Question

Early Christians were persecuted for their beliefs. Which belief in particular made others suspicious of Christians?

A. their refusal to worship Roman gods
B. their belief in the afterlife
C. their belief that Jesus was the son of God
D. their acceptance of Judaism

Answer 1

In Roman thinking, making the gods happy was the ultimate goal. This was not unusual in ancient societies. The Romans were successful when they made Jupiter happy. When things go wrong, it's because you've upset Jupiter.
So along comes these atheists who don't believe Jupiter & company should be reverenced. There were plenty of Roman subjects who had other gods. That's not the problem. But when you have a growing group of people that encourage people to not perform the rites to Jupiter, that is a national security threat.