Original Sin: Sex, Drugs, and the Church

by David C.A. Hillman

ORIGINAL SIN is an investigation of sacred Christian mysteries of antiquity to show the historic link between the use of drugs and ritualized sex embedded in Western religion. ORIGINAL SIN is an investigation of the first acts of pedophilia within the Christian church. It is a book about the promotion and defense of child rape as a sacred Christian mystery. The West’s most venerated social, religious and political ideals stem from a cultural war waged against the human body. ORIGINAL SIN reveals the origin of this war. Using the influence of the first Christian Emperors, and the “moral authority” of their political organization, powerful bishops of the early Church promoted the performance of sacred “mysteries” in which young children were starved, drugged, and sodomized. In ceremonies meant to test their “purity", exorcist priests victimized young children from the ranks of the orphans and homeless who populated the large cities of the ancient world. ORIGINAL SIN focuses on the writings of Christian priests themselves and the pagans who condemned their immoral activities. It shows that Church actively promoted and defended the rape of children, and that such crimes were present from the very earliest days of Christianity. ORIGINAL SIN draws from ancient internal documents, written by venerated church leaders - written in Latin - who actively promoted the rape and molestation of children. Bishops, monks and priests of the early Church successfully defended themselves from legal prosecution for centuries. As the Roman public railed on priests for sexually exploiting children, the church leadership used its growing political influence to prevent any of the child rapists within the clergy from coming to justice. ORIGINAL SIN also traces the divine feminine voice through Western history. The potent combination of natural drugs and the feminine voice is the basis for western civilization. ORIGINAL SIN explores the foundation of western society as the product of a peculiar interaction chemical and biological forces The pagan world was aware of the sexual crimes committed against these orphans, and waged a lengthy campaign against the priests who perpetrated these rapes. Christian priests claimed that by sodomizing children, they were saving them from possession by the demons of the pagan religions. Christian theologians justified these acts of rape by pointing to some of the earliest writings of the apostles and even the acts of Jesus himself. Exorcist priests specifically victimized young children from the ranks of the orphans and homeless who populated the large cities of the ancient world. The pagan world was aware of the sexual crimes committed against these orphans, and waged a lengthy campaign against the priests who perpetrated these rapes. The Christian hierarchy claimed these children were being “sexually tested” in order to prevent them from being used in pagan rituals that required the same children to remain sexually inexperienced. Christian priests claimed that by sodomizing children, they were saving them from possession by the demons of the pagan religions. Christian theologians justified these acts of rape by pointing to some of the earliest writings of the apostles and even the acts of Jesus himself. In the early church, groups of Christians in Asia Minor even formed their own associations that claimed the performance of such acts was a means of assuring the salvation of both the victims and the perpetrators. The potent combination of natural drugs and the feminine voice is the basis for western civilization. ORIGINAL SIN explores the foundation of western society as the product of a peculiar interaction chemical and biological forces. Some early church fathers believed Jesus had several relationships with young boys. Prominent church leaders argued that the apostle Mark was aware of this when he wrote in his gospel that Jesus was arrested in the garden of Gethsemane in the presence of a naked teenage boy....

Genres: Religion, Nonfiction, Occult

150 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 9, 2012

Reviews

[Sam Anderson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is insightful in terms of the power vacuum created by the early Christian church by displacing the pagan religious orders, how the church grafted pagan concepts and rituals into their “mysteries” and took civilized western society backwards into the Dark Ages. While the book was an easy, quick read I gave it only three stars because Dr. Hillman doesn’t cite texts or sources to support his claims of early church leaders endorsing child rape as integral to the rite of initiation into the early church.

[Nesut Piankhi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty solid read though I really didn't like the flow of the book. Seems the author was all over the place.

[Yang-Chu · Rating 2 out of 5]

The document Hillman has crafted here is a polemic against the Church. Although it provides some contours to Greco-Roman religion, it is more than a shade simplistic, greatly diminished for lack of a bibliography.

Hillman advances a plausible enough thesis that the Church endeavored to extirpate traditional cultic practices by attacking the cultic pillars, essentially the role of women in these practices, sexuality, and the role of mind-altering plants and medicines, where women also played an important role. It's an old argument which can be deduced as in essence correct. Hillman's original contribution is that defiling boys by clergy played a central role in this project given Hellenistic prohibitions against "violated youth" in participating in traditional cultic practices. Clergy ritual rape not only excluded individuals (boys) from their participation but also inculcated an aversion to female sexuality.

Aside from a peppering of quotations from Tertullian, Ignatius, and Clement of Alexandria, there are zero citations. Hillman is an avowed Hellenophile who brandishes his evangelical message in a fashion that conveniently overlooks pre-Christian pederastic practices. Failure to even mention some of the contradictions of Hellenism makes Hillman's diatribe palatable only for those already with an axe to grind against Christianity. Though this reader did find his discussion on oracles and related Hellenistic cult architecture informative, the work is on par with the one-dimensional stuff that other proselytizers produce for uncritical and unlearned audiences.

[Desta Barnabe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Original Sin by Amon Hillman is absolutely fascinating. I love how he reframes the entire history of the Oracles, layering in new perspectives that make these ancient seers feel alive, relevant, and deeply mystical instead of just dusty footnotes in history. It’s one of those books that leaves you with more questions—in the best possible way—and makes you want to dive even deeper into the world of prophecy and mystery traditions.

[M · Rating 1 out of 5]

Every page of this book should have multiple [Citation Needed] notes.

[Sápi Tamás · Rating 1 out of 5]

Interesting and imaginative viewpoint, but no citation or evidence provided. This book is just a narrative.

[Robertulio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Revealing and Myth buster

A source that awakens investigation and inquiry. Material that's not found around the corner, yet sources are available to visit and corroborate.