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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3886911, member: 82616&quot;]From R. Stark&#039;s <i>The Rise of Christianity: How the Obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries</i>:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian Growth Projected at 40 Percent per Decade (Based on an estimated population of 60 million)</p><p><br /></p><p>40AD.....1,000 Christians.....0.0017% of population</p><p>50 ......1,400.....................0.0023%</p><p>100 .....7,530....................0.0126%</p><p>150 .....40,496...................0.07%</p><p>200 .....217,796..................0.36%</p><p>250 .....1,171,356................1.9%</p><p>300 .....6,299,832...............10.5%</p><p>350 .....33,882,008..............56.5%</p><p><br /></p><p>And as far as the persecution of the Christians under Nero, see Brent D. Shaw&#039;s &#039;The Myth of the Neronian Persecution&#039; in <i>Journal of Roman Studies. </i>He demonstrates quite persuasively that the idea of Christianity in Neronian Rome had not yet developed into a legal or religious concept and references to them for the time period are anachronistic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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