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34. For the past month I have been on a Renaissance kick watching and reading everything I can. Tons of

Thu Nov 11, 2021, 04:14 PM

Nov 2021

art history videos on YouTube, as well as documentaries and I, was thinking the same thing. From the Classical world of Greece to the rise of the Roman Republic the Empire to the Sack of Rome. Great societies rise up and eventually fall because of religion, superstition, and the rejection of science. Coming out of the Dark Ages they had lost the recipe for cement and marveled at the ruins created over 1000 years before. We see all the Savornella’s ready to burn books and art in the name of religion and the rejection of science. Julius Cesare was stabbed to death because he threatened the wealth and power of the Senate. Seems like nothing changes. The public today is all too willing to vote against their interest and reject science and reason in favor of religion and superstition. As I saw the people screaming about books in Va I could not help but think about the new coming Dark Age.

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The Bonfires Are Coming [View all] peggysue2 Nov 2021 OP

"reading... about Christ" in PUBLIC SCHOOL???🔥🔥🔥 musette_sf Nov 2021 #1

Has he read the Bible? malletgirl02 Nov 2021 #2

A more or less historical 'book about Christ' in the school library is perfectly fine IMHO Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2021 #3

When I see this kind of thing I assume the accuser wants gay pornography. Has it on their mind. NoSheep Nov 2021 #10

Any book that posits Jesus of Naz as a real person is by definition a religious text NullTuples Nov 2021 #16

This is just an incorrect statement... ECL213 Nov 2021 #20

Cite them, please. NullTuples Nov 2021 #32

Jewish historian Josephus...Roman historian Tacitus... ECL213 Nov 2021 #35

OFFS - Tacitus was born 25 yrs post-crucifixion date! NullTuples Nov 2021 #36

Agreed. There are not contemporaneously written accounts of his existence Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2021 #38

You said "contemporary w/the New Testament"... ECL213 Nov 2021 #37

Actually, there's lots of writings and records from that area (and era) still in existence Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2021 #39

Yeah... ECL213 Nov 2021 #43

I love that you correctly used 'jibe' there :) Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2021 #44

Let me conclude by saying this... ECL213 Nov 2021 #46

My apologies & thank you; I meant to type, "contemporary with the events portrayed in the NT" NullTuples Nov 2021 #42

Kick dalton99a Nov 2021 #4

It will be we who are blamed WorkDoctor Nov 2021 #5

That's Magnus Hirschfeld's LGBTQ-supportive research library being burned. NullTuples Nov 2021 #18

Bingo! peggysue2 Nov 2021 #24

Treat Nazis like Nazis. hadEnuf Nov 2021 #25

+1 Withywindle Nov 2021 #27

All I can hope is cilla4progress Nov 2021 #6

"Sure we'll burn them books, but first we gotta build this here wall." Saboburns Nov 2021 #7

So....when they're talking about burning books... AleksS Nov 2021 #8

many may think that book burning was a thing a country did, not some guys taxi Nov 2021 #15

We are, as a nation, reverting back to the 14th century Poiuyt Nov 2021 #9

How very Nazi of them. patphil Nov 2021 #11

How long? liberalgunwilltravel Nov 2021 #12

Raise your hand if you knew there were dildo references in the Bible. ashredux Nov 2021 #13

Burn the BuyBull Traildogbob Nov 2021 #14

I just read, gab13by13 Nov 2021 #17

Sure, Ray Bradbury wrote "fiction". Sort of. n/t TygrBright Nov 2021 #19

This always come to mind HuskyOffset Nov 2021 #21

I found out that gab13by13 Nov 2021 #22

Why am I not surprised? CRT In that book the black man in framed by a white woman. flying_wahini Nov 2021 #33

Book burning doesn't mean much in the electronic age FakeNoose Nov 2021 #23

It does for several reasons. First, it does when the electricity goes down. And it will. ancianita Nov 2021 #28

If everyone has "To Kill A Mockingbird" on their phone or tablet FakeNoose Nov 2021 #30

Ever hear of bricking? Digital erosion? They are real. ancianita Nov 2021 #31

What's Next ConstanceCee Nov 2021 #26

Book burning is exactly what the corporate world wants. No historical record. ancianita Nov 2021 #29

For the past month I have been on a Renaissance kick watching and reading everything I can. Tons of Pepsidog Nov 2021 #34

BAD RW extremism sign. BUT, also now a lot more show than effect. Hortensis Nov 2021 #40

"In that place where they burn books... alterfurz Nov 2021 #41

Maybe we should I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2021 #45