'Diana or Christ?': The 'choice' to give up Christianity or be killed

David Burrowes  |  Comment
Date posted:  11 Jun 2025
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'Diana or Christ?': The 'choice' to give up Christianity or be killed

Take seriously the plight of the persecuted church. Source: iStock

We have recently moved house and are now putting up some pictures. A favourite is a print of a painting which centres on a young Christian enslaved woman in the Temple of Artemis, dedicated to the goddess Diana.

She was being given a “choice” by Roman soldiers. Will she give up Christianity by offering incense to the statue of the goddess Diana, and gain her freedom or will she refuse and be dragged away by the soldiers to be killed? The caption reads - Diana or Christ? 

Whilst there isn’t a big statue to the goddess Diana in our town centres or village halls, the pagan gods of our hedonistic culture are all too evident, and likely a finger tap away on our phones.

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