Christianity: A Religion for Sheep by Ralph Perier (Pseudonym), Revilo P. Oliver

Christianity: A Religion for Sheep

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1980 edition printed in 2026.

5.83" x 8.27" / 19 pages

Essay description

Oliver argues that Christianity is a belief system designed to promote passivity, obedience, and submission among its followers. Its core claims include:

• Encouragement of submissiveness:
  Christianity is portrayed as teaching humility, meekness, and turning the other cheek—traits the author interprets as weakening individuals and discouraging resistance or assertiveness.
• Social control function:
  The essay suggests religion (including Christianity) historically serves as a tool used by elites or institutions to control populations, keeping people compliant through moral rules and promises of reward or punishment.
• Critique of priesthood and authority:
  It claims religious leaders maintain influence by asserting special knowledge or access to the divine, which ordinary people are encouraged to accept without question—framed as a kind of dependency or manipulation.
• Rejection of core beliefs as myth or fabrication:
  The essay asserts that central elements of Christianity (such as biblical narratives) are not factual but constructed stories, and that followers are misled into believing them.
• Broader ideological framing:
  The argument extends beyond religion into a wider worldview that criticizes Christianity as harmful to cultural or societal strength, presenting it as incompatible with certain political or identity-based ideologies.