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How could these secret cults become the official religion of the empire instead of Christianity? I have always been intrigued by these cults, which practically are the resurgence of the pre-Indo-European mother goddess cult.

As of 2015, the Abrahamic religions make up 55.7% of the world's populations, with 31.2% Christian, 24.1% Muslim, and 0.2% Jewish. My challenge is to make a world where by the current year, equal percentages of Jews, Christians, and Muslims make up the Abrahamic religion's population. To not...

Tibet, IOTL, is often seen as the world's main cultural "hub" of Buddhism and Buddhist monasticism. What people tend to forget, however, is that, before around the 12th century, Tibet was a very plural country that practiced a range of religions also including (but not limited to) Islam...

Pat Robertson is one of the key faces of the American Christian Right. He played a key role in forming it into a clear movement. However this was not inevitable. Robertson’s religiosity wasn’t always such a key part of him. Indeed he only became so religious in the late 1950’s after he failed...

If I remember correctly (I don't recall much of my undergrad Japanese History Course), but by the end of the 16th century, Japan had one of the largest Christian communities outside of European rule. In fact, the Christian community in Japan was a vibrant community, until it was crushed and...

What would happen if Christianity appeared a thousand years later ?

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The POD can be whenever. I'm up for really any scenario, even borderline ridiculous ones, so long as they are at least minutely possible.

“In 1444 an inspirational religious fanatic of a heretical Shia sect had appeared in the city. Crowds flocked to the Persian missionary who promised reconciliation between Islam and Christianity, and Mehmet himself, attracted by his teachings, welcomed the man into the palace. The religious...

Say in the 6th century the Somali tribes converted to Orthodox Christianity, what would the potential ramifications be? Would there be a chance of the entire horn of Africa repelling colonialists?

In the Warcraft Universe, the faith of the Human race was increasingly retconned into a more "spiritual but not theistic" leaning from Warcraft 1 onwards, eventually resulting in the religion of the Holy Light which is kinda like Unitarian Universalism mixed with Buddhism, but keeping the...

Spain invaded Cambodia during the 1600s and tried to spread their faith through Cambodia and probably in the future that Buddhism would decrease while Christianity would increase in Cambodia (and Indochina) like the Philippines? Would a huge Cambodian Rebellion occur after annexation of...

Most of the discussions about a reverse outcome at Milvian Bridge i see here often focus on the development of christianity as a religion. But, here, i'll like to ask: what are the effects of an absent constantinian restoration on the Roman Empire as a whole? How would the empire be divided...

Title says it all. The state must not be a colony. Bonus points if you can get this christian kingdom to be a regional power.

I'm quite curious as to how successful a relationship between a Christian Monarch and a Caliph would be. We've seen Caliphs subordinate to Turks, Persians, and other rulers - and whilst extreme, in a situation where you have a strong surviving Roman Empire that pushes Islam back, or Crusaders...

Islam seems to be a favorite topic on here. So, allow me to give you a challenge. Make the Hijri Calendar (Islamic Calendar) as widely used as the Gregorian Calendar today. Try not to just say "Make Islam the Majority Religion", be creative, think about it, the Hijri Calendar was advanced...

How do you think would it be possible to have a Theocracy in present-day Europe that is about as strictly Christian as present-day OTL Iran is Islamic? -Obviously it wouldn't be Democratic, so it wouldn't be a member of the EU. -It would be strongly Patriarchal and discriminatory towards...

As the title, how do you make OTL Indonesia be majority of the Christian faith by ATL 2016? Or something close to it? Can it be done? What affects would this have on Asia.

With PoDs after the Council of Nicea, could Christianity have developed a tradition of castration for men joining the clergy? And to be clear, my preference is for this to be within Trinitarian Christianity, or those who recite the Nicene Creed; difficult, I realize. It may, or might not, turn...

So, the challenge is: With a POD not before 1540 make Otomo Clan ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Ctomo_clan ) the lords or overlords of Kyushu from the end of the OTL Sengoku Period at least until the XIX century. They must be roman catholic christians. Bonus Points: If the south of...