Winston Bush
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My own 2 cents. I like Medieval European Philosophers over Early Modern and Classical Philosophers.
Yes, I meant the camps. If you look at Asian cultures, who frequently perpetrate that manner of organized genocide and how efficiently they have done it historically. It's fairly clear to me that while the intent was to exterminate them, the achievement was accidental and not in line with their plan. Arguably, that makes it even more tragic.
Excuse me? Asian cultures as a whole have "frequently" built genocide camps "more efficient" than the Nazi gas chambers?
Care to provide actual evidence for this extraordinary claim?
I mean there's more too it than this. Christianity was a missionary religion and it was particularly effective in appealing to various social classes. With some of its structure it also in some ways helped to bridge the divide between social classes as everyone was equal under the eyes of God. Thus in religious ceremonies there would be more interactions between those of different social statuses.Is there actually that much of a difference here? The older religions demanded you do the right thing, chiefly respecting the gods. With some play on being a 'good' person. Christianity as you say demand you respect - or possibly more accurately worship - a god with some play again on being a 'good' person.
Christianity seems to have marked success in the later period of the classical Roman empire because:
a) It fitted in with the more autocratic and sol nature of the latter empire. By sol I mean a faith with claims to universal power and values with an empire that claimed to be universal.
b) Christian groups in that period, at least according to some reports, were more organising in helping the ordinary people, at least Christian people, whereas the basic ethos of the bulk of those with power was more like the current right wing view on capitalism, i.e. there's no morals or society, just do what you want to improve your own position. [Which might be a factor in why you are getting more converts to Islam in some western communities.?]
c) People were desperate and hence more willing to try something different as the old faiths seem to be failing to provide any degree of security for them and their families.
d) When in power the more autocratic nature of Christianity meant that it was far more difficult to replace than earlier 'pagan' faiths.
The franchise should always be exclusive and paid for by blood and toil...irrespective of race, gender and religion. All should have to earn it not be conferred it.
It does actually. Three years in the US armed forces makes you a citizenService guarantees citizenship!
It does actually. Three years in the US armed forces makes you a citizen
Three years is automatic iirc. One year just makes you have an easier time.Not automatically, however. At least one year of honorable peacetime service in the Armed Forces makes you eligible to apply for expedited naturalization with several criteria waived, but you still have to pass the English and civics test requirements, as well as the five year "good moral character" requirement.
Three years is automatic iirc. One year just makes you have an easier time.
I literally went to basic with at least 4 maybe 5 people doing it to be citizens
That is what the Recruiters that had recuited them said, hell even thier Paperwork said that. so IDKI don't think you're recalling correctly, since I literally looked up and cited the official federal government policy pages.
A three year requirement is mentioned in several unofficial sources, but not any official or up-to-date-ones. As far as I can tell, three years was the peacetime residency requirement for expedited naturalization, but this has been waived since 2001 under the wartime exemption.
It does actually. Three years in the US armed forces makes you a citizen
Agreed, and they generally seem eager to do itif your willing to fight and die for my country I'm willing to call you a fellow american.
I mean there's more too it than this. Christianity was a missionary religion and it was particularly effective in appealing to various social classes. With some of its structure it also in some ways helped to bridge the divide between social classes as everyone was equal under the eyes of God. Thus in religious ceremonies there would be more interactions between those of different social statuses.
Many early Christians also worked to operate hospitals by tending to the sick and poor which was probably why during periods of crisis and peace it spread quite rapidly despite the various attempts of Roman governments to try and stamp it out. The fact that the peaceful Christians were being targeted probably did more to increase its popularity and public profile.
In terms of Paganism, the gods in the Greco-Roman Pantheon quite duplicitous and capricious. They in essence reflected a lot of the flaws seen in regular humans. Then along came Christianity with its more 'just' God which won over many of the Roman plebs and the urban poor who particularly struggled during periods like the Crisis of the Third Century when the old socio-political framework was falling apart.
As I have said before, the French Revolution was the sort of event that made a supervilain attempting to take over the world look like the one sane man in the room.The French Revolution ultimately left the country worse off than it was beforehand, and gave their culture scars that still haven't healed. It was a terrible thing that should have never happened, and while the people were somewhat justified in doing it (as the country had been mismanaged into bankruptcy for decades to that point), the righteousness of their cause was undermined by the fact that they had been complicit in sabotaging various peaceful attempts that had been made over the years to fix things, due to ease with which they could be manipulated by those simply trying to act in their own self-interest at the expense of the country as a whole (which also neatly describes the relationship between the people and the leaders of the revolution).
Three years is automatic iirc. One year just makes you have an easier time.
I literally went to basic with at least 4 maybe 5 people doing it to be citizens
if your willing to fight and die for my country I'm willing to call you a fellow american.
I mean,Yeah, I’m not for this at all. This is how we get an Arminius or worse.
As I have said before, the French Revolution was the sort of event that made a supervilain attempting to take over the world look like the one sane man in the room.