🏛️ Politics 2d ago · Pippa Bailey

I read Russell Brand’s unreadable new book, for my sins

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The cover of Russell Brand’s How to Become a Christian in 7 Days features a swarm of flies, corralled into the shape of the cross. It is a curious choice, given that in the Bible, flies are associated with death, decay and divine retribution. In Exodus they are the fourth plague sent by God to “consume” the Egyptians as punishment for enslaving the Israelites. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, Beelzebub, also known as the Lord of the Flies, is a major demon. Mostly, thanks to the use of this sym

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