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I removed the line claiming that Christians wanted to separate themselves from Judaism to avoid Roman persecution of the Jews. This is untrue, and the source is one that is known to rewrite history for its own designs. In truth, Jews didn't have to serve in the army and were given a special reprieve from worshipping the Emperor. By Roman standards they were bending over backwards for Judaism. They even removed Pontius Pilate at Jewish request (after the story of Jesus). It was also against the law in the Roman Empire to add any new religions. What helped save Christianity in its formative years was that in the eyes of Romans it was simply a part of Judaism, and as such was treated as Judaism. Under Nero, of course, that changed. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 13:19, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
I removed the line claiming that Christians wanted to separate themselves from Judaism to avoid Roman persecution of the Jews. This is untrue, and the source is one that is known to rewrite history for its own designs. In truth, Jews didn't have to serve in the army and were given a special reprieve from worshipping the Emperor. By Roman standards they were bending over backwards for Judaism. They even removed Pontius Pilate at Jewish request (after the story of Jesus). It was also against the law in the Roman Empire to add any new religions. What helped save Christianity in its formative years was that in the eyes of Romans it was simply a part of Judaism, and as such was treated as Judaism. Under Nero, of course, that changed. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 13:19, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
:The source being used looks for temporal reasons to ascribe religious change and plays rather losely with the facts. If there is an ancient Christian source that agrees, then fine. Absent that, it is secular conjecture and I am not aware of any church that takes that position (with the possible exception of Seventh Day Adventist). I am open to being shown otherwise, but we need more than someone's opinion piece. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 18:36, 25 July 2008 (EDT)