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The Madcap

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34. It's mostly an allegory about the situation in Rome, etc., in the 1st Century CE

Reply to yardwork (Reply #21)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 01:30 PM

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But most seem to take it as a prediction valid 2000 years later.

The result will not be what they want. You can't force the hand of God.

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