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392 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 4:14 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Kutluna
I've had this thought since I was a kid, and every time I bring it up to my friends they just laugh. But I genuinely don't understand it, so I'm curious if there's an explanation from psychology, sociology, evolutionary biology, or history. I'm a straight man, and my logic has a…
338 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 12:36 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Captain_Strudels
I've quoted the claim word-for-word from a very recent frontpage sub, however I've seen this sentiment echoed more than once and it got me curious. It seems really unlikely to me - at most, perhaps unmarried men might seek out war for social mobility, but I can't imagine some le…
220 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 6:21 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Odd_Froyo_9396
I finally just finished reading the entire bible at 29 years old, male, it took 8 months,🥺i just decided to read the last 2 books i had left today which was psalms and isaiah took me almost 10 hours of reading today which is the most I've ever read in a Day by a significant mar…
180 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 1:11 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Wise-Text8270
In book 2 he talks about gross and 'neat' income. It is just net income as we use the term today, but why did he spell it differently? Why did we change? Did they pronounce it 'nEAt' back in the day?
174 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC
Posted by /u/Bkerrychina1
Hello! I am Kerry Brown, professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute, at King's College, London. My most recent book is about Mao Zedong - `Mao: Power and Contradiction'. I have been thinking about Mao since my first visit to China in 1991, and this book…
119 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 3:53 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Tiny-Tear7116
People are loosing their children to violence, please pray and raise awareness. Babies are being killed. Fathers, mother's!
96 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 10:42 PM UTC
Posted by /u/dr-doc-phd
Today if I wanted to start reading older Superman comics, I could pirate them online, or purchase one of the many omnibuses. But in 1978 those omnibuses didn't exist, and the internet was still a twinkle in young Al Gore's eye. While I could certainly start buying the books as t…
93 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 10:33 AM UTC
Posted by /u/Raschevljanin
I’ve seen quotes from St. Padre Pio who advises weekly confession. I know St. Pope John Paul II confessed his sins weekly. I just want to make sure I am not exaggerating, because ever since Easter I’ve been going to confession every 7-10 days.
73 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 11:39 PM UTC
Posted by /u/wastevens
I saw a post elsewhere about how, contrary to much of the world, the expectation at most non-fine dining restaurants is you will be served between a meal-and-a-half to two meals worth of food per order. When/how did this develop as an American cultural norm, distinct from the wo…
71 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 11:16 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Byerly2k21
Hello, I am an atheist and, I am planning on going to mass this weekend. Is there anything I should know before going? I have been questioning atheism lately, and I have been looking into the Catholic Church.
69 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 7:58 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Romboteryx
Archaeology seems to indicate that the Hittites had extensive contact with the Achaeans and even had Aegean city-states (including Troy) as their vassals. Yet after the Bronze Age no memory seems to remain of there having been a major empire in Central Anatolia and Herodotus mis…
68 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 11:48 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Bongolio-the-seal
I assume that it was not solely a few days before Appomatox that the CSA's government realised that the war was a lost cause. So at what point did everyone realise the jig was up? Were there any people who thought the war could be won even at the very end? Like, I assume we have…
65 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 9:52 PM UTC
Posted by /u/poedancing
I have been sharing sources on the real presence in the Eucharist with my family to try to convince them of it. Recently it was an hour and a half long video of Brant Pitre discussing how the OT points to the Eucharist. Anytime a good point is raised they immediately object by b…
62 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 3:56 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Emergency_Record_674
I recently lost my beautiful twins in a very tragic way, at birth. It was a long awaited pregnancy, after years of struggles and surgeries. Those babies were our greatest blessing, and they came unexpectedly, just when we were loosing hope. We considered it a gift from God and r…
55 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 3:22 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Flat_Abalone_2448
I've seen christians saying rascist things and even defending hitler and using slurs...it really turns me away from becoming christian if the religion is compatible with those things