RE: Would They Die for a Lie?
December 19, 2018 at 12:58 pm
(This post was last modified: December 19, 2018 at 1:01 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
-or, for that matter, be told not to seek them out for the same.
Pliny is one of the few sources we have for early christianity...and as such christers need it...but it argues against the establishment legend contained in magic book and christian folklore from start to finish.
From the officials ignorance of christianity a full 70 years after the alleged events, to the nature of christian leadership... (deaconesses?).... to the tolerance shown by the roman apparatus both within and without the proceedings. One can hear the palpable sigh as they're given the option to escape death by mere formality..three times. It goes so far as to provide a resounding counterargument to christian apologetics, specifically in regards to the notion of why, if christian myth weren't true, did no one say so at the time? "Excessive and depraved superstition", anyone?
Pliny is one of the few sources we have for early christianity...and as such christers need it...but it argues against the establishment legend contained in magic book and christian folklore from start to finish.
From the officials ignorance of christianity a full 70 years after the alleged events, to the nature of christian leadership... (deaconesses?).... to the tolerance shown by the roman apparatus both within and without the proceedings. One can hear the palpable sigh as they're given the option to escape death by mere formality..three times. It goes so far as to provide a resounding counterargument to christian apologetics, specifically in regards to the notion of why, if christian myth weren't true, did no one say so at the time? "Excessive and depraved superstition", anyone?
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