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The Phil Vischer Podcast: Ep 52- Switzerland, Stephen Hawking & is Persecution a Myth?

A new book claims Christians inflated how much they were persecution by Rome.

Leadership Journal May 22, 2013

Skye returns from Switzerland with stories of fondue, then the gang jumps into a lively discussion of recent comments by Stephen Hawking, and a new book claims historical reports of Christian persecution in the Roman Empire were largely fabricated.

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