the enemy within

Although admitting that there would be no western civilization had not the Greeks started the spread of the katholikos ethos of universal or global principles, Poppy believes that it is now being applied by enemies within our society to bring about our downfall.

“By far the greatest Greek influence has been Christianity – or the Catholic Church,” says Poppy. “When the apostles turned the exclusive Jewish sect of Jesus into a ‘katholikos’ or universal faith, they found ready adherents in Greece to spread the word to Rome via colonization, where it was eventually adopted by Constantine as the state religion of the empire, overruling all others.”

“Without colonization there is no spread of ideas,” says Poppy. “The katholikos ethos cannot work without massive movements of people from one area to another.’

“Trade and war spreads ideas but it takes colonization – the permanent settlement of new people – for the katholikos ethos to take root and create change.”

“That’s how western civilization spread from the old world to the new world,” says Poppy. “Had the Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, French and English just looted the new world without setting up colonies and moving their own people in, the Americas, southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand would still be in indigenous hands – speaking their old languages, worshipping their old gods and looking and behaving essentially as they had for millennia.”

"When I talk about our downfall - the end of western civilization – I do so in terms of the katholikos ethos applied by our enemies," says Poppy. "Who they are, I dare not say. But, it’s pretty obvious to me that they are within our governing bodies and they want to obliterate our language, our religion and our very essence by massive immigration of people who are unlike us in every conceivable way - but believe they worship the one true god in the one true way.”

“While I can appreciate that being obliterated or overwhelmed is a fate that befalls just about all indigenous populations,” says Poppy, “it is normally achieved by brute conquest and colonization of a weaker nation by a stronger one, and not by enemies within our government."

Read more by Poppy on this issue:

engineered demographics

the fate of indigenous populations

demographic engineering

religiously motivated wars

the curse of the katholikos ethos

katholikos is Greek for global

racism and the religious balance

Act Like a Roman!

The story of Diocletian -- Roman Emperor from 285 to his abdication in 303 -- is particularly relevant for our present times.

In a period of Roman history marked by regicide, military usurpers and lack of respect for the position of emperor -- as well as an incredible growth in the new Jewish cult of Christianity among the rabble -- one man, Diocletian, stood out as the last hope for saving the traditions upon which the Roman Empire was built. By imposing upon everyone the duty to observe Roman traditions -- to be a Roman first and foremost -- Diocletian tried to turn the tide, succeeded, and then he was betrayed and his social experiment was undone by yet another usurping general (Constantine).

Like his predecessor Emperor Carus, Diocletian was a peasant from the Danube area who was more 'Roman' than the Romans themselves. He was the proud commander of the Imperial Bodyguard when Carus died mysteriously in a campaign against the Persians.

Carus's sons, Numerian and Carinus succeeded him, but suspected of murdering their father Diocletian met Carinus in battle in Serbia, defeated him and become emperor himself -- not from burning ambition, far from it, but from a heartfelt desire to restore order to the Empire.

Diocletian appointed Maximian as co-emperor, but the threats from all parts of the empire were such that in 293 he appointed Galerius (married to his daughter) to rule the east, and Constantius (married to Maximian's daughter) to rule the west.

In 293 the Persian throne had been seized by a new king who drove the Romans out of Armenia. In 298 Galerius defeated the Persians and wanted to advance further, but Diocletian checked him and negotiated a stronger Roman position with the Persians which gave Rome full control of Armenia and northern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq).

By the late 290s, with peace restored to the Empire, Diocletian paid attention to administrative affairs - particularly the murder of emperors by soldiers. He proclaimed that emperors were ordained by the gods to rule, and introduced an elaborate ceremonial intended to mark the emperor as being superior to normal human beings, requiring prostration before the emperor by commoners and kneeling and kissing the hem of the robe by higher ranks (a ceremony later taken up by the Roman Pope). He also created rules for imperial appearances whereby emperors were not allowed to act like normal human beings.

He then reformed the structure of provincial government, by increasing the number of provinces by dividing them into smaller units, and then each province into twelve dioceses. He also stripped the governors of command over the armies and initiated a capitation system of taxation, requiring regular censuses (which later led to extensive legislation prohibiting peasants from leaving the land under which they had been entered into the census).

