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[3994.20 --> 3994.68] And Christians |
[3994.68 --> 3995.08] even, |
[3995.26 --> 3996.12] according to Tacitus, |
[3996.68 --> 3998.30] practice cannibalism. |
[4000.16 --> 4000.64] Now, |
[4000.68 --> 4001.16] why do Christians |
[4001.16 --> 4002.20] practice cannibalism? |
[4003.26 --> 4004.32] Because of the Lord's Supper. |
[4005.70 --> 4005.92] Right? |
[4006.02 --> 4006.70] Jesus said, |
[4006.80 --> 4008.22] unless you eat my flesh |
[4008.22 --> 4009.22] and drink my blood. |
[4010.08 --> 4011.34] And so that went out. |
[4011.38 --> 4012.14] And that's weird. |
[4012.92 --> 4013.68] And let's be honest, |
[4013.74 --> 4014.28] it is. |
[4014.28 --> 4017.16] If it's not weird to you, |
[4017.66 --> 4019.38] either you're apathetic |
[4019.38 --> 4019.92] to it |
[4019.92 --> 4021.66] or you've been here |
[4021.66 --> 4022.28] for so long |
[4022.28 --> 4023.10] that it's just normal |
[4023.10 --> 4024.22] and praise God for that. |
[4024.54 --> 4025.60] Because it's weird. |
[4026.42 --> 4027.26] Christians actually, |
[4027.44 --> 4028.22] according to Tacitus, |
[4028.42 --> 4030.36] are charged with atheism. |
[4031.68 --> 4032.82] The first atheists |
[4032.82 --> 4033.40] in the world |
[4033.40 --> 4034.32] are actually Christians. |
[4034.46 --> 4034.66] Why? |
[4034.92 --> 4035.86] Because they refuse |
[4035.86 --> 4037.10] to acknowledge |
[4037.10 --> 4038.10] the Greek and Roman |
[4038.10 --> 4039.04] pantheon of gods. |
[4039.14 --> 4039.90] They refuse to |
[4039.90 --> 4041.02] worship the emperor |
[4041.02 --> 4042.42] as an incarnation |
[4042.42 --> 4043.88] of the divine. |
[4044.28 --> 4048.20] one of the normal, |
[4048.46 --> 4049.98] ordinary Roman practices |
[4049.98 --> 4050.74] in the world |
[4050.74 --> 4051.38] of that day |
[4051.38 --> 4052.58] was something called |
[4052.58 --> 4053.56] infant exposure. |
[4054.22 --> 4056.20] And this is an atrocious practice, |
[4056.34 --> 4056.84] but to be honest, |
[4056.88 --> 4057.46] it's not really |
[4057.46 --> 4058.70] that far different |
[4058.70 --> 4060.34] than some cultural practices |
[4060.34 --> 4060.90] of abortion. |
[4061.92 --> 4062.44] But the idea |
[4062.44 --> 4063.22] of infant exposure |
[4063.22 --> 4063.92] is that |
[4063.92 --> 4066.62] people would have children |
[4066.62 --> 4067.60] and they would prefer |
[4067.60 --> 4068.92] to have boys |
[4068.92 --> 4071.76] and if they didn't have a boy |
[4071.76 --> 4072.64] or if they already |
[4072.64 --> 4073.52] had more children |
[4073.52 --> 4073.94] than they could |
[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 |
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