[Perseverando]

Time for another great American (and world) history lesson from American Minute.

[Telepathic Intruder]

On a lighter note, no Palestinians were harmed.

[SubMareener]

We are 26 months into The Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, Chapter 12. It seems to cover the entire transition period to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and the start of His Millennial Kingdom. Folks, it’s all TRUE. Get right with Jesus, and buckle up!

[rightwingcrazy]

“According to historian Eusebius, Romans hunted down and killed all descendants of the royal line of David.”

That doesn’t seem right. Rome didn’t touch the exiled community established in Babylon, which maintained a line of “exilarchs” of Davidic descent for about 2 millennia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exilarch#Holders_of_the_office

I’ve met or heard of several people in my travels that have claimed descent from King David, at least one of whom claimed to have a documented family line.

[Steve_Seattle]

Regarding natural disasters, there are two primary competing interpretions:

1. The secular one, in which these disasters are viewed as Gaia's retaliation for our sins against the environment; and

2. The Christian one, in which they are God's punishment for widespread unrepented sins of idolatry, sexual abomination, and abortion.

Interesting note: Spell-check does not even recognize "unrepented" as a real word (it underlines it in red), but it knows who Beyoncé is, and even inserts the little diacritical mark above the final "e" in her name. A sign of the times.

[Hootowl]

“I will bless those who bless Israel and curse those who curse Israel.” I don’t think it’s an coincidence the Islamic world that hates Jews has been mired in barbarity for a thousand years, or that that England, which offered haven to Jews for centuries, became the most powerful empire on earth, or that the United States, which more recently succored Jews, emerged in the last century as a world power. As British attitudes toward Jews faded, likewise did their empire. As the U.S. attitude toward Israel wanes, it also trembles on the edge of ruin. I don’t think in either case this is by accident.

[EliRoom8]

good stuff — keep posting!