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The charge that Christians worshiped an ass reflects:
Graffiti culture in Rome
A confusion with Egyptian religion
An extension of anti-Jewish mockery
A philosophical critique of Christian irrationality
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Graffiti culture in Rome.
Example: the Alexamenos graffito (Palatine Hill) — a scratched caricature of a man worshiping a crucified ass with the inscription “Alexamenos worships [his] god” — shows popular, street‑level mockery of Christians rather than a learned philosophical critique or an Egyptian confusion.
Example: the Alexamenos graffito (Palatine Hill) — a scratched caricature of a man worshiping a crucified ass with the inscription “Alexamenos worships [his] god” — shows popular, street‑level mockery of Christians rather than a learned philosophical critique or an Egyptian confusion.
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