Just an interesting fact. Many of you, I'm sure, would know that Christianity was founded in the time of Rome, and its followers were persecuted for their religion. Here's what you didn't know.

At the time, Rome was an empire of the world. It was, sociologically, an utopia. No racism, no nationalism. Slavery existed, but existed as a punishment, for crimes or bankruptcy. It wasn't perfect, but their social system might well have been far better than ours. And here's the interesting fact. They practised freedom of religion too.

So why did they prosecute Christians? Because of the Christian religious intolerance. The Christian view that their way was the only true way to heaven, and their belief that all other religions were blasphemous, was anathema to the Roman concept of tolerance. Indeed, of all the major religions in the world, only Christianity professes to be the one true way to God, and claims all other religions to be the work of the Devil. Other religions tend to teach tolerance instead. Makes you wonder...

More on this topic later (I guarantee), since Christianity and their missionaries are one of the major annoyances i tend to encounter.