Gore Vidal

"Which other major religion is based on the Godhead incarnate being whipped, tacked to a cross, stabbed? Only the Marquis de Sade could have made up a sicker religion. It's no wonder that those brought up in such a culture hate life and enjoy inflicting pain. All societies are sick but some are sicker than others. Christian societies are certainly the sickest."

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Source: Gore Vidal, Richard Peabody, Lucinda Ebersole (2005). “Conversations with Gore Vidal”, p.96, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

Writer, Essayist, Playwright

Gore Vidal was an American writer and public intellectual known for his provocative essays and novels, including 'Myra Breckinridge'.

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