RE: Irene of Athens: the Christian Byzantine Empress who gouged her own son's eyes.
December 31, 2021 at 9:22 am
(This post was last modified: December 31, 2021 at 9:23 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(December 30, 2021 at 4:53 am)WinterHold Wrote:(December 29, 2021 at 4:54 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: You don't worship a god, Winter, you worship a book written by a warlord to service his own ends and claims - long since dead. If that god came down and told you everything in the book was full of shit, you'd crucify him, like a common christian, I guess.
Yes yes, but Christian heathens like Irene of Athens were gouging out the eyes of their own sons.
You're aware of what your own favorite warlord did to get ahold of and hold on to power, correct? I just don't see how this is so notable or surprising in it's own right. People who want to rule tend to do terrible shit.
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