Is progressive liberalism the summit of human history?
Will the American Empire continue to dominate the 21st century?
I’m going to spend the rest of the evening watching the latest History Time documentary.
Note: Check out this channel on Near Eastern history.
Antifa blm nfac and the rest of them lake of fire people.
Wait. I thought it was black men who ruled the world
https://youtu.be/ovLDqO-mgHU
How different the history of the world would have been had the Persians managed to conquer Greece? No ‘Western Civilisation’ perhaps and no liberalism?
“I am Darayaus the Great King, King of Kings, King of many countries and many men, King in this vast earth far and wide, son of Wistaspa, an Achaemenian, a Persian, son of a Persian, an Aryan, of Aryan lineage.”
Both ancient India and ancient Persia were significantly anti-slavery cultures, with significant partial ‘liberalism’ one might say, tho it was tradition-honouring
And in the end they were defeated by the enslaving cultures of Europe and of Islam
The Cyrus cylinder of 2500 years ago is considered the first major surviving document of liberal human rights – it provided for freedom of religion, and expressed the wish to abolish slavery throughout the Persian empire
Ancient India’s kingdoms became the first place we know the death penalty was abolished, well more than 1000 years ago. Although they developed a caste system – seems it was less harsh than in modern times, with no ‘untouchables’ – they essentially avoided slavery
A certain amount of sexual freedom was there too, it was not so puritan in major strands, Kama Sutra etc. The Temples of Khajuraho in India are covered with sculptures, about 15% of which are pornographic, sometimes highly so. The message is – ‘This is your mind sometimes, this is life, and God is within this as in all things. Come inside the temple and know God more closely.’
You can only know god thru his son jesus !!
The Greeks were Aryans, too, and spoke an Indo-European language related to Persian.
It would be more worth your while, HW, to read this book about ancient history.
https://stevenmcollins.com/about/
While many books from this segment of Protestantism are mere re-hashes, Colliins at least did his research. FWIW. I’m currently only on Chap 3, and have learned a great deal….
Meanwhile, the apostate Southern Baptists are at it again:
https://reformationcharlotte.org/2020/08/03/tgc-author-rebuked-by-his-pastor-jd-greear-for-opposing-social-justice/