These charges against true Christians are obviously easy to refute. Regarding infanticide, Tertullian's main points are: 1) Pagans kill their children by leaving them to the elements or drowning them for the sake of "population control", and; 2) Quoting Tertullian's sarcasm, "no one ever came across a half-eaten child." (Tertullian) As for incest, this is the worship practice of the Pagans and the True God considers it a sin. Tertullian discusses the love that Christians have for one another, but it is a brotherly love that is not twisted and distorted as it is with pagans. Finally, the betrayal against Caesar, this too belongs exclusively to the pagans. In the midst of the secular revolts against Caesar, Christians were busy praying for Caesar and the Roman Empire, which demonstrates their biblical and devout faithfulness to
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