/lit/ - Literature

What's his battle theme?

>>10320749
Dies Irae

>>10320773
should've included a link, huh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePRZC_OulYc

I ... I've been expecting you ... All my life, all your life, we have prepared for this moment ... This duel of fates.

https://youtu.be/mYSKXIZW8wI?t=24s

>>10320783
The Dark Brotherhood campaign was so gay in that game

>>10320868
they all were

>>10320868
If they don't make actually good quests for TES6 I swear I'm killing Todd Howard

>>10320967
i was stupid enough to pay for fallout 4. never again

>>10320970
My headcanon is that FO4 was actually just a huge operation to get money so they could make a revolutionary TES6.
That's how desperate I am.

>>10320976
i started a new oblivion game this avo. Really i think its a bad game itself in most senses but it nailed the generic genre fiction style in an endearing way that compels you to go questing. Skyrim was a bore though after it i stopped caring about new games altogether until mgsv was coming out, and look how that went. TES6 will be a big spectacle for sure but theres no way its going to be good. they'll spend all there time working on auto-generated quests and strategies to market furniture dlc season passes to normals

>>10320439
How do you mean?

Thesis: Benedict XVI
Anthithesis: Fallout 4
Synthesis: traditionalist Catholic post-apocalyptic neo-feudalism, shifting into cyberpunk acceleration

>>10321396
Got you covered, senpai

>>10321404
Where's the noosphere I was promised?

Him ending the prophecy saved the world.

>>10321430
What did he mean by this?

>>10320439
What's his stance on V2?

>>10320439
> Benedict is final boss of western thought
> he resigns
> ???
> therefore current Pope is in service of the anti-christ, as predicted by Fatima

correct?

>>10321377
Please respond.

>>10321438
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes

Benedict XVI was a heretic under the second vatican council, he was deposed for not being regressive enough.

>>10321739
bergoglio is the anti-christ

>>10322277
>In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit.
Peter the Roman, who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations, and when these things are finished, the city of seven hills[i.e.Rome]will be destroyed, and the dreadful judge will judge his people. The End.

>>10322277
>In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit.
>Peter the Roman, who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations, and when these things are finished, the city of seven hills[i.e.Rome]will be destroyed, and the dreadful judge will judge his people. The End.

>>10322275
His writings are the sum of all truth and no one need read anything else after having read them.

>>10321438
Pope Benedict is presently being held hostage in the Vatican by the forces of the Antichrist (possibly Bergoglio, though he may merely be a servant). My guess is that the Lord told Benedict to step aside and submit to the evil ones around him in order to begin the End Times. As the other anon has pointed out, Fatima also predicts major happenings this year.

I remember when Eco called his theology childish

>>10320439
i thought the final boss was wario?

>>10323340
Eco was a hack

>>10323340
Alberto called everyone names though, he was so full of himself he just sounded like an edgy teen.
>dan brown is a character in my book... get it? my brain contains his brain;)

>>10320439
Christianity isn't Western. It's an Asiatic, jewish desert religion.

>>10323592
>Western civilization is the synthesis of Greek, Roman, and Christian civilization
>Christianity isn't Western

>>10323647
>this is what the unwise actually believe

>>10321404
Literally fucking this

>>10323665
>pagan LARPer
Germanic paganism was, of all the European pagan religion, was probably the cruelest. At least the Romans and Greeks did not perform human sacrifices. You're sick in the head or just a baby edgelord.

>>10323665
Interesting how there's no trace of pagan tradition in modern western society AT ALL except the dates of holidays.

>>10323718
>>10323743
Nice try, non-believers. The (ancient) Greeks and Romans were part of Classical civilisation. Western Christianity was never anything other than a misinterpretation of a Middle-Eastern creed. The nobility of the West was Germanic. The spirit of the West is far closer to the Eddas than the Middle-Eastern bible. The old gods, the Aesir, are returning. See the light or perish in the service of Loki, god of trickery and deceit.

>>10323718
>Romans and Greeks did not perform human sacrifices
AHAHAHAHA

>>10323768
>caring about 'the spirit of the west' and sheeit
>we wuz pagans and shieet
>not caring about the absolute truth of the LORD, of spirit and of science
Praying for you, anon.

>>10323859
Jewsus didn't even exist.

>>10323768
What you call "the west" is a product of Charlemagne. The borders of what you consider Europe are a result of the conflicts between Christians, pagans and muslims. Stop watching HBO softcore porn we wuz vikangs shit.

