It seems to me that Belacqua has rather been influenced by Joseph Campbell when it comes to religion/ christianity
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And there are kinds of Christians who consider themselves to be Campbellian Christians, like Russell Brand is one.
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And there are kinds of Christians who consider themselves to be Campbellian Christians, like Russell Brand is one.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"