RE: If Only The Romans
December 25, 2014 at 7:43 pm
(This post was last modified: December 25, 2014 at 7:46 pm by abaris.)
(December 25, 2014 at 7:34 pm)Zen Badger Wrote: The Roman Empire quite successfully transformed itself into a religion.
Making the spiritual successors to the Roman emperors, the popes heir to a temporal empire the Casears could've only dreamed of.
Not at all. A million people lived in Rome at it's height. In the Middle Ages when the popes were at the height of their power, an estimated 20.000 people lived there and the popes were presiding over a city of ruins. The city itself saw an incredible decline within 500 years due to many factors. One of them being the loss of the provinces, another frequent raids.
Also the popes weren't the ones seeing themselves continuing the Roman Empire. It were the Holy Roman emperors. First the Franks, then the German emperors up until 1806.
(December 25, 2014 at 7:39 pm)dyresand Wrote: Well you can't argue with someone who is that far into a religion and or cult to tell a person what they are going is wrong. I'm not saying they are hopeless either. They just need to grow up they need to get punished for the actions they do yes. i mean what i said i just look over is...really stupid..
For setting up a freaking cross? Sorry, but that's certainly not a cause I'm signing up for. I don't want them to dictate how I have to live, but that cuts both ways. Who am I to dictate, that they have no right to their believes?