Then he attempted a policy of SOCIAL UNIFORMITY by which everyone was duty bound to observe Roman traditions. This is the period that Christians call their Great Persecution, but in was also the period that Romans called their last ditched attempt to remain 'Roman' in the face of multicultural practices that were destroying their culture. Rome itself was overcrowded with immigrants, especially from Africa and Greece, who brought with them customs and religions that were alien to the Roman way of life.

Diocletian outlawed marriage with close female relatives (a Roman custom that had not been applied previously to non-Romans); and banned the Manichaean religion (founded in 240 by Mani, a resident of Persian controlled Mesopotamia, inspired by Gnosticism and Zoroastrianism, by which believers gained salvation through him - very similar to Christianity).

Starting with his own household, Diocletion threatened to dismiss anyone who refused to act like a Roman, and in 303, faced with defiant refusal to comply by the Christian rabble, he was forced to prohibit Christian religious assemblies, demolish churches, burn liturgical books and arrest church leaders who refused to act like a Roman.

In 303, having achieved his goals, Diocletian abdicated - persuading Maximian to do likewise - and gave power to Constantius in the west and Galerius in the east who appointed their own co-rulers.

Galerius appointed his nephew Maximinus as his co-ruler in the east, and Constantius appointed the able general Severus as his co-ruler in the west. Within a year, in 306, Constantius died, precipitating his ambitious son, Constantine, to pronounce himself Emperor of the West -- but acting as senior emperor Galerius coerced him to be Severus' co-ruler.

Constantine acquiesced, but distinguished himself by establishing his authority over Britain, Gaul and Spain. Constantine was smart enough to know that most foot soldiers were poverty-stricken immigrant Christians, and by gaining their trust they would support him in his rise to power. In his new capacity as co-ruler of the western empire, he rescinded his father's edicts against the Christians and became their savior. There is no evidence that Constantine was a 'believer'. He simply used the Christians as a support base.

Meanwhile Maximian's son, Maxentius, followed Constantine's lead and took advantage of dissent in Rome to have himself declared as Emperor in 306. Galerius refused him recognition and ordered Severus to remove him by force, but faced with Maximian suddenly re-claiming the emperorship from his son, Maxentius, Severus was forced to abdicate (and was eventually killed).

Galerius finally invaded Italy in 307, wanting the reinstatement of Severus, but was defeated and had to withdraw. Then Maxentius argued with his father about who was the rightful emperor.

In the meantime, Constantine remained neutral as the co-ruler of the west - despite the fact that he had married Maxentius' sister and was therefore involved in the family struggle whether he liked it or not. When the army sided with Maxentius, Maximian fled to Constantine's court in the west.

Maximian -- the Western emperor -- was forced to abdicate, and his son, Maxentius, was denied any status. A new emperor for the west was appointed - Licinius, a general - and Constantine remained as his co-ruler.

Maximian still yearned for power and was forced to commit suicide after an attempt to overthrow his son-in-law, Constantine, in 310. In that year, too, the Carnuntum Conference was convened by the Eastern Roman Emperor, Galerius, to restore order among those contending to be the western emperor. This conference was attended by Diocletian.

To complicate matters, Galerius' co-ruler, Maximinus, resented the elevation of Licinius and to keep peace, Galerius made him his co-emperor.

In 311 Galerius died and Maximinus, implacably against the strange Jewish cult of Christianity, took over. To secure his shaky position, Constantine offered the marriage of his sister, Constantia, to Licinius, Emperor of the West.

Maximinus, now Emperor of the East, promised Maxentius, living in Rome, the emperorship of the west, causing Constantine to invade Italy in 312. At the Battle of the Mulvian Bridge outside Rome Maxentius met Constantine (who used a Christian symbol on his shield) and Maxentius was defeated.

In the following year 313, while Licinius was in Rome marrying Constantine's sister, Maximinus marched across Asia Minor, taking Byzantium and crossed into Europe. The armies of the east and west met, Maximinus fled, abandoning his army, and Licinius pursued him to Tarsus in Asia Minor, besieged him and finally he committed suicide.

Licinius kept his promise to Constantine about restoring church property taken by Maximinus, and was ruthless in eradicating all members - including women and children - of the families involved in persecuting Christians (he far more ruthless than any previous emperors had been against members of the new Jewish sect called Christianity).

Amazingly, after Licinius had exterminated all of Constantine's rivals, and done much of his dirty work for him, Constantine then feared Licinius in his position as new Emperor of the East - with a male heir, Constantine's own nephew - and declared war on him in 316, got as far as Byzantium but was outsmarted by Licinius and retreated.

