• aeronmelon@lemmy.worldM
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    The church in -1AD: “Jesus is a threat to our society! We have to do something about him.”

    The church in 1AD: “What an amazing person Jesus was, join us in singing songs about him.”

    It’s easy to praise a revolutionary mind after they’re no longer a threat to your status quo.

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      -1AD? So 1BC, which is before jesus was born? Do you mean ~33AD and ~34AD? Also, the church would not have been condemning Jesus as it was established after his death. You might be thinking of a Synagogue and pre-Christian Judaiism.

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          Christians were heavily persecuted until around 312 with Emperor Constantine. Next time, if they want to say that, they should instead of saying it wrong in a roundabout way.

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          Still, you’d have to wait until ~300 AD for Christianity to become popular with the state