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Pagan Women

Theodosius was the first Christian emperor to systematically legislate paganism out of existence. He began by enacting a series of draconian measures, soon after his declaration that Nicene Christianity was the official state religion in 380 AD. Towards the end of his reign, legislation proscribing Hellenistic religion—the so-called Theodosian decrees—became increasingly harsh. This imperial program of cultural genocide descended into an orgy of violence and destruction in the final decades of the 4th century. The coming storm was foreshadowed by the Christian fanatic Maternus Cynegius, appointed by Theodosius as praetorian prefect in 384. Under imperial orders to suppress pagan sacrifice and divination, he launched his own personal crusade against the Hellenistic religion. Cynegius demolished some of the holiest sites in the Greek east. Many of these buildings housed antiquity’s greatest artistic treasures. ----- From: Why Europeans Must Reject Christianity by Ferdinand Bardamu. @ChristianityExposed

Antique still life Anatoly Tarabanov

Art by Anatoly Tarabanov

The tale of Christ’s life as related in the gospels shares many parallels with other religious figures besides Buddha. Another one was Dionysus, who was said by the Greeks to be the son of Zeus-the “father of the gods.” In other words, Dionysus was considered the “son of god,” or the “son of the father.” His mother was a mortal named Semele, who was supernaturally impregnated by Zeus. Dionysus, like Christ, was a traveling teacher and he was alleged to be the god of wine. This too is similar to Christ, who put a heavy emphasis on wine, both in the ceremonial “Lord’s Supper” and the “miracle” of turning water into wine at the Cana wedding feast. C.Guiliani