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All of it? Your sure about that? The part about Constantine sounded partially accurate, at least.
How 'bout educating us as to the true story?
What? If you're gonna claim that something's false, the least you could do is back it up and tell us the true version rather than just say "you're wrong." That's not unreasonable, is it?
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For one, it was never said that God created us out of "dust" and Olympus and Asgard don't even remotely resemble Heaven.
Notice that I left that part out.
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Then there's r3x's assertion and outline for Christiantiy lasting so long, "cuz' God did it", is based off of his assumption that it was some sort of ploy by Constantine...
...and as ruler, he didn't integrate pagan mythology into Christianity nor did he brutally mass convert people.
Uh...I don't think that's what r3x was saying. He said that Christianity gained a major foothold when Constantine converted. That much, at least, is true.
The way I understood history, Constantine's conversion to Christianity gave legitimacy to Christianity in the Roman Empire. Constantine put an end to Christian persecution, freed Christian prisoners, and called a meeting of bishops to settle debates over doctrine which led to the Nicene Creed and the unification of the church.
As for forced conversions and the oppression of pagans, that came later on down the line.
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