tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post1899602034427368939..comments2024-03-29T07:50:15.957+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: GratilloniusKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-70657293370503750022012-10-23T17:50:14.390+01:002012-10-23T17:50:14.390+01:00I think history could have gone differently (suppo...I think history could have gone differently (suppose Saul had been killed by brigands en route to Damascus?) but the Roman Empire would probably have generated some sort of belief in a new revelation and universal salvation. A theistic way of putting that would be that God would have saved mankind in some other way if mankind's history had gone differently? I also wonder whether, if there is any truth in the idea of prehistoric civilisations, one or more of those civilisations had beliefs in a divine revelation of which no record has survived?Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-50418349618392040422012-10-23T08:18:13.948+01:002012-10-23T08:18:13.948+01:00Needless to say, Paul, I'm glad Catholic Chris... Needless to say, Paul, I'm glad Catholic Christianity triumphed over the pagan religions and "transitional" cults like Mithraism. For the very simple reason that I believe Christianity is true.<br /><br /> SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com