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The illegal cult of Christianity rose to prominence in the Roman Empire. The human gods, emperors and royalty of Rome, didn’t like the competition. Persecutions of Christians occurred through the 3rd Century. After this time Christians were tolerated.
The emperor Aurelian revived the semi monotheistic cult of Sol Invictus in 274 AD. This became the predominate form of worship. There’s a story and an explanation for all their moves, but obviously the pressure on the pagans was increasing.
The First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD was organized by emperor Constantine I. The council worked to gain a consensus on Christianity; until this time practiced in different ways by a variety of schools and teachers. They began to put together the Holy Bible. In 380 AD emperor Theodosius made Christianity the religion of state. The rapist Romans hijacked the whole thing and kept on ruling.
1 Samuel 5:6 And the hand of the Yhwh became heavy upon the Ashdodites, and He ravaged them, and He smote them with hemorrhoids, Ashdod and its borders
Related; A Common Thread
The republican Neo Conservative movement, brain child of the socialist Irving Kristol, fell out of favor with many right wingers during the administration of George Bush Jr. The 2007 Financial Crisis was the main cause. The “trickle down economics” and deregulation policies of the Neo Cons had come to fruition; almost collapsing the US economy. This was intended to create an atmosphere ripe for socialist revolution.
The answer to the Neo Cons was the Tea Party Republicans; a group who discredited themselves by simply being uncooperative. They refused to negotiate on any issue, contrary to US political tradition. Their replacement leader was former president Donald Trump. He pursued the same deregulation policies (NBC).