Wrote 'Chaos Monkeys' (http://amzn.to/2ow1CHE ). Formerly @facebook, @ycombinator. גם זה יעבור 
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Christianity's moral inversion of strong and weak, rich and poor (e.g. seeing divinity in the violent death of an alleged criminal) and fascination with messianic millenarianism (e.g. bringing the Kingdom of God into being either in this life or the next) is a radical philosophy.
It's understandable why the Roman world of the time observed it with ridicule and then alarm: It was a complete break with the values of the time. Even now, it's unlike most cultural worldviews (though its values, e.g., 'human rights', have spread along with Western hegemony).
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Long of way of saying: it's odd to see the Easter season 'from the outside' for the first time. Nothing quite like seeing what was once familiar as novel and foreign. It's an intellectual out-of-body experience: jarring and life-changing. A sort of religious phantom limb, almost.
British PM Benjamin Disraeli (born Jewish, converted to Christianity) when asked by Queen Victoria what religion he *really* was, supposedly replied: I'm the blank page between the Old and New Testaments in the bible. It's an interesting middle ground.
(As a personal note, I think I'm landing way before that blank page, somewhere in the middle of Ecclesiastes.)
As a side note and total plug, we'll have @holland_tom on BIG IDEAS this week, to discuss more about Christianity and Western thought.
The belief in human dignity need not lead to the belief in human rights. One of these is IMO fundamental to Christianity. The other not.
Lots of that had to do with Cx’s remarkable self-confidence, too. “We’re not asking for permission. And oh, by the way, this is The Way, and the Emperor is a sinful man.” That takes an enormous amount of intellectual confidence. Only makes sense...if Christ did rise.
Can you recommend a book or two that elaborates on this theme?
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