# Maybe The Romans Were On The Right Path?(certain people suck and I'm dumb)
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**Created:** [May 17, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-the-romans-were-on-the-right-path-certain-people-suck-and-im-dumb/964523 "2022-05-17T01:13:31Z")
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### Author:  [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-the-romans-were-on-the-right-path-certain-people-suck-and-im-dumb/964523/61 "2022-05-20T04:27:42Z")
> [@DorkVader](#):
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> That makes me even more angry because it makes me start to wonder if it wouldn’t actually be better to get rid of religion altogether.
If there was no such thing as religion, people would have to invent it.
Oh wait a minute. That’s exactly what happened in the first place.
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### Author:  [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-the-romans-were-on-the-right-path-certain-people-suck-and-im-dumb/964523/62 "2022-05-20T04:43:23Z")
> [@msmith537](#):
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> I’m not up on my Roman history with regards to Christianity, pre-Constantine. But are you advocating, if not genocide, at the very least institutionalized persecution of a religious group based on your anecdotal experience with one jerk?
I find it very interesting you missed the fact that the OP mentioned that they themselves are a Christian.
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