The overwhelming support for a UN resolution condemning Russia’s invasion shows that countries around the world see it as attacking global norms. Yet policymakers also view the crisis in terms of their own national interest. Crisis Group experts assess the war from thirteen vantage points.
Just...
So...Russia's fiat currency started to fall, badly. It was headed into an inflationary spiral. It central banks reacted by offering 20% interest rates. This stopped the spiral by encouraging people to save instead of spending (to get rid of their currency before it withered). I don't know if...
I always though Putin was a madman, but now I know he is.
At least he is one brave madman.
Maybe someone is really creating threats to his country, to his people, and we can't see them.
Now that Biden is in though, it seems like a good opportunity to attack those Russian threats.
Or maybe...
Who hasn't heard of the four horsemen of the apocalypse?
Of course the book of Revelation is written in signs, or symbolic language, so even though we don't actually see these horsemen riding literally, can we not agree that they are indeed riding?
Can we see evidence of the white horse...
As the world again faces war that needs a global response I share a passage from Baha'u'llah given in the late 1800's prior to the two conflicts that also initiated action on a global scale.
"The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is...
A great battle is unfolding.
Religious orthodoxy has failed. The rule of Nations has failed. Our material civilization has failed.
The war between what is good and what is not good is approaching a final battle.
It brings verse 30 of the Quran to light
"Remember how the Unbelievers plotted...
I once worked with an elderly man who had been taken prisoner by the Japanese during the fall of Singapore. He spoke well of his first POW camp. It was run by the Japanese Navy. He spoke of the guards being decent men, and that on one occasion they had even smuggled in some whisky for the...
This is what I think of when I read a majority of the arguments on the internet
That's a quote from Argentinian writer Jose Luis Borges, describing the Falklands War
As a bonus, here is my interpretive art depicting people reading internet arguments
I am the guy in the straw hat
I am...
Key points:
A campaign to control religion is escalating, experts and rights groups report
Major surveillance and intrusion into everyday life makes "resistance pointless"
Observers say ethnic minorities and religious beliefs affect loyalty to the CCP
China's war on religion: Xi Jinping cracks...
Firstly, the US supported and funded the French in their war in Vietnam. By funding 78% of French war budget, the US committed an act of war against the Vietnamese
Secondly, the US used French puppet, illegimate State of Vietnam to create South Vietnam, without the permission of the goverment of...
How is everyone doing today?
So this is my first time using this forum website, and i thought i reach out to those who are in the same position as i am. i feel like typing this would be to long.
So I made a video, talking about my views on religion, as well as my past with it, and why I'm...
Globally we're pretty much a nuclear capable planet now.
The situation with North Korea got me thinking, will there come a day when they will be actually be used?
The war in Syria has now been going on for over 6 years. It has involved numerous rebel groups, Islamic terrorists, Russia, Iran, Lebanon, Israel, a coalition of NATO countries, and of course the Assad regime that had previously been seen to be Syria's legitimate government.
Undeniably, the...
For those who believe a Christian is justified in fighting for their country; how do you reconcile that you would be fighting against God's minister? Romans 13:1-7 states that the governing authority is a minister of God. Going to battle or war is going against another governing authority...
We all know how in the past Christians of different denominations have fought, like the Protestants vs. Catholics. So I'm asking if the Pagans also did this? I consider "Paganism" Greek Paganism, Egyptian Polytheism, Norse Paganism, Babylonia, Sumerian, etc. and their gods/goddesses. I'm asking...
Please see these nine letters written by His Eminence Metropolitan Eusthathios Matta Roham on the plight of Christians during the Syrian War:
1 - Updates from Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Jazirah (Exclusive)
2 - Archbishop Eustathius Matta Roham on the Situation in Syria (Exclusive)
3 -...