Are we to be no better than them?

I remember how the Roman Empire regarded a small group of religious malcontents --  hated them, brutally and publicly tortured and murdered them for refusing to worship their gods, burn incense to their emperor, eat food sacrificed to their idols.  Those Christians refused, stood firm, died for their belief.  Two thousand years later, Christianity remains, but who worships Jupiter, Isis, and Augustus Caesar any more?