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So, in The Bible, Jesus of Nazareth is executed by the Roman authorities and rises from the dead after three days. After his rise he performs several miracles and establishes the Christian Church as a distinct religion from Judaism.

Ignoring the historicity of the supernatural elements of the story, what if after Jesus "rises" from the dead he begins preaching not a docile spiritual doctrine, but incites a generalized Jewish (and in keeping with Christian universalism, anti Roman gentile) revolt). Assuming that the Roman's don't crush it like a bug, what would the spread of a militantly anti Roman religion mean? What The Christian Church were more like what Roman emperors imagined it to be when they sent thousands to the lions?
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