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> Well, to be fair, Jesus was the central figure of the religion of the people you're talking about and for a long time outing yourself as a non-believer was "p
by shanecleveland 10y ago
> Well, to be fair, Jesus was the central figure of the religion of the people you're talking about and for a long time outing yourself as a non-believer was "problematic" for your well-being and status in society.
Not before many, including the earliest Christian leaders, were killed for their belief in Jesus. Christianity has proven to be a determined startup.
- voxic11 10y agoA start-up that mostly flourished after they were bought out by the enormous Roman Empire.
- andrewflnr 10y agoThere was enough flourishing before to prove the point.
- idanoeman 10y agoProve what point? Take off your retrospective determinism glasses for a second and note that for any alien species, there's probably going to be a few religions which have double-digits of the population. These religions started from nothing at some point, so of course they look extremely tenacious in retrospect, when in fact any other equally viral religion could have taken their place if history had played out slightly differently.
- throwaway3_14 10y agoThis is a fantastic analogy. Christianity: The YouTube of 0AD