then why did your and my ancestors follow it with open arms? if the apostles did not see jesus rise from the dead and do miracles, why would they willingly be crucified upside down or be fed to the lions? the faith of the original apostles was passed down for 2000 years; this ultimate beautiful and pure faith existed in your grandparents, great-grandparents, etc.  you think that the roman gods and their pagan practices were great, but they did enslave your ancestors in britannia, gallia, germania, and the eastern nations. they hated you and saw you as subhumans, just as european colonists saw africans as subhumans when they first arrived there. the romans are no longer, but christ is eternal, and survived the aeons.
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