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Taverner

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10. I was thinking too, if Christianity was a small cult

Reply to Chan790 (Reply #9)

Mon Oct 7, 2013, 04:45 PM

Oct 2013

There might be this new prophet in the American Roman Empire named Maximus Josephus Lupus who was spreading Christianity in Navoo, Provincus Illinois and eventually had to flee to Provincus Utah

Although maybe he wouldn't have to flee - - one of the hallmarks of Roman culture was tolerance (at least in the Pre-Christian days) of other faiths

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Thought Experiment Time: What if Rome never fell? [View all] Taverner Oct 2013 OP

The United States of Britannica... CJCRANE Oct 2013 #1

I'd live here: Taverner Oct 2013 #2

Roman Paganism was dying anyways. Chan790 Oct 2013 #3

Ah but Islam only spread because of Christianity Taverner Oct 2013 #6

It really is amazing to realize exactly how all this is interelated. Chan790 Oct 2013 #9

I was thinking too, if Christianity was a small cult Taverner Oct 2013 #10

Everything would be radioactive. hunter Oct 2013 #4

If we survived the potential MAD from the Cuban Missile Crisis in this world Taverner Oct 2013 #11

No need to reinvent the bikini jakeXT Oct 2013 #5

If Rome never fell Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #7

What is known as the Dark Ages, I don't think was really dark Xyzse Oct 2013 #8

That's assuming Roman Culture never changed Taverner Oct 2013 #12

You may be right. Xyzse Oct 2013 #15

OK imagine this... Taverner Oct 2013 #16

It would be nice to have a more optimistic point of view. Xyzse Oct 2013 #18

Why do you hate Romanica? CJCRANE Oct 2013 #13

" they kept their vast majority dumb and illiterate to maintain their power." dixiegrrrrl Oct 2013 #21

Yep! Xyzse Oct 2013 #23

Magic thinking needs to be toppled--religion. That's not gonna valerief Oct 2013 #25

present day utopia AustinActivist435 Oct 2013 #14

There was a Star Trek episode based on that premise csziggy Oct 2013 #17

When do the changes start? NewJeffCT Oct 2013 #19

Oh, this is hard. a la izquierda Oct 2013 #20

The Empire Never Ended Orrex Oct 2013 #22

It played out the only way it could. Besides, the ruling class would always have some valerief Oct 2013 #24