This seems to have been a very common trend among the artists of the day.

If true, what did it look like and did it cause any psychological issues?

I’m an agnostic theist, formerly baptist but my girlfriend is Muslim. I want to understand her faith and learn about it objectively.

Have wars been caused by, or sustained by, opposing Buddhist beliefs or sects? We see religious based wars being fought in the western world but I'm wondering if this happens within a non-violent belief system like Buddhism.

Are there more non-violent Buddhist traditions when compared to others? (A scale or range of non-violence according to the school) Can I assume that zen, and perhaps pureland, is the most "non violent" traditions because of their emphasis on individualized practices and enlightenment processes?

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Fingernails yeah you can just bite off but toe nails...

So from what I heard, Ancient Rome / The Roman Republic:

• Had a system of election for their leaders
• Gave the vote to both patricians and plebians (upper and lower class)
• Managed to get this to work for hundreds of years.

There may be no specific reason that it was the Romans in particular but I was just wondering if there was something that caused it

Here's some from a quick google search:

• Three main Gods (though their roles are different).
• Krishna and Achilles being vulnerable at the heel.
• Indra = Zeus, with lightning and stories of their romantic conquests.
• Manmadha = Cupid
• Hades = Yama

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Would they even have been able to? Was there a "humanitarian" aid program for survivors?

I am a vegetarian and despite recognition that one must be very careful not to trivialise the holocaust and sensitive to the subject in general, came to the conclusion some time ago that there is some comparison to be drawn between the systematic murder of 56 billion animals (annually) and those who were murdered in the holocaust (I understand that is controversial but at least note that I said 'some' not 'a direct')

This is why it came as such a surprise to learn about hitlers policy regarding animal rights. According to wikipedia, hitler was a strong antivivisectionist and later on a vegetarian. Also "In his private diaries, Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels described Hitler as a vegetarian whose hatred of the Jewish and Christian religions in large part stemmed from the ethical distinction these faiths drew between the value of humans and the value of other animals; Goebbels also mentions that Hitler planned to ban slaughterhouses in the German Reich following the conclusion of World War II". The nazi party proposed an all out ban on vivisection in 1931 which was voted down - clearly this was not simply a popular sentiment which the nazis adopted as populists.

How do historians make sense of this? was there any acknowledgement by nazi leaders of the hypocrisy of at once supporting the innate value of animal life and the subjugation and eventual murder of the jews? What is the basis in nazi ideology for these seemingly conflicting ideas

Thank you

I recently saw a restored model of a WW2 German tracked vehicle but was not able to identify it. It was about the size of the Kubelwagon but entirely track driven. It most closely resembles the Kettenkrad from what I have seen but did not have the front wheel. It was only armed with a MG in front and had bench seating in the back, enough to carry 1 or 2 people and was entirely open topped. I'm curious if anyone knows the vehicle and if so, what its purpose was during the war.

Or would it still be Pre-History?

The last war the US and Canada had was over 200 years ago. But then two countries like France and Germany have been at war 4 times in the same period.