DYK medieval #Christians adopted a #Manichean god of evil—#Satan? He & his demons opposed Catholic teaching about #gender & #sexuality. Pagans, sexual nonconformists & witches were all heretics working w/him to bring down God & his kingdom. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HistSex

And #Manichean teachings, through #Augustine, dominate today's Christianity, which embraces its god of evil—the Devil, who opposes Catholic teaching, especially about gender & sexuality. #Pagans, #sexual #nonconformists & #witches are all #heretics who work w/him against good.

Augustine was #Manichean before he was Catholic. He held its belief in dualism: the physical world, including reproductive sex, was evil; only the spiritual world was good. He brought this teaching into Catholicism, anointing #Satan, the #Devil, equal to God as a moral force.

DYK #AugustineOfHippo brought #Manichean dualism to #Catholicism? It gave us #OriginalSin, the #Devil, & made #SexPlay & #coitus in & out of marriage a sin/crime in the #ChristianWorld for nearly 2,000 years. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #doctrine

DYK medieval #Christians turned a #Manichean spirit of evil into #Satan? He & his demons oppose Christian doctrine on #sexuality. All #pagans, sexual nonconformists & #witches are #heretics working w/him to bring down God’s Kingdom. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HistSex #QueerHistory

“You can't understand what's going on in the #world by being #manichean, 'for' or 'against'”
#HayaoMiyazaki

Isn't that #RobertKennedyJr ?

#vaccines

Betül Özbay Hocamıza çok çok tebrikler! Congratulations to Betül Özbay on her new book _The Paleographical Analysis of the #Manichean Script for Middle Iranian and Old Uyghur Texts_ : kriteryayinevi.com/urun/the-pal...