Badger3k
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| Quote (MadPanda, FCD @ Jan. 10 2011,18:22) | One could point out that if not for their faith inciting the zealots to be such annoying little barbarians in the first place, then the Diaspora might well not have happened...
But noooooooo, they just had to piss off the Romans, who had very little in the way of a sense of humor when it came to things like obeying the law and honoring the Emperor. Nope. Just couldn't do like everybody else and salute with one hand while crossing their fingers behind their backs. Had to be special, didn't they? :p Bloody idiot Sadducees and their legalistic wrangling! Obviously didn't learn from what happened to Carthage.
(Okay, yes, I'm being a bit too flippant with this, but it's hard to see the Judean Revolt as a good idea in the first place. Feel free to insert Life of Brian jokes as needed.)
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One of the reasons, at least, was the desecration of the Temple (IIRC - I may be mixing up the numerous revolts - 3 major ones I think), but the refusal to offer worship to the Emperor got both Christians and Jews in trouble. The broader issue of monotheism's authoritarianism vs polytheism's Lassaiz-faire (sp?) attitude contributed to the problem as well.
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"Just think if every species had a different genetic code We would have to eat other humans to survive.." : Joe G
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