A stubborn and costly credulity among Christians has deep roots They receive βsuch doctrines traditionally without any definite evidence. So if any charlatan and trickster, able to profit by occasions, comes among them, he quickly acquires sudden wealth by imposing upon simple folk.β This is how the second-century Greek satirist, Lucian of Samosata (ca. 125β180 CE) concludes his assessment of Christians in The Passing of Peregrinus. In it he details the escapades of … [Read more...] about A Creed for the Credulous