And they cried aloud and cut themselves after their custom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them.
1 Kings 18:28 ESV
- A. J. Ayer (Wikipedia)
Sir Alfred Jules “Freddie” Ayer (/ɛər/ AIR; 29 October 1910 – 27 June 1989) was an English philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly in his books Language, Truth, and Logic (1936) and The Problem of Knowledge (1956).