Diversos
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So, is it Christmas?
This time of year, when religious people set up nativity scenes and reflect on the birth of Jesus, raises a significant question. In the Bible itself, there is no mention of his exact birth date. Early Christians celebrated Jesus’s birth on different dates, and in many countries, especially in Orthodox churches, Christmas is still celebrated…
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About Artificial Intelligence
In the year 2024, we were inundated with advertisements talking about the possibilities of artificial intelligence (AI). Without a doubt, it is a highly valuable tool that should be studied in detail and carefully overseen by scientists. The promises are many, ranging from AI focused on more specific tasks—which are more realistic to achieve—to the…
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How mundaine
A love affair with a god seems to have been considered something both possible and attractive among Roman ladies at that time. Josephus tells an edifying story in that connection. There lived in Rome at the time of Tiberius a lady named Paulina, whose beauty was as great as her chastity. A rich knight, Decius…
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Virgin Mary?
At the time of Christianity’s creation, it was common to find narratives involving romantic unions between gods and mortals. These stories, far from being exclusive to Christianity, were often used to legitimize important figures and attract community adherence.
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Let’s Be Careful
As communists, we must analyze the military aspect of a revolution. We must defend revolutionary forces to the utmost and preserve the pre-existing productive capacity as much as possible. The historical lessons of the Paris Commune and the Russian Revolution are essential for study. Despite the bourgeois media portraying the Russian Revolution as a bloody…
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Studies on the origins of Christianity – Part 1
I am starting to write about the things I have learned from reading the book “Foundations of Christianity” by Karl Kautsky. I have always been a strong critic of religions for various reasons: they fail to explain our world in a minimally accurate way and rely on mystical concepts in their explanations. Religion has also…
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After all, what to expect from 2025?
Well, personally or in a broader sense? One thing ends up encompassing the other, giving a clearer direction. In general, I’m worried about the direction the world is taking. If we rely solely on newspapers for information, we’ll become even more concerned, although they are still one of the best sources of information today.
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Avicii and the Exploitation of Human Beings
After watching the Netflix documentary about Avicii, I decided to delve deeper into the idea of the overexploitation of human beings in all class-based societies throughout history. I say all because, even before our current capitalist system, there were various economic systems in more primitive societies.
