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@RyanMReeves If you listen closely you can hear the faint echoes of Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron screaming at passersby on the street corner.

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@RyanMReeves Haha, yep. I used to create a fresh world almost every major update just to play with the kids. Once I built a cathedral for our town. They saw me using up scarce resources they thought were too precious to waste on a building. I told them you don’t spare expense on God’s house.

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Aren't you basically saying here you'd rather have the 40,000 dead witches than the 400??? j/k... I thought the video was great. I generally believe when looking at the morality of the past that good history is comparison with actual alternatives of the time, not anachronistic moralizing. Love your videos!

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I read Project Hail Mary recently and really enjoyed it. The author’s style is engaging, the story feels original and the science is competent and coherent.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Good stuff.

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@deeperdailypods I read that not long after it first came out and enjoyed it. PHM was really good as well.

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You’re missing the point entirely. He’s mentioning those cultures because he has recognized they are the ones being purposely deluded, especially the Western ones.

A lot of us have recognized the house is on fire and are concerned. You’re just pointing to the house down the street that isn’t on fire and complaining that we’re not concerned about that one too.

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Recently finished Rocket Men. What a risky mission. There’s something truly special about what they accomplished.

When it came to the Christmas Eve broadcast from lunar orbit and the reading of Genesis, I had to go find it and listen for myself. Gotta be one of the most poignant moments in history.

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Another pretty good read here.

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Recently finished Empire of the Summer Moon. What I have to say about it doesn’t stem from any special interest in the topic. I picked it up simply because I love history in general, but I have to say it’s one of the best history books I’ve ever read on any subject.

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Recently finished reading True Grit as a family and really enjoyed it. Loved the deadpan humor and the protagonist’s self righteousness (which I totally agree with).

I purposely pick novels my kids would never think of on their own. It’s my attempt to introduce them to different worlds and lives they rarely get the chance to encounter today.

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Just finished The Hobbit. There’s not much new I can say since so many people are already familiar with it.

I tried this genre when I was younger and didn’t care for it at all. Maybe that’s why I stayed away from Tolkien for so long. Regardless, I really enjoyed the book and I’m looking forward to The Lord of the Rings.

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The Founders' pluralism had limits; it thrived because the "pluribus" shared enough to become "unum" without self-destruction. Blind adherence to "freedom of religion" without cultural guardrails risks eroding the very subsoil that made "E Pluribus Unum" workable.

Pinker's interpretation projects twenty-first-century universalism backward, while Saad reminds us that sustaining the creed requires vigilance against incompatible elements—lest the "one" fracture beyond repair.

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@CultureExploreX Chi Rho from Matthew's Gospel in the Book of Kells. Dated to about 800 AD.

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@SPLee0003 I didn’t finish it thinking it was for everyone, but I liked the subject matter so I’m glad it’s in my library.

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Recently finished Victor Davis Hanson's The End of Everything. Powerful look at how civilizations like Thebes, Carthage, Constantinople, and Tenochtitlan were completely annihilated—not just defeated—through a brutal combo of external conquest and internal weaknesses.

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@CultureExploreX This day should be considered the quintessential libertarian holiday. lol

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@deeperdailypods I’m finishing it up tonight. Although I’m considering it as having been read in 25 since the majority of it was read last year. I’m getting that list ready.

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Finished Metabolical. Lustig absolutely nails why real food matters and how ultra-processed junk wrecks metabolism. Super informative, great actionable tips. Some of the policy solutions feel a bit heavy-handed/socialistic to me, but the core message is spot-on.

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Recently finished Red Dead’s History by Tore C. Olsson. Special thanks to @deeperdailypods for the gift.

The core history is absolutely gripping—packed with details from the real Old West that Rockstar drew from. Note: the game is really just a backdrop for this history book.

Only real gripe: a few SJW asides, race-obsessed jabs at “self-important white men,” selective inclusivity scolding, and the inevitable Black/white capitalization double-standard. Those moments pull you out of an otherwise excellent ride.

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Just finished Mao’s America by @XVanFleet — a Cultural Revolution survivor who sees a similar script running in America these past several years.

The tone is unmistakably that of a four-alarm fire, and I found myself grateful for her effort. When a survivor of one of history’s worst man-made catastrophes tells you the house is burning, the polite response is not to complain about her raised voice. It’s to realize that maybe she can see smoke we’ve already grown used to breathing.