Almost as if Jesus was fictional!
May 31
Hi there. I Am back on this site after a year or so? Looking for like minded people. To chat with and get to know? I live in UK Liverpool. I Am into religion history politics( i think) keeping fit and strong. I love music of all kinds.Not looking for...
Jan 17
Two quotes about history from Terry Pratchett:
"Most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally evil, but by people being fundamentally people."
"People don't alter history ...
Jan 12
How were the pyramids really made, and who built the Pyramids? Did aliens build the pyramids? Is there proof that Jews didn't build the pyramids, or that the pyramids weren't built by slaves? And more importantly, how do we actually know what we ...
Dec 5
Someone called Tom Holland has just been on the radio; I’d not heard of him, but apparently he’s quite famous. His new book might be on my Desired list: He was a good and knowledgeable speaker.
Nov 10
LINK A strange drawing found in Sinai could undermine our entire idea of Judaism - Israel News - Haaretz.com
Sep 25
Trump following Obama does seem to be the perfect example of Hegel's dialectic. Just to clarify what I meant If you take Obama as symbolic of the movement towards equality and inclusion, then tRump is the perfect antithesis.
Aug 18
Noted: this is just part of Philippine History, nonetheless there's no connection in any aspect of my principles🙂
August 14, 1835
- Jacinto Zamora, one of the three martyr priests collectively called GOMBURZA - Father. Mariano Gomez, ...
Aug 13
Views of Tokyo Japan : 1913 - 1915
Aug 7
The History of Hongkong protest and what happened now
Jul 23
We have survived other rogue presidents, with enough work and determination we will survive this one. It can take years to crawl out of the darkness Trump has put the country in, but we’ve done it before.
Jul 9
History of the Philippines.
Jul 5
Socialism Throughout History ....
Jun 27
Socialism is back in the news! At one point socialist presidential runs reached 17% of the vote in the US. It had to be squashed. An excellent talk on socialism, communism, and the reasons of obstruction from capitalism. Attacking socialism as a ...
May 12
This is cultural as well as political but then are not most issues/
Apr 2
Yesterday's target, and the reason I cycled 50 miles, was this place: the Church of All Saints and Saint Andrew in Cambridgeshire. I liked the sound of it for three reasons: 1, the silly name (why add St Andrew when you'd already covered everything ...
Mar 31
Fun article. Though I still stick to my original suspicion these guys were taking some mad shrooms....those creatures tho....
Mar 30
The weather was nice today, so I rode my bicycle to a nearby village named Hildersham. I've been wanting to visit Hildersham for a while because the church, Holy Trinity, is interesting for two reasons.
The church was begun in the early 13th ...
Mar 28
LINK Nile shipwreck from 500 BC helps solve ancient puzzle
Mar 21
By chance, you’re given the opportunity to bring Benjamin Franklin to the present for one single day. Where do you take him, what do you show him, and why?
Mar 20
Christopher Hedges on the future of the USA
Mar 1
Thanks, a lot! ?
Feb 26
LINK On this day 1313: Scots forces disguised as cows seize castle from English - The Scotsman
Feb 23
I'm just wondering why all you atheists celebrate Valentine's Day? Isn't it a Christian fairy tale day? I want someone to ask me out on a date but not because hallmark needed a reason to sell cards in February. I would rather go out with someone ...
Feb 14
If you could have lunch with any three people from the past, who would they be? Some religious people answer this and I ask why they are eating alone.
Feb 11
Zeus The Almighty.
Within all human cultures over all of recorded history, there have been literally multi-thousands and thousands of supernatural deities that have formed the heart and soul of the world’s religions. Today, most educated ...
Jan 31
Ancestors behaving badly!
Guillaume Vigne (b.1586-1590, d.1632) was born in Valenciennes, France. The Vigne family were Walloons (French-speaking Protestants from the southern Netherlands region that is now Belgium and northern France.) The ...
Jan 29
You know, once 45 has been removed from office, I think we should do like the ancient Egyptians used to do with REALLY unpopular pharaohs. They would erase all mention of them. They would destroy their temples, tombs, and any mention of their names....
Jan 26
What place most influenced you at en emotional level?
Jan 13
A brief history of religion.....
