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Lying, or not wanting to see as one sees, is a trait of those who are devoted to a party or faction.

Lying is utilized by all priests, whether pagan, Jewish, or Christian.

"... he right to lie and the shrewdness of a ' revelation ' ( Offenbarung ) pertains to the priestly type ... The ' Law ,' the ' will of God ,' the ' sacred book ,' ' inspiration ' — all merely words for the conditions under which the priest comes to power, by which he maintains his power ...

" Christianity's lies are not holy.

They serve ... bad ends: the poisoning, slandering, denying of life, contempt for the body, the denigration and self – violation of man through the concept of sin ...

" Unlike the Jewish / Christian Bible, the Hindu Law – Book of Manu lies for a good purpose.

"... t is the means by which the noble orders, the philosophers and warriors, keep the mob under control ...

" It affirms life, well – being, and happiness.

The purpose of the Christian Holy Lie is bad because it "... is born of weakness, of envy, of revenge.

" Christianity lied about guilt, punishment, and immortality in order to destroy Imperial Rome, an organization that was designed to promote life.

Paul realized that "... with the symbol ' God on the Cross ' one could sum up everything down – trodden, everything in secret revolt, the entire heritage of anarchist agitation in the Roman empire, into a tremendous power.

" His vision on the road to Damascus was "... that to deprive ' the world ' of value he needed the belief in immortality, that the concept ' Hell ' will master even Rome — that with the ' Beyond ' one kills life ... Nihilist and Christian ( Nihilist und Christ ): they rhyme, and do not merely rhyme ...