RELG 101 Lecture : Religions of the World October 1.docx
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The closer one gets to jesus" alleged time, the greater and more general is the denial or ignorance of his existence (161: the myth is more important, gospel: good news, about jesus, came to earth and saved people from their sins, pagan: polytheistic, not the jews, sources, tacitus (56 117) Christianity (except suetonius?: sources likely reliable because they are negative, surprising that the death of a non roman citizen crucified at the periphery of the empire should be recorded, christianity spread quickly to rome, considered to be a depraved mischievous superstition , merely being a christian was a crime.
