Post:"Doing some deep reading into Cherokee history for the project that I'm working on and I am continually amazed how fucking funny old Cherokee leaders were" Book excerpt:"Drowning Bear's principal influence. however, was in holding his people to the mountains and to the old religion of the mountains. He did not succumb to Christian missionaries, but after listening to one or two chapters of the Bible, remarked, 'It seems to be a good book—strange that the white people are not better, after having had it so long.' And"
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This site is not mobile-otimized at all.

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  • [+] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    There was an earlier Simpsons episode with that exact concept. Basically Flanders needs to make some big decision to be naughty and takes Bible clippings for and against and they are nearly evenly weighted if I remember the episode right.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    If the scholarly aspect is of any interest to anybody, i can recommend this playlist by center place. The lectures are an excellent deep dive into christian history and concepts. I am no christian, but have spend hours listening to this gay mormon preacher teach about things like how the christian god was created from a mixture of different polytheist gods, who Baal was, or why Christians are obsessed with sex.

    The style is more like a university lecture than a fast paced yt video, but i really learned a lot from it.

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