, have fun, but make sure you promote that.
I also think that restaging/altering these classic pieces only truly works if you go full hog. Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty is an example of this. It's not everyone's cup of tea, but when he decided to make his own version of Sleeping Beauty, he really did it.
>All conditioned things are impermanent.
What did he mean by this?
No object willed itself into existence but subsists in web of mutually reinforcing interrelationships
>>1125865
More, all objects/phenomenas do not have a core essence for its existence. The existence of objects, thus, depend purely on its relation to other objects.
Without core essences, objects are allowed to change its shape/form/name/etc and this allows objects to exist. Yet, at the same time, they cannot exist permanently as they are without an eternal essence.
what are you thoughts on the tie in to humanity
i.e. im only human if you recognize me as such & vice versa
ITT We post what we believe are our country's greatest heroes.
Italy?
Spain?
The Papacy?
>>1110314
Italy.
So /his/ redpill me on the native persian faith. Would persia be better today if it was Zoroastrian rather than Muslim?
>>1127560
>Would persia be better today if it was Zoroastrian rather than Muslim?
Yes. Why? Because then it wouldn't be Muslim
>>1127560
Better? I don't know. I hate Islam as much as the next guy, but the Shah was very much pro-Western and the photos from that time show a tendency towards Western-style degeneracy. So what is better?
>>1127574
Western styles are not degenerate, they are the highest culture. Islam is degenerate, as is most conservatism.
/his/-related cringe thread
> be in high school philosophy class
> every fucking discussion this retarded dyslexic manlet would always argue with the teacher
> always bullshit like "lol how can u prove this? lol u can't actualy kno anything lol what if we liv in simulation?"
> teacher would always just stare at him as if he was retarded, while manlet would have the most smug face ever
> every fucking day he would brag about "destroying" the teacher at lunch
>>1125952
>be me
>be in historyclass
>talk about first appearances of the concepts of freetime and tourism
>retarded gucci whore raises her am and asks the teacher why this was not banned right when it started
>lolwutnigga.png
>she explains
>mfw she mixedup TOURISM and TERRORISM
You had philosophy in high school?
Damn.
>>1127648
This honestly
My high school had "accelerated" English studies but never a real philosophy class
I read 30 Years a Watchtower Slave, and commiserate with the author's experiences as a member of the JW. It reminds me of a local cult here in the Philippines, which is Iglesia ni Cristo.
I've recently talked with a member, however, and it seems to me that they've mellowed out and have the Bible as their basis. They're even more literal than the Bible than Catholics.
Why was the JW such a horrible organization then, though? I just read Comfort for the Jews and to me it's a very heretical work.
Can anyone expound to me the differences between this religion and Christianity, too?
>>1124466
- No Trinity.
- no religious symbols. Cross is an idol worshipped by others. Jesus died on "torture stake" NOT cross.
- Originally Russell was a Zionist but realized an evangelical Christian organization would be more effective.
- Not strict creationists any more. It's weird. They accept 13 billion year age but still believe in Adam / Eve & universal flood.
- I was raised to believe Armageddon would come in 1975. Miserable to know you will die before you graduate high school. They have since stopped giving a date.
- no blood transfusions.
- Anti masturbation. No pre marital sex.
- anti feminist to an extreme. Young girls dressing like Satan's harlots must be avoided. Anal about dress code.
- House to house & door to door my friend.
- American flag is an idol. No pledge.
- no military service
- no Christmas or other holidays. Being a kid sucks. Your friends have fun but you can't even really be their friends.
- No "communion". Only the 144,000 can partake and then only on Passover.
- Paranoid about individual Bible study. You must digest only the current programmed lessons.
- Really bad Bible translation, which is published in a zillion languages. They are one of the largest publishing organizations on the planet.
I am tired, have to stop and wish you luck.
>>1124466
Also...
Doctrine had change radically since the early days of Russell then Rutherford. The older books (late 19th to mid 20th cent) could be really Zionist. They chilled out some once Israel became a state.
- no birthdays either.
>>1124542
>Jesus died on "torture stake" NOT cross.
That’s just a translation issue, the original Greek word (stauros) didn’t specifically mean a cross but any sort of stake, though by tradition people assume this particular stake was a cross.
Can we talk about Catholic saints?
>>27939
>This board is dedicated to the discussion of history and the other humanities such as philosophy, religion, law, classical artwork, archeology, anthropology, ancient languages, etc.
>This board is dedicated to the discussion of history and the other humanities such as philosophy, religion
>religion
Aroused nuns thread
>>1123068
that's the one where the angel makes her orgasm to death right?
