The Spear of Destiny?

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1. GiGi
   

   The Holy Lance (also known as the Spear of Destiny, Holy Spear, Lance of Longinus, Spear of Longinus or Spear of Christ) is the name given to the lance that pierced Jesus's side in John's account of the crucifixion of Jesus.
   
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   Everyone knows that Jesus was pierced in the side with
   a Spear of some sort.  It is usually assumed that it was
   just an ordinary Roman soldier's spear that just happened
   to be available at the time.  Later, it passes into many
   hands, arriving--supposedly--into Hitler's possession at
   the start of the Second World War.  Near the end of that
   war, the story goes, General Patton discovers the Spear in
   a bunker under Nuremberg, realizes what it is, and at that
   very moment, Hitler commits suicide and the U.S. succeeds
   Germany as the new World Power...because it now holds the
   Spear.
   
      Well, not so fast...  That Spear--seen above--has been
   kept in Vienna, Austria, where Hitler obtained it back in
   1938, since shortly after the War.  Is Austria now a World
   Power?  It used to be--before the First World War, but no
   longer.  But, of course, some people insist that Austria's
   Hapsburg family secretly runs the world from behind their
   gilded walls in Vienna.
   
      Maybe. But not very effectively.  The fact is, this may
   not be the true Spear.  It could be one of several copies
   made at various times throughout the centuries.  The real
   Spear--if the legend of it always being in the possession
   of the current ruling World Power were true--ought to be
   in the United States, for the U.S. has emerged as the very
   greatest World Power in modern history.  And what about
   Judea?  The Spear was in Jerusalem for centuries and it
   does not appear to have made the Jewish people dominant
   in the ancient world.  In fact, they were overrun by just
   about every one of their neighbors.  Come to think of it,
   n**i Germany was also conquered when it had the Spear.  So
   was Austria in 1938 and again when the Spear was returned
   after the war. It may be that having this Spear is a way
   to get your nation conquered by its neighbors...

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