(December 14, 2014 at 3:06 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: You do understand that we don't think god said anything at all ever don't you?
Yeah, I understand...and you do understand that as a Christian, I believe that Jesus died on the cross for the sins of mankind?
Just so we understand where we both are coming from.
(December 14, 2014 at 3:06 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: There is no evidence to support this persecution complex by Christians.
http://www.politicususa.com/2012/07/08/d...-part.html
I would rather just let Tactius' words speak for itself instead of relying on a secular non-Christian who is finding any way to debunk a particular implication of a Roman senator who would have known if an actual EMPEROR ever committed such atrocities.
(December 14, 2014 at 3:06 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: But you must admit that Christianity was forced on an unwilling world by order of the emperors of Rome starting with Constantine. The crusades were just the bloody highlights.
Nonsense. We were talking about how Christianity SPREAD...and it spread well before even the Great Fire of Rome even occurred. You are talking about stuff that happened hundreds of years laters...and by that time, it was ready to take over as the religion of Rome, as you just alluded to...although I don't know about it being forced on anyone by Constantine.