Previously sympathetic to Christians, Licinius now saw them as treacherous and protected himself by dismissing them from his service.

By 321 the empire was split, and wanting total control Constantine amassed a huge force of mainly Christian soldiers and invaded Licinius's territory northwest of Thessalonica, northern Greece, and in 324 the two armies did battle. Licinius fell back and was finally defeated near Chalcedon. Licinius's life was spared when his wife (Constantine's sister) and the Bishop of Nicomedia interceded.

With Licinius's abdication, Constantine became the first emperor in 40 years to rule the empire on his own and, while rewarding his Christian followers with political power within the state -- performing many of its functions -- he very wisely did not impose a Diocletian-type policy of social uniformity on all Roman citizens.

Constantine, like Diocletian, realized that multiculturalism was destroying the Empire.

He actually achieved the lasting social uniformity that Diocletian wanted -- but it was not based on the traditional Roman culture that Diocletian had wanted to save.

By bestowing money, honor and prestigious positions on those who converted, large numbers of high-class Romans happily converted to Christianity. In doing so, the Roman Empire changed to a very early version of western civilization.

(This article first appeared as the diocletion social experiment and is reprinted with permission.)

constantine, savior or opportunist?

Constantine was responsible for starting the process whereby the Church assumed the functions of the state -- a system which persisted until the Reformation, and beyond in some parts of Europe -- and his rise to fame began in 293 AD when threats from all parts of the Roman Empire were so dire that the Emperor, Diocletian (with Maximian as co-emperor) appointed his father Constantius (married to Maximian's daughter) to help rule the west and Galerius (married to Diocletian's daughter) to help rule the east.

Both Constantius (Constantine's father) and Galerius were of German, not Roman ethnicity, and when Diocletian abdicated in 303 - persuading Maximian to do likewise - he gave full power to Constantius in the west and Galerius in the east. The Roman empire was now ruled by Germans!

Galerius appointed his nephew Maximinus as co-ruler, and urged Constantius to appoint Severus, a general, as his co-ruler in the west, but within a year, in 306, Constantius died, precipitating his son, Constantine, to pronounce himself Emperor of the West but, acting as senior emperor, Galerius coerced him to be Severus' co-ruler and so Severus became Emperor of the West.

Constantine acquiesced for the moment and distinguished himself by establishing his authority over Britain, Gaul and Spain and in his new capacity as co-ruler rescinded his father's edicts against the Christians and became their savior. Constantine was smart enough to know that most foot soldiers were poverty-stricken Christians, and by gaining their trust they would support him in his rise to power.

Meanwhile Maximian's son, Maxentius, followed Constantine's lead and took advantage of dissent in Rome to have himself declared as Emperor in 306. Galerius refused him recognition and ordered Severus to remove him by force, but faced with Maximian suddenly re-claiming the emperorship from his son, Maxentius, Severus was forced to abdicate and was eventually killed.

Galerius finally invaded Italy in 307, wanting the reinstatement of Severus, but was defeated and had to withdraw. Then, Maxentius argued with his father about who was the rightful emperor.

In the meantime, Constantine remained neutral as the co-ruler of the west - despite the fact that he had married Maxentius' sister and was therefore involved in the family struggle whether he liked it or not. When the army sided with Maxentius, Maximian fled to Constantine's court in the west.

Maximian -- the Western emperor -- was forced to abdicate, and his son, Maxentius, was denied any status. A new emperor for the west was appointed - Licinius, a general - and Constantine remained as his co-ruler.

Maximian still yearned for power and was forced to commit suicide after an attempt to overthrow his son-in-law Constantine in 310. In that year, too, the Carnuntum Conference was convened by the Eastern Roman Emperor Galerius to restore order among those contending to be the western emperor. This conference was attended by Diocletian.

To complicate matters, Galerius' co-ruler, Maximinus, resented the elevation of Licinius and to keep peace, Galerius made him his co-emperor.

In 311 Galerius died and Maximinus, implacably against the strange Jewish cult of Christianity, took over.

To secure his position, Constantine offered the marriage of his sister, Constantia, to Licinius, Emperor of the West.

Maximinus, Emperor of the East, promised Maxentius, living in Rome, the emperorship of the west, causing Constantine to invade Italy in 312. At the Battle of the Mulvian Bridge outside Rome Maxentius met Constantine (who used a Christian symbol on his shield) and Maxentius was defeated.

