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I think you misunderstand. Those who wrote the prophesy understood that freedom of belief was key to the existence of the empire. They knew that the flame would

I think you misunderstand. Those who wrote the prophesy understood that freedom of belief was key to the existence of the empire. They knew that the flame would only be extinguished if that very freedom was extinguished. The flame would thereby be the canary in the coal mine, and they were right. In this sense, there’s nothing superstitious about it - it only makes sense that the empire should fall after the flame is extinguished.

Wowfunhappy 1y ago
> Those who wrote the prophesy understood that freedom of belief was key to the existence of the empire. I find that a little hard to believe, you think that's true?
FranzFerdiNaN 1y ago
> Those who wrote the prophesy understood that freedom of belief was key to the existence of the empire No. Don’t project American ideals on the past. There was no freedom of belief like we would consider it. You were mostly free to belief what you wanted, but certain rituals and offers were a huge deal that had to be done. If you didn’t do that or participated in it you were considered a danger to the stability of society. It’s what the Christians found out.