Lead toxicity can cause symptoms that mimic acute porphyria (acute abdominal pain, constipation, and neuropathy). Lead inhibits several of the enzymes of haem biosynthesis, which can therefore result in an increase in urine coproporphyrin and 5-aminolevulinic acid excretion, but not porphobilinogen excretion.
Religious persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group of individuals as a response to their religious beliefs or affiliations or lack thereof. The tendency of societies or groups within society to alienate or repress different subcultures is a recurrent theme in human history.
As such, they just had to differentiate the Christians from the Jews in order to aid in their persecution. Since the Christians held that there was no God but God the Father, incarnated through God the Son, they were subject to the invective of Rome by means of the Jews.. The Jews persecuted Christians for Blasphemy. From the perspective of the High Priest, the followers of the Way were violating the primary profession of the Jewish Faith: Hear O Israel, the Lord your God is One.. Jesus, in claiming to be God, was, according to the High Priest, blaspheming.