sapphi_snake said:
It's not a fact. Violence was sued. And again, people coverted because they wanted to be in the Emperor's good graces, after he showed special favor to Christianity, not because they thought the religion was better. People back then did whatever a figure like the emperor would do, in other words they'd be subjected to his whims. And changing your religion is no different than changing you music preference. It's really not a big deal, considering it's all make believe. Christians themselves also persectured and forcefully converted many Native Americans (and in a couple of decades Latin American countries will have the largest Christian population in the world). Kings from Germanic and Slavic countries forced their subjects to convert, to get in the good graces of the Pope. And violence was used there. And lets not forget all the wars between differen Christian sects (heck, Christians were persecuting eachother in my very country less than a century ago). The ideea that Christianity is a non-violent religion is a myth (the first Christians don't count, as Christianity started gaining influence and popularity when it became mixed up with politics). |
Uh, by conquering the Empreror they conquerered Rome. It did this without violence.