In the letters that were passed between the two Roman men the discussion is on how the people of the Roman empire were being asked if they claimed Christianity or they followed the gods should be treated or tried. Pliny was unsure how to deal with those whom he asked if they followed Christianity which would mean he would send them into execution or to Rome for trial. The Roman people did not follow the teachings of Christ however, they followed they polytheistic gods and they would sacrifice as well to their gods. He was writing because he was needing advice to handle those people who continually claim to be Christian and he did not agree with the cultish activity that was associated the people of the Christian faith. The people who claimed to be Christian or were …show more content…
The letters that were passed showed confusion in one of the Emperors men on how to handle the people who claimed the Christianity or those who didn’t claim it. It ended up having those who were Christian would be executed and those who followed the teachings of their gods would have nothing done to them. The Islamic faith per the Quran the non-believers (In this case Christians) are incorrect in their beliefs because they are corrupt in the way they teach. Both ways of teaching could involve the death of Christian believers but, they both have the Christians killed because the beliefs of Christian faith are a harm to the established religion. The two different stories differ in that there was more political influence in the Roman setting because of the actual power that their government held rather than the Sharia law which is a basic set of laws that doesn’t have a face behind