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Originally Posted by BigElCat
And no the fucking Romans didn't write the bible to manipulate people (as Finnbow suggested).
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I did not say nor suggest that the Romans wrote the Bible. The Bible has many authors, many of whom are unknown. The ancient Israelites are responsible for the Old Testament and popes and theologians appointed by the Roman emperor chose the various books (by different authors) that comprise the New Testament. This entire process of writing and then selecting the works that comprise the Bible took ~5 centuries.
And Christianity ultimately became a world religion by virtue of various mandates/edicts issued by several Roman emperors.