>>1123080
ohhhhh stop it
Gabriel comes down from God to chat with people in both the Bible and the Qu'ran.
What are some other figures that have a more or less coherent role in multiple different world religions and stories?
The quran is a lie. Muhammad (His blood be upon him) was tricked by another demon. That's why islam is the cult of barbarians even in this age which should be more genteel. They are are as bad as sodomites. They are worse.
>>1137481
>Muslims are worse than sodomites
Do actually believe this?
>"And I observed that he had overcome all passion for boys…"
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book I, XIII
>"… nor curious about what he ate, nor about the texture and colour of his clothes, nor about the beauty of his slave-boys …"
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book I, XIII
>"… and the attractive loveliness of young boys he will be able to look on with chaste eyes …"
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book III, II
Why were the ancient Romans so fond of fucking young boys in the ass? Is it because young girls could get pregnant, bringing another slave to care for in this world, and also their virginity was somehow more valuable? I can't think of anything more evil or emasculating than fucking a boy in the ass.
Start with the Greeks.
>>1133914
It's weird how as a culture they were like ye fairplay, that seems moral.
It was more about dominance/submissiveness. Like a Roman could pound away at man ass to his heart's content but if he ate a woman out he was a fairy faggot
The Bayonet is not an iconic weapon today, but at one point it held a central place in military culture. There were manuals and even bayonet fencing.
We've had enough sword threads for awhile so post stuff about bayonets.
Whats the best length?
>>1130346
>muh bayonet
>>1130366
The bigger, the better
Is the reason for India's current situation due to 200 odd years of British colonialism + 50 something years of Nehruistic socialism? The Jewel in the crown isn't what it used to be.
yes. Its much better now.
The elephant in India's room is the giant population boom. If India had half the number of people it currently has, it would be a far better country economically and socially.
Basically we need a lot of bloodletting or sterilization of people.
>>1140082
Is that why the continual open defecation thing keeps going on? To try to encourage cholera and other preventable diseases among the young to keep population counts down?
Poo in loo
Has the Fuhrer killed anyone first handily? It was said he was a coward in WW1, but I'm sure that is just Jew propaganda.
>>1137774
I 'think' he might of killed someone in a hotel.
>>1137774
Yeah. I think its generally accepted that he killed a few people in combat in WWI.
You basically had to if you wanted to live.
>>1137781
Oh yeah. He might have had a hand in his cousin's death, but that wasn't too clear.
>this man wakes up today in FSU and wanders into campus.
>after initial amnesia he remembers who he is and what he was trying to accomplish before his death
>the first person he encounters is wearing a t shirt with his face on it.
>he is also on his iPhone7, wearing ray bans and toms
How does Che Guevara go after he sees this hipster?
>>1134862
He kills himself
>>1134862
He goes 360 degrees and walks away
He high fives him and says "oh, you're a hypocrite commie like me, with my Rolex and my Coke!".
A while back I saw someone mention that the ability to deploy infantry during the middle ages was limited according to the season due to the peasant soldier's need to attend to their farms.
I understand that this would keep the peasant occupied from the early spring to at least late summer. So would I be right in inferencing that most medieval war (at least ideally) took place in the fall and early winter?
If this is not the case, could someone explain what might have been meant?
>>1128304
At least most places in Europe, the main crop would have been wheat, and I believe the wheat harvest is usually in autumn, not late summer.
Plus, the whole "peasant conscript armies" is about 85% meme; while there was enormous variation, smaller groups of professional or semi-professional mercenary forces really were the norm for a lot of the time, and those guys aren't going to be impeded by the planting and harvest schedule.
IIRC, (and I haven't done a lot of reading, so I could be dead wrong on this) most medieval warfare took place from early summer to mid-fall, but that more had to do with the weather than anything else.
>>1128304
Campaigns in europe generally took place in the spring and summer during good weather and before the harvest in September.
However attacking armies might wait until after their own harvest so they can use part-time soldiers or time their attack to coincide with the enemy's harvest.
King Harold's fyrdmen is a good example of this.
>>1128316
>>1128338
Thank you /his/, I am grateful for the knowledge!
I bid you all goodnight.
how did this madman manage to singlehandedly dismantle the catholic church?
>>1136780
He's German, it's what they're best at.
People agreed that buying indulgences was fucking bullshit. Anti-establishmentism(to put it topically) gains traction among the disenfranchised. He was insane but insane for 'you' against 'them', and gained a large following.
>>1136780
Because the Catholic Church isn't infallible and was infiltrated by Satan.
