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Yeah, yeah, exactly. So actually, I think he was fully immersed in the baptismal font instead.

Yeah, yeah, exactly. So actually, I think he was fully immersed in the baptismal font instead.

Yeah, yeah, exactly. So actually, I think he was fully immersed in the baptismal font instead.

His son, though, went full bore after pagans and outlawed paganism. He passed the first laws, Constantinius, Constantius, not Constantinople. Constantius. Constantinius. Yes. He passed the first laws that made paganism and practices of paganism illegal. It was basically amounted to any public displays of paganism were outlawed.

His son, though, went full bore after pagans and outlawed paganism. He passed the first laws, Constantinius, Constantius, not Constantinople. Constantius. Constantinius. Yes. He passed the first laws that made paganism and practices of paganism illegal. It was basically amounted to any public displays of paganism were outlawed.

His son, though, went full bore after pagans and outlawed paganism. He passed the first laws, Constantinius, Constantius, not Constantinople. Constantius. Constantinius. Yes. He passed the first laws that made paganism and practices of paganism illegal. It was basically amounted to any public displays of paganism were outlawed.

But not too long after, a couple of decades, his successor Theodosius, he said Christianity is the state religion of the Roman Empire. And if you do anything pagan, including in your own home, Like, you're toast. Don't let us see you go anywhere near a chicken or you're in big trouble.

But not too long after, a couple of decades, his successor Theodosius, he said Christianity is the state religion of the Roman Empire. And if you do anything pagan, including in your own home, Like, you're toast. Don't let us see you go anywhere near a chicken or you're in big trouble.

But not too long after, a couple of decades, his successor Theodosius, he said Christianity is the state religion of the Roman Empire. And if you do anything pagan, including in your own home, Like, you're toast. Don't let us see you go anywhere near a chicken or you're in big trouble.

Yes. And they actually took some of the existing gods and just basically copy-pasted them into the conception of the devil, of Satan. And again, keep in mind here, these pagan religions, they don't have anything even approximating Satan. Right. Like gods can be good or evil, protective or dangerous, but there's no like one evil polar foil to God because there is no one God.

Yes. And they actually took some of the existing gods and just basically copy-pasted them into the conception of the devil, of Satan. And again, keep in mind here, these pagan religions, they don't have anything even approximating Satan. Right. Like gods can be good or evil, protective or dangerous, but there's no like one evil polar foil to God because there is no one God.

Yes. And they actually took some of the existing gods and just basically copy-pasted them into the conception of the devil, of Satan. And again, keep in mind here, these pagan religions, they don't have anything even approximating Satan. Right. Like gods can be good or evil, protective or dangerous, but there's no like one evil polar foil to God because there is no one God.

It's not dual, it's plural. That's part of pagan religion, right? So it's ironic that they're like, your God is Satan. And they're like, which one? They're like, the one with the horns, the one with the antlers. Yeah. And so that's basically how the modern conception of Satan came along. And so basically any god would just be equated with evil, with a demon, with Satan himself.

It's not dual, it's plural. That's part of pagan religion, right? So it's ironic that they're like, your God is Satan. And they're like, which one? They're like, the one with the horns, the one with the antlers. Yeah. And so that's basically how the modern conception of Satan came along. And so basically any god would just be equated with evil, with a demon, with Satan himself.

It's not dual, it's plural. That's part of pagan religion, right? So it's ironic that they're like, your God is Satan. And they're like, which one? They're like, the one with the horns, the one with the antlers. Yeah. And so that's basically how the modern conception of Satan came along. And so basically any god would just be equated with evil, with a demon, with Satan himself.

And if you were caught practicing this, now you started to risk being killed by the people in charge.

And if you were caught practicing this, now you started to risk being killed by the people in charge.

And if you were caught practicing this, now you started to risk being killed by the people in charge.

It's like a mashup of Michael Cera, John Cena, and John Sununu.

It's like a mashup of Michael Cera, John Cena, and John Sununu.