Breakpoint The Epstein Files, Pagan History, and Christian Morality
Feb 17, 2026
A look at pagan sexual norms before Christianity and how those cultures treated women and children. A discussion of how Christian teaching reshaped sexual ethics and elevated the status of women. An examination of modern pagan critics who still borrow Christian standards when condemning abuses revealed in the Epstein files. A call to confront hypocrisy and seek justice.
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Christianity's Sexual Revolution
- Christianity introduced a radically restraining sexual ethic that opposed pagan sexual excess and exploitation.
- That ethic made possible marital love, elevated women, and reduced sexual domination in society.
Roman Women’s Degradation Versus Paul's Teachings
- John Stonestreet recounts how Roman women were treated as property and often worse than cattle or slaves.
- He cites historian Sarah Rudin who says Paul's sexual teachings were liberating in that exploitative culture.
Why Pagan Elites Resisted Christian Morality
- The spread of Christian sexual ethics uniquely improved women's condition in Western civilization, Stonestreet argues.
- He links opposition from pagan elites to their loss of ability to rationalize sexual predation.
