>Nothing seems to make any sense at all - and that is why I'm putting the books aside for awhile and trying to clear other 20th century views from my head. We know nothing for certain do we?<

Sounds like you're about to do a FourWinds exit on us there Peter ;-) Hang on matey, it'll all make some kind of sense one day - and even if it doesn't a mystery or two makes the world go around ;-)

Look forward to arguing the toss with you over cursuses though - not enough work has been done on those :-)