Tag: history

The Pharaoh Who Transformed Ancient Egypt

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Pharaoh Akhenaten demoted all the gods of Egypt and commanded that only one god is worthy of worship–the disc of the sun. And, only Akhenaten could speak for that one worthy god. This could be seen as a precursor of monotheism. It wasn’t yet monotheism though, because Akhenaten didn’t deny the existence of other gods, just their worthiness of worship.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbjaTxF8FoI

Bart Ehrman on Armageddon

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The writer of the Book of Revelations was advocating for things that went starkly against what Jesus himself is purported to have said.

One of the reasons Revelations was included in the Bible was because it could be used to argue for the Trinity.

Revelations was written to specific Christians who felt that they were being persecuted by the Roman Empire, and it was promising that the good Christians would triumph and God would punish the persecutors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80QVZsWjtis

The U.S. was NEVER a Christian Nation

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At the nation’s founding, the Bible was not the most quoted text. This claim comes from a study that includes a lot of sermons reprinted on pamphlets, so, every time a religious sermon was printed on a pamphlet, which happened a lot back then, that counted as quoting the Bible. Additionally, these weren’t founding fathers quoting the Bible, but preachers preaching.

The most cited authors at the time of the founding were: Montesquieu, Blackstone, and Locke.

The period when the US Constitution was drafted has the lowest church attendance in US history.

The Federalists did not cite the Bible at all around the founding. The Anti-Federalists cited the Bible as nine percent of their citations. The Federalists, those who wrote the Constitution, did not cite the Bible when arguing for the Constitution. They believed in separation of church and state.

Christianity is a deep part of American culture and history, but people falsely exaggerate its direct role in the founding of the country.

Many state governments violated the principles of separation of state and church, but when the founders, who were sent by the states, came together to make a Constitution, they left such violations out of the new federal government and forbade acts that would create an established religion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REHGXNX6pGQ

Why Britain Cares So Much About the Falklands

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British people may have not cared if Britain negotiated away the Falkland Islands, but, because Argentina invaded, the British want the UK to hold it forever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaQWgd3guy8

How Iran Will Kill 80+ Years of US Global Hegemony

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Throughout history, even before it became a global superpower, the United States fought to defend the freedom of the seas. If Iran forces the US to accept an extortionary toll on the Strait of Hormuz, it will be a great blow to the US-led order that allows trade across international waters without heavy fees enforced by deadly power.

Control of the Strait gives Iran control over the price of oil. If they want the price higher, they let fewer ships through.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o4IUPNYAK0

How did the Indus Valley Civilization collapse?

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Over much time, the Indus Valley Civilization deforested their area. Without the vegetation, floods got much worse, leading to the decline and fall of their civilization.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4yoRP9n3JY