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Would They Die for a Lie?
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Drich,
What your own quotes prove is that the Empire persecuted some early Christians for political reasons and not for their religious beliefs.  
The point of the OP is that religious fanaticism and persecution prove nothing.
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December 17, 2018 at 1:06 pm
(This post was last modified: December 17, 2018 at 1:09 pm by Drich.)
RE: Would They Die for a Lie?
December 17, 2018 at 1:14 pm
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That would be john, which expresses the very last iteration of christian thought before it's calcification.
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RE: Would They Die for a Lie?
December 17, 2018 at 6:15 pm
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too." ... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept "(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question" ... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist RE: Would They Die for a Lie?
December 17, 2018 at 6:48 pm
(This post was last modified: December 17, 2018 at 6:49 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Nero would have blamed various seditious elements™, of which christians were a peice..not that he'd have known the difference between them and some random jew or any other then-undesirable. The christians themselves weren't even clear on that by the time of nero and romans of various stripes were still unclear as to what christianity was decades later still.
-all of that..assuming that it actually happened at all.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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