RE: In your opinion what causes christians to believe in Jesus
May 4, 2025 at 4:30 pm
(This post was last modified: May 4, 2025 at 4:33 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
May as well continue along with a discussion. Personally, like in ye olden times many pages ago, I think the antonine plagues had the most pronounced and profound effect on how christianity formed and that can still be seen in the character of christian belief and reasons for belief to this day. The short version of a long story is that the roman world was sick, probably hemorrhagic smallpox. Roman authorities blamed the christians, their failure to worship the gods was contended by superstitious mobs to be the cause of the illness. The christians responded both to the plague and to their persecution with acts of charity. Caring for the unwell while promising salvation and the defeat of death.
Today, where a christian church is focused on charity, caring, the promise of salvation and the defeat of death, you find an active and thriving religious community. Absent those things, it's sick and dying. It's not a crisis of reason. It's a crisis of character.
Today, where a christian church is focused on charity, caring, the promise of salvation and the defeat of death, you find an active and thriving religious community. Absent those things, it's sick and dying. It's not a crisis of reason. It's a crisis of character.
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