>Only 1 religion produces martyrs and holy warriors (aka true believers) in the moden era
Where did Islam go so right?
>>2428442
Islam and Catholicism are the bane of mankind.
>>2428442
In that it makes martyrs of Christians and other minority groups around it, and holy warriors of those who fight against it.
Go back to the desert, dog.
>>2428442
If Catholics were allowed to have sex slaves I'm pretty sure we would be as fanatical about Catholicism as they are about Islam
>there are people with different opinions than you
Why are they allowed to exist?
>>2428432
By the same logic, you would be the same as well then. If allowed to attack free willy-nilly, it would drag, though, after all, we are 7 billion. You may never know as to how many will be left that agree with you.
Ask for another Toba from nature and it would solve your problem.
>>2428432
>Someone on /his/ disagrees with me
>Can't prove them wrong
REEEEEEEEEEE WHY IS THIS ALLOWED??
>2017
>having opinions
>not recognizing you are stupid and simply parroting the thoughts of your intellectual superiors blindly
I seriously hope you do not do this
>there are people who unironically believe "liberty" is more important then safety
>>2428267
>there are people who take ideological advice from Joseph fucking Stalin
>>2428267
Love this guy. Wrote the most "humanist" constitution in the world, nothing out of it was practiced in real life
>>2428273
whats wrong with Stalin?
Greatest leader of 20th century Europe. I dare you to find a single flaw with this man.
>>2428103
Spain's a shithole.
>>2428103
Salazar was better
>>2428154
>created chamber of secrets
>didn't even put in a method for controlling the basilisk
nah mate he was shit
Yes.
>>2427599
>Estado Novo
>fascista
>>2427599
Salazar banned the fascist party. It was extreme conservatism.
Is there a formal term for when someone believes something wrong, but the more proof that's shown against them, the more they believe it? Like how Candide's Pangloss twists every indication that his best of all possible worlds idea is nonsense into more proof that it's true.
I was thinking about insane Trump/Liberal supporters.
It's called bias and everyone has it.
Fuck off
>>2426647
I do adore this book
Cognitive dissonance.
Atheists/evolutionists are a prime example. No matter how debunked their theory is, they still believe in it.
If Africa was never colonized what would it look like? Thousands of small tribal states or would they become kings nd shit?
Plenty of kingdoms in pre-colonial Africa. It was the normal form of government apart from a few tribal bumfucks like the Twa and Khoisan and some quasi-democracies like the Tswana.
>>2426223
What-ifs are a useless exercise.
>>2426237
Bareback sex with traps is also a useless exercise
>Open Bible
>Chapter 1
>A talking snake
People died over this bullshit?
>>2429432
The snake doesn't show up until chapter 3, dumbass.
heh he didn't stop at the part the universe was willed into existence from nothing heh what a pleb
Imagine this situation
you have two reasonably armored samurai, both are stuck with their katanas, so no polearms or clubs, how do they proceed to take each other down? knights had half swording, but I doubt you can do anything of the sort with a katana, do you just go for an opening in the armor?
Exchange sword blows until you can get a hold of them and use jujutsu to take them down and finish them. Much in the same way knights had a wrestling system for taking down other knights.
>Jujutsu first began during the Sengoku period of the Muromachi period combining various Japanesemartial artswhich were used on the battlefield for close combat in situations where weapons were ineffective. In contrast to the neighbouring nations ofChinaandOkinawawhose martial arts were centered aroundstrikingtechniques,Japanesehand-to-hand combat forms focused heavily uponthrowing, immobilizing,joint locksandchokingas striking techniques were ineffective towards someone wearing armor on the battlefield. The original forms of jujutsu such asTakenouchi-ryūalso extensively taught parrying and counterattacking long weapons such as swords or spears via a dagger or other small weapon.
>In the early 17th century during theEdo period, jujutsu would continue to evolve due to the strict laws which were imposed by theTokugawa shogunateto reduce war as influenced by the Chinese social philosophy ofNeo-Confucianismwhich was obtained duringHideyoshi's invasions of Koreaand spread throughout Japan via scholars such asFujiwara Seika.[5]During this new ideology weapons and armor became unused decorative items, so hand-to-hand combat flourished as a form of self-defense and new techniques were created to adapt to the changing situation of unarmored opponents.
I have no idea about Japanese swordplay but I'd imagine they'd go for typical weak spots like the neck or beneath the arm
Plus katanas are pretty heavy as far as swords go so even if your strike hits the opponent's armor it might knock them around a bit
>>2428626
* because the copy and paste fucked up. Fucking phone posting.
>Jujutsu first began during the Sengoku period of the Muromachi period combining various Japanese martial arts which were used on the battlefield for close combat in situations where weapons were ineffective. In contrast to the neighbouring nations of China and Okinawa whose martial arts were centered around striking techniques, Japanese hand-to-hand combat forms focused heavily upon throwing, immobilizing, joint locks and choking as striking techniques were ineffective towards someone wearing armor on the battlefield. The original forms of jujutsu such as Takenouchi-ryūalso extensively taught parrying and counterattacking long weapons such as swords or spears via a dagger or other small weapon.
>In the early 17th century during the Edo period, jujutsu would continue to evolve due to the strict laws which were imposed by the Tokugawa shogunate to reduce war as influenced by the Chinese social philosophy ofNeo-Confucianism which was obtained during Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea and spread throughout Japan via scholars such as Fujiwara Seika.[5] During this new ideology weapons and armor became unused decorative items, so hand-to-hand combat flourished as a form of self-defense and new techniques were created to adapt to the changing situation of unarmored opponents.
How exaggerated are accounts of antiquity and medieval army sizes?
Accounts often have battles ranging in the realm of thousands if not tens of thousands of men on both sides, but was it really possible?
Even in the modern day, logistics for having thousands of people in battle is overwhelming, how in fuck did they manage things like supply lines, toiletry, hygiene, command, fresh water etc etc etc for tens of thousands of people?
Hell when you get to the middle east and Asia, number sizes go from the tens of thousands to the hundreds of thousands, but how was any of that possible?
Isn't it more likely battles probably consisted of maybe like a few hundred people, then it was exaggerated the fuck out of?
>>2427998
>Isn't it more likely battles probably consisted of maybe like a few hundred people, then it was exaggerated the fuck out of?
NOT REALLY.
What reason have you to believe that troop counts were exaggerated?
>>2427998
Ceasar describes battles involving hundreds of thousands as well. Considering Romans were big fans of counting things, I'm sure the figures are relatively accurate.
Why were the Greeks so gay?
They were enlightened by the glory of boipucci.
Then homophobic Jews and their barbarian Christfag goyim had to ruin everything.
Oh my god, is that a giant statue of Hitler's penis?
Or is this?
What does your average priest actually DO day to day?
>>2427032
Touch young boys
>>2427032
Work on their latest mix-tape
>>2427032
There's a lot of paperwork running even a small church.
who was the greatest Pharaoh in Egypt's history?
>>2426070
Akhenatmeme
The Pharaoh of the Bible.
>>2426086
But which one anon?
Does anyone have an iceberg chart of philosophers?
depends
how much do you want for it
>>2426004
Sorry, I don't have much to my name. Please, out of goodwill, could you help a brother out?
>>2425974
>le Heidegger was a nazi maymay
post WW1-WW2 soldiers being goofy
>>2425887
Another pic of German soldiers fooling around in Bulgaria.
>>2425887
Goddamn, someone photoshop a Pole there