12. The Christian Revolution: Why the cross changed the world
The Surprising Rebirth Of Belief In God
Compassion Over Convention
In the Roman world, discarding infants was widely accepted, but Judaism and early Christianity rejected this practice. By taking ourselves out of our cultural context, we can see the rejection of such practices is not natural, obvious, or universal. The profound answer lies in Jesus, who embodies compassion by descending to the rubbish dump, advocating for the vulnerable and demonstrating that compassion is divine and supernatural, contrasting the natural survival of the fittest mentality.
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