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To: tacticalogic
17th/18th century England was closer to a theocracy than Israel. The government operated under a doctrine of "divine right of Kings",

The "divine right of Kings", was a French innovation introduced by the Stuarts. It ended in 1689.

156 posted on 07/31/2008 10:51:14 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy
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To: Oztrich Boy
The "divine right of Kings", was a French innovation"

Nah, it goes back to ancient Egypt. Pharoah was actually equated with god.

164 posted on 07/31/2008 11:27:34 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Jimmy Carter is the skidmark in the panties of American History)
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