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Why didn't the Crusades to restore the Holy Land to Western Christian rule pick up when Christian Europe massively eclipsed the Muslim world in power in the age of colonialism?
When Jerusalem and the rest of the Levant was finally captured in the WW1 it seems like it was a complete afterthought; presumably the European powers could have done it with relative ease centuries before. Why didn't they?
I assume the answer is the Catholic/Protestant split, but couldn't they have easily competed for control of the Holy Land?
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>>1086117
The same reason the Pope excommunicating kings died off. Moral authority from religion was on the wane.
Also the Ottomans were relatively respectful stewards of the holyland and Jerusalem in particular. It was acceptable to let them hold on to it rather than fight out which whitey would get it.
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>>1086117
Because 19th Century Eurocunts were all about MUH RATIONALITY AND MUH SCIENTIFIC METHODS that were supposed to enlighten the benighted peoples of the world. This was a very optimistic age in which the Europeans felt they owe much to their advance by secularism, science, and rationality.
Acting like a religious zealot is contrary to that image.
Hence the whole fucking Romantic movement and its BRING BACK MUH FEELS, like romanticizing premodern history, idealizing rural life, and religious faith.
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Because thanks to Crusaders in the Middle Ages there were no Christians left in Palestine.
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So, yesterday, I had a train of thought concerning the arguments between Christians and their oppositions. Now, a huge portion of the arguments opposing Christianity is how quoting the Bible for things that proves the Bible's alleged authenticity falls under "circular reasoning".
Now, the Bible is a compilation of books and letters written by various people and sent to various audiences spanning years of time in between the books. So, would calling it circular reasoning be justifiable? I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm very skeptical about the Bible, but... is it fair?
And it got me thinking, had the Bible not been compiled, would Christianity be more acceptable in this modern age?
But that leaves us with another question; what about the Koran? I'm not too familiar with the Koran itself, but with my various discussions with real life Muslims, daily, I'm pretty sure that it, too, is a compilation. So... what about them, then?
Discuss.
Also, pic unrelated.
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Phrases such as "scripture tells us all scripture is from god, therefore all the scriptures are true" is circular.
The fact that it is a compiled list of the prophets and hebrew tradition with the books of the apostles doesn't really alleviate the circularity of that line of thinking.
Like you mentioned the Koran,
They have every right to claim their book is true and holy and sacred as well. And there will surely be others that come that claim to be the truth, whole truth, and nothing but.
But does something's own claim to truth make it any more truthful?
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>>1085983
>All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
2 Timothy 3:16
>Koran
Demonic.
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>>1086013
Ah, yeah. Forgot about that verse.
¿Was the American revolution really a revolution or just a war of independence?
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>>1085968
>Was the American revolution really a revolution
Democratic Republic in a world of monarchies? I'd say so.
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Just a war of independence
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Sure was a revolution.
It was the first secular republic in the world.
Was there a correlation to the Roman Empire abolishing Judaism as state religion, replacing it with Chrisitianty, Jewish rebellion, and the collapse of the empire?
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>>1085922
Judaism was never the Empires state religion
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Rome having a string of internal conflicts and misfortunes made christianity more appealing.
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>>1085922
>Roman Empire abolishing Judaism as state religion
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Does a resource-scarce environment facilitate authoritarian regimes?
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A resource-scarce environment rewards rapid action, and forbids luxuries such as bureaucrats arguing themselves to death.
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not necessarily, i mean look at russia
it does however instigate expansionism
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I read a few interesting arguments that actually resource rich environments fuel authoritarian regimes, specifically with oil
Does life have an objective meaning?
Is there an "absolute truth"?
How can an individual be sure he is following the true path?
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>>1085734
meaning was generated for you by evolution in the form of pain and pleasure, humans can also generate meaning by inventing values and principles out of thin air
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>>1085734
>Does life have an objective meaning?
no
>Is there an "absolute truth"?
no
>How can an individual be sure he is following the true path?
Dude faith lmao
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Follow Jesus
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What was it's purpose?
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Mass autism array
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>>1085689
kebab mass grave
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>>1085689
Being hueg
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Has the amount of premature balding (20-30 year olds) increased recently? Balding has always been a thing but it seems like I see more young men struggling with hairloss than generations ago.
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>>1085558
>Has the amount of premature balding (20-30 year olds) increased recently?
Early research says yes. Caused by stress mostly.
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>>1085596
How were men who faced morbility, mortality and poverty less stressed than us?
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>>1085599
Different expectations growing up.
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Stalin's got that face in this pic like he knows exactly what he's doing. Like on the inside he's saying
>Yalta Shmalta give me the Germanoli
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>>1085526
Roosevelt looks like Emperor Palpatine.
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>>1085565
He was literally half dead there.
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>>1085616
I bet he still had his Sith powers tho'.
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Who's the worst Roman Emperor and why is it this guy?
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Elagabalus
- Dressed as a woman and tried to prostitute himself out in the courts
- Often found talking to himself and inanimate objects
- Stone a idol [an irregular rock] from a neighboring civilization, placed it on a chariot, declared it god, and then declared he and the rock were both the same god
- Murdered people
- Raped people [including children]
While other Roman rulers were psychopaths and narcissists, Elagabalus was that and a bad full of nuts.
He was murdered not in the name of power seeking but because everyone hated him.
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>>1085455
OP said the worst, not the best
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>>1085455
He was just a kid who liked to party, and half the shit was made up by his enemies
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Did the majority of people through out history really never go beyond 10 km of their home town/village in their life or is this just a name? I kind of find it hard to believe given how much trade took place in the ancient world.
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>>1085429
The majority of humans who have ever lived were nomadic, so no
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>>1085432
More human are alive today than have ever existed before 1900 AD.
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>>1085432
"History" implies recorded history so hunter gatherer ooga boogas days obviously don't count fag
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why is the caucausus among the most culturally diverse places in the world?
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>>1085292
Its not nearly as diverse as sub-saharan africa
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everybody is confined to their little inbred valleys by huge mountains
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>>1085292
Its a crossroads between different big civlizations.
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What's his superpower?
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His Righteousness
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>>1085164
Meme magic
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>>1085164
Posthumously shitposting through people like you
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What does a serial killer do after he's never found?
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>>1084844
Top kek m9
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>>1084844
He just suspended his presidential campaign though.
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Drive your cab
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One song each edition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HEq8UqrujM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbd4h1kaFlY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY-Q8oPzOhA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3dwBtqNpWo