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Originally Posted by After Shock Media
Could be, then again most people poor peasant folk could not read it.
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And that is why the purveyors of God's message -- such as the Catholic church gained such power. If you are some simple peasant illiterate farmer on a wind swept hillside, and some guy turns up from the Vatican (with a load of Roman soldiers) and tells you that you must convert to Christianity or else, you do as your told.
The decision the elevate Jesus to the status of son of God was taken by a committee in Rome, with the blessing of the Roman Emperor Constantine. There was need to unite all of Roman Empire under one God (any God would have done) so that the population could be controlled. This is why Jesus' birthday falls on the winter solstice, and his death and resurrection on the spring solstice. This was so the pagans could be easily converted to Christianity, and these events would not interfere with their established celebrations. Before Christ was elevated to the son of God by committee, Christians were being fed to lions in Rome. After the decision of Constantine to convert his empire to Christianity it was the Christians feeding everyone else to the lions (and worse) to eradicate any remnants of earlier beliefs.