So this place is strange and interesting in many ways, Politically, its been very hostile. linguistically, they are some of the most isolated people on earth, despite not being that at all in real life. Culturally, its all fucked and blended from Russia, Persia, Turkey and god knows what else and Historically, well... that's what I hope we can talk about today.
So what happened here. Who are these mountain people and how did they say so separate from the local giants that tend to pass through there?
Try not to say "Muh Mountains"
>>492671
>Muh Mountains
but that's exactly it.
>>492677
I know, but I would like to hear something more interesting.
Like Grand battles or political maneuvers.
Muh Mountains may be an accurate answer, but it sure as hell isn't satisfying
>>492680
Use this, I hear it's a great source for finding anything you want to find out about history.
https://www.wikipedia.org
What does /his/ think about the possibility of reincarnation? Is there any evidence for it? Or is it all just eastern hogwash?
Do you believe it? Why/why not?
It's been proven that there's no life after death as there is no scientific proof.
Next problem please.
>>492610
>as there is no scientific proof.
That doesn't disprove it though, that just also doesn't prove their is life after death.
I don't believe it because I'm a Roman Catholic. At least we have miracles such as Lanciano or Turin or Sokółka.
I'm seriously fascinated by Christology and the development of it over the first few centuries of the Church. And while I'm not a Christian myself, I can understand and agree with the all of the decisions made by the Ecumenical Councils regarding Christ's nature - except for monothelitism.
The official Church position is that Christ has two wills - one human and one divine - but I find that hard to reconcile with him being only One person. Is this not just crypto-Nestorianism? If Christ is human and divine united, then he'd only have a single will - not both just in case not having two would somehow "reduce his humanity."
What do /his/torians think?
>>492593
Saying, "He has two wills," is really to say that the different aspects of his purpose are connected to two different natures, both of which He possesses. One nature, the divine, is attached to the salvation aspect of His purpose. He is the manifestation of the Divine Logos, meant to free us from having to face justice for our own actions. The other nature, the human, is attached to the ministry aspect of His purpose. He took on the trappings of Creation as whole man (while being whole God), in order to witness to us in a way that put example and action to what were just mere words of revelation from prophets before. He was a kid, raised by a mom and a dad in His dad's trade. He lived like the rest of us, made friends like the rest of us. He went through everything the rest of us went through. And then, He went through what the rest of us wouldn't have to go through, because He did it. His human nature is shown when He weeps upon entry to Jerusalem when people lay palm leaves in His path, and when He asks the Father to take the task of crucifixion from Him. He felt a stab in the back upon the betrayal of Judas, and He felt every lash, and was in pain every second when He was on the cross.
The theological terms are easy to get caught up with, but they are just attached to His purpose. His purpose for being here; what He did and who He is, should not be separated from the discussion. Being whole God, Jesus knows you, knew you even then. Being whole man, Jesus felt everything a man would when dying in such a way. He died in your place, and ascended to the place He is preparing for you.
>>492593
Is it just me, or does the way the guy drew his abs makes it look like he has a cock and balls on his chest and abdomen?
Monothelitism is Calvinist Christology
Well /his/; tyrant or liberator?
Obviously not a tyrant
Not really a liberator though
Liberator who became a bit corrupted by his power. If he hadn't been deposed when he was, he might have become an actual tyrant
>>492540
Effective politician, done in by hubris
Is the Bible complete? Why have there been no new books added to it in nearly 2000 years?
Revelation 22:18
>>492536
Because like all religions its a closed cannon, because each time God speaks its apparently for the last time and that no additions are ever necessary.
God has a funny habbit of only talking to one prophet at a time and then being silent until another one comes along.
If that new prophet fails to gain traction then it is clearly because they are a mad heretic and God wanted them gone.
>>492554
>>If that new prophet fails to gain traction then it is clearly because they are a mad heretic and God wanted them gone.
That's how Christian handle it.
Muslims being more smart about it say those were in fact valid prophets, but unfortunately the people the disgusting sinners that they are wrapped and sullied the TRUTH being spoken.
The Koran is the TRUEST TRUTH by the way, if you didn't know. And they have the historical data to PROVE it as well.
Could Western Europe have survived a Soviet invasion without the US military and American nuclear assets?
>>492466
When?
>>492468
During the cold war?
