Curt Doolittle

Category: Religion, Myth, and Theology

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    Source date (UTC): 2018-07-07 12:25:00 UTC

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    Source date (UTC): 2018-07-07 12:25:00 UTC

  • (The answer is no. Which is not the answer I would have given a few years ago.Th

    (The answer is no. Which is not the answer I would have given a few years ago.The Abrahamic supernatural religions, like their 19th and 20th century pseudoscientific reincarnations,were near identical means of destroying the ancient world civilizations, and the modern (current).)

    Source date (UTC): 2018-07-06 23:51:54 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1015382866170171392

    Reply addressees: @SRCHicks

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1015252519310639104

    IN REPLY TO:

    @SRCHicks

    “Are Reason and Faith Compatible?” republished at Church and State https://t.co/1WjOpx9VL4 My “Are Reason and Faith Compatible?” is now republished at Britain’s Church and State site:

    “Suppose we grant, for the sake of argument, that evidence and logic make it 80 percent l… https://t.co/19q2SOaxuW

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  • Curt Doolittle updated his status. —“In Harran, the locals refused to convert.

    Curt Doolittle updated his status.

    —“In Harran, the locals refused to convert. They were dismembered, their limbs hung along the town’s main street. In Alexandria, zealots pulled the elderly philosopher-mathematician Hypatia from her chariot and flayed her to death with shards of broken pottery. Not long before, their fellow Christians had invaded the city’s greatest temple and razed it—smashing its world-famous statues and destroying all that was left of Alexandria’s Great Library.

    Today, we refer to Christianity’s conquest of the West as a “triumph.” But this victory entailed an orgy of destruction in which Jesus’s followers attacked and suppressed classical culture, helping to pitch Western civilization into a thousand-year-long decline. Just one percent of Latin literature would survive the purge; countless antiquities, artworks, and ancient traditions were lost forever.

    As Catherine Nixey reveals, evidence of early Christians’ campaign of terror has been hiding in plain sight: in the palimpsests and shattered statues proudly displayed in churches and museums the world over. In The Darkening Age, Nixey resurrects this lost history, offering a wrenching account of the rise of Christianity and its terrible cost.”—

    Source date (UTC): 2018-07-06 20:36:10 UTC

  • CHRISTIAN DESTRUCTION OF THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA —“There was no “library” as

    CHRISTIAN DESTRUCTION OF THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA

    —“There was no “library” as a separate institution or structure. It was always an inseparable part of the overall Museum. Secondly, the Museum was in no sense a secular institution. It was truly a temple to the Muses, and Holy Wisdom, with sacred functions. Even under Roman control it continued to be administered by a priest. Finally, it would seem that the Romans had nothing to do with the burning of the Museum, indeed there was no damage during the Roman conquest. The greatest damage is shown to have been done in late antiquity at the hands of Christian fanatics- like so many similar cases of the mindless destruction of our classical heritage.”—

    Source date (UTC): 2018-07-06 19:27:00 UTC

  • “In Harran, the locals refused to convert. They were dismembered, their limbs hu

    —“In Harran, the locals refused to convert. They were dismembered, their limbs hung along the town’s main street. In Alexandria, zealots pulled the elderly philosopher-mathematician Hypatia from her chariot and flayed her to death with shards of broken pottery. Not long before, their fellow Christians had invaded the city’s greatest temple and razed it—smashing its world-famous statues and destroying all that was left of Alexandria’s Great Library.

    Today, we refer to Christianity’s conquest of the West as a “triumph.” But this victory entailed an orgy of destruction in which Jesus’s followers attacked and suppressed classical culture, helping to pitch Western civilization into a thousand-year-long decline. Just one percent of Latin literature would survive the purge; countless antiquities, artworks, and ancient traditions were lost forever.

    As Catherine Nixey reveals, evidence of early Christians’ campaign of terror has been hiding in plain sight: in the palimpsests and shattered statues proudly displayed in churches and museums the world over. In The Darkening Age, Nixey resurrects this lost history, offering a wrenching account of the rise of Christianity and its terrible cost.”—

    Source date (UTC): 2018-07-06 16:36:00 UTC

  • Religion Is a Poor Substitute for The Hunt

    All religion is poor substitute for the initiatic brotherhood of warriors, their hunt, the feast that results, and the thanks of all for it. There is no greater promise than the oath. No greater mindfulness than the hunt. No greater bond than the with those with whom we fight and kill. No greater thrill than winning (Killing). No greater social experience than the feast. No greater thanks than for the feast. Pity the weak their substitutes.

  • Religion Is a Poor Substitute for The Hunt

    All religion is poor substitute for the initiatic brotherhood of warriors, their hunt, the feast that results, and the thanks of all for it. There is no greater promise than the oath. No greater mindfulness than the hunt. No greater bond than the with those with whom we fight and kill. No greater thrill than winning (Killing). No greater social experience than the feast. No greater thanks than for the feast. Pity the weak their substitutes.

  • Lies are information products like any other market product

    The utility of a lie is determined by the desirability of its repetition. Lies are information products like any other market product. Monotheistic religions are the biggest most successful lies of all for the simple reason that people desire them. Not because they are true, or useful, or good. The demand for sedating foods, alcohol, drugs, and self induced sedation through ritual and lying is demonstrably higher than the demand for truth.

  • Lies are information products like any other market product

    The utility of a lie is determined by the desirability of its repetition. Lies are information products like any other market product. Monotheistic religions are the biggest most successful lies of all for the simple reason that people desire them. Not because they are true, or useful, or good. The demand for sedating foods, alcohol, drugs, and self induced sedation through ritual and lying is demonstrably higher than the demand for truth.