Recent content by DrZoidberg

The 19'th century peasants didn't move to the city to find opportunity. They were forced off the land. Improvements in agricultular techniques and mechanisation had led to jobs disapearing in the countryside. While factories needed labour. More women were forced into prostitution than in any...

So your argument is, because Christianity didn't magically make all humans into perfect little saints, therefore it didn't change people's behaviour? Is that your argument?

No, it's not figurative. It's very much concrete. I think you are looking at what the result of communism was and ignoring all the steps that led to it. Liberalism led to economic liberalism which led to horrific standards for workers in Europe in the 19'th century. You'd hardly, from this...

I agree But the Enlightenment values are based on that all humans are equal under God. Enlightenment values state that all humans are valuable and that we all matter. This value requires a belief in God. Because humans just aren't equally as valuable. We're just not. Or as my brother once...

It doesn't matter. Humans have an amazing way of idealising a place they have a sliver of a root from. Sure. Islam is special that way It wouldn't be possible if they weren't aided by self loathing leftists. These Muslims are doing it because they can. But there's a conservative reaction...

USA is different. I'd say unique. Being caught up in their homeland culture is just normal. Immigrants will forget all the annoying reasons why they left and start to notice all the annoying things about their new culture. That's just being human. But everyone still wants an easy life. We...

When immigrants move to a new country they typically want to blend in. The fact that an immigrant parents don't pick names from the new countries culture is weird imho. Its a statement. We can discuss what statement that is. But its weird. I have an Iranian friend who moved to Denmark as an...

That's exactly Girards theory. Jesus is the Christian scapegoat. Which is why Catholics have no need to find other scapegoats. The harder part is to explain why this mechanism stops working for protestants. I can't remember all the details. Edit: here's a video explaining his theory

First name Djingis?

If they didn't feel threatened by furries they'd hardly talk about them.

I like furries. I think its a fun community. I don't understand how anyone might feel threatened by furries? MAGA's are so sad

The 2007 new atheist propaganda movie against Christianity full of pseudoscientiffic nonsense. I remember being convinced, coming here to discuss it, tried to argue for it and got my ass handed to me. This forum doing what is does best. Here's an entertaining debunking video from "World of...

1) Girard's argument is that scapegoating is a normal baseline human behaviour. He argues that Catholicism, among other things, is a mechanism to moderate it. Its a strong behaviour. Catholicism doesn't make it go away. Just becomes less of a problem. He thinks. 2) Jews have always been a...

BTW, my disbelief in the Protestant work ethic isn't just my theory. Its Tom Holland, (and a bunch of other modern historians). Trying to discredit it. The moment Max Weber first coined the term (in 1905) it seems to have annoyed every liberal historian in the world, and they all had a go at it...

I think Protestantism is a dead end for Christianity. A religion based on shared values, beliefs and dogma needs one guy to tell everyone what to believe. The fact that its one guy is more important than what he says. The moment you allow people to think for themselves regarding God, weirdness...