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11. Christian numbers grew

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 08:54 PM

9 hrs ago

because Constantine made it the State religion.

Where did you get that strange theory?

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I have become an agnostic as far as a mythical or historical Jesus. [View all] edhopper 11 hrs ago OP

control markie 11 hrs ago #1

To bad the Church edhopper 10 hrs ago #7

They followed it in times and places. It was revolutionary for the area. applegrove 10 hrs ago #8

Not since Constantine edhopper 10 hrs ago #9

Christians had less infanticide since 'Thow Shall No Kill' applegrove 9 hrs ago #10

Christian numbers grew edhopper 9 hrs ago #11

Read it somewhere. applegrove 8 hrs ago #12

It is just a step up from the ending of child sacrifice applegrove 7 hrs ago #14

Preachers called Yeshua at that time and specific place.... ABC123Easy 11 hrs ago #2

Pandora's box. The tools of sharing information so cachukis 10 hrs ago #4

Like your post👍 ..... anciano 10 hrs ago #6

The Romans kept a lot of records. multigraincracker 8 hrs ago #13