On Jan 29, 2009, at 12:48 PM, Dwayne Monroe wrote:
> I'm surprised, and somewhat disappointed, that no one (including Goff,
> it seems -- I searched his site) mentioned Zizek's extensive work on
> the topic of Christianity as a revolutionary force.
Considering that [Pauline] Christianity was invented by a Roman police agent and grew among the Roman elite into the dominant--and exclusive-- ideology of the Empire's rulers, I see no reason why nonsense about "Christianity as a revolutionary force" should receive any attention at all. Every revolution that allowed itself to become contaminated by Christianity has failed, in large part for that very reason (cf. Robespierre's violent repression of the "deChristianizers" and Cromwell's of the Diggers).
Shane Mage
> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>
> Herakleitos of Ephesos