MATHETΩN

“What power executed Jesus?”

“The Roman Empire.”

“What was the Roman imperial religion?”

“Paganism. Christianity eventually.”

“And you are Christian?”

“I am.”

“You have chosen the Roman imperial religion?”

“Are you trying to be funny? Look here, Rome converted.”

“What was the change? Was the empire no longer Roman–did the ruling race pass off the scene?”

“No.”

“Then were they no longer an empire?”

“Of course not.”

“And so you belong to the religion of the power that executed Jesus.”

“I am a Christian.”