The Romans initially thought Christianity would crash the birthrate and be the death of society by keeping men from marrying and having kids (and Christianity probably beat some of its competitors like Mithraism by being more "family-friendly")
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But you can see how to a lot of people a literal manual for "How To Be A Good Husband" or "How To Be A Good Wife" or "How To Be A Good Parent" is an appealing concept I mean what else are religious leaders and philosophers supposed to do What do we pay them for
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Conversations I can walk away from when they get boring or dogmatic?
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There's some things in the original teachings of Jesus that aren't so great either Paul's writings are at the earliest 10 years after Jesus was said to have been executed, and he lays down a lot of foundation that people chafe against today
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"Women must submit, slaves must submit," etc... that's all around 40 CE
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