A Picture Says 1,000 Words - Page 24

On February 15 2011 01:27 Krehlmar wrote:
That's the most retarded and worthless simplification ever.
Islam is, in contrast to Christianity which demands spreading of the word, tolerant of other religions. Islam was the first "world" religion to publicly tolerate other religions.

Is it americas fault we have so many religious idiots who know nothing of history or religion?

On February 17 2011 00:03 oBlade wrote:

History doesn't start with monotheism. Roman paganism was very organic. They took gods from people they brought into the republic/empire and just worshipped everything (excepting things like human sacrifice, which they considered barbaric). Also, the fact that in the Caliphate, treatment of Jews might have been marginally better than say in Europe at the time - this is not a point in Islam's favor or in any way relevant to evaluating the character of the religion today, or in fact the fundamental nature of it - its forcefulness. The word you are looking for when speaking about tolerance of religions is "secular."

Here's a bunch of pictures from the war in South Ossetia, and here's a sample.

On February 17 2011 00:03 oBlade wrote:

History doesn't start with monotheism. Roman paganism was very organic. They took gods from people they brought into the republic/empire and just worshipped everything (excepting things like human sacrifice, which they considered barbaric). Also, the fact that in the Caliphate, treatment of Jews might have been marginally better than say in Europe at the time - this is not a point in Islam's favor or in any way relevant to evaluating the character of the religion today, or in fact the fundamental nature of it - its forcefulness. The word you are looking for when speaking about tolerance of religions is "secular."

Here's a bunch of pictures from the war in South Ossetia, and here's a sample.

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On February 15 2011 09:03 Shockk wrote:


This is probably the most impressive Youtube video I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing it.

On February 18 2011 15:18 Ruyguy wrote:


Had to find an awsome picture to bump this amazing thread.

On February 18 2011 15:25 JiSu wrote:


What is this??

On February 18 2011 15:30 wunsun wrote:


Its the Rosetta stone, basically had three languages on it, Greek (which was understood) and two types of Egyptian languages/hieroglyphs.

More info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone

On February 13 2011 07:14 buickskylark wrote:


This picture should always come with some explanation as people who don't follow history probably have no idea the minutes that happened after this picture was taken. Everytime I see this picture I always wonder if the tanks rode over the man or they stopped. You simply can't tell from looking at that picture alone.

On February 13 2011 07:45 Quasimoto3000 wrote:




The last words of Thích Quảng Đức before his self-immolation were documented in a letter he had left:
Before closing my eyes and moving towards the vision of the Buddha, I respectfully plead to President Ngo Dinh Diem to take a mind of compassion towards the people of the nation and implement religious equality to maintain the strength of the homeland eternally. I call the venerables, reverends, members of the sangha and the lay Buddhists to organise in solidarity to make sacrifices to protect Buddhism.

David Halberstam wrote:
I was to see that sight again, but once was enough. Flames were coming from a human being; his body was slowly withering and shriveling up, his head blackening and charring. In the air was the smell of burning human flesh; human beings burn surprisingly quickly. Behind me I could hear the sobbing of the Vietnamese who were now gathering. I was too shocked to cry, too confused to take notes or ask questions, too bewildered to even think... As he burned he never moved a muscle, never uttered a sound, his outward composure in sharp contrast to the wailing people around him.

On February 20 2011 20:22 Rabbitmaster wrote:


Im pretty sure like 10 ppl came and pulled him away. Some say it was chineese authority, some say it was concerned civilians. Just the same, some ppl claim he was executed, and some say he is still alive in hiding :>