The Sign of Immanuel - When Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, King Rezin of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel
If you focus on certain scriptures or stories, the Bible absolutely vindicates slavery, oppression of women, and cultural racism. However, the Bible also is full of pleas for love, compassion, mercy, charity, and serving your fellowman. It’s amazing that such a dichotomy of concepts are all...
The Marquis de Sade wrote his controversial work in 1785 on a scroll made from bits of parchment joined end to end. At the time — the last days of the ancien regime — he was imprisoned in a cell in the Liberty Tower of the Bastille. The resulting manuscript is39 feet (11.9 metres)...