Pavlovs Gods
Reprint of an article originally published in New Dawn Magazine #95, expanded and revised. A fascinating survey of brainwashing and trauma in primitive Christianity, touching upon a number of shocking and exotic themes!
Martyrs
"The more you mow us down, the more quickly we grow; the blood of Christians is seed." – Tertullian, Apologeticus, saying 197, 197 A.D.
"It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his harvest." – Oscar Wilde
Martyrs II
"The people who have really made history are the martyrs." – Aleister Crowley
"No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not quite beheaded. Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exacerbates it." – E. M. Cioran
"Those [...]
Sin
"The sinning is the best part of repentance." – Arabian Proverb
"Tis a good, loving act to be a sinner, for a sinner is the true savior of mankind." – T.F. Powys
"Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?" – Jules Feiffer
"If [...]
