"Violation of the Christian law of non-resistance is the source of all misery in the Christian world. This is because, without the law of non-resistance, Christianity is not a religion, but only a crude simulacrum of religion (and people cannot and have never lived without religion). This simulacrum of religion, with icons, communion, baptism, priests, is the grossest and, moreover, can be destroyed from within by the very Gospel it recognizes.
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Violation of the Christian law of non-resistance is the source of all misery in the Christian world. This is because, without the law of non-resistance, Christianity is not a religion, but only a crude simulacrum of religion (and people cannot and have never lived without religion). This simulacrum of religion, with icons, communion, baptism, priests, is the grossest and, moreover, can be destroyed from within by the very Gospel it recognizes.
""Încălcarea legii creștine a neîmpotrivirii e sursa tuturor nenorocirilor din lumea creștină. Asta fiindca, fără legea neîmpotrivirii, creștinismul nu e religie, ci doar un simulacru grosolan de religie (iar oamenii nu pot trăi și n-au trăit niciodată fără religie). Acest simulacru de religie, cu icoane, împărtășanie, botez, preoți, e cel mai grosolan și, în plus, poate fi distrus din interior chiar de Evanghelia pe care o recunoaște."