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  1. WI: Christianity was polytheistic

    I think the 'polytheism' debate is a bit of a misdirection (honestly I don't think it's a useful framing ever, except as religious self-identification). What really matters is having a Christianity that is less inimical to outside religious traditions, including the worship of other deities...

  2. Is the decline of polytheism inevitable?

    You've given me a lot of things to consider here, thanks!

  3. Is the decline of polytheism inevitable?

    x I quite angry. Julian's Neoplatonic paganism was neither here nor there; not similar enough to older paganism to win over traditionalists whilst not having much of an edge over Christianity. Plus I have my own doubts about any religion inspired by something as arcane and intellectual as...

  4. Is the decline of polytheism inevitable?

    Judaism did end up spreading quite far into Ethiopia and Arabia but I'm not really sure that it had much of an impact in the Roman Empire itself. Maybe some Roman citizens took up the Noahide laws as a sort of mystery cult but I agree that it probably wasn't such a huge cultural force...

  5. Is the decline of polytheism inevitable?

    I wouldn't say so. There are arguments that any sort of monism is philosophically easier to argue (Neoplatonism has been brought up). But you can have 'monist' philosophical theory with polytheistic worship and practices. There are Hindu schools that are monist, for example, and Stoic beliefs in...

  6. Crusader Kings III

    No they're not, I've had a quite succesful game as the Borjigin duke in 1066, claiming my ruler's title, deposing him, and a few generations later, reforming the Tengri faith and establishing the Mongol Empire through the decision (which has High Federative succesion, which is great). The only...

  7. Thanks mate!

    Thanks mate!
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  8. Given how long ago modern humans developed should we be more advanced?

    'Development' isn't a straight line. Even the idea of 'progress' being this automatic always-forward-moving thing is problematic. Historiographically, it's fallacious and somewhat backwards-projecting. You might as well ask why it took us so long to develop nuclear weapons, when we have been...

  9. Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 2

    Who names their MBT 'Dog'?

  10. Which domesticate animal other than dogs or horses would be the most important to man?

    Still amazing that it spread so far despite being so relatively minor. I guess it must've had a real competitive edge for it to have such an impact on human genetics.

  11. What are some alternate formal names for South Africa?

    It's easier to pronounce than Republic of the Gariep/ Garieprepubliek, anyway.

  12. What are some alternate formal names for South Africa?

    Wouldn't the Orange River be more symbolic, then? Oranjerepubliek? Maybe a bit Free State-ish, but it's got a nice ring to it.

  13. Princess Elizabeth dies during WW2?

    Second- or third-in-lines to the throne going wild because they have nothing to do besides waiting is almost a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's just a very unhealthy combination of wealth and idleness, and a problem even a lot of modern monarchies haven't solved out. TTL Margaret will still be...

  14. Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 2

    The armament is on the heavy side. Both the E-50 and the E-75 were supposed to be armed with 88mm L/71 cannon, with (IIRC) an option for a 10.5 cm cannon for the E-75. Also, the E-25 as a medium tank seems rather superfluous by the mid 1940s, even as a lighter alternative to the rather heavy...

  15. WI: Failed Dutch Revolt

    During the Spanish period (especially after the Pragmatic Sanction of 1549) the Netherlands weren't that strongly tied to the HRE. The Northern Netherlands left automatically despite themselves claiming full legal continuity, while the Spanish Netherlands were always Spanish first, Burgundian...

  16. Imperial Germany’s Version of Welthauptstadt Germania

    I agree, Imperial German being as conservative as it is, I think they'd leave Berlin mostly alone. Maybe they'd go for a memorial monument (as the OTL victorious powers did; any WW1 victory is bittersweet), but that's about it. The Siegessäule was already the ultimate representation of German...

  17. Empress Willhelmina of Indonesia

    I'd put the blame more on severe mismanagement and failed reforms of the previous decades, including promises of autonomy that were never granted, that made continuing rule so awkward even at the best of times. Past centuries only matter as much in how people choose to remember them. The Dutch...

  18. Gothic becomes the majority language of Anatolia

    How are you going to get the Goths there in the first place?

  19. AHC: Maximum number of Romance languages?

    It's also the part closest to the continent and so the one place that's easiest to shift to something else, linguistically. I mean, that's probably why it switched to British Latin in the first place. I agree that it's very unsuitable as a place for a hold-out Romance language.

  20. PC: Separate Catholic and Protestant German ethnicities

    There's already the German-Austrian divide, which is already a bit arbitrary and strongly based on (dynastic) politics and religion. Wouldn't be too hard to expand that basic distinction. Always been an idea of mine to have the 30 years word lead into a 'split' of the Holy Roman Empire of the...
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