tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post2160643147894674372..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Saint Peter the AleutRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-32448827039764558102013-08-07T10:21:11.728-07:002013-08-07T10:21:11.728-07:00I generally assume there's some sadomasochism ...I generally assume there's some sadomasochism going on in Christianity. We find out that a lot of the martyrdom at the hands of the Romans (who were generally more concerned that you joined the military to help them expand the empire than which gods you worshipped) was made up after the fact.<br /><br />And there was a local saint in France who was supposedly murdered by a Jewish gang for being Christian, which led to the king at the time leading a campaign against the Jews.<br /><br />The king incidentally owed a couple Jews a lot of money. He staged what we now call a "false flag" operation to have an excuse to kill his creditors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com