[MuttTheHoople]

Actually, ancient Rome was a polyglot of gods, from the traditional Roman gods (developed from the Greek Gods) to Mithraism, to whatever god floated a Roman's boat. The Rome Government didn't care who you worshipped, as long as you also worshipped the Roman gods every once in a while.

Early Christians refused to do this. They were accused of being "atheists", because they didn't at least acknowledge the official Roman gods. The persecutions were more severe than what many anti-Christian apologists claim they were, but the intensity of the persecution varied from Emperor to Emperor, and with the various Governors of the provinces.

[ExTexasRedhead]

RINOs are out in the open and primary time is coming:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_bhIl8U0rc

[noprogs]

Waiting for some statist to trot out Romans 13:1-7..........and support it as proof that all governments must be obeyed.

In 3.....2.....1...

[RKBA Democrat]

Thanks for posting this. In essence, this part of church history is what converted me years ago. I’ve never been a fan of the blue-eyed blonde, effeminate Christ that a lot of our popular mythology ascribes to our Lord. I still find it repellent.

The more you learn about Christ and early church history, the more you recognize what a bunch of tough cookies they were. These were the type of folks I could look up to.

[ardara]

It is worth noting how quiet the ‘courageous’ Cardinal Dolan and the Catholic Bishops are when Catholic chaplains are being prevented by Obama from saying Masses this weekend on some military bases.

[narses]

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[Vision Thing]

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