religion

  1. SunKing105

    WI: Alcohol not prohibited in Islam?

    The prohibition of alcohol in Islam was very significant in the spread of the religion, and influenced the culture of the peoples who converted to it. Despite this, there were several times when this law was blatantly violated, the feast where most of the Ummayads were killed contained large...
  2. Etruscan-enthusiast35

    Alternate Religions Thread
    Threadmarks: Introduction/Church of the Evolutionary Genesis

    Inspired by @Višeslav's Alternate Ideologies thread, this thread is made for alternate religions. Whether they be spinoffs of existing faiths, wholly original religions, are are syncretic in nature, its welcome here. Whether the religion fits into At minimum, I ask that you provide; The...
  3. Question: Late Roman Prophet

    Could a roman prophet theoretically emerge in the late roman empire and unite one of the roman pagan cults or deities ? Maybe comparable to a Jesus figure or Mohammed but based in pagan roman believes/culture ? Or would that be ASB/impossible ?
  4. British Biscuit

    Agriculture/Animal Husbandry In a World Judaism is the Dominant Religion?

    I was thinking about how agriculture impacts everything from population growth to local environments to global warming... which made me think of this: Given that Judaism has a bunch of dietary taboos (most famous being "no pork!" & "no shellfish!" but there are others) how would the world &...
  5. SunKing105

    Places for ATL religions?

    This thread, is to discuss, which times and places in human history pre-1900 OTL had the right social, political, and economic conditions for either a new religion, or a radically different interpretation of an existing one, that somehow didn't come to pass in IOTL. Also, this thread is to...
  6. GameBawesome

    AHC: Pagan Ethnoreligious group survive to the modern day

    Context: An Ethnoreligious Group is a ethnic group that is unified by a common religionists background, like for example, Sikhs. Challenge: From any point in time before 19th-21th Centurit’s, from BC to AD, create an ethnoreligious group centered around any pagan religions, like: Ancient...
  7. What happens to Judaism Post-Holocaust Without Israel?

    I’ve seen tons of threads asking what would happen to the Jews if there is no Israel post-Holocaust (ie where Palestine is defeated in the 1948 War or if the British declare the Balfour Declaration void, etc) but I’ve never seen a thread on here which asks what happens to Judaism itself in such...
  8. SunKing105

    AHC: Have a major world religion develop in the Americas

    With any POD, have a major world religion with over a billion followers or more originate out of the pantheons and spiritual practices of any of the native peoples of the Americas.
  9. Goats-&-Bolts

    Jerusalem of the East turned Red – Or What If there was a “Christian Korean People’s Republic”?

    https://www.christiantoday.com/article/when-north-koreas-capital-had-so-many-christians-it-was-called-the-jerusalem-of-the-east/107588.htm https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/the-jerusalem-of-the-east One of the North Korean Christians who fled south during the exodus was...
  10. WI: Abrahamic Religions were Monolatrist

    What if all Abrahamic Religions were monolatrist, meaning that they recognized the existence of other gods but consistently worship only one? What would be the effects of it in special on the expansion of Christianity and their relationship with other religions?
  11. What if the Christian God actually existed? How would the world be different?

    As some of you probably know, there's this religion going around these days called Christianity. Its followers go around saying all these rosy things about God... supposedly an omnibenevolent, omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent deity... who lets His followers die, and lets the holocaust...
  12. Gukpard

    How far could the Waldesians could go optimistically?

    I'm a prebysterian, and years ago I heard about the Waldesians (tbh, they were the annoying rebels on europa universalis 3), but didn't paid attention Some time ago I began to study about them, and discovered that they seemed to fit on protestantism, being very close to other protestant ways of...
  13. AHC: Radical political or religious faction persecutes Historians, Archeologists, and Paleontologists, charges them with the sin of Necromancy

    Your challenge is to make it so that a political or religious faction arises in the 19th or 20th century, which considers people who deal with the past, like Historians, Paleontologists, and Archeologists Necromancers because they symbolically summon the dead spirits of the past to obtain...
  14. Challenge/What If: Christianity Revival/Comeback In The Middle East and North Africa During The Modern Era

    Is it realistically possible for Christianity to become more mainstream and more common in North Africa and the Middle East again by the time of the modern era? What would have to happen for it to occur? Can a native Middle Eastern government pull it off on its own? Does this require European...
  15. The_Persian_Cat

    WI: Ambedkar converted to Islam instead of Buddhism?

    Hello all, BR Ambedkar, author of the Indian Constitution, hated Hinduism. As a member of the untouchable dalit caste, Ambedkar faced adversity all his life, and publicised debates with Gandhi and eventual conversion to Buddhism prompted dalits to convert to Buddhism en masse. What if Ambedkar...
  16. AHC: Make "Metal Masses" a more widespread phenomenon in Europe, and possibly America

    The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland started allowing "Metal Masses" some years ago. They are singing the traditional Lutheran songs of the Finnish Lutheran Church combined with metal and hard rock music: How could you make similar developments in Church Music take place in other...
  17. How reliable are the MENA maps of Mehrdad Izady?

    Here is his blog: http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/maps.shtml . They seem pretty detailed and accurate but there some odd choices in terms of classification of some groups. For example, in here he separates the the alawites from the nusayris, dispate the later only being a slur for the formers...
  18. GameBawesome

    AHC: Islamic Japanese Daimyo Clan

    Challenge: There have been Daimyo clans that has been Christian, and Buddhist, but what if an Islamic clan? The challenge is to create a Japanese Daimyo clan that converts to Islam. They don’t have to survive to the present day, they just have to exist in a moment between 600s to 1700s, you...
  19. Caravels of Portugal

    Alternate Religion Discussion Thread

    Hello there AH users! Every wanted to talk about your alternate history religion you created, but think it doesn't generate sufficient interest or too risky? This is the chance to discuss about your alternate history religion with other users who will comment and suggest about it. To start the...
  20. AHC: Make a new religion of the world.

    Similar to the similar thread about ethnicity. Describe the religion's current distribution and demography and its history and if course their beliefs. Let your imagination run wild! It could be a minor religion in a world near identical to our own or the dominant religion in a drastically...
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