The Christian Problem

Christians. The monotheistic religion that threatened Romans, whom deny the Roman's polytheism. The then governor of Bithynia-Pontus, Pliny the Younger, had written to Emperor Trajan questioning his own actions. "Propositus est libellus sine auctore multorum nomina continens." It started when he had received a book without an author, of which contained many names of many accused Christians. 
Soon after, Pliny had begun to test the accused by forcing them to worship the statues of the Roman's numerous gods as well as cursing Christ. "...fuisse quidem, sed desisse, quidam ante triennium, quidam ante plures annos, non nemo etiam ante viginti." He found that many of the accused denied being Christians and that they had stopped worshiping Christ. 
Furthermore, they also claimed that they had stopped being Christians years ago, with some saying three years ago and some saying as many as twenty. "...seque sacramento non in scelus aliquod obstringere, sed ne furta, ne latrocinia, ne adulteria committerent, ne fidem fallerent, ne depositum appellati abngarent." In addition to that, they also claimed that they congregated on a certain day to essentially worship and swear an oath that they would not commit crimes. "...promiscuum tamen ett innoxium;..."After the session, they essentially met later in the day in order to eat, however, the food was harmless and ordinary, just like their worshiping sessions. 
"Nihil aliud inveni quam superstitionem pravam, immodicam." In the end, Pliny found that Christians just followed a depraved superstition.