Message from @Lios
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No it has to be a conspiracy
Why?
Well, the Romans did tend to conspire.
Quite a lot.
It has to be a bigger conspiracy than anything else in the world
Why?
You never see a conspiracy this big that didn't get busted by one of the original members.
Do you know how cults start?
Not even Communist reprogramming got past the radar.
Christianity was outlawed in the initial days. Martyrdom was the starting point of Christianity. Makes sense for Jesus to be displayed as a Martyr.
Truth is too important to people.
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Screenshotting that one, too
Why?
The Ramen Empire will Triumph! praise kek
I love this collection of memes
So you can put it in your fedora compilation?
Ah, but information wasn't as easy to spread, and control of information was -far- easier in those days. Hence why the Catholic Church gained so much power and wealth, regardless of how many people suffered because of their influence.
Oh look, I found someone who believes in truth! Not like Jesus taught about that or anything!
A fictional character taught us about truth lmao
Guns really did become a great equalizer...
The fool says in his heart, there is no God
Then I'm a proud fool
Illiteracy helped a lot. And the fact that the bible hasn't been translated into common languages, so the generic population couldn't read the bible. People with ulterior motifs used that to justify whatever with it.
@Aquila Fiacra Then why is it still the same?
Never be proud. Pride is the greatest and worst of the sins. The sharpest of all double-edged blades.
@Jake the Exile Pardon?
What do you mean?
People weren't completely illiterate, The early church spread through letters.
A lot of which only the local noble could read for them
And the Old Testament was read widely, and publicly.
By the local noble, or pastor.
You act like everyone involved with Christianity was stupid and uneducated.
Paul was a Pharisee.
Easier to pay a smaller workforce
The illiteracy rate of the middle ages was extremely high. Nearly 100%. Only a few chosen were able to read. Rarely any of the commoners could. Let alone Latin. They had to rely on pastors, preachers and monks.
Blaise Pascal Quotes. There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who seek him with all their heart because they do not know him.
That's why Martin Luthers translation of the Bible into common German sparked a revolution or two.
The people who spread the teachings and wrote to churches with instruction (which is the bulk of the New Testament) were all literate in several languages.