>>10320439
Benedict XVI wouldn't acknowledge himself as anything like that. I don't see what's so 'final boss' about him. Perhaps a humble prefiguration, a fellow traveler in speculation, a watchman in the night...

Anyway, on the topic of Popes, has anyone read JPII's Love and Responsibility? Looks interesting, though imposing.

>>10320991
>We want the Destiny audience

>>10323859
>>10323873
>we wuz kikes
Kek

>>10323933
Back to the kiddy corner snownigger

>>10323933
lmao get out of here with your skyrim anthropology you amerimutt 16 year old

ebin troll :^)

>>10321733
Gotta reform the reform.

>>10323933
West - Rome and Jerusalem.

>>10323592
>The coastal part of the Levant
>A desert
Plus that whole area spoke Greek as the lingua franca during the time, and huge numbers of ethnic Greeks migrated there after Alexander's conquests.

>>10323959
Meanwhile Germans couldn't read and fucked up Rome every chance

>>10321404
you may not like it, but this is what peak NRx looks like

>>10321404
>we get ruled over by Chads who slowly degenerate into inbred swine fags again
wowowow

>>10320749
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLVnhfYHyJ0

Remember to read Benedict's "Jesus of Nazareth" book series. It's great.

>>10323947
>everyone on the internet is a mestizo in the united states
go to bed, achmed. you're tired

>>10323952
>he hasn't studied jewish history, and how it parallels that of the muslims and other middle-easterners
Turkey is even closer. Let's invite all the roaches over for a party.

>>10323966
No doubt. However, the actual Romans and the Byzantine "Romans" have to take their own responsibility for losing. Let's not forget that Christianity and other new Middle-Eastern cults effectively killed off traditional Classical culture. And that of the Egyptians. And that of the Mesopotamians.

Anyone tackle this bad boy yet? The latest from Agamben, partially about Benedict's resignation and end times prophecies.

I haven't read any of his stuff on Christianity.

>reading anything written by a representative of the antichrist

Who else here, ich bin en hussite?

>>10323940
>t. actual nigger
Not so good at shipbuilding or sailing, huh?

>>10324186
>Let's not forget that Christianity and other new Middle-Eastern cults effectively killed off traditional Classical culture.

No I'm pretty sure that was the snowniggers fucking the empire up for their gibsmedats
You're right that Rome needs to take responsibility for its own decline but the rise of Christianity was a response to that cultural degeneracy not the cause

>>10324118
wat

>>10324204
Does it just examine the prophecies, or does it actually make a prediction about the end times? I generally tend to discount prophecies of the end times. It seems counter to Jesus saying that we won't know the day or the hour. I figure the Second Coming will be at some point that literally nobody suspects.

>>10320749
>>10320773

Dies Irae by Verdi is way better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO1pn6D-t4M

>>10323865
At this point, the burden of proof is on you, fedora.

>>10320749
That sculpture is an abomination.

>>10324262
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Golden_Age
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age_of_Jewish_culture_in_Spain
Brethren. Also look at the relationship between the Jews and the Persian Zoroastrians. Or look at how much Islamic expression was shaped by the pre-Islamic Persians and the Orthodox Byzantines.

>>10324065
What are they about?

>>10324477
What do you think, Anon?

>>10320439
>teleports behind you
>covers up large-scale pedo ring
>pssh, nothing personell my son

>>10320773
>>10320776
>>10324310
There can be only one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvbi_-mudzM

>>10324204
Just read it. Worth a read, only takes like an hour.

>>10324118
Hahaha is that a shop? Kushner looks like the guy with hurt feet in the corner of that party meme

>>10324295
Here's a fantastic book commentary on the Apocalypse, despite having a cheesy title.

https://www.docdroid.net/CIPkztv/the-book-of-destiny-herman-bernard-kramer-2mur2ayackua6ald3vqyhk6dd.pdf

>>10323340
Eco never had an original thought in his life. His book on Aquinas is the only book on philosophy I ever read completely destitute of any insight.

>>10324413
how can i get into these? got any names for me?

>>10324324
Nah it looks quite apocalyptic desu. Very Roman and very postmodern.

>>10321404
What game is this?

>>10324295
I think he examines the nature of the prophecies and the concept of Katechon (he who restrains the coming of the lawless one and anti-christ) and the significance of Benedict's resignation. I read in a review that he hints that Benedict resigned because of "corruption" and not general fatigue.

