Hamas is finished, pretty much. Making Gaza completely uninhabitable, to get its last members at large, is not proportionate. The war is being prolonged to save Netanyahu’s career. (View Post)

If it were not for the work of Mendel, evolutionary theory might well be considered bollocks today. But, Mendel and his successors more or less nailed how it worked. (View Post)

As per my last post, people like Catherine Nixey simply refuse to believe that upper class pagans were absolutely sincere in their religious beliefs. They were not honorary atheists, or sceptics. Had… (View Post)

No. It was all about showing your commitment to Christianity by *not* celebrating Christmas. (View Post)

A friend of mine had a father who ran a factory in Wigtown in the Fifties. Employees made a point of working on Christmas Day to show they weren't celebrating a pagan festival. (View Post)