(November 13, 2014 at 9:53 am)abaris Wrote:(November 13, 2014 at 7:14 am)DramaQueen Wrote: Why did the rulers convert? Would a rural African convert to Sikhism? I mean, where's their critical thinking
Just a guess, but probably for political reasons.
The Roman empire already had started to crumble and monothism is better suited to keep people in line than polytheism. Especially when this religion explicitly says that any ruler is sent by god and people have to obey.
What the Roman empire was crumbling in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. It's amazing how nonbelievers make up so much junk to defend their position.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
