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ISIS Burns 8000 Rare Books and Manuscripts in Mosul
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RE: ISIS Burns 8000 Rare Books and Manuscripts in Mosul
February 26, 2015 at 12:24 am (This post was last modified: February 26, 2015 at 12:25 am by Anomalocaris.)
(February 26, 2015 at 12:02 am)Minimalist Wrote: They only burned what the jesus freaks missed when Theodosius had the pagan temples - including the Serapeum - destroyed in 391, according to Socrates of Constantinople.

It is hard to imagine that under xtian rule the stock of books of anything other than jesus freak bullshit rebounded in time for the muslims to burn anything of value.


Ah, if it was indeed several millions of copies of the bible that fueled the furnace of the baths of Alexandria, then I have to credit muhammudans not only with greater cleanliness, but good judgement and sustainable energy use as well.
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RE: ISIS Burns 8000 Rare Books and Manuscripts in Mosul - by Anomalocaris - February 26, 2015 at 12:24 am

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