(January 14, 2013 at 2:45 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Imagine how many people stopped going to church when christians were being fed to the lions and being dipped in wax to be used as candles 1500 years ago
Evidence for that statement or are you simply repeating folklore set up by the motherfuckers who started the church?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/...rtyrs.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actes_and_Monuments
http://history-world.org/persecution_of_...ans_in.htm
http://www.gordonconwell.edu/resources/d...xtract.pdf
http://www.the-colosseum.net/history/martyrium_en.htm
http://www.mariamilani.com/ancient_rome/...empire.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Martyr
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/17...artyrs.asp
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topi...an-Martyrs
http://www.exclassics.com/foxe/foxintro.htm
If you want 10 more examples just try in "Christian Martyrs" @ Google.com