Open debate: What does Jesus teach?

[Bibliofagus]

34-ish years seems (to me) to be an awfully short period - in those days - for any idea to proliferate in such a way that it would be threatening to the Romans in their capital.

Assuming we offer any credence to the story, and there's a lot there that doesn't add up, it might have been a small cult that could have easily been targeted.

Remember that dictators like to pick small minorities to scapegoat. The smaller the better. If Christianity had a tiny following in Rome and the religion could be tied back to the rebellious Jews that had been so troublesome for Rome, they'd make the perfect targets.

Agreed and understood.

The thing that amazed me was the 34 year period. When I posted I considered adding that it would be just as likely that at that point only rumors of the new sects were around in Rome. I'd say no meaningful christian communities were likely to be even near Athens at that point. Let alone near Rome.
And Nero could have well gotten away with snatching up some other people and just claim they were christians.

But I don't know nearly enough about the subject to make any such claims. Is this anywhere near accurate?