In the following year 313, while Licinius was in Rome marrying Constantine's sister, Maximinus marched across Asia Minor, taking Byzantium and crossed into Europe. The armies of the east and west met, Maximinus fled, abandoning his army, and Licinius pursued him to Tarsus in Asia Minor, besieged him and finally he committed suicide.

Licinius kept his promise to Constantine about restoring church property taken by Maximinus, and was ruthless in eradicating all members - including women and children - of the families involved in persecuting Christians (far more ruthless than the previous emperors had been against members of the new Jewish sect called Christianity).

Amazingly, after Licinius had got rid of all of Constantine's rivals, and done much of his dirty work for him, Constantine then feared Licinius in his position as new Emperor of the East - with a male heir, Constantine's own nephew - and declared war on him in 316, got as far as Byzantium but was outsmarted by Licinius and retreated.

Previously sympathetic to Christians, Licinius now saw them as treacherous and protected himself by dismissing them from his service.

By 321 the empire was split, and wanting total control Constantine amassed a huge force and invaded Licinius's territory northwest of Thessalonica, northern Greece, and in 324 the two armies did battle. Licinius fell back and was finally defeated near Chalcedon. Licinius's life was spared when his wife (Constantine's sister) and the Bishop of Nicomedia interceded.

With Licinius's abdication, Constantine became the first emperor in 40 years to rule the empire on his own and immediately became embroiled in complicated Christian theological disputes, necessitating calling a Church Council in 325, held in Nicaea, attended by 300 bishops mainly from the east. Though largely a Greek affair, its decisions were to be binding in the west as well and became known as the Nicene Creed.

As well as setting a fixed date for Easter, this council also eradicated Jewish customs from the service.

Constantine was open about his preference for Christianity - and his disgust at the old religions - but very wisely did little to force his views upon all citizens in the Roman Empire. Instead, by bestowing money, honor and prestigious positions on those who converted he cleverly induced large numbers of high-class Romans to convert to Christianity.

Constantine started the process whereby the Church assumed the functions of the state, and he also continued, with much vigor, the process whereby Germans were enrolled in the Roman army and given the highest positions of command -- an act that ultimately would lead to the end of the Roman Empire.

In Rome, he built many churches and turned over vast amounts of Imperial property to the Church, but it was the building of the new capital city - Constantinople - on the site of the old Greek city of Byzantium that distinguished his reign.

He looted pagan shrines to adorn his new city; offered tax incentives and other rewards to attract settlers; and started a new Senate for the city. It was dedicated in 330 and was established as the capital of the Christian Empire -- an act which led to the decline of Rome.

Before he died in 337, Constantine acted in a most un-Christian manner. He secured his position as Emperor by executing his eldest son Crispus and his second wife Fausta for conspiracy, and reconciling with his half brothers (from his father's marriage to Maximian's daughter) in order to protect his young sons Constantine II (who became the North Western Emperor), Constantius II who became the Eastern Emperor) and Constans (who became the Emperor of Italy, the Balkans and Africa).

His son, Constantius II, acted in a similar un-Christian manner by massacring all adult relations of Constantine (except for his brothers) and all possible rivals. (This massacre of 337 excluded children, one of which, Julian, the son of Constantine's half brother, later became emperor).

Although co-operative in murdering rivals, the brothers did not co-operate in ruling the Empire and the first to go was Constantine II (after he invaded Constan's Italian territory in 340 and was killed).

In many ways Constantine was definitely more a ruthless opportunist than a Christian Savior, but his legacy nevertheless was a western civilization, ruled by Christianity, that might never have come about without him.

(Constantine's story first appeared in 290 Eve, 310 Eve and 330 Eve and has been edited and reprinted with permission.)

constantine's legacy

Constantine was responsible for starting the process whereby the Church assumed the functions of the state -- a system which persisted until the Reformation, and beyond in some parts of Europe -- and his rise to fame began in 293 AD when threats from all parts of the Roman Empire were so dire that the Emperor, Diocletian (with Maximian as co-emperor) appointed his father Constantius (married to Maximian's daughter) to help rule the west and Galerius (married to Diocletian's daughter) to help rule the east.

Both Constantius (Constantine's father) and Galerius were of German, not Roman ethnicity, and when Diocletian abdicated in 303 - persuading Maximian to do likewise - he gave full power to Constantius in the west and Galerius in the east. The Roman empire was now ruled by Germans!

