Persecution of the christians reached its worst in 250 a. d. what happened?

a) christians were ridiculed throughout the roman empire.

b) christians were prohibited from leaving judea.

c) christianity was outlawed and anyone refusing to worship roman gods could be killed.

d) christianity could be practiced only if churches paid a huge tax to the emperor.

Suppose that sociologists and cultural anthropologists are tying to measure the amount of child abuse for cross cultural comparison. they run into disagreement over whether spanking a child is abuse or discipline. what problem are they encountering in their research? a. reliability of the definition of abuse. b. validity of the definition of abuse. c. occam's razor about the definition of abuse. d. none of these.