Thunderstrike2024

When two religions claim different things about the same God, you need more than just a religious text to prove it. The Book of Kings (nowadays first and second Kings) pre-dates the Quran and is contemporary to the events. Given that Ethiopia and more specifically the Amhara are believed to be the descendants of their union, and Ethiopia is the most famously Christian nation in all of Africa, with the exact route used to spread Christianity to Ethiopia known through archaeological evidence, it would be the height of stupidity to trust the later text that doesn't match the known facts, rather than the older text that does. You can say that Islam existed with Judaism if you squint and tilt your head at the claim, as Ishmael and Hagar definitely did have faith in Yahweh (that was the name they would have used during that time period), but as far as any of the religious practices associated with it, they don't date any earlier than c. 650-700 AD, in the Rashidun (original Muhammad-founded) Caliphate.

I can't tell if you're joking, or just ignorant of history. If you aren't joking, then I'm very sad for you, because there is so much wrong with that I can't even begin... Especially since Islam didn't exist until two millennia after Solomon's death.

Entropy, the physics term for disorder, is usually associated too heavily with Time to be a separate element. Time is symmetrical in physics, but since entropy always increases over time, the total amount of entropy can be a substitute for the passage of time. As time passes, entropy increases, and as entropy increases, time passes. It's a weird and quirky thing that normally only matters to super nerds and researchers, but it does affect how clocks work, so it's somewhat important I guess.

At first I thought that this sounds insanely dramatic, but there's actually more than thirty installations in and around NYC, so that's very true. I guess I just never realized how many were in that area.

While the US Army does field some planes, I'm guessing that this is meant to be generalized to the US Military, as most planes fielded by any given branch are usually interoperable by all six, minus a few exceptions.

Demons have a high resistance to control effects. This lightning arrow skill bypasses that immunity.

Heavy blades suck. The average weight of a sword in any period of history was about 1-10 lbs, based on size and material of course. That's because sharpness is not dependent on weight, so there's no point in making heavier swords. Axes, guns, and blunt weapons like maces are meant to use a lot of force and weight to cut or bash through things, but not swords, spears, or arrows. Swords are meant to cut through the thinnest armor of an opponent, leaving tougher armor unbothered. Axes or blunt weapons are what destroys heavy armor. That's why maces and heavier polearms replaced many swords in the late medieval period, as armor got significantly better and heavier. Once guns reached the phase of the Arquebus's proliferation, Brigandine half-plate became the best balance of protection and mobility to dodge or block bullets. Swords were a popular sidearm in this period, as guns only could get one or two shots off before an enemy got too close, and the sword could more easily pierce an enemy's lighter armor on non-essential body parts that Brigandine half-plate didn't cover as well. This would be the era of the famous Pike-and-Shot formation, that protected arquebusiers and later musketmen from enemy cavalry using heavy pikes.

He was a normal unit, not a hero.

*encircles, not circumferences

Ikr? I sometimes have to move my cat out of the sink, and he looks at me like I just killed his favorite uncle or something.