re: #270 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

As I understand, the early Christians were not fixated on Jesus’ crucifixion, but rather on this miracles and his resurrection. The first known depiction of Jesus’ crucifixion comes from the 3rd or 4th century.

And even having been raised Catholic, I coud never begin to understand the Church’s fixation on death, suffering and martyrdom.

It also represents when the religion went from defense to offense. Specifically, they were no longer a small cult that had to be careful. Now they were a religion that could use their power to assert that they were always under threat and needed to fight back.