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What children's history books piqued your interest as a child?
For me it was this Titanic book, which was impossible to get from the school library more than once a year because the reserve list was ongoing.
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I FUCKING LOVED THAT BOOK
literally as a kid would spot out all the people that were pooping in a bathroom. i think there were like 3
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>>602355
I don't remember Ken Marschall being that cheeky...
man the 90s Titanic boom was a good time for books
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>>602337
Ben and Me
Mr. Revere and I
there was a good one about a low-caste boy in ancient egypt, but I forget the title.
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Were Romans the first historical society to experience collective mental illness?
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>>601208
No, they didn't invent religion.
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>>601208
sure
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...No
What mental illness would this be?
Regardless Rome was not the first society by a long shot.
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post ww2 propaganda
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Fucking hun bastards
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>>600372
I waited YEARS for this thread, MOAR.
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>>600402
there are imagedump threads in the archives, posters and pamphlets alone provide very little to discuss.
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ITT: We discuss the greatest empire in history.
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>>597977
Sup
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>>597977
I don't get this meme, the Ottoman Empire never even came remotely close to looking like this.
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Native American culture and history discussion thread
>What do you think of current Native Americans living on reservations across the United States?
>What do you think of the European conquest of the Americas?
>What does the future have in store for natives?
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>tfw 25% huron 25% finnish 25% slavic 25% irish
am i even white
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>>597432
75%
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>>597432
What do you look like anon
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Economics for Beginners Thread
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Hey /his/ I want to learn more about the economy, can we make a list of ~5-10 books for those starting out?
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I would put these two at least
-Wealth of Nations
-Das Kapital
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>>596209
Ew.
>Praxis
He's an economist the same way Ayn Rand is a "Philosopher"
>>596287
You forgot Galbraith. Neo-classical economics destroys the economy
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>>596321
How
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So there was an animated Bible cartoon on the other day, and after Christ comes back from the dead, at the very end Peter asks Him regarding what will happen to John:
>"But what about John?"
And Yeshua says:
>"Don't worry about John, you just follow me."
And it got me thinking; on today's age where people don't exactly follow standard orthodox practices, couldn't you just read the New Testament stories of Jesus and follow Him?
>"Jesus says, I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life, but no many comes unto the Father but by me" (John 14:6)
No offense to any Orthodox people or Protestants or Catholics, but it might help if you guys don't divide yourselves, so that other people might actually see the religious people be united, giving them more of a reason to believe.
So if you aren't religious, just food for thought guys. I know it's like "Why bother" but I think if you just take it in for a second and recognize you have a soul, and Christ brings us to God, that instead of buy into all the stereotypes, you could just look into it for yourself and see.
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>>595799
>that gif
It's hentai right?
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>>595816
No its when Christ is getting crucified one of the two thieves that was with Him says:
>"You didn't even do anything wrong"
And then Christ tells the thief that he has a place in Heaven.
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The Orthodox Church is very involved in the ecumenical movement, but that doesn't mean Protestants aren't crypto-Nestorians, which is poisonous to both belief and attitude.
Could Germany have realistically won WW2? Or were they doomed from the start. Would like to hear some opinions on this.
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Germany ran out of steam in the summer of 1941 and from then on was just playing out the game in the hopes of a favorable surrender terms. Considering how far they were from "winning," I don't think it makes any sense to ask whether they could have won.
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>>607416
Not under the conditions.
Hitler would have needed to get Franco to join the war and Britian and the US to back them in the fight againts the commie filth from the east.
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Should have never invaded the Soviet Union and declared war on the United States. Lets them maintain the bulwark of the West and they could retain their borders in the East up into Silesia.
But of course they didn't do this.
What's your Alt.Hist wet dream?
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>>607030
Erwin Rommel get's captured on that idiot charge during Crusader and I don't have to hear people saying how amazing he was ever again, he'd just be some damp squib that is a brief footnote in military history.
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Cromwell finishing what he started.
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White victory in the Russian Civil War
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Why are you an atheist? Why are you religious/spiritual? What convinced you either way?
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I can't remember when I became atheist, I think it was the time we had bible study for our confirmation. It was the first time I really read the Bible. Still a member of the church though and pay church taxes.
