ok /his/ which is cooler, knights or vikings?
Samurai :D
>>2332605
fuck off weeb
>>2332605
this
Why exactly was the Book of Revelation allowed to remain part of the Biblical Canon? It's strange because so many other books (now called Apocrypha) that at one time or another were extremely popular and revered by orthodox Christians, were eventually removed from the Canon (The Shepherd of Hermas, The Gospel of Peter, The Questions of Bartholomew, etc.) due to their supposed outlandish elements and overly fantastic points.
But Revelations is literally more outlandish and fantastic than all of these combined - a woman riding a seven-headed dragon? Two "witnesses" that are able to kill people by emitting energy from their mouths a la DBZ?
And I've heard others tell me that the reason was that some clergy suspected that the Apocrypha I already mentioned were not written by one of Jesus' actual disciplies - but my counter-argument is that not only was Revelation not only NOT written by the actual John (the disciple that Jesus "loved"), but that even in the 2nd and 3rd centuries, there were already doubts that Revelations had been written by John the Disciple (as seen by the writings of Pope Dionysius of Alexandria).
It's simply such a strange addition to the Bible: thematically, it does not mesh well with the other parts of the New Testament; its imagery is a confusing blend of Jewish and Hellenic and Eastern symbolism that also conflicts with the imagery in the New Testament. Its point isn't even clear. And as I said in my first sentence: so many writings eventually fell out of favor from orthodox Christianity and were excluded due to the supposedly outlandish elements in their stories - but then why was Revelations - which reads like a bad trip - allowed to remain?
t.Not a Christian (feel like I have to say this or the thread will get spammed by Chrisfag posters who want to proselytize rather than discuss academic points)
first, its revelation not revelations
and there was a great deal of debate over the canonization process, many works that were excluded and deemed apocryphal were done so over the objections of members of the clergy who wanted them included, and vice versa for many canonized works, most notably Revelation. Even after canon lists started coming out many churches didn't include it and to this day many still don't.
>>2332685
It's still surprising that a book that attracted so much criticism and dissent from even the Church doctors/fathers would still be included in the Bible in the end.
>>2332562
Because it is from God
Did the Carthaginians really sacrifice babies?
Or was this a racist lie made up by the Romans?
Also, general Carthage thread I suppose
>>2332284
>Black Hannibal
>Ruler of Carthage
Gets me every time.
>>2332284
They ate their babies because they needed to use all the salt they had.
>>2332284
>racist lie made up by the Romans
It can't be racist if they hate the same race, both Romans and Carthigineans were black.
Was Mohammed a warlord? Were unbelievers/infidels killed by himself or direct following?
>>2331034
He slaughtered 800 men and boys with pubic hair in a tribe he was peacefully coexisting with for years. Wiped them all out, just to loot them and rape their women. Pretty sure that grants you "warlord" status.
>>2331059
this is bullshit. care to site a source?
>>2331059
These tribe break their agreement with him and stab him in the back during a war, they're executed because it was in the term of agreement of what will happen if they dishonour the alliance
Also those "tribe" are Jews
>remembering the time I blared prussian marches in the school library
What are some autistic /his/ things you've done
>>2330847
went to /his/
>>2330847
Fapped in public to the girl I liked.
>>2330847
"Be.lie.ved" sherlock holmes was real.
Believed santa was real.
My parents were retards who couldn't communicate intelligently, without alternate realities/facts, fake news, lies and bullpoo. They could function but they were emotionally damaged.
Don't mind me, just using /his/ as a notepad to figure out the legitimate ruler of Western civilisation.
Teutomer: 302 (Gaul) - 363 (Gaul)
General to emperor Julian the Apostate
Issue:
- Flavius Richomeres
- Flavius Bauto
Flavius Richomeres: 335 (Toxandria, Gaul) - 393 (Dalmatia, Illyria), murdered
firstborn son of Teutomer
- Comes
- Magister militum of Gaul
- Consul of Rome
Issue:
- Theodemer
- Ildegond
Theodemer: 374 (Xaintonge, Gaul) - 421 (Rome, Italy), executed
firstborn son of Richomeres and Ascyla
King of the Franks at Therouanne
Issue:
- Chlodio Longhair
- Basina of Saxony
- Chlodegar
- Blesinde of Therouanne
- Clovis the Riparian
What political system did the Vikings carry? Or what bares the closest resemblance.
