The longer the right keeps up the whole stolen election lie and the more info that comes out with each new criminal and civil proceedings it's obvious why trump is so adamant about the "stolen" election. Him and his team did so much to cheat, lie, and steal the election and still lost that they believe that it had to be rigged. Instead of facing the obvious fact that people actually voted against trump instead of for Biden. It wouldn't have mattered who was on the democratic ballot in 2020 whoever it was was going to win. Because that's how horrible defendant trump ppl and his maga co-conspirators are.

Good points. My husband will sometimes say things like "we didn't wear bicycle helmets when we were kids, and we survived". My reply is that yes, we did. Not everyone else did.

The Arabs found a more accurate version and calculated the length of an orbit (edit: fact checked myself sorry)

The real word was "brioche" but she didn't say ir either.

There are horns on bronze age ceremonial helmets from Scandinavia, but that's thousands of years before the Vikings. 19th century opera gave us horned helmets.

And if they had found the Fountain of Youth, Governor DeSantis would have had it banned.

The whole “Noble Lost Cause” narrative is manufactured propaganda. A passing glance at the various Articles of Secession makes it abundantly clear that the entire purpose was to protect slavery, and the massive economic clout it provided.

lol one of my wife's best friends believes that dinosaurs are fake and that humanity is only 2000 years old. She went to the same school as the rest of us and got good grades lol

I guess that first part explains the Elizabeth Swan scene.

Beyond just the pyramids, there’s no evidence that there was ever a large population of Jews in Egypt, enslaved or otherwise. Coincidentally, I just watched a Nova rerun episode detailing the archaeological investigations into the construction of the Great Pyramid. Their conclusion was that much of the work was done during the flood season, by farmers and farm laborers who would otherwise have been idled by their workplaces being underwater. They were reasonably paid, well treated, and well fed. No evidence of slave quarters in the semi-temporary city where they lived.

Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, was a con man, a shyster, and just a terrible person in general. He made up the principles of Mormonism in order to get what he wanted.

Judging by recent narratives, it’s ongoing

There's a pretty simple explanation as to how this false fact came to be: Einstein was born in Germany and went to school there for a few years. Later, in his youth, he moved to switzerland. Germany and Switzerland have the same grading system, that goes from 1 to 6 with halfes and sometimes quarters. The thing is, the scales are inverted: In Switzerland 6 is the best grade and in Germany it's 1. So when he had ones or grades close to one, it would look like he failed math horribly in school, if you didn't know that he went to school in Germany.

It's also not a good one. I'd rather say "If you can handle my worst, you also deserve my best." We all can't always be sunshine and rainbows, but if someone sticks with us through it all, they deserve that we also give our best for them <3

Same goes for the idea that they were "old" at 30, and died by 40. The average lifespan, is calculated by adding up all of the ages of death, then dividing by the number of people. Yes, there was high infant mortality, but if they survived childhood, there was a good chance they'd reach their 60s or 70s.

When you consider the moron (Petr III) she was married to, it doesn't surprise me that she had lovers, but the rumors about being hyper-sexed were started by people who couldn't handle a powerful woman ruler, because it upset their gravy train. Weak Emperors left all sorts of room for nobility graft.

One of the problems was the translation between French units, and UK units. 5'4" (French) is roughly 5'8" (English) or 1.72m, But the most significant part was propaganda - Napoleon was satirised as being short; it fitted the propaganda of his enemies to depict him as a silly little man with ideas above his station in life.

Also, contrary to claims by the Chinese government, Tibet was never part of China. The two countries had a trade agreement.

A Neanderthal man definitely wouldn't believe in QAnon.

There’s no evidence that biblical Jesus ever existed at all, and plenty of reasons to think it extremely unlikely. The total absence in Roman historical record of someone who is portrayed as an epic spit disturber and massive thorn in the hide of the Roman rulers of Judea being the most obvious one.

When I would question something in the bible one priest I knew told me "The bible is a good book of stories "

So if you know the Bible is inaccurate and your religion is based on lies, why do you still believe?

The gospels were written nearly 300 years after alleged death of this alleged person. That’s a bit more than a few decades.

Jesus is a fictional character.

Believed the "Christmas Story" for years, until I realized 1. People didn't really "relocate" in those days. 2. IF there were a census, what kind of census would force people to move to be counted 3. IF, you were in the town where you family lived, why would you not stay with them. 4. There were nine gods born of virgin birth on the 25th of December centuries before Jesus

It makes for a good story though.... My professor (English lit) liked to refer to the Bible as "ancient travel literature". It's also riddled with sexism, racism and violence. (See the famous, fake "Dear Dr. Laura" letter.) Why anyone would use it as (highly selective) reference for modern jurisdiction and moral code is beyond me.

Wow. All these comments. Can we just agree to the fact that: 1) yes- the books that collectively became the Bible in around 400 ce were written at various times, by various people and that there’s no 100% historical proof as to who wrote them (and those that wrote them down were likely transcribing very old oral traditions) 2) historical records from over 2000 years ago are sketchy at best — some could be lost. Some could be mistranslated. 3) maybe Jesus existed, maybe he didn’t. 4) if he didn’t - why do any of you CARE if others have faith- leave them alone. To say someone is stupid, naive, or wrong for having faith is condescending a crappy. So you don’t believe it? Who cares? Then don’t- but leave people to have their faith if it brings them peace and happiness in their lives, and they’re not hurting you. Ps— I’m agnostic on a good day. I do not agree with using faith to oppress others, but I do believe in live and let live.

There are over 30 versions of the bible and the romans edited together what they thought sounded best - to simplify what happend back then in Constantinople

I've had a question and have been loo king for an answer for 20+ years. My conclusion - Buhhdism is the right reigion, but Buhhda is Jesus. Old Testament God is the devil. Read the text and history of the Nag Hammadi - the universe, what this all is, can be correlated with Book of Dzyan - Madame Blavatsky. All the pieces add up for me to Buddha is Jesus and old testament god is an imposter. Is this true? myth? who knows? We live on a rock hurtling thru a void. Edit: I've been drinking, I know what I'm trying to say. Buddhism and Jesus yay, old testament god suspect.

Some smart people calculated that Jesus was probably born somewhere around May IIRC.