What is one thing you would change about history?

I would have postponed the creation of Israel until a consensus was agreed between the Jews and Arabs living in the region. Theres a lot of evidence the Truman administration pressured the UK to pull out too soon. In the series "End of Empire" theres an episode on Palestine about this. The US leveraged the UKs near bankruptcy to pressure them to immediately allow hundreds of thousands of Jewish settlers to move in, and to pull out their troops. When the British warned this would lead to war, the US was unmoved. Truman was facing a close election in 1948.

Um not to start an argument but Christianity allows slavery. And slavery under christianity was worse than Roman pagan times.

Compare the african slave trade of europeans to slavery in roman times its kind of clear.

biblical authors seem to condone slavery, and the ancient Israelites and Christians both practiced slavery ranging from chattel slavery to sex slavery.

There are at least seven passages in the Bible where God is depicted as directly permitting or endorsing slavery.

2 in the old testament and 5 in the new testament.

Owning slaves was seen as a sign of God’s blessing

Here is one passage from the new testament

Ephesians 6:5

5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect[a] and trembling, in singleness of heart, as you obey Christ

I am not saying that either. I am saying parts of Christianity are evil. In fact Judaism and Islam have the same issues with slavery.

Sikhism on the other hand strictly forbids slavery.

Religion has evolved WITH man's morality and in fact very often morality has had to rebel against religion to course correct.

I mean what is zionism if not religion?

Don't worry AI doesnt wish to talk to us for the same reason aliens dont visit we don't have the bandwidth.

Getting away from the religion thing I wonder how Ireland and the world would have turned out if the famine never happened?

• Ireland would have a population of around 20m.
• Irish independence would have been years further away if at all.
• Without Irish immigration would the States have grown as fast?
• If the Irish were conscripted during WW1 would the war have ended sooner?

There are a few more what if's as well but they are a few I wonder about.

I used immigration as I was speaking of the impact of Irish immigrants to American culture. How different would the likes of Boston or New York have been without their large Irish contingent. Would the Kennedys have ever travelled to America let alone become a political dynasty? Large numbers of arriving Irish fought in the American-Mexican war for America (apart from the San Patricios) which could have altered the American border.

Would have been great if the Romans had spent more time here 2000 years ago. Building straight roads, roman baths, viaducts, and amphitheaters … like wot they did in Britain.

I'm not sure where the evidence is that it was not as bad in Roman times. Thousands were crucified after the Spartacan revolt.

There was also the Islamic slave trade and slave trade by African rulers themselves.

By the time of Christianisation, Roman slavery still existed but was being superseded by the Colonnate. Tenant farmers (Coloni) who had previously been free were now tied to the estate in Diocletian's tax reforms to maximise poll-taxes and agricultural production. This is seen as the origin of Medieval serfdom.

There were some improvements in the conditions of slaves in the Christian Roman period. The Church opposed breaking up families and supported recognising slave marriages. Constantine gave bishops the power to manumit (free) slaves. But there was a hypocrisy because the Church was one of the largest slaveowners.

Around the 14th century, slavery in European France was banned by Louis X. Norman England banned it in William I or II's reign. However, being sentenced to galley slavery could be a punishment for crimes in the 17th century.

Christianity and a lot of other major religions are very conflicted. I remember someone saying that if you followed the bible exactly you'd have to have multiple personalities. You'd be both the nicest person in the world and an absolute sociopath/psychopath at the same time.

I think that's part of the reason why they're popular. They allow people to be the people they want to be. You will find people on both sides of an argument citing the Bible or Koran or Torah.