Jan 10
LINK Dixie, the country’s most divisive song
Jan 7
Very interesting. Haven't researched this yet. Anyone knowledgeable about this stuff?
Dec 29
LINK Waking Up with Sam Harris: 125 — What Is Christianity?
Dec 19
History will judge our actions.
Dec 12
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Happy anniversary, Romania! La Mulți Ani, România!
Voința ...
Dec 1
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Nov 28
Houses of the Elves - Men of the West
Nov 25
THE SUPPRESSED SPEECH OF WAMSUTTA (FRANK B.) JAMES, WAMPANOAG
To have been delivered at Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1970
ABOUT THE DOCUMENT:
Three hundred fifty years after the Pilgrims began their invasion of the land of the Wampanoag, their ...
Nov 22
Uncovering the True History of Thanksgiving
"The Wampanoag Thanksgiving experience
What is the true history of Thanksgiving? When you hear about the Pilgrims and “the Indians” harmoniously sharing the “first Thanksgiving” meal in 1621, ...
Nov 22
What was you soul crushing teen moment? (I just heard this topic on the radio. Thought it interesting).. What was the worst thing that happened to you in junior high that you still sometimes think about.
Nov 20
Making history fit the Bible (like squeezing a large guy into a small car) - potholer54
Nov 16
Lest we forget Those who died Those that profited. The futility of war. What we were fighting so we won't let it happen again.
Nov 10
POLL Should There be a Columbus Day? Since last Columbus Day, I have heard bad things about Christopher Columbus concerning torture and genocide of indigenous people of Hispaniola. It makes me wonder if there should be a Columbus Day. What do you ...
Oct 7
LINK Newly discovered letter by Galileo resolves puzzling historical mystery | Ars Technica
Sep 22
I used to love the history channel, even though sometimes it referred to a.d. and b.c. instead of c.e. and b.c.e. sometimes it got it right. but these days the history channel's programming appears to be mostly stuff like "the real noah's ark meets...
Sep 21
Today's medieval church visit... (being the professional photographer that I am, I completely forgot to put an XQD card in my camera today - so these are all taken on my crappy phone)
St Mary Magdalene church was started sometime around the end of...
Sep 12
POLL Worst 20th century world leader
Sep 10
Did you ever notice about history?
Sep 2
The Bible, the old and new testament. I think of the bible as a very important historical book documenting the evolution of thought, culture and morals of the western world. Mostly done through allegorical stories that are not technically true but ...
Sep 1
LINK Exorcising the Ghosts of the Sixties - TheHumanist.com
Aug 22
POLL ‘Silent Sam is down’: Crowd topples Confederate statue at UNC - The Washington Post
Aug 21
"1492. The teachers told the children that this was when their continent was discovered by human beings. Actually, millions of human beings were already living full and imaginative lives on the continent in 1492. That was simply the year in which sea...
Aug 21
When was there a time if ever before now that civilization
Aug 18
LINK The Enlightenment and the origins of racism
Aug 18
An historically accurate Confederate monument. Image by political and labor cartoonist Gary Huck.
Aug 13
I found this to be a very educational read. Things they never covered in history class. And this helps in some ways to explain many of the issues we still have to deal with in the Southern States.
Aug 13
Another Sphinx! Here's interesting
Aug 11
A book I am reading now:The Darkening Age Anyone else?
Aug 10
LINK Virginia Women's Monument: Breaking the grip of men and war on the way we memorialize history - The Washington Post
Aug 10
"Paradise... this Eden which is Sussex still", Hilaire Belloc, 1911. Sussex, the land of the South Saxons, is the county in which I live in the South East corner of this small island. Our unofficial county motto, 'We wunt be druv' is a Sussex ...
Aug 5
It bothers me that most US citizens don't know "In God We Trust" wasn't official for the first 180 years of our country's existence. Our country was 88 years old when it was first used on some, not all, of our currency. It was 178 when "under God" ...
Aug 4
You can order your DNA profile, which can tell you how much neanderthal DNA you have, and can trace your ancestry back a hundred thousand years to a specific part of Africa.
It can tell you how your distant ancestors migrated from Africa into the ...
Aug 3
Madalyn Murray O'Hair, founder of American Atheists, tried to defect to the Soviet Union.
Aug 1
History repeating??
