Posts: 3395
Threads: 43
Joined: February 8, 2015
Reputation:
33
RE: How religion spread across the world: Map Timelapse
July 8, 2015 at 4:01 pm
It is like watching viruses spread.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
Posts: 1890
Threads: 53
Joined: December 13, 2014
Reputation:
35
RE: How religion spread across the world: Map Timelapse
July 8, 2015 at 4:07 pm
I reject your reality and substitute my own!
Posts: 3638
Threads: 20
Joined: July 20, 2011
Reputation:
47
RE: How religion spread across the world: Map Timelapse
July 8, 2015 at 4:13 pm
It would have been great if the vid included the millions of people killed due to the spread of those religions.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
Posts: 4659
Threads: 123
Joined: June 27, 2014
Reputation:
40
RE: How religion spread across the world: Map Timelapse
July 8, 2015 at 4:21 pm
Highlight for when the Portuguese and Spanish kicked arabs out of the peninsula
Always a memorable historical event - Teachers in public schools like to praise it a lot.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
Posts: 5466
Threads: 36
Joined: November 10, 2014
Reputation:
53
RE: How religion spread across the world: Map Timelapse
July 9, 2015 at 3:54 pm
(July 9, 2015 at 3:44 pm)KUSA Wrote: (July 8, 2015 at 4:01 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: It is like watching viruses spread.
It's too bad there wasn't a quarantine put in place.
Madagascar wasn't fast enough, for once.
"I was thirsty for everything, but blood wasn't my style" - Live, "Voodoo Lady"
![[Image: OAsWbDZ.png]](https://i.imgur.com/OAsWbDZ.png)
