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Or maybe, just maybe, and hear me out here, someone who belongs to two minority groups is gonna have a hard time meeting other people who happen to be in those same two marginalized groups. You also don't get to choose your parents, and his mother, while raised Anglican, had converted to...

To tell you the truth, you're probably BETTER versed than the average person who was raised Christian, at least on the foundational texts. Culturally, perhaps not, though. On paper, I was born Methodist, but my parents were rather non-devout and I pretty much dropped what little belief I had...

I'm not sure if atheist is the right word for Paine, but he DID consider organized religion of ANY flavor to be evil. Given his writings on the subject, he'd probably end up in the deist camp. He was also a staunch abolitionist, was against capital punishment(which nearly ended up getting him...

Cherry picking a bit there. One could easily make such a list with any other religion.

It was a genre defining game. Between the atmosphere, the dungeon design and the general mechanics, it just worked and worked much better than it had any right too considering the era it was released in. Definitely feels rough around the edges today, though, and not just because of the graphics.

There's still time. Don't give up. William the Conqueror wasn't British until he took the throne and I've been running some experiments that might help with the whole Minotaur slaying bit. DARPA rejected my grant request though, so I need more cash.

Really... Of all the people you use an example, it's those two grifters?

State law was probably written before 4chan was created, most likely.

It's the core texts of the Hindu religion. Not the only sacred texts in the Hindu religion, but pretty much all of them connect back to the Vedic texts in one way or the other.(I could be wrong on this, I'm not a scholar of the Hinduism or even culturally linked to Hindu culture, but it is my...

Do you, as a Christian, read the Koran or the Veda? The only Jews who read the New Testament are those questioning their faith, or those curious about the beliefs of others.

It's suspiciously close to the development of writing, and thus written record keeping. Might be a connection there, but my Tardis is in the shop, so I can't go and verify.

Yea, I should have been doing that, but I wanted a full stack of everything.... Not sure why.

New patch adds pet cats(cosmetic style pets) and some new quests as well as bugfixes and balance changes as well as some minor UI improvements. I've apparently hit the storage limit on my plot... My MMO hoarding tendencies strike again. Apparently they are planning content patches every two...

As I said, chicken and egg problem. Influential changes are always caused by previous changes. James Watt didn't invent steam power, he just made a practical version. Using steam to generate movement actually dates back to AT LEAST Vitruvius. Advancements in metallurgy, physics, and...

Doesn't suck YET. Hopefully it stays that way. Been playing since a few days before open beta started. Relaxing grindfest. Kinda gather resources while running videos or MST3K episodes on my second monitor. It's also safe enough for my kid to play.(I do play with her and she can't play if...

His new evidence will be a florida man told him aliens showed him a tape of another set of aliens disguising themselves as humans they had abducted and voting in their place.

I think you are exaggerating the importance of that man. There were societal forces at work during that period which likely would have resulted in something akin to the Protestant Reformation with or without him.(same could be said for Hitler and WWII) He was simply a catalyst that sped things...

I believe that is what Orthodox Jewish sects and a good chunk of Christians believe. Historical and archeological evidence is a bit iffy on said conclusion. The people who were their at the time would NOT have been what we'd considered Palestinians today, though. Same general region, but...

Disney has simply forgotten how marketing works. They got arrogant and seemed to think that 'Hey, its got the Disney name on it and it's part of a major franchise, we don't have to spend much on promotion' It's been going on for several years now.. There have been Disney produced movies that I...

There have been civil wars because two SIBLINGS both wanted the throne after their father died. Two groups, who according to myth and legend, descended from the same man are many generations apart from that(that's assuming it's even true, which it likely is NOT). You can't be that naive.