“SAINT PAUL — We can never punish him enough for making Christianity impolite,
for saddling it with the nastiest traditions of the Old Testament: intolerance,
brutality, provincialism.
How indiscreetly he meddles in matters which are none of his business and of
which he has no understanding at all.
His remarks on virginity, abstinence, and marriage are nothing short of
disgusting.
Accountable for our religious and ethical prejudices, he has determined the
norms of our stupidity and multiplied those restrictions which still paralyze
our instincts.”
— Emil Cioran
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