To any who think of himself as Salvatore... (Draft)
I´d like to tell those who feel as “Salvatores” (who are invited to remove their speech of hate in their cynical religious zeal) that Atwill´s book is just a THEORY, as he already said (here are some citations): “The theory of a Roman invention of Christianity does not originate with this work. Bruno Bauer, a 19th-century German scholar, believed that Christianity was Rome's attempt to create a mass religion that encouraged slaves to accept their station in life.” (Pag 36) “My theory is also solid in the sense that it is so easily disprovable.” (Pag 146) “This is the simplest theory and should be maintained until another explanation is shown to be more plausible.” (Pag 176) “When determining the strength of a theory it is useful to consider how much "explanatory power" it possesses.” (Pag 248) “I have […] because it contains many points central to my theory.” (Pag 265) “Josephus' successful effort in overlaying Daniel on events in the first century, in a way, p
