I have nothing to say, but wanted to add for some reason:
(been on a bit of an Emo Philips kick lately).
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I’m sorry to hear that, and wish you a speedy recovery.
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Me too!
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I’d like to steer this topic back, well, on topic and discuss ancient Egyptian beer making.
First, some research was required. There are several great works on ancient brewing. Most notable among them are, perhaps, Uncorking the Past by Patrick McGovern (who has worked extensively with Dogfish Head Craft Brewery on its Ancient Ales series of beers), and the first few chapters of A History of Beer and Brewing by Ian Hornsey. But even these eminent scholars ultimately conclude that the evidence about ancient brewing ingredients and techniques is ambiguous and that we simply do not know for sure every detail required to replicate them authentically.
Apparently spelt and mandrake root were common adjuncts.
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Also, a Kemetic diet is also apparently a thing.
The Kemetic Diet refers to an eating plan adhered to by modern followers of Kemet, an ancient Egyptian set of religious rules that governed every aspect of its followers lives, from their spirituality to medical treatment to the foods they prepared for daily meals. Kemet has gained in popularity in recent years, along with the aspects of the Kemetic Diet which were detailed in a 2005 book by Muata Ashby. According to the eating plan detailed in the Kemetic Diet, certain foods should be eaten regularly, while others should be consumed only seldom or avoided completely to promote optimum health.
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Mandrake root? Were they trying to kill themselves?
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Couldn’t tell ya! Maybe it was like the Princess Bride and iocane powder.
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The court bakeries of Ramses III.
The main ingredient for bread is always the flour. In this case, it is made from grains of a specific variety of wheat called emmer. Finding this was perhaps the most difficult part of the process. The grains cultivated in ancient Egypt were wheat and barley. Wheat had an important place in the Egyptian economy. It was not only used for bread making, but also as form of payment, both as the treasure of the state in the vaults and as investment for more difficult times.
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You satisfied my query regarding your concerns when you posted:
“Those bible books are filled with crazy shit.”–Monkeyah
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Wine making in Egypt was apparently quite advanced in the third millennium BC.
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Fear not, one day I’ll be dead. Until then I’ll listen to the Gospel of Emo.
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Yeah… not funny, actually. I’ve known plenty enough Muslim women and they have plenty of opinions, actually.
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Obviously you don’t get the joke. “Reflective” is one of the words in the title.
I guess you think women are respected as equals and their opinions are valued in the religion of Islam.
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Actually, yeah, in some cases they are. I’ve known Muslim men who are sexist, and those who respect women and actually care about their liberation. Islam is no better or worse than any other religion. And at this point, pretty much all Muslims are considered suspect in the west and I’m not willing to let that slide.
Honestly I care less about some all encompassing condemnation and more about how actual living individuals exist in the world. That is literally the ONLY thing that matters, with regards to other human beings, at least to me. We all live within systems we can’t break out of and that we must make the best of. I’m not wiling to abandon my fellow human beings to ideology.
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You took the fun out of the post. You certainly have a right to your opinion.
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not funny.
doubly not funny.
WTFF?
these are all beyond poor taste…
EDIT : removed the “jokes” as the original post got removed. Not gonna remove this reply as the jokes were not funny and as stated really really poor taste.
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Honestly, I don’t find the sort of bigotry regularly lobbed at my Muslim brothers and sisters particularly fun. Just like I don’t find anti-black jokes fun, or anti-woman jokes fun, or anti-anything of that variety fun. I prefer to punch up instead of punch down. As a white person in American, I attempt to be sensitive to the struggles my fellow human beings go through that I may not have to deal with and to not pile on at their time of need. I may not always get it right, but I want to attempt to do right by people who are oppressed in some way.
Thanks for getting rid of those jokes. I didn’t think they were funny, so I’m glad you took them off the BBS.
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Taslima Nasrin, (born August 25, 1962, Mymensingh, East Pakistan [now Bangladesh]) Bangladeshi feminist author who was forced out of her country because of her controversial writings, which many Muslims felt discredited Islam.
Taslima Nasrin Quotes on Religion
“Women are oppressed in the east, in the west, in the south, in the north. Women are oppressed inside, outside home, a woman is oppressed in religion, she is oppressed outside religion.”–Taslima Nasrin
“Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!”–Taslima Nasrin
“Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.”-- Taslima Nasrin
“Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.”–Taslima Nasrin
"I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they will have to live outside the religion and Islamic law.'-- Taslima Nasrin
“I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.”–Taslima Nasrin
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@khepra, the issue isn’t that many people here don’t agree that a great deal of harm continues to be done in the name of organized religion, but it is also the case that jokes about religion are often about the practitioners of the religion, who then become doubly victimized, especially when the joke is based on stereotypes (as is so often the case).
However, I for one am willing to give you some credit for trying to get a little more into the spirit of BB, by branching out from your narrow role as pitch-person for an insane false history cult and for Hillary Moshe Dayan Cannon Rodham Clinton.
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