[dhYTvlAv]

Oh, and shouldn't this be in the History forum?

[Klavalala]

Originally posted by Cort Haus


Are you seriously trying to define what may and what may not be discussed on a Sunday? Oh don't be a dolt.

His reaction was one of the funniest yet, and quite obviously not serious.

[kenowinnumberss]

Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
your ratings may very well overtake Comrade Tassadar's ratings within this year, making you the best troll on Apolyton's OTF.

Wow, I didn't know I held that honour. You don't you're good but there are some real professionals on this board.

[onlyfun_biziness]

Only a generation after being declared the official religion of the empire it was once again declared illegal, yet a few years later once again became the official religion. Obviously it had grown sufficiently that it had become the dominant religion within the Roman state. I wonder though if anyone took a religious census during this era?

I might point out that Constantine did not dare officially declare himself a Christian until his last day on Earth, so obviously even with legalization the power of pagans within the empire was still great enough during his reign that he could not afford to be seen shunning the old religion and embracing the new.

[HaseBeceDeemy]

I'm not a troll

[huntbytnkbel]

I have to give moby points for the MS/Apple troll, though.

[seooptiman]

Originally posted by Will9


Now you are just plain pissing me off.



Why was it that Constintine converted?
To say that Constantine converted is a bit misleading, since he merely added the Christian god to the others that he "worshipped".

[Gorlummm]

Originally posted by Will9
I'm just angry to have to defend my religon on Sunday. EDIT: Statement removed for experimental purposes.

[nretdjuend]

He was baptised just before dying, so he is watching us all from heaven now!

Hi, Constantine!!! Thanks for making christianity legal

love

Brachy

[Maymayfor]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Only a generation after being declared the official religion of the empire it was once again declared illegal, yet a few years later once again became the official religion. Obviously it had grown sufficiently that it had become the dominant religion within the Roman state. I wonder though if anyone took a religious census during this era?

I might point out that Constantine did not dare officially declare himself a Christian until his last day on Earth, so obviously even with legalization the power of pagans within the empire was still great enough during his reign that he could not afford to be seen shunning the old religion and embracing the new. But what if he hadn't? Without the State power of the Empire behind it, Chistianity would still have continued to grow, surely. But it would have continued on its pre-Constantine route: everytime a half a dozen Christianly-inclined gentiles got together, BAM!, you'd have a new sect of Christianity, complete with it's own doctrinal fine-points and unique textual interpretations.

In other words, without Constantine, Chistianity would have developed into what it now is in Texas.

[Breeriacoirl]

I sometimes wonder what the world would be like if Mitharism had remained the big Western faith?

Probably the same excesses and corruptions as was seen in certain eras would still exist.

It is all down to the followers, not the religion.

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[stastony]

Originally posted by Will9
I'm just angry to have to defend my religon on Sunday. Oi, Siro! Did you get that? He's for real.

[spklnraz]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
Oi, Siro! Did you get that? He's for real. I'm sooo posting an anti-Christian diatribe next Sunday .

[Seisyvose]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui


I'm sooo posting an anti-Christian diatribe next Sunday . I'll try sooo hard to get you banned if you do that.

[mesZibeds]

Originally posted by Will9


I'll try sooo hard to get you banned if you do that.

[lookanddiscover]

I'd be here, but then I'll no one talk to and I'll leave.

[CedssypeEdids]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

"Go Away!" I'm gone.