Origen of the species (was: Re: New List Members)

From: Damien Broderick (damien@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Thu Jun 18 1998 - 06:09:09 MDT


At 10:53 PM 6/16/98 -0700, an apostate of the faith wrote:
 
>a certain
>early Christian theologian by the name of Origen was very highly regarded by
>most priests and bishops, including quite a few who were later named saints;
>afterward, his teachings and his very name were blasphemy

Ah yes, a great man and deep thinker - literally hacked off his own
genitals (for the love of God, natch). Christianity'd have been far better
off with him at the helm. Um, now that I think about it--

Damien Broderick



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