Who needs to go to the Colosseum, when you can go to a “religious” thread and witness the spectacle of Christians eating each other?
It certainly seems that way at times but most of these spectacles are nothing more than miscommunication. Words have meaning but they oftentimes have different meanings; hence the misunderstandings. These threads offer an opportunity to clarify what we believe and, hopefully, agree upon a common understanding.
The first and second century christians were persecuted by being covered with pitch and set ablaze to light the Colosseum. Today, with crude prices on the rise, that would prove too costly ;-)