Vikings were just glorified pirates desu senpai.
>>2330455
Anarchy?
>>2330455
A tribalistic form of feudalism.
How did Jews during the 20th century manage to convince 100s of millions of Americans to mutilate their sons?
>>2330049
Protestants love being pseudo-jews while hating them as well.
That, and health quacks in the 19th Century told them.
Not really jews.
Clean pee pee.
>>2330049
>mutilate
I got mine circumcised later because it looked weird and got infected. whoever said you lose senses or whatever was lying I can't tell the difference. girls don't call me a slug dick anymore either
Is it bad to be submissive or non-assertive? Is it a good or a bad thing that western society is making a vice out of something while making a virtue out of the opposite, which can't function without it?
>>2329967
The meek shall inherit the earth
>>2329994
Yes but in a biblical context isn't that bad? everyone else gets to go to heaven and we get earth?
>>2329994
i.e. the grave
Who had the worse record at dissident suppression? Right wing or left wing dictatorships?
left/right dichotomy is pretty dumb, but if I had to pick it would be left.
NKVD and the Stasi come to mind.
>>2329915
At some point there is really little difference between the 2. There is also not a lot of difference between living under a christian inquisition as a protestant and being a shia in isis controlled territory. And the list goes on. Ideology doesn't change the way people behave. It's just an excuse for control.
>>2329915
Definitely the right. The left suppressed dissent far more effectively.
>Read about the Roman campaigns in central Europe.
>Swamps.
>Swamps everywhere.
What the fuck? Is Yurop really that full of swamps? Or did someone drain them all a few centuries ago?
>>2329830
>Or did someone drain them all a few centuries ago?
Yes
>>2329830
Climate was much much different back then.
Post yer buildings.
ARTIC Transit Station, Anaheim, California
>>2329118
>>2329119
>4 million ethnic Volga Germans and Germans who had lived on the Volga and southern Russia/Ukraine centuries before hitler sent to forced labour camps and died
>2 million Germans killed during mass pogroms and expulsions of ethnic Germans from Sudetenland, Silesia, Pomerania
>millions of German women raped by soviet soldiers
Why is the genocide of German people during world war 2 never discussed or taught in history
>>2328299
have you taken a history course before?
they super deserved it though
>>2328299
Start shit get hit
ITT: post your age
>age
>nationality/ethnicity
>religion
>favourite political ideology
>favourite past historical leader (must be deceased)
>favourite current world leader
>favourite historic empire
>favourite world city
I'll start
>23
>Iraqi Arab/Assyrian
>Christian
>Baathist
>toss between Saddam Hussein and Gamal Abdel Nasser
>Bashar al-Assad
>Abbasid Caliphate
>Baghdad
>>2328216
>>age
24
>>nationality/ethnicity
American
>>religion
Catholic
>>favourite political ideology
Meritocracy
>>favourite past historical leader (must be deceased)
Augustus
>>favourite current world leader
uh, maybe Jinping
>>favourite historic empire
Carolingian or Roman
>>favourite world city
Honestly, I haven't traveled that much but NYC is the best I've seen.
>>2328216
>age
20
>nationality/ethnicity
African American
>religion
None/Atheist, but I like Buddhism, Taoism, and Liberation Theology in principle
>favourite political ideology
Syndicalism
>favourite past historical leader (must be deceased)
Napoleon
>favourite current world leader
They're all shit, I guess Jinping
>favourite historic empire
Tang dynasty or the First French Empire.
>favourite world city
Modern: Tokyo or Brussels, Ancient: Ctesiphon
>>2328216
Fuck off with your survey threads NSA, not /his/ related.
>you lay awake at night thinking of her but you know you'll never have her back
What's her name /his/?
>>2328193
Jay
>>2328193
A normal life
>>2328193
God