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I'm standing at the crossroads of


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history but this is no ordinary history


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The Familiar monuments of Faith are gone


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the churches Cathedrals the crosses


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erased the world you and I know has


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vanished replaced by a timeline where


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Christianity never existed what happened


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here what caus this great void I'm an


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investigator diving into the past to


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uncover what changed


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where it all went off track and most


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importantly what came to fill the void


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Left


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Behind the year is 33 ad but the events


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you know the story of the crucifixion it


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never happened I'm walking through the


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streets of Rome as we speak and instead


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of Whispers of a new religion spreading


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across the Empire the world remains


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under the sway of ancient beliefs no


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Martyrs no Gospels


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history has taken a sharp turn and I'm


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here to uncover its


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[Music]


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Secrets let's begin with the first clue


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in our timeline the Roman Empire was


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beginning to fracture by the 3D and


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fourth centuries torn apart by internal


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strife external invasions and religious


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upheaval Christianity one Once A


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persecuted sect became the state


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religion in 313 ad under emperor


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Constantine but in this alternate


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timeline Constantine never converted in


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fact he never had to because


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Christianity never took root in the


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Empire so what


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happens without the rise of Christianity


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Rome's religious identity is anchored


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firmly in


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polytheism the traditional Roman gods


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Jupiter Mars Venus remain Central to


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daily life The Cult of the Emperor as


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Divine


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persists and the stability of the Empire


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is linked to these ancient


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rituals Roman Authority unchallenged by


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a new monotheistic religion maintains


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tighter control over its provinces


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including those in Judea where


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Christianity once began but it's not


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just Rome that's affected the early


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Christian missionaries who spread across


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the Empire Paul Peter the apostles


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they're lost to history the ideas of


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universal salvation the emphasis on


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individual belief and a personal


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relationship with a single God those


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Concepts never take


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hold as we move forward we begin to see


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the Ripple effect in how religion


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develops across the globe with


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Christianity never emerging the


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monotheistic model it's spread across


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Europe Africa and parts of Asia is


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missing instead older religious


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Traditions


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flourish in Europe the Roman gods


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maintain their dominance longer but what


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about Beyond Rome paganism continues to


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flourish in regions where Christianity


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once made inroads the Norse gods Thor


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Odin Freya continue to be woried in


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Scandinavia in the Celtic lands of


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Ireland and Britain the druidic faiths


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rich in their connection to Nature and


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the spirits of the land maintain their


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power unchallenged by Christian monks


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who never arrived to convert these


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people now let's talk about the Middle


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East in our timeline Christianity had


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already spread by the time Islam emerged


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in the 7th Century the two religions


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often influenced and in some cases


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challenged each other but without


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Christianity Islam's rise is different


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with no rival abrahamic religion in


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Europe and Africa Islam's expansion


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could face less opposition but also


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without the Crusades or the Christian


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Banes the geopolitical landscape


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surrounding its growth shifts


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drastically so what feels the void left


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by Christianity's


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absence does paganism


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survive or does something new emerge


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entirely paganism for all its diversity


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was largely


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decentralized it relied on local


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Traditions oral stories and Regional


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practices


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without Christianity to unify Europe


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under a single religious framework


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Europe remains


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fragmented the political power of the


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Roman Catholic Church never


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materializes instead we see a Europe


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where religion is local tied closely to


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specific cities regions and


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rulers but religion doesn't stagnate


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Humanity has always sought answers to


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the great questions of existence like


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life death death the


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Divine in this timeline perhaps new


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religious philosophies


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emerge one possibility is that new


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monotheistic or dualistic religions like


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Zoroastrianism or myth rism rise to


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prominence in our world these religions


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competed with early Christianity before


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fading away but in this timeline


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mithraism a religion popular among Roman


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soldiers might evolve into a dominant


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belief system in Europe and Beyond and


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here's the most intriguing


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clue without the rise of Christianity


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which emphasized written texts like the


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Bible how does religious knowledge get


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preserved and


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transmitted oral Traditions mystical


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schools of thought and secret Cults


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these might become the main vehicles for


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religious


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expression imagine a world where Magic


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IC astrology and divination are seen not


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as


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superstitions but as respected paths to


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understanding the


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Divine now let's turn to politics in our


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timeline the Christian Church became one


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of the most powerful institutions in


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medieval


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Europe it wielded immense influence over


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Kings and Emperors shaping laws


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morals and even scientific


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thought but what if this power center


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never


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existed in this alternate World there is


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no Pope no Vatican no Holy Roman Empire


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the political landscape of Europe is a


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Battleground between secular rulers and


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competing religious authorities none of


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whom hold the centralized power that the


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Catholic Church did monarchs in Europe


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don't claim divine right through


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Christianity but rather through


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ancestral Traditions or direct


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conquests the idea of christiandom a


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unified Christian Europe is never


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born and without the moral and ethical


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framework provided by Christianity how


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do societies Define right and wrong law


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codes in this timeline are likely


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harsher drawn from older more brutal


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Traditions slavery which Christianity


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played role in opposing in later


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centuries persists longer in this world


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social hierarchies remain rigid


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justified by appeals to Divine or


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Supernatural Authority tied to rulers


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themselves religion wasn't just about


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faith it shaped the way humans created


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and understood the


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world without Christianity what happens


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to art science and


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philosophy I find myself in a vast


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library right now as we speak Scrolls


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and books from ancient cultures line in


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the walls but there's something missing


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the great Cathedrals the Renaissance


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masterpieces the philosophical works of


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Augustine and aquinus they're


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gone without the church the patronage


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that funded the creation of some of the


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greatest art and architecture in human


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history never happens there are no


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Michelangelo sculptures no cinee Chapel


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religious art takes a very different


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form focusing on mythological and


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natural


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themes perhaps instead of saints and


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angels we see paintings of gods spirits


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and natural forces dominating European


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art for


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centuries philosophy too is


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altered the world view that permeated


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Western Philosophy from the time of


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Augustine onward would not


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exist Instead The Works of pre-christian


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philosophers like Plato Aristotle and


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Cicero continued to


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dominate Pagan philosophy focused on


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virtue the natural world and the Divine


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Remains the foundation of intellectual


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thought in


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Europe and what about science you ask


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in our timeline the church played both a


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suppressive and supportive role in


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scientific


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development however in this alternate


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history where religion is more


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decentralized and mystical Traditions


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Thrive scientific inquiry May develop


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along more occult or metaphysical lines


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Alchemy and astrology which were once


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viewed with suspicion by the church


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could become mainstream


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Sciences the concept of divine order


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that underpinned the rise of modern


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science may not emerge slowing down


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technological Pro


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progress as we move forward into the


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modern era the absence of Christianity


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continues to Ripple across the globe


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Europe without the influence of


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Christian colonizers approaches the Age


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of Exploration differently the spread of


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European Empires is not driven by the


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missionary Zeal that accompanied


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Columbus Cortez and the Portuguese


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explorers instead these Empires are


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driven solely by economic and political


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motives without the ethical or religious


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justification of spreading the word of


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God without Christianity's influence the


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transatlantic slave trade might look


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very different while slavery exists


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isted in many forms around the world it


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was often justified by Christian


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theology during European


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colonization in this alternate timeline


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slavery persists as an economic system


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but the moral debates that surrounded it


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in the Christian World never


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occur finally let's consider the global


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balance of power in our timeline


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Christianity created a powerful link


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between Europe and the Americas through


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colonization and missionary work


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without this Europe's influence in the


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new world is less pronounced perhaps


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indigenous religions in the America


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survive longer and African spiritual


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systems unchallenged by Christianity


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remain Central to the cultures of the


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African


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diaspora here I am surrounded by The


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Echoes of a world that could have been


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in this timeline there was no spread of


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Christianity to Europe no conversion of


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Constantine no Crusades no Protestant


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Reformation without Christianity the


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world is more fragmented more divided


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with older religions and philosophies


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holding sway well into the modern era


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but here's the thing history isn't just


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a series of events it's shaped by the


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ideas we hold the faith we follow and


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the stories we tell ourselves about who


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we


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are without Christianity the world's


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religions evolve along very different


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lines we see the Persistence of


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polytheism in Europe the Middle East and


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Beyond but religion itself doesn't


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disappear it


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adapts Humanity still seeks meaning


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still craves understanding and still


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looks to the Divine to make sense of a


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chaotic


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World perhaps we see the rise of new


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monotheistic movements or even a world


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dominated by mystical schools of thought


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in some parts of the world ancient


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deities once thought forgotten might be


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worshiped


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still but let's dive deeper into how


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religion develops in this timeline


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without Christianity many of the


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monotheistic and moral Frameworks that


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shaped Western Civilization would look


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very


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different but we must remember


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Humanity's need for spiritual guidance


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for a connection to something larger


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than itself is


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universal so what might rise in


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Christianity's


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absence firstly other monotheistic


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religions such as Zoroastrianism M which


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predates Christianity could fill the Gap


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Zoroastrianism with its emphasis on


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eternal battle between good and evil


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light and darkness might gain more


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followers as it spreads Westward through


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trade


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routes the zoroastrian dualistic


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philosophy could shape the moral codes


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of societies across the Middle East and


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possibly into


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Europe on the other hand without the


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unifying force of Christianity


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polytheism remains


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resilient the gods of Greece Rome Egypt


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and the Norse pantheon might see a


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Resurgence or continued reverence in


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Europe instead of being replaced by a


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single Faith the gods of Olympus and


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Valhalla could become Central to the


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cultural identity of these


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regions imagine a world where Zeus Thor


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and raw are still actively worshiped in


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Grand temples scattered across the


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continents but it doesn't end there


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without Christianity's moral and ethical


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monotheism mystical and esoteric


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movements might


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flourish schools of thought like


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gnosticism hermeticism and Eastern


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spiritual Traditions would find fertile


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ground the search for hidden knowledge


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the mysteries of the universe in the


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pursuit of Enlightenment might shape the


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spiritual journey of entire nations


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we could see societies where religion is


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more personal more mystical and more


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focused on inner transformation rather


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than external


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Dogma let's also take a step back and


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look at the global picture without


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Christianity dominating Europe the


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global religious landscape shifts


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dramatically in South and East Asia


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Hinduism and Buddhism retain their


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influence but perhaps without the same


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cultural clashes that arose from


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European


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colonialism these religions could spread


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further into the West blending with


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local traditions in unexpected


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ways in the Americas indigenous


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religions remain powerful for much


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longer without the missionary efforts of


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European colonizers the spiritual


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systems of the Aztecs the Maya and the


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Inca and the Native American tribes


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might Thrive


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Shamanism animism and ancestor worship


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could remain deeply rooted in these


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cultures influencing the way they


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interact with the natural


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world Islam meanwhile continues to


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expand but without the Christian


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Crusades to counter it the religious map


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of North Africa and Middle East and


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parts of Europe could be dramatically


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different perhaps the spread of Islam is


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less contested or perhaps new religions


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born out of syncretic blends of paganism


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Judaism and local faiths arise in its


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place the absence of a unifying


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religious foe like Christianity could


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change the very nature of religious


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conflicts in this


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timeline and what about


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politics well religion and political


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power have always been intertwined but


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in this alternate world with no


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Christian Church to wield


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influence the political landscape of


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Europe is


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fragmented instead of christiandom we


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see Europe ruled by competing tribal


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Kings each with her own Pantheon of


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gods there's no Holy Roman Empire no


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Divine mandate to


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rule instead rulers claim


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legitimacy through Conquest tradition or


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even direct Divine


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communication this changes the way power


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is


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distributed without a singular moral


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Authority like the pope local leaders


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have more autonomy to interpret


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religious Doctrine to suit their


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needs religion becomes even more of a


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tool for control and manipulation by


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those in power but it's also less


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centralized we might see a world where


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religious leaders hold sway only in


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specific ific regions with no


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overarching authority to unite


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them religious conflict would be more


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localized tied to the whims of


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individual rulers rather than a global


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struggle for


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Supremacy on the other hand the absence


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of Christianity means the absence of


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certain social movements that were born


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out of Christian ethics the abolition of


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slavery for instance which was heavily


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influenced by Christian movements in the


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18th and 19th centuries


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could be delayed or take a very


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different form human rights movements


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which Drew upon Christian ideals of


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equality before God May emerge later or


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n at


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all so what have we uncovered in this


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investigation the world without


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Christianity is one of fragmented faiths


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competing political powers and an


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evolving spiritual


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landscape paganism remains powerful


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ancient gods still Reign and new


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religions mystical monotheistic and


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entirely different begin to take root


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the political structure of Europe is


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radically different and the cultural


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advancements we associate with the


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Christian World take on new unexpected


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forms but here's the most intriguing


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part without Christianity the very idea


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of the modern world


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shifts the technological advancements


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the global Explorations the wars the


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peace treaties all of it is shaped by


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different


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forces the moral compass that has guided


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Humanity for centuries is absent


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replaced by something else something


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older or perhaps something entirely new


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the question is could this World


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survive could Humanity Thrive without


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the spiritual Foundation that has shaped


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so much of our history or would this be


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a world forever divided forever


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searching for the faith that never


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came but this investigation is far from


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over next time we'll dive into an even


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deeper question what if there is no


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God what would the world look like if


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faith in any divine power had never


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existed what would we believe


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in what would we fight for it's a


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question that shakes the very


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foundations of existence


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itself subscribe because the next


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chapter of Divergent history is about to


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question


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everything we thank you for spending


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this time with us and watching our video


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until next time see you later Divergent


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historians