by Porphyry of Tyre
Throughout its first three centuries, the growing Christian religion was subjected not only to official persecution but to the attacks of pagan intellectuals, who looked upon the new sect as a band of fanatics bent on worldwide domination...Prominent among these pagan critics was Porphyry of Tyre (ca. 232-ca. 305 C.E.)...His book Against the Christians (Kata Christianon), was condemned to be burned by the imperial Church in 448. It survives only in fragments...
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PRECINCTS, June 9
Though Bible tales — floods, apples, whales —
were cribbed from texts aboriginal
(including the sin where we come in!),
still Christians insist they're original.
were cribbed from texts aboriginal
(including the sin where we come in!),
still Christians insist they're original.
When they became the center of learning,
Christians naturally turned to book burning,
preferring performing unending encores,
playing the part of the persecutors.
Empowered, religions abjure absolution,
playing the part of the persecutors.
Empowered, religions abjure absolution,
they prefer payback and persecution.
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