“It is perhaps not for nothing that Christianity was first popular with the unde

—“It is perhaps not for nothing that Christianity was first popular with the under classes during the Roman times – women and slaves. The idea that you should not struggle to improve your lot but rather to bear it and receive some unspecified benefits in some future life was also attractive to the ruling class, to promote among the underclasses. … As for the Emperor – monotheism was attractive as the idea is “you don’t like your god? Too damn bad, he’s the only one you got.” Rather than polytheism which is a form of religious democracy. If a God stops taking care of you, you go a sacrifice/worship another God. There is a type of responsibility that a Deity has.”— Andrey Sokoloff