To: dware
Ancient Rome was NOT known for valuing the individual. That came in with Christianity. People nowadays have no idea what it was like to live in a culture that was truly hedonistic without a Judeo-Christian basis.
Folks had no value except as objects and slavery was rampant. People were stuck in immovable classes and brothels were everywhere. The commercialization of sex and violence were a way of life. Christianity was a radical force that changed everything.
If they ever did a miniseries that was absolutely true to ancient Rome, the way people really lived, and the changes Christians really brought, they wouldn’t show it on tv and people would truly be shocked.
33 posted on
10/21/2014 2:54:54 PM PDT by
I still care
(I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
To: I still care
35 posted on
10/21/2014 3:08:35 PM PDT by
itsahoot
(Voting for a Progressive RINO is the same as voting for any other Tyrant.)
To: I still care
Folks had no value except as objects and slavery was rampant. .... The commercialization of sex and violence were a way of life. Christianity was a radical force that changed everything. FABULOUS post! Bump to the top!!!
39 posted on
10/21/2014 4:51:14 PM PDT by
Finny
(Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
To: I still care
Christianity was a radical force that changed everything. Imagine a world in which every life was precious and was recognized as a potential for grace.
40 posted on
10/21/2014 4:59:24 PM PDT by
Sirius Lee
(All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
To: I still care
33 ... If they ever did a miniseries that was absolutely true to ancient Rome, the way people really lived, and the changes Christians really brought, they wouldn’t show it on tv and people would truly be shocked. Been done. SYFY channel is currently burning through 4 seasons of this TV series: Spartacus It is brutal and very grim.
"Spartacus: Blood and Sand", 2010, 13 episdoes
"Spartacus: Gods of the Arena", 2011, 6 episodes
"Spartacus: Vengeance", 2012, 10 episodes
"Spartacus: War of the Damned", 2013, 10 episodes
41 posted on
10/21/2014 5:45:00 PM PDT by
MacNaughton
(" If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." POTUS#16 ALincoln)
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