Why would God, an omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, omnibenevolence perfect absolute being beyond time, space, matter and becoming create an imperfect, limited, flawed universe bound by time, space, matter and becoming?
How do Christians respond to this question?
>>881127
Because he wanted to #YOLO
boredom
With all kinds of mental gymnastics.
Does /his/ agree with pic related?
>>881115
More than /pol/ does.
People misunderstand logical fallacies often, especially ad hominem, no true scotsman and appeal to nature.
am I to agree with the existence of these fallacies or the unwritten consensus not to commit them
The Spanish Inquisition. Let us discuss.
Purifying the land in the name of God? Or senseless killing for the fuck of it?
The Catholic Church is and always has been an abomination.
>>880493
The Pope does well when he grants remission to souls, not by the power of the keys (which he does not possess), but by way of intercession.
Wasn't their total number of people killed like 5,000 over a 400 year stretch?
Was it autism?
>>880297
No. Not being able to to handle critisism is autistic
>>880297
No, it was constipation.
Why are Catholic cultures more inclined to irreverance (in casual idioms and profanity) than Protestant cultures, yet less inclined towards atheism?
>>880287
What kind of person is inclined to make jokes, banter, etc?
A normal person.
Protestants are basically culturally autistic, hence the uptightness and regimented thinking patterns.
>>880287
>swearing in a casual setting is irreverence
>>880351
This.
What is the best film or TV portrayal of Henry VIII, King of England?
>>880224
He got Henrys baby-like tantrum personality right except Henry was no sexy ladies man.
>>880234
He was considered a sexy ladies man in his youth. Then he had that accident that fucked up his leg and started getting fatter and crazier and having people murdered.
Wolf Hall
>Last emperor of Brazil, by the age of 5 he assumed the throne.
>Educated in the arts, philosophy and fluent in many languages
>Loved by his people and respected by intelectuals such as Darwin, Hugo, Wagner, Pasteur, etc.
>Faced crysis, wars and worked to abolished slavery.
>During his reign, Brazil experienced a growth of proportions never seen before.
Unfortunately, his poor health and morale in his latter years were responsible for the overthrow of monarchy.
I'm British and thus our head of states are relatively powerless, but King George VI was pretty based. He got over his stutter and kept up morale in WW2, picked up the slack from his shitty older brother, and had a good film made about it 70 years later
>>879814
There's alot of great leaders to pick from, but I'll go for one who did actually not lead in Denmark ever. But Rollo became Duke of Normandie( land of the northmen). Given by by the French to stop them from sacking them over and over again. Great Great Grandfather to William of Normandie(The Conqurer). Hence the start of the bloodline that still to this day rule commonwealth as Monarch. As Victoria was know as the Grandmother of Europe and King Chrsitian IX of Denmark father-in-law of Europe this makes virtually every single Royal Ruler of Europe of Danish bloodline
>>879863
But I thought you'll choose Vicky as a brit.
I agree with George VI basedness though, unusual history figure.
Is AlphaGo really a huge breakthrough in artificial intelligence, or does it really just show how AI is impossible?
No.
>>879366
To which question?
>>879313
A computer defeating a 9p (9-dan) is a really big deal.
A 9p defeating AlphaGo is a big deal for the 9p, but us mortals can't really understand how big a deal it is.
None of this has anything to do with whether or not AI is impossible. I'm an intelligence, but I'm only 5k.
I have a question /his/.
What is the name for the nomadic peoples of central asian?
The Huns,Turks,Mongols etc. do they have a common name or are they completely different peoples.The swiss,swdes,germans are referred to as Germanics is there such a name for these types of people?
>>879284
steppe niggers
Steppe peoples. I haven't heard a different or more specific term used.
They were basically a melange of ethnicities which were grouped more by language then anything else.
>>879291
Pretty much.
Most just use the more PC "steppe peoples," though.
Is America an empire?
Yes.
>"""United"""" """States""""
>it's a semantics episode
>the British defeated Napoleon
>mfw it was actually the Prussians
>>879131
> History is decided primarily by battles
>>879136
>Napoleon wasn't defeated at Waterloo
>>879131
Blucher never learned how to read a map and he only knew one direction: forwards.
So, /his/, I want to get more familiar with macro economics as I've had a few university classes in it, but I really learned nothing about it.
Where does one start learning economic theory? Should I instead fuck off to /lit/ or /sci/?
>>879113
Why don't you e-mail some of your professors with this question? Probably a better source than here.
>>879141
Because it's been years.
No one in macro cares about Marx or the Austrians.
Just buy a Macro Textbook.
For short run, Mankiw.
For long run, Charles Jones.
Apartheid was not only necessary, but entirely justified.
This includes the police's handling of the 1976 riots, pass laws, the creation of bantustans and voting policies.
Can't argue with that logic.
>>878888
Quads confirms.
But, for real, is this Rosenberg?
/pol/ please go.
What pre-1492 country was the closest one to a modern state?
Athena?
Achaemenid?
Rome?
Sassanid?
Abbasid?
Andalus?
Northern Song?
Egypt (Mid Fatimid~early Mamluk)?
Southern Song?
Heian Japan?
Jura South India?
>>878865
Rome literally WAS a country.
Achaemenid qualifies also.
Iceland
Britain, circa 1942
I'm not a scientist.
If you could copy all the memories and brainwaves into an artificial body, would your "soul" be transferred to that body?
Is the conscious mind simply your brain? Or is it a summation of all your body?
>>878610
You have to prove it's not a philosophical zombie. Good luck with that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_zombie
The human brain does not operate on binary logic like a computer
You cannot transfer a brain into a computer
Stop taking science fiction so seriously
