Antoun,

It might not have been a huge step, but the larger the crowd, the lower the common denominator.

Then that the basic theme was co-opted and overwritten by the Catholic Church, to use as a political cudgel, doesn't say much for the evolution of civilization.

The Zionists seem determined to strip away any pretense of it being anything more than primal tribalism.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.