>Even if someone were to prove to me that the truth lay outside Christ, I should prefer to remain with Christ than with the truth.
What did he mean by this?
>>1655893
He prefers to stand by his beliefs, even if they aren't true.
>>1655893
this really does belong on /lit/
>>1655906
It's not abut his books
What is this? Can somebody explain to me this? There's also another art like this that I found, so it's a thing for sure.
I did some digging and it's supposed to be priapus or krampus. Is it really? I don't think so.
I know it's a blue board but I hope mods will understand this.
another art. Is that krampus?
>>1655860
It's a demon tempting a lustful woman to sin with his big ass ding dong. What else?
>>1655860
me on the left
Aren't the lumpenproletariat just a shitty version of the bourgeoisie?
Instead of performing honest labor that benefits the community, beggars and gangster and muggers and drug dealers just selfishly exploit the working class and often desire nothing more than to gain bourgeois wealth without involving themselves in any actual labor.
>>1655753
Their job is to perpetuate the simulacra and false dichotomies from the bottom.
pimping ain´t easy
>>1655753
That's right, commie faggot, and guess what: I'm gonna steal some more shiiiet from your dwelling and sell it on Ebay like the evil lumpenproletariat I am.
Stay thieved, commoner!
how do they teach america to you in history class in high school? we are obviously taught that we are number one in the world in which we are.... please let me know
>>1655728
In Mexico you're pretty much blamed for everything and any good you did for us is down played.
Mexico here btw
>>1655728
excuse you but america was founded by f*cking white males who enslaved and oppressed african americans. not to mention the fact that native americans were genocided and women and LGBT americans were subjected to cis-white heteronormative patriarchy
They taught us your """"""""""revolution""""""""""" as the American war of independence
We all know that Christians managed to cause butthurt all across the world. However, what about the Japanese view of it throughout history?
I read shitty Japanese web novels a lot, and I noticed a significant number of Not-Christian devil sects as antagonists, who are trying to annihilate every spirits or deities except the Big Bad Boss (who these Not-Christian sect worships). Such caricatures seem prominent in Japanese popular culture. I remember that ever since Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the demonization and prejudices toward Christianity was even state-supported (one of them because of slavery). Do such ideas persist within the Japanese people's mind since the Sengoku era up to this day? In the form of popular arts?
I also vaguely remember Amakusa Shiroo portrayed as devil's spawn or something.
Portuguese and Dutch traders used Christianity as a gateway to the country's trade goods and market. It was portrayed as an evil religion that tainted the land of the Buddha and the kami. Jesus was portrayed as a criminal who advocated the destruction of social norms. Quite a few Christians were executed early on. The early spread of Christianity was integral to Japan's closing off from the world until the 19th century.
>>1655628
Like all chaos blame the fucking Protestants.
When the Dutch arrived they whispered slander that the Portuguese king had plans on invading Japan and make them bow to the Pope. They also offered their guns and cannons without needing nobles to be Christians like the proto-atheists they'd all become.
>>1655662
If Japan were colonized, what type of colony would it be? Resource extraction and slave labors?
>Pre-American tribes in the United States were inherently communistic and shared everything. They had no concept of ownership.
>Murder amongst tribe members was very rare, and when it did occur the murderer was forgiven after apologizing and atoning rather than being executed.
>Wars between tribes were uncommon, and when they did occur, the two sides tended to forgive and forget rather than hold grudges.
>There are many recorded instances of white settlers running away to live with the tribes. However, there are few if any recorded instances of a tribal willingly joining American settlers or adopting their way of life.
>>1655569
the first one is true even today. I know some tech projects with natives in south america, private property is an alien concept to them.
>>1655569
So they behaved in the exact opposite manner of European nobility?
Noble savage debunked.
Honestly though there's no way to verify anything natives say because their record keeping is fucking shit, and for people with no concept of ownership they fought over land rights quite a bit.
All we know about natives is from our dealings with them and from uncovering old remains/buildings, and from our own talks with them and our own findings what we see in the natives is the same shit we see in ALL humans - Lots of fucking war, lots of land taking, lots of brutality.
As for there being "few if any" recorded instances of indians joining settlers, that's plain false. I don't have it on hand, but there were a number of tribes in florida that dressed western and even bought slaves. Plenty of natives adopted our way of life, most of our time spent in the colonies (in the beginning anyways) was spent converting them to christianity.
>The stages of the rise and fall of great
nations seem to be: The Age of Pioneers (outburst) The Age of Conquests, The Age of Commerce, The Age of Affluence, The Age of Intellect, The Age of Decadence
Was he right?
That table isn't really accurate, being that the Assyrians were around forever, and only half of the Roman empire collapsed.
It would seem that our friend is attempting to mold the evidence to his theory, rather than the other way around.
I think if you begin with a criteria like "greatness" that can't be measured, you're going to get shit results.
Also, read some Joseph Tainter nigga.
>>1655560
chinas already (2016) overtaken usa in gdp
What time periods do wish would get explored more often in historical fiction/science fiction/reimaginings/etc.?
>>1655480
Zanj Rebelion in the Abbasid Caliphate.
>>1655480
Thirty years war/1600s in general. maybe early 18th century since it seems to kinda be ignored despite Louis XIV doing fun stuff
>>1655480
I'd like a video game sets in an alternate WW1 where France and Russia didnt fight and the european armies who did were half black
Assuming the holocaust happened as told, was it the biggest crime in human history
>>1655452
Nope.
>>1655452
12 million jews died in one spot of course it was.
As told is: everyone mostly died of typhus so no not likely
What do people mean when most of the problems we face today are rooted in the French Revolution? I fail to see how it could affect us.
>>1655381
Use of political violence by the populace became more legitimized.
>>1655381
>What do people mean when
>people mean
>people
that's not how you spell 'retarded monarchists'
>>1655381
>I fail to see how it could affect us.
All mainstream ideologies, minus socialism and its derivatives, are either directly or indirectly from the French Revolution.
The USA intervention of World War 2 was the most important factor in the Allied victory, and there isn't anything you can say to prove otherwise because it's true.
>>1655355
>Soviet union
>>1655355
>if I don't listen to counter arguments and stick to my guns while stuffing my ears with cotton and yelling until everyone leaves, I win.
>>1655487
The Soviets would have gotten steamrolled if not for the massive amount of material support the American government provided them with. Soviet troops used guns made in the USA, drove tanks made in the USA, ate food that was canned in the USA, etc.
How would the world be like today if everyone spoke the same language?
>>1655309
better
shittier
Most likely the same
Where can I learn about the history of (Shia) Islam? Books by western authors preferred.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI7JIclg3Eo
YA ZAINAB
>>1655308
Look up Henry Corbin.
>>1655471
Which one? He has written many books.
Historical figures you admire thread
>>1655323
hello comrade
>you were born too late to experience Belle Époque Europe
jdimsa
Can someone dump photos
>>1655303
Bro, you should read some shit from that time. Sounds boring as fuck. Walking in the park was a fucking social activity subject to the judgments of the townspeople.
Seriously fuck that pretentious shit.
>>1655312
>being part of radical syndicalist circles is boring
boy...
>>1655312
>it's a "if I can't shitpost and watch anime life isnt worth living" episode
Zweig makes it sound qt, as do most contemporaries if only for the exuberant sense that things were literally always getting better.