J-M's History Corner

If you're a superhero fan (like myself), you've undoubtedly heard of the multiverse . It's basically the belief that there are multiple parallel universes that may or may not be like our own, and is regularly employed in comic books (especially superhero ones - such as Marvel and DC). But could it be real? A popular opinion spread by physicists in recent years has been that it is real.  That ours is just one of potentially innumerable realities. However, they have yet to prove it.  The most they can offer is circumstantial evidence that just doesn't sell it for me - usually based on the assumption that the Big Bang is true (it's not), or evidence that the universe is larger than we've observed (what's new?); some even try to use it as a cop-out to get rid of God.  Yes, that's right: they think that if there are multiple parallel realities of differing planes of existence, effectively separated by a spiritual barrier, it will prove there is no God/we ...

Ah, werewolves.  Popular trope in horror movies and novels.  Usually portrayed as a human who transforms into a humanoid wolf (or as a human-wolf hybrid).  Sometimes the condition (known as lycanthropy) is genetic and hereditary, sometimes it’s the result of a werewolf bite, sometimes the result of a curse.  It’s often (but not necessarily) related to the full moon.   https://youtu.be/TKIbuXsN2F4   https://youtu.be/myjd4uoq6dY https://youtu.be/kzZcDHHNINk However, these nightmarish beasts are not limited to the world of fiction; they are a legendary creature, seen and encountered by many people up until the present day. What are they?  Some are Nephilim – the hybrid products of fallen angels mixing with humans and animals (and possibly humans with animals) in centuries and millennia past.  Others are demonically possessed humans, at least some of which got into “the dark arts”, to borrow Harry Potter ‘s term for ...