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twistingsnake's review
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Where there is terror, there is salvation.
A ceaseless march of historical grief. The bodies of civilizations long past writhing under the unrelenting terror of Christianity. Nixey’s writing takes you through the boneyards of philosophers and the rubble of temples. It’s inglorious and devastating.
I was raised as a fundamentalist Christian but became a self identified pagan soon-after. I never really drank the kool-aid spiritually but the indoctrination did work well enough on me that much of this shocked me. History is written by the victors and you would never see Christian historians describing their cruel and brutal takeover of the west as anything but a triumph. It’s heartbreaking realizing how much of history has been disfigured by such an over-zealous faith.
A difficult but important read. We deserve to know how much history was lost at the hands of the spiteful and how their spiritual fascism is alive and well today.
A ceaseless march of historical grief. The bodies of civilizations long past writhing under the unrelenting terror of Christianity. Nixey’s writing takes you through the boneyards of philosophers and the rubble of temples. It’s inglorious and devastating.
I was raised as a fundamentalist Christian but became a self identified pagan soon-after. I never really drank the kool-aid spiritually but the indoctrination did work well enough on me that much of this shocked me. History is written by the victors and you would never see Christian historians describing their cruel and brutal takeover of the west as anything but a triumph. It’s heartbreaking realizing how much of history has been disfigured by such an over-zealous faith.
A difficult but important read. We deserve to know how much history was lost at the hands of the spiteful and how their spiritual fascism is alive and well today.
illumina3's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting, although it felt more like a connected series of essays, with occasional repetition across them. An engaging read nevertheless.
annacrouse's review against another edition
5.0
Great book for learning about the destruction that Christianity brought on Paganism. Very educational and all "biased" information is supported using evidence. Excellent for talking about Hypatia and her tragic death.
shannonscotteditorauthor's review
5.0
Man, I knew Christianity had a sordid past, but I had no idea it was THIS sordid. As a bibliophile and devourer of knowledge, the idea that a single religion could so negatively affect the history and culture of an entire empire - and the world at large - is beyond disturbing. And I'm STILL mad about the Library of Alexandria.
laurensm_th's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.5
Made me more of an atheist than I was before