A book review of – THE DARKENING AGE The Christian Destruction of the Classical World By Catherine Nixey
Actions were extreme because paganism was considered not just a psychological but a physical miasma. Christianity appeared on a planet that had been, for at least 70,000 years, animist. (Asking the women and men of antiquity whether they believed in spirits, nymphs, djinns would have been as odd as asking them whether they believed in the sea.) But for Christians, the food that pagans produced, the bathwater they washed in, their very breaths were thought to be infected by demons. Pollution was said to make its way into the lungs of bystanders during animal sacrifice. And once Christianity became championed by Rome, one of the most militaristic civilizations the world has known, philosophical discussions on the nature of good and evil became martial instructions for purges and pugilism.
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Very interesting. I will read the whole thing later tonight.
A fascinating post. The book sounds to be definitely worth a read.
Sadly, they haven’t stopped.
Very interesting! I have actually thought about this. Now I’m curious to read more about it!