On Rome and Christianity

{}[T]he people accepted Christianity willingly. It didn't have to get forced, and when Julian the Apostate reinstated Paganism, the people didn't get swayed by it. So, indeed, it is that the people were tired of the Pagan religions, because it brought disorder. You can't force on people your will. People crave stability above all other things, and Christianity gives stability.

[Also], what placed man back 500 years wasn't Christianity, but the fact that Rome became very hedonistic, and people stopped caring about their work, which turned to a loss of skills, which meant they couldn't maintain their roads, aqueducts or armies, or their logistics, and couldn't maintain any discipline--as people loved pleasure--and they lost their resolve.

But, yes, people accepted Christianity willingly. You can't force a population to do anything. And Christians being killed, it grew in popularity, and overtook the government, and when people had the chance to be Pagan again, they didn't take it.

Which is the same thing happening today. Christianity was just a social force, that made their fellow citizen less dangerous. Because people were extremely dangerous, being so idle at that time. Christianity bolstered the population, with a good set of moral values, and set up a framework which would build the States we have today. Which, are collapsing for the same reasons Rome did.