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RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
June 26, 2021 at 8:49 am
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
June 26, 2021 at 12:07 pm
Some doctors prescribed whiskey for their patients during prohibition.
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RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
July 2, 2021 at 8:57 pm
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
July 2, 2021 at 9:23 pm
(July 2, 2021 at 8:57 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: ![[Image: Friendship.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/7YSs1jG3/Friendship.jpg)
I'd bet dollars to doughnut holes that that was a publicity stunt. Our security people are better than that.
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RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
July 3, 2021 at 5:16 am
'The Hobbit' was first published in 1937 (and was a smashing success), but there was no German translation of the book until 1971. It seems that Tolkien was furious with Nazi authorities for demanding that he provide a detailed genealogy of himself to prove he had no 'Jewish blood'. The incident was so upsetting to him that he refused all offers of a German edition until near the end of his life.
Held that grudge for 34 years. My man.
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RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
July 4, 2021 at 6:53 pm
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
July 5, 2021 at 7:12 pm
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That my cat is terrified of dogs. A friend brought her tiny Yorkshire over and I was holding my cat when she came by. He scratched my arms and leapt down ...charging for our spare bedroom’s bed. He stayed under there forever. Even after she was gone. Don’t worry buddy, we won’t get a dog. :/
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RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
July 5, 2021 at 7:27 pm
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This is called a Srbosjek; it was apparently adapted from a wheat sheaf knife by Ustachists in Croatia to kill Serbs in concentration camps. Allegedly, there were even contests (specifically at Jasenovac) for how many Serbs could be killed by one Croat in a single day. The record was held by guard Petar Brzica, who claimed to have killed 1,360 in a single day. And, yes, that knife was fixed to that metal plate specifically so the person using it wouldn't be injured. I'm sure at some point, I'm going to find a way to incorporate that elegant monstrosity into a story.
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RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
July 6, 2021 at 10:49 am
In Ancient Greece, small penises were celebrated and seen as a sign of high intelligence. Men with large penises were seen as grotesque, laughable, and barbaric.
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-edit...ll-penises
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
July 8, 2021 at 4:20 am
What would be the shape of your coffin?
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teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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