Propaganda Against Christianity Analysis

Christianity is one of the leading religions today in terms of followers. Having influence on a global scale, Christianity has proven itself to be accepted, acknowledged and disproved internationally. Yet, when discussing the reactions of Christianity when it dawned upon the world, there are still mixed emotions as one sees today. In fact a short excerpt from the Roman era, “Propaganda against Christianity” brings to light some of the initial reactions towards this up and coming religion. By providing distinct detail and strong diction “Propaganda against Christianity” depicts the strong animosity some Romans held towards Christianity. Religion is a sensitive matter, especially to the devout. When analyzing “Propaganda against Christianity”, Christians are accused slandering the gods of Rome (Cheng 55). This is crucial to understanding why some Romans potentially might hold negative thoughts towards Christians due to Christians supposedly scorning their religion. Yet these …show more content…
In “Propaganda against Christianity”, Christians are claimed to sacrifice infants and eat their bloody remains as part of a religious ceremony (Cheng 56). The author utilizes words such as “shocking” (Cheng 56) to describe the horror of the ceremony and also states how the Christians “greedily lap up” (Cheng 56) the blood spilt by the slain infant almost like a dog drinking water. By adding the word greedily, it exemplifies the sickening manner in which the Christians perform this gruesome ritual. The diction chosen by the author not only creates a terrible image, but it also clarifies the negative feelings towards Christianity which is held by some Romans. Again one can see how this excerpt portrays the negative reception Romans had towards Christians. While this excerpt does illustrate the strong negative reactions towards early Christianity, some doubt that Romans felt this