currently engaged in an overfitting exercise based on Durant things about which I am rapidly developing Opinions: the role of scholarship the centrality of Christianity in Western history the nature of the recent decline of Christianity in the West (contd)
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Related thought: the character and disposition of leaders matters a lot in crises than is emphasized in many histories Most textbooks overemphasize what leaders ""believed"""""" relative to "who they were"
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>have the courage to hold a sword in battle prerequisite for me to care about your "opinion" saves a lot of time and brain cycles
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I often think of that bit in Tacitus about how the Germans attend their governing assembly fully armed, "To express approbation with their weapons is their most complimentary way of showing agreement."
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easy to ship that from eager sellers
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I’m interested to know what revelations you’ve had re these Christianity takes. Can they be summarized?
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not in my current state :) I'll probably write more about this soon
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Liberals might be better at finance, but they're still really gullible. Not as gullible as the religious, but still pretty gullible. I don't think liberals are cunning enough to win wars.
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dumb liberal tenacity backed by redneck fortitude is the American way of war
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