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From "Evidences of Christianity" by Paley, William
Celsus
A pagan philosopher and critic of Christianity.
Core Belief
"Traditional Roman philosophy and religion are superior to Christianity, which he sees as a dangerous and irrational superstition."
Worldview
A world governed by reason and natural law, where traditional values and philosophical inquiry are the keys to understanding.
Personality
Skeptical, intellectual, satirical, disdainful of what he considers superstition and ignorance.
In Their Own Words
"I could say many things concerning the affairs of Jesus, and those, too, different from those written by the disciples of Jesus; but I purposely omit them."
"Ye, having heard that we are waiting for a kingdom, suppose without distinguishing that we mean a human kingdom, when in truth we speak of that which is with God."
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