Message from @Chawosaurian
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what major world religion grew without a large empire?
hinduism may be the only semi-exception
and it's only partly an exception
unique in various ways
Hmm mayve
The Jews had big empires nearby but the religion didnt spread
Religions of the big spread nature seem to be a rather late development
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But arent large Empires also a late devlopment
Might be another force which made both
what big empire did the jews have?
They didnt run them, just had them exist nearby
Especially in later times
khazarian?
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That is one Empire they managed to infect
it's not really valid
they were force converted
The rulers converted
than they forced everyone else
yep
power is dictation
Similar thing happened in Rome with Christianity though
But in a much later stage
When Christianity had already taken hold of much of populace
The only reason the ruler got to force convert anyone is due to the legitimacy of his position
As ruler
Backed by force which it itself depends on that legitimacy.. hmm circles
Power is like a circle
It supports itself
yea duh
It can be broken
But someone needs to break it
the circle is held together not by truth, a paradigm, a philosophy or anything like this
just big guns
lots of big guns