you ignore the point i made, that ancient greece had strong foreign influences, including philosophies and that their position allowed them to advance as much which wasnt unique in the ancient world. also of course the pagan powers try to discredit the christians, even then they sometimes cant gelp but show that they themselves are completely void of compassion umable to comprehend christian care to be genuine according to rodney stark > he [emperor julian] complained in a letter to the high priest of galatia in 362 that the pagans needed to equal the virtues of christians, for recent christian growth was caused by their moral character, even if pretended, and by their benevolence toward strangers and care for the graves of the dead. in a letter to another priest, julian wrote, i think that when the poor happened to be neglected and overlooked by the priests, the impious galileans observed this and devoted themselves to benevolence. and he also wrote, the impious galileans support not only their poor but ours as well, everyone can see that our people lack aid from us.
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