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(1) the promise of salvation and eternal life for everyone was an attractive alternative to Roman religions; (2) stories of miracles and healings purportedly showed that the one Christian God was more powerful than the many Roman gods; (3) Christianity began as a grassroots movement providing hope of a better future in the next life for the lower classes; (4) Christianity took worshipers away from other religions since converts were expected to give up the worship of other gods, unusual in antiquity where worship of many gods was common; (5) in the Roman world, converting one person often meant converting the whole household—if the head of the household was converted, he decided the religion of his wife, children and slaves
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The Supreme Court outlawed daily bible reading and the saying of the Lord’s Prayer in Jewish schools in 1963 because the question was whether prayers and religious practices in public schools were in violation of the Constitution’s First Amendment which forbids a government role in establishment of religion and Federal interference in individual freedom of conscience on religious issues. Justice Clark said that required religious exercises in schools were not “mitigated” by the fact that individual students may be excused “for the fact furnishes no defense to a claim of unconstitutionality under the establishment clause.” Nor is it a defense to claim that religious practices may be “relatively minor encroachments on the First Amendment,” he argued.
This timeline of human prehistory<span> comprises the time from the first appearance of </span>Homo sapiens<span> in Africa 200,000 years ago to the </span>invention of writing<span> and the beginning of</span>history<span> approximately 5,500 years ago. It covers the time from the </span>Middle Paleolithic<span> (</span>Old Stone Age<span>) to the very beginnings of the </span>Bronze Age<span>. The divisions used are those delineating the European Stone Age; however, many regions around the world underwent various stages of Stone Age development at different times. All dates are approximate and based on research in the fields of </span>anthropology<span>, </span>archaeology<span>, </span>genetics<span>, </span>geology<span>, and </span>linguistics<span>. They are all subject to revision based on new discoveries or analyses.</span>
