RE: Didn't Nero launch Christianity?
April 14, 2019 at 1:12 am
(This post was last modified: April 14, 2019 at 1:12 am by vulcanlogician.)
(April 14, 2019 at 1:03 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: People did notice it was mythological horseshit, but the claim, divorced from the supernatural elements, is so mundane it doesn't really garner much more than derision from authors in antiquity. "Ah, so you worship some rando no one knows who got crucified? Good for you".
The only reason we know this is that later christian apologists kept the skeptics comments because they thought they had a brilliant response.
Bah! The early Christian church was never a huge concern of mine. Sure, tons of wrong ideas. Tons of misconceptions. But (all things considered... this was the time they proved they could take it as the underdog.)
But when they got power... then the real atrocities started. You don't believe in our Christ? We'll burn you at the stake! This is how things were handled for centuries... until we MADE them stop.
For all the clamoring they do, it's hard to see a Christian occupying any moral high ground.