Aug 1
Stiff upper lip of the British, Oliver Cromwell: Execution Of Charles I,
Jul 31
It's Emily Bronte's two hundredth birthday today. She wrote just one novel,Wuthering Heights, and died of T.B. aged thirty.
Jul 30
EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY -- PRAGUE -- 1995
What astounded me most about Prague was the dearth of destruction from WWII. The old city center was intact and most of the renowned architecture was still in good repair.
The first 2 are from just ...
Jul 29
What was your favorite subject in High School?
Jul 19
Best of Francesca Stavrakopoulou Amazing Arguments And Clever Comebacks Part 2, Agatan Foundation
Jul 18
Joan of Arc Leads an Army (feat. Vanessa Hudgens) - Drunk History
Jul 13
Hatred of The Other is Deeply Embedded in American Hisory
Jul 3
What are some of the biggest lies ever told in history?
Jun 25
Has anyone ever come across compelling information regarding the possibility that Jesus' fictional character was purposefully constructed to push back against the Jewish rebellion in Rome? =O
Jun 21
Today I learned that an American Playwright and Novelist died aboard the Lusitania. He was on his way to London to try to sell his play "Hyphen" hoping it would be more successful than here in America. Before he left, a man with a thick German accent...
Jun 20
It is Not Necessary to Believe in God to be a Good Person Pope Francis
Jun 13
Statue of Liberty - Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor Emma Lazarus
Jun 11
A Long History of Racism in USA
Jun 2
It's true for 2016 -17 -18 -ad infinitum
May 26
Since the advent of modern computers, from the 1950s forward, the big push has been that human intelligence would create devices to give us more leisure time and no need to work exhausting hours.
With the monopolization of so many industries ...
May 26
Howdy, folks! I just started a new group, it will be the 'dumping ground' for all the Science, Space Health, & History articles & videos I've been posting in various categories, & clear these up, I guess as a few think I overpost! So it will be off ...
May 11
Tuesday, 1 August, 1944:
Dearest Kitty,
“A bundle of contradictions” was the end of my previous letter and is the beginning of this one. Can you please tell me exactly what “a bundle of contradictions” is? What does ...
May 11
Best of Francesca Stavrakopoulou Amazing Arguments And Clever Comebacks Part 1
May 1
Full sunset over Omaha, NE from Lewis and Clark Monument in Council Bluffs, IA. "Photography Group" "Hike, Climb, Paddle Group"
Apr 13
LINK What people born today will never experience...
Apr 10
"88,000-Year-Old Middle Finger Found in Saudi Arabia Could Rewrite Human History"
Apr 9
When did the practice of men not carrying a purse but a wallet start?
Apr 8
I consider myself steadfastly agnostic, but I have always been interested in religions--their histories and their stories. I've recently finished reading Reza Aslan's God: A Human History. I'm currently reading Karen Armstrong's A History of God, and...
Apr 7
How about a childhood photo?
Apr 4
LINK Go Scotland...Skye.... :-)
Apr 2
Just a cool little in-dept tree of religion I found awhile ago. Better quality:
Mar 23
I was wondering if there are many in this forum that is interested in the history of religion. I've been reading 101 myths of the bible ( Greenberg) and am astounded by the parallels of christianity and Egyptian mythology..
Mar 17
Anybody else binging "Wild Wild Country" on Netflix? Started last night, only one episode in. Was familiar with the story and Osho's teachings before watching. Interesting so far.
Mar 17
Top 10 Historical Objects Ruined by Morons...
Mar 16
Racial Conflict, California History (Ep. 7)...
Mar 8
(Oldest) Message In A Bottle...
Mar 7
Rare 1906 San Francisco Stills & Movie...
Mar 6
I just started reading Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire by Kurt Anderson. It's amazing so far!
Blurb:
"In this sweeping, eloquent history of America, Kurt Andersen shows that what’s happening in our country today—this post-factual, ...
Mar 3
CP Time: Forgotten Black Women...:The Daily Show...
Mar 3
Attacking the Attacks on Darwin...
Feb 26
Just a reminder that books made prior to 2018 will mention the Saint Valentine Day Massacre to an event that happened in Chicago in 1929 where 7 gangsters lost their lives. Just a Reminder how History can change with the support of the nra.
Feb 16
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