> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.jermwarfare.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The West wasn't founded on Christianity - URL: https://www.jermwarfare.com/the-west-wasnt-founded-on-christianity/ - Published: 2026-04-23T14:39:13.000Z - Updated: 2026-07-20T07:49:44.000Z - Description: This was a fascinating conversation with French author Laurent Guyénot, who took me through the Roman Empire, Paganism, Christianity, and 'the Jewish wars against Rome'—adding that the West was built on Greco-Roman foundations, not Christian values. - Author: Jerm - Tags: Christianity, Jews, Zionism, Roman Empire, The West, Laurent Guyénot, Ancient history Laurent Guyénot is a French author who's written some unbelievably interesting books and articles, diving into a range of controversial topics—from the history of Judaism and Christianity, to the Vatican, JFK's assassination, 9/11, and Zionism. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c7/82/c7826764-1091-409a-ac4a-3cdf32a7a528/content/images/2026/04/50f7fa6d-b674-4ad1-9628-238066eb9fce_2024x660-1.jpg) A rabbit hole that caught my attention is his breakdown of the Roman Empire and its relationship with Christianity—and why the West was founded not on Christian values, as we're often told, but on Greco-Roman ones. There isn't a specific article I can link to, but I'd recommend checking out his Substack for a better overview of his writing. [Radbod’s Lament | Laurent Guyénot | SubstackThe Jewish and the Christian Questions. Click to read Radbod’s Lament, by Laurent Guyénot, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)Radbod's LamentLaurent Guyénot![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PP3w!,f_auto,q_auto:best,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fradbodslament.substack.com%2Ftwitter%2Fsubscribe-card.jpg%3Fv%3D-1729474645%26version%3D9)](https://radbodslament.substack.com/) ## Greco-Roman West Basically, his core thesis is that the 'Judeo-Christian' foundation of Western civilisation is a myth. He argues that - Greece and Rome are the West's true cultural ancestors, - that Christianity was effectively a Jewish ideological weapon used to destabilise Rome from within, and - that Jewish 'covenant theology' and collective identity continue to shape geopolitical conflicts today. In other words, Western civilisation's roots are in Athens and Rome, not Jerusalem. ## My newsletter has bigger balls than Brigitte Macron Subscribe Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. Laurent argues Christianity didn't win Europe on its own merits. Instead, it spread through coercive imperial power, civil wars, and the systematic destruction of Hellenic culture and knowledge. While I learnt a lot, I don't agree with all of his claims. However, I found this topic so extensive and fascinating that I spread it across two episodes. [Was Jesus a Jew (and why does it matter)?I was taught that Jesus was a Jew.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)Jerm WarfareJerm![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c7/82/c7826764-1091-409a-ac4a-3cdf32a7a528/content/images/size/w1200/2026/04/IMG_5035.jpeg)](https://www.jermwarfare.com/was-jesus-a-jew-and-why-does-it-matter/) ## The two conversations ### First one In the first episode, Laurent makes the following arguments: - The Torah is not primarily a spiritual text but a **legal contract** — a claim in God's name asserting Jewish chosenness (the 'chosen people') and primacy over other peoples, which Laurent calls the most audacious falsification in history. - Western civilisation’s true roots are **Greco-Roman**, not Judeo-Christian; he uses 'Hellene' to reclaim the philosophical, scientific, and civic heritage of Athens and Rome that Christianity suppressed. - The **Jewish Wars against Rome** (66–136 AD) — especially the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD — created a deep, enduring trauma in Jewish collective memory, which Laurent sees as a driving force behind modern Zionism. - **Christianity’s origins** are deeply suspicious: how did a tribal, blood-based religion produce a universalist 'cult'? He suggests it may have been engineered as a 'virus' to undermine Roman society from within, citing its early Judaistic theology (bodily resurrection, apocalypticism). - **Constantine didn’t convert — he weaponised**: after 312 AD, Christianity spread through 'state terrorism**'**, not persuasion — imperial decrees, temple looting, financial coercion, and the Council of Nicaea’s political imposition of doctrine, not theological consensus. ### Second one In the second episode, Laurent continues with: - The **Christian civil wars** (such as Arian versus Nicene) weakened Rome from within, draining military unity and making collapse inevitable. - The **Old Testament is a Trojan horse** — embedded in Christianity, it carried Jewish covenant theology, chosenness ('Jews are the chosen people'), and loyalty to Israel, shaping Western identity from within. - Jewish power comes from **deep memory**, not religion — figures like Netanyahu and Ben-Gurion are driven by trauma from 70 AD, not the Holocaust, seeing modern Israel as the continuation of an ancient war. - Netanyahu reading *Jews vs. Rome* and saying 'we lost that battle — we must win the next' is taken literally: **the war against Rome never ended**. - The West **is Rome today** — culturally and spiritually — and by supporting Israel unconditionally, it’s serving its own subversion. - **Christian Zionism** is not a fringe movement but the logical endpoint — the Church now serves Israel, fulfilling prophecy on behalf of a foreign power. ## Where to listen Instead of watching the videos, you can listen on [most podcast apps](https://www.jermwarfare.com/podcast/). 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