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>>604467
Currently, I'm atheistic in the sense that I don't have any inclination of believing in anything I would consider as a deity. The classical idea of a deity, if I'm not mistaken, is that it's has attributes one would describe as "personal." The idea of a personal supreme being, to me, is too far-fetched to even be entertained.
Mind you, I became irreligious when I was shown New Atheist videos as a teenager, which pointed out "flaws" in Christianity; I'm not sure if they hold up to scrutiny these days, so that a theologian could readily pick them apart. Christianity may very well be legitimate in its claims, but it doesn't seem likely to me. Since I became non-Christian, and no other religion was explicitly jumping out at me, I didn't feel the need to follow any religion at all.
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>>604467
Cause god seems uninteresting.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wm4RlnnaOU
Christianity's uniqueness, philosophically, is it allows you to directly confront the invisible shackles of your free will. To live a sin-free life is very cut-and-dry, it's not elaborate or complex. Yet all Christians fail to do so, terribly. When you desire to not sin more than anything, with the depths of your heart, yet continue to copiously sin and can blatantly tell its sin (in hindsight if not outright while it is happening), the shackles on your individuality became apparent. When think we are free, but it is an illusion, we do so many things that we believe are expressions of our will, when in fact we can be in bondage to sin or ideology or what have you, but rationalize them as acts of freedom instead of bondage. You cannot tell the difference between freedom and bondage unless you have Christianity to point it out to you so clear and dry, then all of a sudden you realize how many chains are wrapped around you, how much of a cog you are that is tricked into thinking you're expressing independence from the whole machine that is spinning you.
Orthodox FAQ (for atheists, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, liberals and Protestants) and reading list: http://pastebin.com/bN1ujq2x
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First for metaphors as subterfuge to entrap thinking and intelligent people by dazzling them with the beauty of words, however false
Also note that the Buddha "shattered the illusion" better and more honestly than any Westerner, or even any Semite
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>>603419
Which account of Buddha are you referencing?
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>>603433
Not that guy but Christianity seems bogged down by superstition. Buddhism deals with suffering, a real thing that we can understand. Christianity deals with sin, an imaginary word you made up to give people a guilt complex.
Serious question: is religion a mental disorder?
It literally fits the definition of one according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
>A delusion is defined as a false personal belief based on incorrect inference about external reality and firmly sustained despite of what everyone else believes and despite what constitutes incontrovertible and obvious proof or evidence to the contrary (DSM-IV, p. 765).
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>>602436
The people who started their respective religions (Jesus, Mohammed, Moses, etc) were most likely suffering from sort of mental illness. Some sort of psychosis or schizophrenia.
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>>602436
She's cute.
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>>602450
Oh of course, but their followers are mentally ill too. Two different kinds of disorders, but both disorders nonetheless.
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Since religion is part of the humanities, are we allowed to discuss our own religions with other people?
If so and this thread doesn't get nuked early, post your:
>religion
>sect/denomination
>location
>did you convert?
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/rel/ WHEN!?!?
I COME HERE EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR HISTORY. HISTORY. EVERY SINGLE DAY, THE CATALOG IS FILLED WITH BS RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHY THREADS BY FEDORAS AND CRUSADER LARPERS WHILE THE ACTUAL RELEVANT HISTORICAL THREADS ONLY GET 6 REPLIES BEFORE FLOATING TO TO THE OBLIVION BEYOND PAGE 10. I DO NOT CAAAAAAAARE ABOUT YOUR SHITPOSTING AND PERSONAL BELIEFS. LEAVE LEAVE LEAVE LEAVE. NEVER COME BACK. REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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>>602352
I'm an irreligious atheist.
The closest thing to a denomination I can think of would be Secular Humanism.
I live just outside New York City.
I was raised Lutheran, never very devout. Started studying religion and philosophy in college after a spiritual crisis, and now consider myself on a lifelong journey of investigation, trying to be as open-minded and rational in my beliefs as I go along.
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>>602366
Start a history thread then, faggot.
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Which is the coolest helm in history and why is it the Kettle helm?
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Vendel Period helms are beyond awesome
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Thracian Greek helmet
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Atheism is depressing
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>>601977
Only if you're a fag about it. There's no reason for it to be depressing at all.
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Happy atheist here. AMA
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>>601981
Why do anything if I came into existence without a higher purpose? It would be comforting to know there was a divine reason for my creation, and actually give a reason to do anything.