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[4073.94 --> 4074.74] properly support,
[4075.10 --> 4075.70] they would take
[4075.70 --> 4076.42] these kids
[4076.42 --> 4077.26] who were just born
[4077.26 --> 4078.04] as infants
[4078.04 --> 4078.74] and they would place
[4078.74 --> 4079.62] them in the garbage heap
[4079.62 --> 4080.44] outside of the city
[4080.44 --> 4080.98] and they would just
[4080.98 --> 4081.46] walk away.
[4083.44 --> 4083.64] Now,
[4083.68 --> 4084.44] that sounds atrocious
[4084.44 --> 4085.10] to us,
[4085.48 --> 4086.66] but it was perfectly
[4086.66 --> 4087.64] normal
[4087.64 --> 4089.18] in Roman society
[4089.18 --> 4091.36] except for Christians
[4091.36 --> 4094.08] who saw that practice
[4094.08 --> 4094.54] and said,
[4094.66 --> 4094.76] no,
[4094.82 --> 4096.06] we're going to make changes.
[4096.06 --> 4098.16] And so they would go out
[4098.16 --> 4099.86] to the garbage heaps,
[4100.04 --> 4101.24] gather up these infants
[4101.24 --> 4102.10] and then raise them
[4102.10 --> 4102.86] as their own.
[4103.74 --> 4105.22] There's actually a story,
[4105.68 --> 4107.76] whether it's fully true,
[4107.82 --> 4108.46] we can't tell
[4108.46 --> 4109.22] based on the history,
[4109.34 --> 4110.46] but the shepherd of Hermes
[4110.46 --> 4111.42] who became a Christian leader
[4111.42 --> 4112.10] in the early church,
[4112.54 --> 4113.52] he is thought to have been
[4113.52 --> 4114.30] one of these infants
[4114.30 --> 4115.70] who were discarded at birth
[4115.70 --> 4116.80] and then was raised up
[4116.80 --> 4117.54] and became someone
[4117.54 --> 4118.72] who wrote and led
[4118.72 --> 4119.76] in the church.
[4120.72 --> 4123.30] This was absolutely weird
[4123.30 --> 4125.22] and abnormal behavior
[4125.22 --> 4127.00] and yet it was precisely
[4127.00 --> 4128.48] where the Christians
[4128.48 --> 4129.24] knew they had to be.
[4130.00 --> 4131.20] None of this made sense
[4131.20 --> 4132.64] in the world of the day.
[4133.82 --> 4133.90] Right?
[4134.58 --> 4135.92] It's because Christians
[4135.92 --> 4138.34] are accused of ruining society,
[4139.10 --> 4140.90] of ruining the normal system.
[4140.98 --> 4141.46] And honestly,
[4141.60 --> 4142.72] if you could be empathetic to it,
[4142.74 --> 4143.24] think about it.
[4143.80 --> 4146.98] If you live in a farming community
[4146.98 --> 4148.72] outside of the city of Rome,
[4148.72 --> 4150.98] you know that the rain comes
[4150.98 --> 4152.82] and that plants germinate
[4152.82 --> 4154.18] because you have offered
[4154.18 --> 4155.16] the right prayers
[4155.16 --> 4156.52] to the right gods
[4156.52 --> 4157.68] of fertility and growth
[4157.68 --> 4158.42] in the right way
[4158.42 --> 4159.50] at the right time of year.
[4160.22 --> 4162.32] But if one person or family
[4162.32 --> 4163.62] in your farming collective
[4163.62 --> 4164.72] becomes a Christian
[4164.72 --> 4166.34] and then he and his family
[4166.34 --> 4167.32] stop worshiping
[4167.32 --> 4168.46] these traditional gods
[4168.46 --> 4170.52] and then the crop fails
[4170.52 --> 4172.20] or insects come
[4172.20 --> 4173.76] and destroy everything
[4173.76 --> 4174.92] or there is a drought,
[4175.36 --> 4176.32] whose fault is it?
[4177.76 --> 4178.66] Well, there's only one person
[4178.66 --> 4179.12] to blame.
[4180.32 --> 4181.42] It's those Christians.
[4182.76 --> 4182.88] Right?
[4182.94 --> 4184.34] Their belief is dangerous
[4184.34 --> 4186.54] to the normal ordering
[4186.54 --> 4187.52] of society.
[4187.68 --> 4188.92] It's messing with the fabric
[4188.92 --> 4190.98] of life and culture.
[4192.60 --> 4193.74] I want to ask you,
[4194.52 --> 4197.72] is your belief dangerous?
[4199.50 --> 4201.84] Is your faith radical?
[4201.84 --> 4201.92] biblical?
[4203.12 --> 4203.66] Or,
[4203.90 --> 4206.02] is God just another tool
[4206.02 --> 4206.74] in your bag
[4206.74 --> 4207.38] to accomplish
[4207.38 --> 4208.38] your prosperity?
[4210.78 --> 4213.40] Is church just another community
[4213.40 --> 4215.52] where you can be used
[4215.52 --> 4217.26] and where you can use others
[4217.26 --> 4218.06] to accomplish
[4218.06 --> 4219.38] the Canadian dream
[4219.38 --> 4219.96] of ease
[4219.96 --> 4221.18] and status?