>there are actually people on this board RIGHT NOW who defend the Catholic Church in spite of its abuses, scandals, and well-documented history of corruption
The worst is when I see posters here unironically defending those actions that resulted in the complete destruction of valuable historical writings: the writings of various Classical philosophers, the scriptures of various "heretical" sects, and most offensively, the records of the Mesoamerican peoples.
I don't think most people grasp just how serious this destruction of records was and is: imagine trying to reconstruct the entirety of Western civilization if all recorded materiel were wiped out save for a fantasy/sci-fi book.
>>1373068
Yes anon, people destroy the cultural artifacts of their adversaries/competitors. It's a shocking revelation I know but as you mature you'll realize that this sort of behavior is quite common.
What classical philosophy was burned by the Latins?
None of the Mesoamericans could write except the Mayans. Furthermore, while the Spanish burned a lot of the pictorgraphy, the Catholic Church was more concerned with preservation. The Codex Borgia, for example, is preserved by the Catholic Church.
>>1373100
Not OP but since he's made this exact thread before I can tell you what he's going to say: the evil Christian monks wrote over classical manuscripts with "useless church garbage."
Haha. Trick question. The real answer is Richelieu.
>Frog thinking anglos learn about this faggot
Richlieu was just a silly character in The Three Musketeers. Rousseau was a silly character that ruined the enlightenment. Locke was a silly British man who couldn't best the god-man Hobbes.
Locke is best.
Rousseau knew her way around the island better, BUT Locke had a deeper connection to the island. I'd pick Locke desu.
Let's us begin a conversation about creation deism and extraterrestrial's. Any religion which beliefs in any number of deities must recognize that it or they are extraterrestrial. If the common person could view their faith (for those with faith) with this lense in mind the idea of extraterrestrial's having been playing a role in mankind's existence and evolution in all senses wouldn't be so taboo. For example the forbidden texts in the Bible known as The Book of Enoch states fallen angles mated with earth women. These women birthed the nephlim. Extraterrestrial's genetically modified the current earth species with itself.
They're watching....
How did dinosaurs become extant?
65.5 million years ago they decided to stop reproducing, walking hand in hand into extinction - one last midnight, brothers and sisters opting out of a raw deal.
>>1372912
Because you touch yourself at night.
God created them 6000 years ago
then they ran out of food so they dug underground and died, hence fossils
It's just a prank bro
>>1372894
St-stop stabbing me then, br-bro!
>>1372894
>tfw Brutus was in on it too
>why are all the Senators laughing at me
>stab myself 23 times in the back to escape the humiliation
>"W-who's laughing now?"
Is all sexism wrong?
Depends on the definition of sexism. There are some strains of feminism, particularly those prominent in the media today and related to radical and queer theory, that argue that the maintenance of the concept of gender /gender norms is inherently sexist, as it ensures a dichotomy which is used to maintain patriarchy through "masculine" norms of control and domination. These theories often cast masculinity as a strategy for maintaining male dominance. Thus, the very idea of masculinity is inherently linked with the existence of sexism. Personally, I find this definition of sexism to be really harmful, as it gives men and women, even avowed femininists, carte blanche to attack typical male insecurities while at the same time arguing that a woman suffering distress based on female insecurities is a mark of patriarchal oppression. Given that we really do not know to what extent male and female behavior is innate, it seems equally wrong to attempt to destroy any concept of gender norms because "it's just a social construct" as it is to force women into childbirth because "it's natural for women to be mothers." If your definition of sexism assume that gender itself is sexist, then no, I wouldn't say all sexism is wrong.
Can we objectively say that Muhammad was one of the greatest warriors of all time? Does he beat out Alexander the Great? Many leaders in history tried to emulate Alexander but millions even today try to emulate Muhammad.
>>1372008
Khalid was much better, and I'd hardly say he is comparable to Alexander, especially considering they had completely different motives and means of fulfilling their goals, however in terms of scale, the muslims do win.
You'll hear a lot about the weakness of Iberia and North Africa though, to discredit them, although that'll depend on your own opinion.
I don't care much for him, but Khalid is great.
>>1372008
>desert nomad polygamist childfucker
>"greatest" warrior of all time
If that were true we'd all be speaking Arabic by now.
WE WUZ CONKERERZ N' SHIEEEEET!
>>1372008
well he was certainly the most successful when looking at time frame, people today still fight and die in his name and will probably continue to do so for a very long time.
Why did he pussy out an killed himself?
Why didn't he affront his destiny like a man?
After all, he made his bed
It's almost like he was out of his fucking mind by then and in utter despair
Mentally unstable people never kill themselves right
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_Nazi_Germany
he realized what he had done
>gets BTFO
>goes into exile
>comes back, still has the support of the troops
>gets BTFO again
Wasn't he the greatest strategist of his era? What caused him to lose his military prowess towards the end of his reign? Was it arrogance?
>>1371921
No, Wellington was the greatest strategist of his era because he defeated the greatest strategist of his era.
>inb4 blucher
Wellington still would've won even without that faggot.
>>1371921
>Wasn't he the greatest strategist of his era?
No, beating a bunch of useless Germans gave him an illusion of grandeur so he sperged out and went against Russia.
>>1371961
>invading Russia in the winter
>got stranded in Egypt
>cucked by his wife
Napoleon was a meme
You suddenly wake up as Pope Leo X 1517, same day as Luther nails his thesis somewhere.
How do you stop the biggest schism of the century?
>>1371798
I declare that all doctrine is spooks
>the schism wouldn't have happened without Luther
The Latins were pushing shit way too much and it was inevitable, it had been in works since the 1300's.
>>1371851
Martin Luther didn't want it to happen originally though. He was more of a whistle blower than a reformatory.
Then the Catholic Church had to threat it like a bunch of idiots.
>when people refer to the Middle Ages as the "Dark Ages"
>art = technological advancement
Are you retarded?
>>1371750
>when people fail to distinguish between the early middle ages and the high middle ages
Renaissance and Enlightenment era "intellectuals" who fapped to Latin & Greek history books
They were like nostalgiafags are now
>this recent age sucked
>we've completely degenerated
I know it's either Jericho or Damascus. But the question is, /his/, which one is older?
Pic related.
You know, prehistoric people's weren't great record keepers, and the line between a village and a city is a very fine one.
Eridu in Mesopotamia.
>>1371701
I meant oldest continuously living cities, Ruskie.
How did the "American" accent develop, /his/?
Same way British accent did: fashion. It also has changed enormously since the 1600's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYiYd9RcK5M
>>1371633
I can't find it right now, but there was a great segment done by the Smithsonian (I think) on the historical influences of regional US accents.
I found the thought that Southern accents developed from French particularly eye-opening.
But the starting point is - almost no one on England speaks the Queens English anyway, only a few posh cunts around Bath do. So the "English" accent Americand lost was one they never had in the first place.
The same way any accent develops? Once America and England became distinct cultures, their accent began to diverge.
How does /his/ feel about polygamy?
Once it becomes too rampant, it causes a tremendous shortage of women for the working class, which leads to immense resentment. This is why it was outlawed in Rome and Greece.
>>1371501
Who let this asiatic barbarian in?
I hate woman, why would I want more woman. I hate woman.
Could the colonists have succeeded in their revolution without the intervention and aid of France, thanks to Louis XVI?
>>1371383
I'm not sure the colonists would have had the funds to keep the war going long enough, but the British strategy was really stupid so if they held out long enough the British probably would have been forced to leave
No, they also would have been swallowed whole during the napeolonic wars too if they didn't immediately adopt a bro-british posture post revolution
>>1371401
What was wrong with the British strategy?
