It seems like a difficult guessing game. The various war/skirmish issues, local laws and antisemite or anti-Christian waves, largely illiterate…
It seems that fairly soon, at least by the beginning or middle of the 2nd century, the structure of the…
What I mean is that if we consider the dozen or so disciples of Jesus as mid-level personnel, they were…
What about Zoroastrianism, it was a monotheistic religion that was also Apocalyptic, that was around during ancient times. I believe…
—-> This was particularly useful in cities, where family relationships were probably fractured. Furthermore, the Christian movement, with its focus…
I think the discussion about this subject here is based on subjective judgment without solid data or solid methodology, and…
So how can we say that it was just a Christian perception (“we are SO persecuted!”) when EVERY TIME a…
The Myth of Persecution, the idea that the persecution of Christians under the Roman Empire before Constantine was not “an…
*evidence* of deceit or bad faith： ------------------------------------------------- John 2: 1-12 provided a detailed description of the process of a miracle…
Finally, the cult I grew up in, a fellow believer was quite high in Shanghai last decade w/the group [China's…