Why did he hate christians so much?
>>17274287He persecuted them and did it pretty extensively.
>>17274287'Cause he was Orthodox
>>17274291conforming to what is generally or traditionally accepted as right or true; established and approved.
>>17274287Jesus told his followers to literally castrate themselves.Matthew 19:12>For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.And early Church Leaders like Origen even castrated themselves to urge others to do the same. Christianity is inherently anti-masculinity, which is why it is an affront to the life-affirming religions of ancient Rome.
>>17274287The persecutions were made for pragmatic reasons. Roman empire almost collapsed just few years ago and the Diocletian's regime wanted to strengthen the central power by suppressing cults that were preaching the idea of a god being more important than the emperor. Not only Christians were targeted. Later, the same regime ended the persecutions, once they realized it doesn't work. Furthermore, at that time Rome was ruled by 4 emperors, so called tetrarchs, and the one mostly responsible for killing Christians was Galerius, not Diocletian.tl;dr:Your view on the matter wrong.
People fear or deny what is most similar to them
>>17274287Because he, as an Apollonian, resented the notion that filthy Athenians and barbaric Heracleidae were his equals even if this "Jesus" was supposedly some son of Zues and did miracles. Who was he to call for the unification of all the bloodlines of Olympus into one people of the one true God? Sheer lunacy.
>>17274377That verse was used as the justification for the castration of non whites in north africa and southern europe for over a thousand years... "for the sake of preserving heaven and its people"
>>17274918Don't forget that Christians were constantly chimping out and committing terrorist attacks pretty much constantly at the time.
>>17274287He was a convert to paganism. Converts are notoriously overzealous.
