Bible Expert (likely Wesley Huff or a co-host closely involved with Biblical scholarship)

fire so so actually one of the earliest accusations for christians is that they're atheists they deny the gods so they're accused of being atheists and they're accused of being anti-social yeah yeah yeah yeah okay okay like atheos yeah no god yeah yeah like you guys believe in a thousand gods why would you believe in one yeah and the ancient world is not just polytheistic it's what's called henotheistic okay so you don't just believe there are many gods you believe that there's like hierarchies of gods and actually your gods could be my gods by another name

fire so so actually one of the earliest accusations for christians is that they're atheists they deny the gods so they're accused of being atheists and they're accused of being anti-social yeah yeah yeah yeah okay okay like atheos yeah no god yeah yeah like you guys believe in a thousand gods why would you believe in one yeah and the ancient world is not just polytheistic it's what's called henotheistic okay so you don't just believe there are many gods you believe that there's like hierarchies of gods and actually your gods could be my gods by another name

So like Zeus and Jupiter. Yes. Like that's why the Greeks and the Romans have the similar, if not the same gods by different names. Right. They have like different stories to them. So that's assumed by one another.

So like Zeus and Jupiter. Yes. Like that's why the Greeks and the Romans have the similar, if not the same gods by different names. Right. They have like different stories to them. So that's assumed by one another.

So like Zeus and Jupiter. Yes. Like that's why the Greeks and the Romans have the similar, if not the same gods by different names. Right. They have like different stories to them. So that's assumed by one another.

Everyone's a god.

Everyone's a god.

Everyone's a god.

And where Jews and Christians are coming around, they're like, that ain't the case. Yeah. Not only are your gods not like powerful, your gods just don't, they straight up don't exist. You're making them up.

And where Jews and Christians are coming around, they're like, that ain't the case. Yeah. Not only are your gods not like powerful, your gods just don't, they straight up don't exist. You're making them up.

And where Jews and Christians are coming around, they're like, that ain't the case. Yeah. Not only are your gods not like powerful, your gods just don't, they straight up don't exist. You're making them up.

And so persecution for Christians becomes this, they become this easy scapegoat because if you're like in Athens and the city God is Athena and there's some sort of like famine and you go, why do we have a famine? Well, Athena's mad. Why is Athena's mad? Well, because there are these guys running around saying she doesn't even exist.

And so persecution for Christians becomes this, they become this easy scapegoat because if you're like in Athens and the city God is Athena and there's some sort of like famine and you go, why do we have a famine? Well, Athena's mad. Why is Athena's mad? Well, because there are these guys running around saying she doesn't even exist.

And so persecution for Christians becomes this, they become this easy scapegoat because if you're like in Athens and the city God is Athena and there's some sort of like famine and you go, why do we have a famine? Well, Athena's mad. Why is Athena's mad? Well, because there are these guys running around saying she doesn't even exist.

So there's this early church historian named Tertullian, and he has this famous line where he says that if the Tiber River in Rome is too high or the Nile River in Egypt is too low, the cry will ring out the Christians, the lions, because they become like this easy. Why would our gods punish us? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. We have no reason. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So that happens pretty quickly.

So there's this early church historian named Tertullian, and he has this famous line where he says that if the Tiber River in Rome is too high or the Nile River in Egypt is too low, the cry will ring out the Christians, the lions, because they become like this easy. Why would our gods punish us? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. We have no reason. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So that happens pretty quickly.

So there's this early church historian named Tertullian, and he has this famous line where he says that if the Tiber River in Rome is too high or the Nile River in Egypt is too low, the cry will ring out the Christians, the lions, because they become like this easy. Why would our gods punish us? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. We have no reason. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So that happens pretty quickly.

And Tertullian also said the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. So we get like martyrdom stories very early. Right. And a lot of them are because that Christians become this easy scapegoat.

And Tertullian also said the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. So we get like martyrdom stories very early. Right. And a lot of them are because that Christians become this easy scapegoat.

And Tertullian also said the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. So we get like martyrdom stories very early. Right. And a lot of them are because that Christians become this easy scapegoat.