Through their abstention from much of the community life ​ — the pagan festivals, the public amusements... ​ — they were derided as haters of the human race....
ख्रिस्ती विदेश्‍यांच्या मूर्तिपूजक सोहळ्यांत सहभागी होण्यास नकार देत असल्यामुळे त्यांना लोक नास्तिक म्हणत.