>>492471
thats a very broad period of time bud
How did it arise in modern Sicily?
Was it basically a bunch of thugs shaking down establishments and private persons, or something more akin to a semi-feudal structure with limited legitimacy?
How much was/is it embedded in Italian history and political culture?
Could it be seen as the response of a traditional society to modernity and industrialization, thus stressing values such as family relations and loyalty?
How did such a structure spread to other countries, particularly in the United States and what facilitated it?
Depends what you mean by "modern".
I mean after WW2 they arose because when America took Italy they let everyone out of prison and appointed mafiosi to government roles because they claimed to be anti-fascist resistance leaders without also being socialists.
>>492371
Basically allies used them against Italy and Germany, strengthening them when they were on their way to extinction. After the war everything was fucked and mafia filled in the void naturally all the way to the top.
>>492371
>How much was/is it embedded in Italian history and political culture?
Not that much outside of Sicily today, after the nineties and the murders of Falcone and Borsellino (the two most prominent anti-mafia magistrates) opposition to Cosa Nostra has become a matter of national conscience
The most powerful Italian mafia today is the 'ndragheta, which acts in the shadows and has in its pocket lots of politicians
Red Square, Moscow, 215 years ago
Broadway, New York City, 176 years ago
Westminster Abby, London, 267 years ago
Sevastopol, Crimea, 112 years ago
Is protestant Christianity the religion of reason alone, while catholic christianity the religion of reason+sentiment?
>>492303
neither are neither
>>492303
literally the opposite
>muh Aquinas
>muh theology
vs
>muh personal relationship with Christ :^)
Can somebody recommend me some philosophical readings on truth?
>>492124
the IEP and SEP articles on justified true belief
>>492195
I had a hard time knowing what you talked about before It clicked.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/knowledg/
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/knowledge-analysis/
Anyway here's direct links to it, to help out OP. IEP and SEP are true marvels to philosophy.
>>492233
Dude
>>492220
Who was in the wrong here?
>>492078
muh relativism
not even /pol/ but fuck off
Some of you guys are alright, don't go to Pompeii tomorrow.
But seriously, why did they live next to a volcano, and how did they not see it coming?
>>492044
You underestimate how stupid people were back then
Seriously, why is Tokyo and countless other cities built in the vicinity of a volcano, and how do they not see it coming?
Why do so many people live along the tectonic fault lines around the Pacific, don't they see it coming?
How some so many people live in tornado alley, aren't they seeing it coming?
Why do people still live in the south where hurricanes and flooding strikes every year? Can they see it at all?
>>492120
is anywhere safe?
>manlet
>no chin
>awkward
>lived with his parents when he was 34 years old
>arrogant, thought he could actually make peace with the allies
>devoted time to actually researching the occult and "magick" like some fucking Indiana Jones villain
>assumed control of the SS the most brutal part of the nazi regime
How was this "man" so successful? Was it because of the nazi black magick?
Nazi meme magick
>>492011
Am I the only one who finds it pretty Ironic How Most of the higher ups of the Nazi were the complete opposite of the "Aryan Man" Image that they worshipped
>>492039
its almost like le master race meme is just a propaganda tool XD
Is there any extent to which Nietzsche did not destroy non-theistic morality?
The Christians get a pass because their definition of right and wrong comes from an absolute moral arbiter. If you believe that such an arbiter does not exist, however, what becomes of morality? Aren't we ultimately only left with Thrasymachus' rule of the stronger?
>>491969
>Is there any extent to which Nietzsche did not destroy non-theistic morality?
I thought he only attacked Christianity? At least I know that's all he "attacked" in the gay science.
>>491969
he didn't destroy it
he merely explained it.
the rich kings told you not obeying them was bad
then some sheister came along and said that god rules above all kings and that what the kings do against the poor is evil.
he merely offeres an escape route to those wishing to escape
he didn't destroy it
>>491969
rule of the stronger is barbarism, let nbody fool you otherwise. human beings are not barbarians
Are Slavs directly descended from proto-indo-europeans?
No. They came from the proto-balto-slavs who in turn diverged from PIE.
Just like how the Celts and Italics came from Italo-Celtic which came from PIE
>>491944
>Italo-Celtic
Stop spewing wikipedia linguistic bullshit, the only things Italic and Celtic have in common are the /*r/ mediopassive endings and the labiovelar stop split.
