It’s hard to say that the Jews really existed, as a people/religion, prior to the Babylonian captivity. Prior to that, I’d say they were a number of mostly pagan Canaanite tribes (and even within the… (View Post)

Well, I think it’s rubbish, but you can go to Glastonbury, Totnes, Stroud etc. and find people who think magic, and pacts with the devil *work.* They likely think that (a) 99% of people are hell boun… (View Post)

I find that more of a manufactured religiosity. Similar to the way in 1950's Scotland or Northern Ireland, people would go to work on Christmas Day, to show that they were not pagans. (View Post)

Yes, I agree. I've just returned from Naples. Everywhere, you see little shrines, where people burn candles and lay flowers. (View Post)

The West is the outlier, both currently, and historically. To most people worldwide, Christ and His Saints, Ganesh, Allah, Lord Buddah, are as real as members of their own families, as they were thro… (View Post)