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Wednesday 10 February 2010

The Constantine Option

We all know how the Romans crucified Christ and threw his followers to the lions for refusing to worship Roman gods.

But we also know that the Emperor Constantine eventually embraced Christianity, ostensibly because he saw the light, but really to control it and to harness the power of the Unique Omnipotent God whom he thought would better assist him in the ruling of his empire.

It is both humbling and revealing to learn that even gods are disposable.

Perhaps if Islam had been around for Constantine to embrace (as he embraced Christianity in 312 AD), the Roman Empire might well have lasted another thousand years. But it was the only Abrahamic religion around at the time for the Romans to embrace.

By 476 the Roman Empire had fallen. The Prophet Muhammad was not born until 570 - too late to save the Romans from themselves.

However, it is not too late for the British to part-exchange their Unreliant Robin of a religion for a four-wheel drive with its instruction manual still in the glove compartment.

After all, the journey ahead will be long and arduous.

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