How did Christianity take hold in Europe? Why would European

Some guy says "My God says he'll torture you for all eternity if you don't believe in his Son, and we saw his Son performing miracles."

the religion took over rome and europeans are a bunch of a romeaboos

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>creates a writing system for your language in order to give you the bible

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>>3199524
Christianity was very appealing to monarchs. Think of it this way: instead of having multiple temples - with multiple sets of priests, priestesses, eunuchs, and other conniving people - that you have to please and keep in line in order to keep the peace... you could just have ONE God. ONE religious order that you keep happy so they can keep your populace happy. It's efficient.
Plus, one God who is supremely powerful and doesn't need other gods to keep the world in order sounds pretty fucking powerful. He eternally damned humanity, felt bad after a while, then had to create a physical self on Earth just to DIE in order to overcome his own curse. Cool right?

>>3199524
It appealed to the poor and common. Why would a peasent not want a religion that views every man equal, rich or powerful? Ironically enough it paved the for monarchies in europe which resulted in one of the most uneven class distribution ever.

>>3199524
> Rome had unified much of the world under its government, giving a sense of unity to the various lands. Also, because the empire was relatively peaceful, travel was possible, allowing the early Christians to spread the gospel. Such freedom to travel would have been impossible in other eras.

> While Rome had conquered militarily, Greece had conquered culturally. A “common” form of the Greek language (different from classical Greek) was the trade language and was spoken throughout the empire, making it possible to communicate the gospel to many different people groups through one common language.

> The fact that the many false idols had failed to give them victory over the Roman conquerors caused many to abandon the worship of those idols. At the same time, in the more “cultured” cities, the Greek philosophy and science of the time left others spiritually empty in the same way that the atheism of communist governments leaves a spiritual void today.

> The mystery religions of the time emphasized a savior-god and required worshipers to offer bloody sacrifices, thus making the gospel of Christ which involved one ultimate sacrifice believable to them. The Greeks also believed in the immortality of the soul (but not of the body).

> The Roman army recruited soldiers from among the provinces, introducing these men to Roman culture and to ideas (such as the gospel) that had not reached those outlying provinces yet. The earliest introduction of the gospel to Britain was the result of the efforts of Christian soldiers stationed there.

>>3199524
Because the Roman empire.

>>3199736
>false idols

Eat a Wurst, OP. You wuzznt viKANGZ n shieet. You're a rape baby at best.

Religions that are based in scripture and can transcend nationalities tend to defeat religions that are orally-based and confined to a single ethnic group.

Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism are multi-national corporations with sincere devotees and vast funds dedicated towards spreading the faith. Their opponents were mostly the mess of isolated and conflicting ethnic traditions that served only to explain the world and uphold the local social order. If the global faiths could provide that simple service of respect, while introducing the local people to the technological advances of globalism, it would only be a matter of time before even the most stubborn heathens would have to capitulate.

Granted none of these faiths had an easy start, and all faced near extinction at multiple points; they really couldn't be stopped once they received the wealthy patronage of emperors and kings. Except by each other, of course.

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