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Mr Puggsly said:
Pemalite said:

Nothing lasts forever! Also ironic how it fell after Christianity got invented and then got it's claws stuck in...

Pretty sure Rome was on the decline by the time that happen. There was a lack of unity, poorly run government, they started relying on foreigners to fight their battles, etc.

Christianity doesent ruin countries, empires or whatever, atleast not by design. Its not Islam which plays a much bigger role in how countries operate.

There was a point of time in which the church had way more power.  Like from basically the fall of rome up until the enlightenment.  The reason it doesn't anymore is because it was not working out that well.  

Islam also wasn't as entrenched in government as much as recently.  Sadaam Hussein was actually a fairly secular ruler, likely because the majority of his subjects were not his religion.  Religion was effectively banned in Iran until the late 70s.  Egypt had a secular government under British control.  Lebanon was largely secular as well.