Christianity was politically tainted early on, but there's a satirical message in the gospels which led to Gnosticism and which tapped into some ancient Greek philosophical themes (Orphism, Cynicism, Platonic dualism). There are universal themes in the story of a dying and rising godman. Christian theology, though, is rather propaganda when taken literally.

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