Comments by "The Archivist" (@LostArchivist) on "Extra History" channel.

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  2. BC,
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  3. As a Catholic I would find that greatly inappropriate and unappreciated. Not just for Christianity mind you. It is just rather callous in general, IMHO.
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  4.  @buivars  So like, if we have a world war, if be morw like WWI-2 than WWII-2 as people are yelling about. Except the sides have nukes.
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  5.  @buivars  Thank you. God bless you.
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  6. It is an age old tradition to edit the myths to suit the sensibilities of the culture telling them. Either that or they become lost in a dusty library forgotten until they are "discovered" again, or....lost for all time. The originals are better preserved this way as well, as the stories remain relevant and thus so to does their history.
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  8. And when speaking of Norse mythos, he is at Olympus.
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  9. @mr.j3rs3y  I do not agree objectivity or perfection of at least certain kinds are impossible. Relativism is inherently self-refuting as it is itself claiming an objective truth. Ergo, the alternative to objective truth can not be expressed without objective truth, so objective truth is both real and more fundamental than subjectivity which simply draws on an deviates from it. If we can know objective truth exists, we have access to it and ought to pursue it. If we have bias yes we ought to disclose it, but we also ought to seek to eliminate it, minimize its impact, and see those viewpoints that oppose ours. A defect in reason is a blind spot. Not all subjectivity is bias but all bias is a warping of perspective. We can learn to use it, but we can never just sit and pretend it does not have a deleterious effect. Even though we fall short of perfection, we still reap the benefits of its siblings prudential judgement, discipline (and temperance more generally), courage, and magnanimity. But then there is the Gospel and in this we are not fighting alone.
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  10. 2:57 Greeeeeeen giant! YUM!
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  11. I beg to differ. But given the divisive nature of this topic, it seems prudent to avoid seeming to take a side, for a history series.
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  12. Yeah...this.might be among the worst renditions of this I have ever seen..Sorry guys I love you and your work, but this is ...like pouring gasoline and rubbing alcohol on a wound and walking into a field of Charmanders holding sparklers.
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  13. Ah yes, I fondly remember thosr colonial headphones of yore.
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