>>3736659I believe essentially that this is one of bowden's weakest points, Christianity as a state religion has become morally retrograde, yes, but principally it has never been a religion of total tolerance in history. Many times it aided in the union of tribes like germans, slavs and celts toward's a civilization and sense of statehood. Liberalism's pluralism and indifferentism was a reaction against christian infighting. We could have equally seen the same effect occur in paganism.