Arnobius

“ And what help does that give you, or how does it damage our cause and argument? The belief [2] which we hold is new; some day even it, too, will become old: yours is old; but when it arose, it was new and unheard of. ”

“ The credibility of a religion, however, must not be determined by its age, but by its divinity; and you should consider not when, but what you began to worship. Four hundred years ago, my opponent says, your religion did not exist. And two thousand years ago, I reply, your gods did not exist. By what reckoning, you ask, or by what calculations, can that be inferred? They are not difficult, not intricate, but can be seen by any one who will take them in hand even, as the saying is. ”