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Why paganism in Europe died, where polytheism in Asia survived? (fedia.io)

submitted 3 weeks ago by ryujin470@fedia.io to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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It's surprising that pagan religions of Europe have disappeared, but polytheistic religions of Asia (especially India) survived and are still widely followed there. Why?

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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 5 points 3 weeks ago

Within the Roman Empire, Christianity ended up succeeding as the apocalypse cult within the empire, with Rome eventually foresaking the old gods for Jesus.

As Roman retreated, Rome's church survived and became a unifying force in Europe. While there were crusades, there were also cases of willing conversion in order for border nations to gain access to the European market and diplomacy.