RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church
February 20, 2018 at 9:05 pm
(This post was last modified: February 20, 2018 at 9:08 pm by Amarok.)
(February 20, 2018 at 7:25 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: I actually read an article concerning this recently. It said that Christians were scapegoated from time to time, but the stories about them being fed to lions en masse were exaggerated. It would be interesting to learn what is fact and what is fiction on the matter.
Accept we have no mention of a mass persecution of Christians by Roman commentators who would have every reason too .
As for Demonizing Nero just about everyone did that . Oh sure he wasn't a soft fluffy teddy bear. But quite a few myths have popped up about him that are not true . Like him burning down Rome .
(February 20, 2018 at 7:25 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: I actually read an article concerning this recently. It said that Christians were scapegoated from time to time, but the stories about them being fed to lions en masse were exaggerated. It would be interesting to learn what is fact and what is fiction on the matter.
Problem is most small cults were at that time . They were an easy target . But most Romans had no clue what a Christian was . And another Reason cults were targeted was their tendency to be breeding grounds of malcontents and rebels .
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