Pic related is Nalanda university.
One of the earliest and largest learning institutions in India and the world.
One of countless treasures lost to Muslim hordes
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>>2089313
Library of Alexandria
University of Gundishapur
>You realize that the german empire is responsible for the sovietunion.
Germans are really the source of all evil.
(((Germans)))
>>2089234
Thats like blaming someone who had the (((flu))) and spread it accidentally on an epidemic. You blame the (((flu))) and eradicate it, not the patient.
Pic very related
>>2089234
>Western Nations offered little support to the White Army and eventually withdrew that as well
>Western Nations recognized the Soviet Union
Really makes you think
Nazis held the numerical superiority in '41 and still failed to beat the Red Army.
Why did they cry so much about the numbers? At peak Soviet Union had only 2:1 numerical superiority against them, it's not even that bad considering the fact that in terms of quality(equipment, tactical prowess) German army had the advantage.
>>2089152
Yeah, till Hitler sacked his commanders and started making strategic calls himself. He should stuck to speeches
>>2089154
This, Hitler (simply put) thought he was Julius fucking Caesar and tried to command his armies as well as control his nation, which we all know is usually too much for one man alone.
>>2089160
It would have been an even more extreme stomping had the 1930's soviet purges hadn't gutted the command of the red army
Crimson pill me on Aquinas.
>>2089131
Brilliant theologian. Am an agnostic and he still manages to make some convincing logical arguments within the boundaries he was given. He was a lot more structured than either Augustine or Luther so I am eternally thankful for his Summa.
>>2089135
>Brilliant theologian
And philosopher.
>muh essence
>muh substance
That's about it.
Why did spear thrower disappear from Europe so early and yet staid widely used in Mesoamerica even if they knew bow and were renowned slngers?
>>2089017
Europeans had better armour.
>>2089281
plate didnt make a comeback until the late middle ages
i bet that shit would penetrate chain mail
>>2089017
Because in Yurop a leather thong was used to make it spin and make the throw more powerful, being more effective and lighter than a thrower.
>"dude if you are a nihilist you won't be happy and do drugs and shit"
Why do people think this is an argument against nihilism again or one that will convince nihilists to stop being nihilists?
>>2088893
They think that the world is there to please them, so if something displeases them then it must be false or "evil".
> Why do people think this is an argument against nihilism
Because drugs are cool.
>>2088932
>They think that the world is there to please them, so if something displeases them then it must be false or "evil".
Labeling something evil, unnatural &c. is the attempt, never rationally achieved but psychologically effective, to at the same time accept its existence while denying it a place in existence.
Thus someone can have their contradictory desires- that they know the world, and that the world be pleasing to them- both satisfied through the introduction of this meaningless, obfuscatory concept.
Finally getting to see this. I've watched Gettysburg a half dozen times since it came out but only just realized Gods and Generals was supposed to be its prequel. A lot of the reviews online are pretty bad though, most implying its made by/for Confederate apologists. How bad is it really?
It's great.
...but only if you like extremely long soliloquies by Stonewall Jackson.
>>2088686
Normies cant handle it. It's one of those Historical Movies wherein you ask the director to be as anal as possible.
Also
>ZOMG PEOPLE WHO ARE ANTI-SLAVERY WERE IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY LIKE IN ACTUAL HISTORY
>OMG THERE ARE SOUTHERN PEOPLE WHO TREATED THEIR SLAVES AS HUMAN BEINGS LIKE IN ACTUAL HISTORY
>APOLOGISTS!
>>2089065
Yeah this too anon.
It was from an era where historucal movies tried to be as real and historical as possible.
If they made that movie today Stonewall Jackson would be played by Chris Rock and he'd be constantly apologizing for being such a politically incorrect racist.
If we were ever found by another sentient species, would humanity have the same fate as the natives of America did when europeans arrive?
Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking in 2010 warned that humans should not try to contact alien life forms. He warned that aliens might pillage Earth for resources. "If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans", he said.[173] Jared Diamond has expressed similar concerns.[174]
no doubt the anglo would immediately side with them
No, we would pose no threat to aliens with the technology necessary for interstellar travel, and it's hard to imagine earth having resources that aliens haven't already acquired elsewhere.
