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Old 12-01-2009, 08:04 PM
Erasmus Erasmus is offline
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Re: Why Did the Romans Hate Christians?

From my reading, the Jews were punished fairly harshly by the Romans, but because of their political rebellion --- not their religion. Did the Jews offer incense, or did they refuse? It seems like that would be against their religion as well.

While some Caesars ignored, or even helped, Christians -- many did not (Diocletian comes to mind without even doing any reading).

Are you saying is that it was because of the misunderstandings about the Christians that caused the intense persecution -- not for actual Christian beliefs or actions. Much like the Jews being persecuted during the Middle Ages because they "stole Christian children to use their blood to make matzahs?"
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