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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 4853077" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>No, been thinking that for many years.  I want to believe in Christianity.  It's the best thing going.  But what if it was just a movement in reaction to the brutality of the Roman Empire?  Jesus's followers may have deified him as was often the case of leaders in that time.  Because it spread quickly the political leadership realized they'd have to go along or be swept away.  But then it was turned into a religious hierarchy that cooperated with the rich and powerful to get wealthy itself.  I honestly don't know.  But I totally reject the decadence and rot that those who hate Christianity espouse.</p></blockquote><p></p>