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What are some examples?

Hi Rousseau. Do you recommend this book? I enjoyed Johnson's History of the American People. If you don't recommend this book, are there any other good histories of Christianity you'd recommend?

That was one of the points Azlan brings up in that video. Pilate was made into a sympathetic figure in order to make Christianity more palatable for Romans. Makes sense but due to some other dishonest things Azlan's said, I don't know how reliable he is on this particular subject.

In the New Testament Pilate is depicted in a sympathetic manner. However according to Reza Aslan (around 1:14:50 in this video), Pilate was responsible for the deaths of many Jews. Pilate never would've hesitated having Jesus killed, nor would Pilate have left Jesus's fate in the hands of his...

I didn't mean to imply that he was an atheist. I just found his reply to Fry to be misplaced because Brand's god isn't anything at all like the god Fry was talking about. It would've made more sense for Brand to make a video expressing his ideas on the nature of his god without bringing up Fry's...

I haven't seen the Fry video in a while but if I remember correctly, the version of god he was talking about wasn't the same version of god Brand was talking about. They both seem to be in agreement that Yahweh doesn't exist.

Is the word "nigger" as big a deal in Sewden as it is in the US?

Is there a link that shows the entire video? I can't tell if this guy started fighting the cops but it doesn't look like it. They were yelling at him to get on the ground when they already put him there. It doesn't look like this guy was being "a dick" or violent. If it was illegal to make a...

How does a gun "go off" when hitting the floor? Did the gun have a safety? Was it on? Pretty amazing that there were no charges.

The desk fell over because she was struggling. This can be clearly seen in the video. The cop didn't mean for the desk & her to fall over like that. However, if this cop has been in trouble for this kind of shit before, the police department & the school should come up with another method of...

They should have another cop with them as well. This guy couldn't even physically handle a teenage kid.

I've only seen the video once and I couldn't tell if the kid attacked the cop. However, some of the other possibilities I've read sound almost like creationist arguments against evolution: "The cop tripped and that's how he got multiple injuries on his face" or "The recoil of the gun caused the...

The kid was a total fucking idiot but I don't understand how this cop couldn't take him down without killing him. The kid didn't seem that big. If a cop can't restrain a 17-year-old kid, then they should always have another cop with them.

I'm very interested to hear what her religious reason is...

But is it legal to question a kid without a lawyer or a parent present?