Delicate subject maybe, touching personal believes...
A cliché I see around here is a certain 'Protestantism Wanking' (albeit 'Catholicism Wanking' happens too) - the 'inevitability' of Protestantism (possible), the spread of it like wildfire AND a permanency, the 'need' of Protestantism for capitalism and a certain 'superiority' implied at times...
So, and perhaps it may be useful to ATL creators, a discussion on how to 'screw' Protestantism in many ways - be it ALL of it more or less, or some variations-branches of it as well. Also, be it from the top - princes, kings and all, or from the bottom, the people....
Like, by example...
-Could some territories be returning to Catholicism, OR maybe turning to Orthodoxy even - for eastern realms perhaps...
I heard there was fighting in Sweden in some threads here, by example, and it could have remained catholic.
-Could it have, or some forms, gained a 'bad press' and image? Like, gaining a reputation of radicalism, fanatism, worse than the Church of Rome even maybe?
By example, Calvin dreamed of a 'New Jerusalem' in Swisterland, I have read.. what if he realised it, and it became a 'nightmare' dictature, akin to the 'Black Legend' around Spain, Inquisition and all?
-On the other sides, could have the Church of Rome changed things around, POD distant or not (could be later), OR a 'national catholicism' church broken out and offered something fitting more the tastes (later in this case)?
OR maybe Orthodoxy if added to other factors...