The idea of dangerous aliens also ignores the fact that it would take an immensely "sensitive" and "cooperative" species to develop the technology for interstellar travel. So it's hard to believe aliens would look at us enemies or competitors, given we're still stuck on earth. More likely they would look at us as animals, resources, or an "undiscovered tribe."
Is Protestant Christianity Christian?
I wonder sometimes. While the Orthodox do support the coexistence of Judaism, they do not "support Israel" financially. they are not obligated to do so. But the Protestants memed themselves into this ages ago.
How can a religion that claims to uphold the sole truth defend a religion that denies that truth?
(Ultimately the same thing applies to Roman Catholic Christianity as well, since they have caved on ecumenicism and are now kissing Korans.)
Note: this is not intended to be an anti-Semitic post or an anti-Protestant post. I am just wondering if there is an argument out there that could be made that Western Christianity is ultimately separated from original Christianity, and that *perhaps* Western Christianity cannot be upheld and ultimately caves into a kind paganism. (Santa Claus, toleration of ethnic cults and foreign cultures as long as they tolerate in kind, etc.)
>>2088410
It's mostly Evangelicals, and also the fact that the Israelis make travelling to the Holy Land safer than Muslims would.
>>2088410
Evangelicals support israel financially because they think the end times are upon us and that you are either for israel, still being god's chosen people, or against it. they don't intend to support judaism financially per se and they will still try to convert jews.
also what the fuck is your deal with Santa? for one, it isn't a part of religion in the West, just a cultural tradition for christmas. two, no one worships santa claus.
>>2088410
American kooky protestantism =/= real protestantism
Lutherans in continental Europe aren't Israeli shills, it's only the fucking Yanks who do that.
So where is the debate on Antideluvian societies being advanced at? Where's the evidence?
>inb4 muh aliens
>>2088272
Because antedeluvian has no meaning.
This ain't /prehis/, kiddo.
>>2088296
Antediluvian just means before the great flood. Use a dictionary next time.
So guys, I've been thinking about a lot of shit lately and realized stuff. I feel as there's multiple gods; and places where the gods stay and watch. For example, every planet in the multiverse has its own number of gods, and each is stronger than another. Then there's the archaea gods. They basically control the whole universe. And the inliners live outside of the universe but inside the multiverse. They watch over everything in there zone. While the outliners kinda act like the Devils. They just do shit to piss everyone off, but can't be deleted from existence. Then there's the Gate Keeper, it watches over the gate to the negative void. The negative void is where "The One Above All" stays. The negative void is like the outside of the outside space; it's a negative space outside of its self. The One Above All isn't really a god. He just holds literally everything inside him. He holds himself in himself. Heaven, Hell, the multiverse verse, the negative void and shit. He once in a while destroys the multiverse or a few or more universes and creates a new one. This is where the Big Bang, and the ultra bang comes from. I want you guys to choose the name for my religion. I could go on on how the god of life created the three races of Earth that later speeded out to humans, then different races. Or talk about the god of time and goddess of space. But I'd write an longer bible than this. So which ever name I like I will write an actual bible, copy, and bury it differently like places. And I'll even mention who ever picks the name.
Does your gods not use paragraphs?
>>2088247
No. I'm just retarded
http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/One-Above-All_(Multiverse)
Stan Lee pls go
How democratic was the USSR before Stalin, under Stalin, and after Stalin?
Not very.
>>2088127
Very
Sort of
Is he the most based monarch of all time?
Yes.
>depend on Russians being Prussiaboos to not have your country raped
Hmmm...
However, Leuthen remains an amazing battle in his repertoire.
>>2088991
t. Pollack
Everyone needs a little luck now and again. The guy still pretty much won a war fighting against most of the great powers of the day simultaneously.
Let's have a /his/ meme thread
What does /his/ think of Simón Bolívar?
a true revolutionary, based and respected by all latinos
t. peruvian
Nothing, since /pol/ amd leftypol moved, since they know nothing about anything east of the Caucasus (except for Japan) and south of Spain.
Literally all anyone says about him is that "He liberated South America" and "He's le Latino George Washington"
And that's l i t e r a l l y all