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Conflict 3: Christianity is intolerant
(me: monothiesm threat to political unity/stability/polotheism of values/gods)

Rome was tolerant of many different traditions and ceremonies
could be somewhat tolerant of Jews because they were content for the most part to live withdrawn from social life

”Roman tolerance, like modern democratic tolerance was carried out as a social policy for the sake of maintaining unity. ..whatever religion man followed, homage to Caesar was eventually required... content that may gods should be worshiped if only Democracy or America or Germany or the Empire receives its due, religious homage.

-Christianity separate itself from the communion of man and claiming the exclusive possession of divine knowledge…

-Christians a part of socity and expressed scorn for the religions of the people

-"Divinity, it seems, must not only hedge kings but also other symbols of political power, and monotheism deprives them of their sacred aura"

p.9 religion as one of many interest placed alongside economics, art, science…. What is often meant is that not only the claims of religious groups but all consideration of the claims of Christ and God should be banished from the spheres where other gods, called values reign…

“The implied charge against Christian faith is like the ancient one: it imperils society by its attack on its religious life; it deprives social institutions of their cultic, sacred character; by its refusal to condone the pious superstitions of a tolerant polytheism it threatens social unity.

My thoughts: Relativism?/Bush