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The Barbarian Bible : The True History of Man Since the Fall of Troy
If The Barbarian Bible offends you, good! Ianto Watt isn't concerned with making friends or soothing bruised egos. Instead, Watt shares his unique and always controversial view of world history and what the future holds.
Through a combination of simple math, common sense, and liar's logic, Watt challenges established views of world history, proving the modern world is heading for a repeat of the fall of Troy, and what such an event will mean for humanity.
In Watt's world view, four groups dominated the last two thousand Imperial Rome (now represented by the United States), Holy Rome, The Chosen Ones, and the Barbarians. Each group is fundamentally opposed to the other three, forming uneasy alliances only to strike at (and betray) each other. Just to make it interesting, each group also has a major impostor.
Watt's arguments are likely to offend many in the English-speaking world, the seat of modern Imperial Rome. At the same time, he aims his iconoclastic sarcasm at all four world groups (and their impostors), making scathing commentaries on religion, politics, culture, and social assumptions. Controversial, offensive, and revolutionary, Watt's opinions generate heated debate in all who read them.
Through a combination of simple math, common sense, and liar's logic, Watt challenges established views of world history, proving the modern world is heading for a repeat of the fall of Troy, and what such an event will mean for humanity.
In Watt's world view, four groups dominated the last two thousand Imperial Rome (now represented by the United States), Holy Rome, The Chosen Ones, and the Barbarians. Each group is fundamentally opposed to the other three, forming uneasy alliances only to strike at (and betray) each other. Just to make it interesting, each group also has a major impostor.
Watt's arguments are likely to offend many in the English-speaking world, the seat of modern Imperial Rome. At the same time, he aims his iconoclastic sarcasm at all four world groups (and their impostors), making scathing commentaries on religion, politics, culture, and social assumptions. Controversial, offensive, and revolutionary, Watt's opinions generate heated debate in all who read them.
542 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 19, 2013
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February 14, 2018
Great read!
Enjoyed the parallels with ancient history and its Saints, sinners and of course gods! Would recommend to any Christian parent.
Enjoyed the parallels with ancient history and its Saints, sinners and of course gods! Would recommend to any Christian parent.
November 14, 2019
An awakening
A sweeping history of control, betrayal, tragedy and finally freedom. We’re all operating under assumptions; the question is which operating system are you working under?
Oh, and never forget: either you eat the God or the gods eat you.
A sweeping history of control, betrayal, tragedy and finally freedom. We’re all operating under assumptions; the question is which operating system are you working under?
Oh, and never forget: either you eat the God or the gods eat you.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews