Debate on Christianity

[The Sage of Main Street]

post hoc ergo propter hoc

The Romans who weren't degenerate became escapist Christians. It is a selfish, cowardly, and politically apathetic religion. Even though it was set up by previous passivity such as Stoicism, Christianity killed any chance Rome had of renewing itself. The pagan religion was a national religion, so it might have led to the idea that saving Rome was a divinely ordained duty.

[Mister D]

The Romans who weren't degenerate became escapist Christians. It is a selfish, cowardly, and politically apathetic religion. Even though it was set up by previous passivity such as Stoicism, Christianity killed any chance Rome had of renewing itself. The pagan religion was a national religion, so it might have led to the idea that saving Rome was a divinely ordained duty.

Gibbon's claim is no longer taken seriously.

[Ivan88]

Christ freed us from the burdens of religion.
Christianity and the Churches put us back under worse burdens of religion.