Alternate History NESes; Spout some ideas!

[Capulet]

I'd really like to see your scenario for Nes2 III.

Come on, Das, show it to us.

 

[Amenhotep7]

What if Jesus christ moved eastward? Suppose he succeeded in converting a good portion of Parthia? Would the Sassanian king rise to inherit an empire closely linked to the Church of Jesus Christ Shahanshah?

 

[erez87]

Well it wouldn't be jesus that moves east... Jesus was crussafied... whatever it's spelled... meaning he did not created christianery... He was actualy a jew to the end of his days... You mean his followers went east rather than into Rome... That could be interesting... Probably the name Christian might not exist and somthing more eastern would... And Christianery would not cometo europe so quicly... I wonder what will.........

 

[Amenhotep7]

Oops. That's what I meant. The missionaries would of course then move into India, and maybe make ventures into Tibet and China, and probably would have delayed the signifigantly spreading of Christianity into the Roman Empire for a century or so.

So, anyone want to comment? Das, wanna work your Alternate History magic on this one?

 

[erez87]

Actualy if they would go east... I don't think Christianery would exist for very long... The east belives are totaly diffrent from the west, and with Budhism and Induhism already prety much ruling the east, without the western ways of MONEY MONEY MONEY LAND LAND LAND, Christianery would not caught good into the east... and just dissapear under the sands of time. Budhism could march west?

 

[Amenhotep7]

The various polytheist belief systems found within the empire were very different from Christianity, too. So what's your point?

 

[erez87]

ok ok... i'll say it in a diffrent way. Polythism doesn't equal Budhism... Christianery would not win over it... (It actualy looses... proof: todays world budhism grows much faster than christianery... for 1 reason... it's ideals unite into other religion :shoked: )

 

[Amenhotep7]

I never said Polytheism waqs equivalent to Buddhism. I'm just saying that both differed VERY MUCH from Christianity. And the fact Buddhism is spreading more rapidly is irrelevant. What was spreading faster in the Middle Ages? Christianity or Buddhism?

 

[North King]

Buddhism was the faster spreader by conversion alone overall, and was the faster spreader by any means up until c.600 CE. Then Christianity was spreading faster for a little while, then after about c. 1400 CE it ver nearly only spread by conquest.

 

[Amenhotep7]

But after 600 CE? What then? Any prophet can in theory succeed in any environ. It just needs to meld to the locals.

 

[erez87]

Actualy... if you will check it Christianity and Polythism has much in common... You will be suprised at how much of it are identical...
And in the middle ages? Budhism already finished expanding into most of Asia and has an almost sister religion called Hinduism that expand into the rest... It's much more than puny Christianity only in europe

 

[North King]

But after 600 CE? What then? Any prophet can in theory succeed in any environ. It just needs to meld to the locals.

Christianity spread faster from c.600 to c.1400 because it had more room to expand into, while Buddhism had to compete with established religions.

 

[Amenhotep7]

@NK

Christianity had to compete with nuymerous religions as well. It was difficult to convert those Romans, you know. So I don't see many differences in the obstacles to convert the peoples of the east, but I do see Christian philosophy being affected, however.

 

[Xen]

remember- mithraism, at least ina weird form, wasnt complettly stamped out from being dominat in some regions (souther france and north italy) until around the 13th, and 14th centuires, and the knights templar may very well hjave had mithraic influences as well.

 

[Insane_Panda]

Christianity would never gain influence in the far east during the early years of its life. Eastern traditions and customs were just so different. Perhaps Persia, but east asia as a whole would not convert. Of course there would be some converts, but never to the extent that Christianity got in the western world as we know it today.

 

[Xen]

I'd be willign to bet that Persia, arabia, and ehtiopia 9which opens up the res tof eastern africa) would all convert to christianity- it was close enough to persian religion such as -persian- (Roman mithraism seem smore and more like an entreilly different religion from what the Persians practiced, and had a different official name to boot) mithriasm, to make it a fair choice for persian converts, and close enough to judiasm to make the jewish poulation in arabia, and ethiopia -far removed form the center of judiasim in jeruslam- possible converts.

meanwhile, the roamns own psuedo-monothesitic religion of "Roman mithraism", under the soldire god sol-invictus fo rth emen, and the goddess of isis for the women folk gain promience... imagine, 1492 columbus sails the ocean blue, and lands in the americas righ ton cue, but istead of preachers coming as well, it will be mithraic temples atop pyramids to be built over there

 

[Amenhotep7]

@Insane Panda

Exactly! So all you have to do is let Christianity develop in Parthia, Arabia, etc, then it would become a much more driving force eastward!

 

[Insane_Panda]

Ethiopia was already Christian. They practiced Copic christianity if im not mistaken.

 

[Xen]

Ethiopia was already Christian. They practiced Copic christianity if im not mistaken.

they didnt convert until around the 3rd or 4th centuries AD, and so hardly had a chance to expand christianity before the arabs fell upon them; even in thie rown nation christianity was never universal.

 

[Contempt]

Xen you are entirely too obessed with Roman culture, I think your opinion is just a touch skewed