Originally Posted by Starman
Pagans seemed to get along just fine when
it came to personal choice of Gods.

The greeks, Romans. Gauls, and further east regions
Like Egypt, Syria, Persia, etc,.didn't squabble over their
Gods.



I have a hard time believing that. The priests of Zeuss never had a conflict with those of Apollo, or Mars, or Diana, or Athena etc, etc, over the best temple site or competed for accolytes????

Even the remaining mythology is full of competitions and outright battles between the gods of Greece/Rome.

We are well aware of battles fought and human sacrifice made to the gods of the S American indigenous peoples.

Polynesian cultures were also big on human sacrifice and yes, even cannibalism.

Those ancient Romans did not seem to be so friendly to the Judeo/Christian traditions when people started abandoning the old Roman Temples en masse and flocking to a new tradition. Hungry priests get vengeful and call upon all the power of civil authority.

Even the Crusades had little to do with religious conversions and much more to do with wealth, trade routes, and protection thereof. The wholesale slaughter of the peoples of South and Central America, and the catholicization of the remainder was much more to ensure a steady supply of labor for the Spanish Crown and income to The Church, than it was about the saving of souls.

People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.