(March 16, 2013 at 1:46 am)Minimalist Wrote: My copy of Candida Moss' "The Myth of Persecution" arrived today.
The subtitle is "How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom."
Let me know if she has any ideas why they wanted so many martyrs.
Maybe they were used to having a lot of deities so decided to have umpteen saints as the equivalent.
Where are the snake and mushroom smilies?