Oct 13, 2008
Religion, opium for the people. To those suffering pain, humiliation, illness, and serfdom, it promised a reward in an afterlife. And now we are witnessing a transformation. A true opium for the people is a belief in nothingness after death — the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, murders we are not going to be judged.
Czeslaw Milosz
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My name is Wesley Hill. I'm a Ph.D. candidate in New Testament studies at Durham University (UK).

I occasionally write for Duke Divinity School's "Call & Response" blog.

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My book is here: Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality.

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