As in science, secular historians tend to ignore and trash Biblical accounts, even though archaeological finds frequently embarrass them and prove them wrong. Today I'm aiming more at some implications of secular accounts of history, and going beyond history I'm looking at the border between mythology and actual realities of the past. Listening to two … Continue reading Babylon, The Bible and the BBC
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BABYLON, BRUSSELS, EUROPA AND UTOPIA
There's a relationship between these names: a common thread relevant to our times and the world we all live in... An EU Council poster. Note the caption: "MANY TONGUES, ONE VOICE" Since President Obama pushed open the floodgates for immigrants into the US, erasing the legal/illegal distinction, and instructing border security to "stand down" and … Continue reading BABYLON, BRUSSELS, EUROPA AND UTOPIA
WHO OR WHAT IS “BABYLON THE GREAT”? Part 1
Revelation is possibly as rich in imagery as any book ever written, but I don't agree that it's impossible to unravel all those word-pictures. Here's the result of my own on-going study of the mysterious "Mystery Babylon" of Revelation, in three or four parts... (Lower Manhattan, with the One World Trade Center) Photo: King of Hearts / Wikimedia Commons … Continue reading WHO OR WHAT IS “BABYLON THE GREAT”? Part 1



