It seem that neither your posts, nor the link to the Christianity Today article provided actually refute the factoid #10, but rather back it up. Theodosius I did in fact do as claimed. Doesn't matter if he disliked athletics, had "good intentions", or not. The Olympics were abolished in the effort to make Christianity the state religion.
Your insecurity about simply stating facts seems to have blinded you to the statement of the original post.
It seem that neither your posts, nor the link to the Christianity Today article provided actually refute the factoid #10, but rather back it up. Theodosius I did in fact do as claimed. Doesn't matter if he disliked athletics, had "good intentions", or not. The Olympics were abolished in the effort to make Christianity the state religion.
Your insecurity about simply stating facts seems to have blinded you to the statement of the original post.