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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
I always find it a tad odd when fundies bring up the decay of the Roman Empire as an arguement against sin and moral decay, the empire lasted close to a thousand years, you could argue 500 more if count Byzentium as an extension of the eastern empire.
Protestant western democracy will be lucky to survive 500 as the dominant theology of the world, with or without decay!
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As much as there was moral decay in the Roman Empire that caused it to collapse. It was caused more by a line of weak Emperors, a constant series of invasions and wars, a loss of the spirit of their military, and a fracturing of society then a moral decay.
They're went through what the States is going through now. A fractured civilian base, a constant state of war that drained their treasury and a string of misguided and ineffective leaders that were willing to sell out what their empire was founded on.
Not because some guy looked at another guys butt and said "Hey that's just alright"