The Thirty Years War was bracketed by the Time of Troubles in Russia, and The Deluge in Poland/Lithuania, which cost millions of lives. Add in the violence in the British Isles, and the wars between … (View Post)

At the same time, we get the blame for permitting Jews to emigrate there. (View Post)

It's "Imagine" as a manifesto. If I want moral lessons, they certainly won't be coming from John Lennon. (View Post)

She-bears devouring children for mocking Elijah's baldness and whacking Babylonian babies' heads off cliffs is simply a lot more fun. (View Post)

Evangelicals know that he is a pagan. But, they see him as King David, Cyrus, or Constantine, a pagan who is prepared to favour the righteous. (View Post)