Survival of the fittest

[ImWithStupid]

In my opinion, Rome fell once they started changing their faith.

 

Every great society has had one thing in common, a common belief structure. When you play games with the thread that tied your society together, you risk everything falling apart.

 

 

As we are seeing in America now.

 

Rome fell for the same reason that the US will fall. They stopped the practice of making everyone integrate and allowed everyone who became part of the Roman Empire to keep their own culture and identity. Instead of Romans, they had Germanians, or Carthaginians or whatever as a conquered member of their Empire, not an integrated member.

[timesjoke]

Rome fell for the same reason that the US will fall. They stopped the practice of making everyone integrate and allowed everyone who became part of the Roman Empire to keep their own culture and identity. Instead of Romans, they had Germanians, or Carthaginians or whatever as a conquered member of their Empire, not an integrated member.

 

But was it not all just further results of their change in belief structure?

 

As a domino effect, a fundamantal change in belief structure will change evcerythign in a society. After the push tword Christanity, there were secrete pockets of people who were still worshiping their old beliefs and even more trying to blend the two and the excesses that go with these actions ran into other areas.

 

 

The timelines show after the puch tword changing beliefs marked the massive changes in political methods as well. \

 

 

I believe it is cause and effect but who knows for sure being as were were not there but it is also interesting to see some of the same changes in America as we are moving away from the belief structure that made us strong. As they say, history repeating itself.

[wez]

People get fed up with control freaks after they give everything humanly possible and it's still not good enough.. Never is with some folks. Their identity depends on it.. Civilizations fall.

 

A common thread in the downfall of every civilization is the breakdown of gender roles...

[snafu]

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The Roman army fell because they became lazy, careless, content and complacent. Brethren, let's keep our spiritual sword sharpened and always remain alert, so our enemy will not catch us unprepared. "Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand" (Eph. 6:13).