(June 21, 2015 at 11:03 am)Rhythm Wrote: Indeed I am, the subject of yet another of the many stunning failures of prophecy contained within the "word of god". I don't know that I'd call him a "biblical" god...but he certainly must have thought highly of himself when he assumed the title Epiphanes, eh? The almighty never -did- get around to miraculously destroying the man, in any case. He got sick and died while blissfully looting Persian temples before Yahweh could swing the axe, and the Messianic Kingdom never came to pass.
A very large percentage of ruler and politicians have been lunatics throughout history. The rulers in the Bible were genuine nuts. There wasn't a sane one in the bunch.