Ah yes, let's have possibly the greatest Roman emperor create an Imperial cult for himself, only to decide to create an obscure Jewish sect centering on the son of an obscure carpenter to have future Roman emprerors persecute the religion that forms around him only for 300 years later to have an emperor make that religion become the official state religion of Rome. Makes total sense.
Nope ... HIS OPPONENTS pushed and funded and lead and "obscure Jewish SECT" to subvert the EMPERORS DIVINE AUTHORITY. Of course the Emperor persecuted them since they were competing for the same SCAM !
This happened in a similar fashion during the reformation ... but the protestants didn't have the balls to do away with the scam completely. They were content to get out of the authority of the POPE.
Oh yeah that makes total sense! Augustus' opponents wanted to push a 14 year old Jewish kid from the province of Judea to the forefront of a religion to undermine Augustus, who died in 14 AD/CE, before Jesus of Nazareth even started his preaching. Great line of logic you got there, bud.
I highly recommend you read a book on the history of Rome since you really are lacking in understanding the fundamentals of basic history. I suggest SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Read.
Of course when you are a moron ... It makes way more sense that an idiot follower of a Jewish kid from the province of Judea , a fugitive and with no fucking power did it.
Now that makes way more sense. Christians never fail to prove why they are called a flock .
But hey, keep thinking there was a vast conspiracy against Augustus to make Jesus replace him or whatever you are, and not that there were some people who followed a dude named Jesus, were caught up in his preaching, and then went to go talk about him and convert more people.
Ah yes, let's have possibly the greatest Roman emperor create an Imperial cult for himself, only to decide to create an obscure Jewish sect centering on the son of an obscure carpenter to have future Roman emprerors persecute the religion that forms around him only for 300 years later to have an emperor make that religion become the official state religion of Rome. Makes total sense.
Nope ... HIS OPPONENTS pushed and funded and lead and "obscure Jewish SECT" to subvert the EMPERORS DIVINE AUTHORITY. Of course the Emperor persecuted them since they were competing for the same SCAM !
This happened in a similar fashion during the reformation ... but the protestants didn't have the balls to do away with the scam completely. They were content to get out of the authority of the POPE.
Oh yeah that makes total sense! Augustus' opponents wanted to push a 14 year old Jewish kid from the province of Judea to the forefront of a religion to undermine Augustus, who died in 14 AD/CE, before Jesus of Nazareth even started his preaching. Great line of logic you got there, bud.
I highly recommend you read a book on the history of Rome since you really are lacking in understanding the fundamentals of basic history. I suggest SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Read.
Of course when you are a moron ... It makes way more sense that an idiot follower of a Jewish kid from the province of Judea , a fugitive and with no fucking power did it.
Now that makes way more sense. Christians never fail to prove why they are called a flock .
Never said I was Christian, bud.
But hey, keep thinking there was a vast conspiracy against Augustus to make Jesus replace him or whatever you are, and not that there were some people who followed a dude named Jesus, were caught up in his preaching, and then went to go talk about him and convert more people.