Dogs are definitely still used as service animals

And as a convenient source of meat in some regions, and worldwide during emergencies.

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Out of extreme poverty (less than $1.90 per day). It’s a good news for sure, but India did the same thing without gulags.

If you put intentions on people, it’s easy to dismiss any idea.

Let’s say that Paul’s letters contain the seeds of things that can lead to very problematic theologies. But Paul himself, with his emphasis on freedom and his rejection of moral sanctity and literalism, isn’t so bad. His main problem, in my opinion, is his almost pathological fear of scandal, which leads him to accept too many things from his society in order not to offend anyone.

It is a fantasy written but centuries after, but not at a time of expansionism. At a moment they just survived a genocide against them. And this kind of fantasy was very common at the time, and my take is that it was understood as such.

Both the crucifix and the ichtus appeared a long time after Paul. And he never says that following what Jesus said to do is unimportant; he just preached a liberation from the need to try to be perfect, to follow moral rules literally, exactly the contrary to what mega-pastors do today.

Paul has a bad name because he was recuperated and deformed by evangelicalism.

It is.

It was an interesting reading.

We are up against a very evil force in this country. It is called democracy. Make no mistake: Gang rape is a democracy. Five persons say “yes,” one person says “no,” and the majority rules

WTF

Pauletta? No, not Denzel Washington! Denzel Paddington, the concierge of the neighboring tower.

It’s true, and we don’t have a lot of sources to infer what the commoner knew. But when a scientific fact is a consensus among scholars, even if literacy is low, it finishes in the mind of the whole population. In the 13^th century, the roundness of Earth was a consensus for more than 1000 years… it’s safe to assume that it was known by almost everyone. Moreover priests, even low profile priests, received at least a basic education, and they would know that the Earth was round, and they would spread that knowledge.

Johannes de Sacrobosco, De Sphæra Mundi

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(A 16^th century illustration in a 13^th century book.)

Even in Late Antiquity and early Middle Ages, spherical Earth was the consensus among Christian scholars, even if the flat Earth idea did made a come back at these times.

That’s not, however, how they presented themselves. Dreyfus wasn’t a big theme of the campaign.

sorry I did not saw the community

It works well for me. I love how easily I can adapt it for my needs.

nano for quick things; emacs for longer typing sessions.

I wish!