http://johndmart.in/2007/12/30/when-religion-attacks/ Do you know what you're doing? - Web Home of John D. Martin III Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:37:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://johndmart.in/2007/12/30/when-religion-attacks/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Michael F. Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:13:19 +0000 http://johndmartiniii.com/2007/12/30/when-religion-attacks/#comment-37 Robert Stone's novel <i>Damascus Gate</i> was the first place I heard about the "Jerusalem Syndrome", but then a lot of his books explore the kinds of peculiar psychoses specific to any insular time and place: Vietnam and drug running in <i>Dog Soldiers</i>, long distance solo sailing in <i>Outerbridge Reach</i>, Central American anti-Communism in <i>A Flag for Sunrise</i> and so on. If even two people can fall into a <i>folie a deux</i>, Jerusalem must inspire exponential growth. Robert Stone’s novel Damascus Gate was the first place I heard about the “Jerusalem Syndrome”, but then a lot of his books explore the kinds of peculiar psychoses specific to any insular time and place: Vietnam and drug running in Dog Soldiers, long distance solo sailing in Outerbridge Reach, Central American anti-Communism in A Flag for Sunrise and so on. If even two people can fall into a folie a deux, Jerusalem must inspire exponential growth.

]]> http://johndmart.in/2007/12/30/when-religion-attacks/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Dan Martin Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:25:06 +0000 http://johndmartiniii.com/2007/12/30/when-religion-attacks/#comment-36 Interesting, very interesting. Interesting, very interesting.

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