Book on pagan-Christian culture wars sweeps its metaphors too far
The Greco-Romans had Demigods. The difference between early and late paganism was the link to the Emperor. Sadly, the Church capitulated quickly to Constantine, which turned disputes over heresy to blood fueds.
The Church had been Hellenizing since Clement of Antioch. Even earlier, John of Patmos was still objecting to the Council of Jerusalem and despair over the sack of Jersulem. Cultural appropriation is very human, as are such humanistic responses to the environment, such as Yule. Sadly, the early Church adopted Stoic, rather than biblical sexuality. The modern Church continues the error and the culture wars.
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