& we’re stuck making podcasts & books, vainly trying to convince dopey & dishonest RWers that REM is real, instead of bringing AIM into the world. How I wish Myth to Power had existed when I was 20. & how irritated I am that I had to figure it out. A race of analysts will not do.
@walterBLACKPILL He clearly had some latent psychosexual fear associated w/ Christianity (childhood dreams about penis representing Christ, fear of priests etc). His way of overcoming these insecurities seems to have been by "conquering" Christ as symbol by repressing him inside his own framework
Praxis is building a new city in Uruguay.
Construction has begun. Residents move in 2027.
Thank you for joining us for the beginning of our long journey. More in @NYTimes.
Cicero On the Nature of the Gods.
"our ancestors separated superstition from religion."
"Those who spent whole days praying and sacrificing so that their children might survive them were called superstitious."
"groundless/futile fear of the gods."
"Thus, in the words 'superstitious' and 'religious,' one became a term of blame and the other a term of praise."
"For it was not philosophers alone, but also our ancestors, who separated superstition from religion."
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Tacitus AD115
"a destructive/mischievous superstition." commenting on Nero's persecution of Christians
Suetonius AD120
"Punishment was inflicted on the Christians, a class of people given to a new and mischievous superstition."
Pliny the Younger AD113
"I found nothing else but a depraved, excessive superstition." comments to roman governor on Christian minority