Historical Mendacity
The Destruction of Pompeii. An evil soothsayer was going about in the city claiming that God was upset by the heresies and sins of the people. This pissed God off, so he sent a volcano. Its explosion blew the sanctimonious preacher into the sky. No one knows now what the evil soothsayer was seeking at that altitude.
The Corruption of Alexander. The Macedonian cried out that he was deeply saddened that he had no more world's to conquer. God sympathized and sent the fair-haired boy to tame the devils in hell. He's still working at it.
The Visit of the Magi. Three wise guys out of the east heard there was a new roller coaster in Bethlehem. They were right.
Who Wrote the Plays of "Shakespeare"? It was either a man named Shakespeare or someone pretending to be a man named Shakespeare. On the other hand . . . .
Who Wrote "Das Kapital"? Karl Marx, with an assist from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
And the rest is history.
The Corruption of Alexander. The Macedonian cried out that he was deeply saddened that he had no more world's to conquer. God sympathized and sent the fair-haired boy to tame the devils in hell. He's still working at it.
The Visit of the Magi. Three wise guys out of the east heard there was a new roller coaster in Bethlehem. They were right.
Who Wrote the Plays of "Shakespeare"? It was either a man named Shakespeare or someone pretending to be a man named Shakespeare. On the other hand . . . .
Who Wrote "Das Kapital"? Karl Marx, with an assist from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
And the rest is history.
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