1930s: “Jews go BACK to Palestine!!!!!!”

2000s: “Jews get out of Palestine!!!!”

No way to win.

The OP wasn’t saying pushing someone to commit murder was debunking magic she was challenging the assertion that the presenter was dabbling in pseudo science.

Dr. Bart Ehrman actually just released a book about the thing you are interested in. He writes pretty accessible popular history about early Christianity. Dr. Kenneth Harl also does a really good lecture series about this topic too. Also, the first half of Diarmaid MacCulloch’s book might interest you. Elaine Pagels…

The whole saga of the Israelite kings is very Game of Thrones-y. I am still sad that we never got any more seasons of Kings on NBC.

As a Jew, I am always a little perplexed at how Christians view our stories. My reaction is often “Interesting. Not what we were going for there, but you do you I guess.”

For example, many people are surprised to discover that the whole concept of “Original Sin” from the garden of Eden story is not and was never part…

Semites are Caucasian actually, but I take your point.

I am clapping for you in front of my computer. This is what actually being an ally is. People who are not gay simply just need to remove themselves from this conversation.

I would never sashay into any given group of black people and give them my unsolicited opinion about the use of the n-word within the black…

God forbid people actually read the article.

No, you’re actually NOT an ally. Coming down into a comments section trying to police and gatekeep the way we refer to each other in our own community is not “ally” behavior. It’s the default position of what straight people have been doing to us for centuries.

Why can’t you just accept that this isn’t your hill to…

How do you function in the world being this breakable? If you’re getting physically ill from seeing a nasty word (that many people in our own community use) then you need psychiatric help.

Which no one here actually did, but that’s not going to stop you from using this as a springboard for an ax that you have to grind with gay men.

The Nazis’ problem was with gay men specifically. Lesbians were not seen as a social threat.

So Norton would be in the clear I guess.

Obviously, we don’t have exact numbers but based on the written sources/records we have they demonstrate the opposite was probably true. Paganism was still pervasive and indeed the practice of the majority of people in the empire as experts like Kenneth Harl and Scott Bradbury have demonstrated in their scholarship.…

Julian’s Paganism was definitely more of a “Make Rome Great Again” and revitalize the Classical ethos (not that he would have called it that) type thing. It was much more than just religion, it was about the overall culture. He even wanted to re-establish the Temple in Jerusalem for the Jews. Interesting to think what…

Even during the zenith of Roman power, the East (what would become the Byzantine Empire) was still where all the money and political power came from and the West was kinda always the short end of the stick. The East was where all the people were. What made it lucrative about the West was the fact that it was…

Love this period and anything Eastern Empire. So cool write up.

FYI, no reputable historians use “dark ages” anymore, mainly because it wasn’t a real thing and moreso a value judgment of Renaissance-era thinkers who were obsessed with all the good parts of the classical world but conveniently forgot all the horrible…

But not in the way I wanted :(

Bryce Dallas Howard actually made a song called “I am Not Jessica Chastain.” It’s fun.

Oh, I’ve seen this. It’s hilarious. My point remains. I still don’t think it’s aesthetically pleasing and I don’t see how this style of fighting enhances or makes what is on screen more substantive or compelling.

Also, it’s not actually “Kendo” fighting in these movies, it’s the “base ingredient” stylized and…

YEP! And it looks exactly like that too.