Through their abstention from much of the community life ​ — the pagan festivals, the public amusements which to Christians were shot through and through with pagan beliefs, practices, and immoralities — ​ they were derided as haters of the human race. ”
ख्रिस्ती लोक, मूर्तिपूजक विधींमध्ये सहभाग घेत नसल्यामुळे त्यांना नास्तिक म्हटले जायचे.