>>10324310
this man knows and James Joyce agrees

>>10324690
Got an e-book? Would you say Agamben is still closeted-Catholic-atheist tier much like Zizek?

>>10324048
Holy shit, that's like the depiction of Evil

>>10324186
>Let's not forget that Christianity and other new Middle-Eastern cults effectively killed off traditional Classical culture. And that of the Egyptians.

False. Egyptian culture had been killed off by Hellenism and Romans. Which is why Egyptians were so eager to convert to Christianity, what with the resurrection and all it seemed closer to their native believes. European pagans had supressed their own (pagan) religion and forced them to burn alms for the colonizers.

It's just a little thing neo-pagan armchair historians like to gloss over while they blame everything on le foreign monotheism.

>>10320439
he is /lit/ as fuck

>>10324256
>No I'm pretty sure that was the snowniggers fucking the empire up for their gibsmedats
Made me spew my soymilk

>>10327447
Kek. What? Greco-Roman culture was extraordinarily tolerant of foreign practices for the most part. They even tried to give the rabble rousing Jews a chance. Native Egyptian practices continued under the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty and the still-Classical Romans. The Isis cult even became popular in Hellenised form outside of Egypt. Also, the Osirian resurrection was nothing like that of Jesus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion#Later_periods
>Meanwhile,Christianity spread across Egypt, and in the third and fourth centuries AD, edicts by Christian emperors andiconoclasmby local Christians eroded traditional beliefs. While it persisted among the populace for some time, Egyptian religion slowly faded away.

>Grindle, Gilbert (1892)The Destruction of Paganism in the Roman Empire, pp.29–30. Quote summary: For example, Theodosius ordered Cynegius (Zosimus 4.37), the praetorian prefect of the East, to permanently close down the temples and forbade the worship of the deities throughout Egypt and the East. Most of the destruction in the East was perpetrated by Christian monks and bishops.

>>10323940
watch it kid

>>10321733
drop em on london

>>10327802
> LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT YOUR HISTORY

>>10327822
But wasn't he part of V2? Or was he like the other anon said, on the conservative side of V2, supporting it more out of politeness and a desire to maintain unity?

>>10327832
i was making a nazi rocket joke anone

>>10327865
muh dick

t. pynchon

>>10323859
>absolute truth of the lord
Nice nonexistent meme
And the other two exist and work with paganism

>>10327347
>closeted Catholic atheist tier much like zizek
>much like zizek

>>10321404
That's a lot of landlockedness.

>>10320773
>>10320776
>>10324310
>>10324620
Dvorak's Dies Irae is objectively superior
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B522Fm-WhB8

>>10328018
Does that pic represent you or I? Because Lacanians are a deeply closeted Catholic people. They've told themselves Catholicism isn't true but then replace it with a system that mirrors Catholicism in many ways but adamantly refuses to cure them of their "I'm pathetic and will be alone forever" autism.

>>10327347
>Got an e-book? Would you say Agamben is still closeted-Catholic-atheist tier much like Zizek?
I bought it off Amazon. I would upload it but I have no idea how to get files off of the Kindle. It's hard to discern how religious he is from what I read. He definitely has a strong concern for the current state of the Church, which indicates that he cares about religion itself.

>>10329096
This

>>10321404
Woah! This this a mod or an expansion to CKII? What's its name?

>>10323912
>Love and Responsibility
A friend of mine had read it recently. He enjoyed it thoroughly. If he likes it, I can whole heartedly say read it.

>>10327830
Nothing wrong with that if you cite sources like the guy did. I hope you're not a nigger LARPing as Egyptian.

>>10324310
They're both awful. Too bombastic for a requiem mass.

>>10331516
Mass is a genre of music for Verdi and Mozart, it's performed, but not used much or at all in liturgy. MacIntyre had some interesting writings on this.

in the news they said he's against aids in africa and his policies are unscientifically. is this true?

>>10331660
Learn to write a coherent sentence please.

Sadly most people aren't aware Benedict will go down in history for being the most educated Pope ever.

>>10320439
Where do I start with Ratzinger?

>>10331848
See
>>10324065

>>10331832
I think Pius X and XII were comparative in this regard and had a better eye for the tides of history. Benedict was too soft gloved in many regards, but indeed his writings are excellent.

>>10324324
you are faggot