Should our ancestors have stick to the ‘Druidic Religion’ in the British Isles?

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rather than converting to Christianity.

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  1. Paul
    The Romans had a fairly foolproof way of converting new lands to Christianity. Kill everyone who professes a different belief. So it was fairly hard to carry on being a druid, and why it pretty much died entirely but for a few remnants eaten by Christianity (the fertility rituals of Easter, for instance, owe a lot to the Pagan religions of Europe) and traditions passed down through word of mouth, devoid of their religious significance. Druidism has, of course, recently seen a resurgence. I think it's a bit silly, to be honest. We know so little about the ancient religion that those who practice it seem to me to be going through rituals they think their forebears might have done, largely in ignorance of what their significance was or whether they're doing them in any way similarly to the originals. Interesting note - the Romans Christianised the Isle of Wight last. I don't know why they left it out as they encroached Northward. Maybe they didn't notice it. Anyway, they converted that island by slaughtering everyone living on it. Charming people.
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    It might have made life nore interesting, but ultimately, one brand of claptrap is as bad as another.

    Ghost of Joy Division Oven Gloves
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    It would be up to them, wouldn’t it? And apparently they decided they wanted to convert.

    Christianity spread like wildfire, very peacefully, through most of Northern Europe.

    The people were just ripe for it, and readily accepted it.
    So there is no point in going on about “should have’…. the fact is they didn’t, and didn’t want to, and it’s not what happened.

    Mackenzie
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    Not if you’re the one they would have selected for sacrifice.

    Publius
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    No because Druid and Pagan worship does not lead you to heaven

    John
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    Druidism was actually a minority religion. If every Druid had remained a Druid, the fraction of the British Isles that would currently be Druids would not be much more than the fraction that is Jewish.

    Fat lot of difference that would have made to the mass conversion to the Christian thing.

    Mark
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