Possibly since around the first Christian Roman Emperor, whose name has temporarily slipped my mind. (Constantine?) Anyway, before that I think it would have remained a minority, especially openly; since the Romans actively persecuted Christians (because they were evangelist. The Romans actually didn't have a problem with most gods; it's when the god tells you to go out and bash other people's gods that they got offended. "There is no other god but me?") it's unlikely that there would be great numbers of Christians. As Christianity became more open, then surely numbers would have increased; and then possibly again after the (Decline and) fall of the Roman Empire, possibly... but I'm not so sure about that.
Also, what was your third group? The polytheists? (Hindu I guess? and a bunch of others?) Do you think they're really that big in comparison to the third group? I wonder...
And while the impact of Christianity, as other myths, upon literature is huge (as it should be... it is after all one of the world's most popular mythologies) I'm not sure that it's so great on philosophy, though hat's really interesting. While a lot of philosophy is related to religion (as that's where most people find their philosophy) I think that much of it isn't... though now i come to think of it, that's really very interesting.
T
Tuibird in Aotearoa
Conservationist, Scientist, and proud of both!
Chocolate lover extraordinaire...
Ahahahaha, ahahahahaha, ahahahaha...
My mission: Bringing Maori to the world!
Spelling Freak and Typo Queen
Also, what was your third group? The polytheists? (Hindu I guess? and a bunch of others?) Do you think they're really that big in comparison to the third group? I wonder...
And while the impact of Christianity, as other myths, upon literature is huge (as it should be... it is after all one of the world's most popular mythologies) I'm not sure that it's so great on philosophy, though hat's really interesting. While a lot of philosophy is related to religion (as that's where most people find their philosophy) I think that much of it isn't... though now i come to think of it, that's really very interesting.
T
Tuibird in Aotearoa
Conservationist, Scientist, and proud of both!
Chocolate lover extraordinaire...
Ahahahaha, ahahahahaha, ahahahaha...
My mission: Bringing Maori to the world!
Spelling Freak and Typo Queen
Comment