Galerius appointed his nephew Maximinus as co-ruler, and urged Constantius to appoint Severus, a general, as his co-ruler in the west, but within a year, in 306, Constantius died, precipitating his son, Constantine, to pronounce himself Emperor of the West but, acting as senior emperor, Galerius coerced him to be Severus' co-ruler and so Severus became Emperor of the West.

Constantine acquiesced for the moment and distinguished himself by establishing his authority over Britain, Gaul and Spain and in his new capacity as co-ruler rescinded his father's edicts against the Christians and became their savior. Constantine was smart enough to know that most foot soldiers were poverty-stricken Christians, and by gaining their trust they would support him in his rise to power.

Meanwhile Maximian's son, Maxentius, followed Constantine's lead and took advantage of dissent in Rome to have himself declared as Emperor in 306. Galerius refused him recognition and ordered Severus to remove him by force, but faced with Maximian suddenly re-claiming the emperorship from his son, Maxentius, Severus was forced to abdicate and was eventually killed.

Galerius finally invaded Italy in 307, wanting the reinstatement of Severus, but was defeated and had to withdraw. Then, Maxentius argued with his father about who was the rightful emperor.

In the meantime, Constantine remained neutral as the co-ruler of the west - despite the fact that he had married Maxentius' sister and was therefore involved in the family struggle whether he liked it or not. When the army sided with Maxentius, Maximian fled to Constantine's court in the west.

Maximian -- the Western emperor -- was forced to abdicate, and his son, Maxentius, was denied any status. A new emperor for the west was appointed - Licinius, a general - and Constantine remained as his co-ruler.

Maximian still yearned for power and was forced to commit suicide after an attempt to overthrow his son-in-law Constantine in 310. In that year, too, the Carnuntum Conference was convened by the Eastern Roman Emperor Galerius to restore order among those contending to be the western emperor. This conference was attended by Diocletian.

To complicate matters, Galerius' co-ruler, Maximinus, resented the elevation of Licinius and to keep peace, Galerius made him his co-emperor.

In 311 Galerius died and Maximinus, implacably against the strange Jewish cult of Christianity, took over.

To secure his position, Constantine offered the marriage of his sister, Constantia, to Licinius, Emperor of the West.

Maximinus, Emperor of the East, promised Maxentius, living in Rome, the emperorship of the west, causing Constantine to invade Italy in 312. At the Battle of the Mulvian Bridge outside Rome Maxentius met Constantine (who used a Christian symbol on his shield) and Maxentius was defeated.

In the following year 313, while Licinius was in Rome marrying Constantine's sister, Maximinus marched across Asia Minor, taking Byzantium and crossed into Europe. The armies of the east and west met, Maximinus fled, abandoning his army, and Licinius pursued him to Tarsus in Asia Minor, besieged him and finally he committed suicide.

Licinius kept his promise to Constantine about restoring church property taken by Maximinus, and was ruthless in eradicating all members - including women and children - of the families involved in persecuting Christians (far more ruthless than the previous emperors had been against members of the new Jewish sect called Christianity).

Amazingly, after Licinius had got rid of all of Constantine's rivals, and done much of his dirty work for him, Constantine then feared Licinius in his position as new Emperor of the East - with a male heir, Constantine's own nephew - and declared war on him in 316, got as far as Byzantium but was outsmarted by Licinius and retreated.

Previously sympathetic to Christians, Licinius now saw them as treacherous and protected himself by dismissing them from his service.

By 321 the empire was split, and wanting total control Constantine amassed a huge force and invaded Licinius's territory northwest of Thessalonica, northern Greece, and in 324 the two armies did battle. Licinius fell back and was finally defeated near Chalcedon. Licinius's life was spared when his wife (Constantine's sister) and the Bishop of Nicomedia interceded.

With Licinius's abdication, Constantine became the first emperor in 40 years to rule the empire on his own and immediately became embroiled in complicated Christian theological disputes, necessitating calling a Church Council in 325, held in Nicaea, attended by 300 bishops mainly from the east. Though largely a Greek affair, its decisions were to be binding in the west as well and became known as the Nicene Creed.

As well as setting a fixed date for Easter, this council also eradicated Jewish customs from the service.

Constantine was open about his preference for Christianity - and his disgust at the old religions - but very wisely did little to force his views upon all citizens in the Roman Empire. Instead, by bestowing money, honor and prestigious positions on those who converted he cleverly induced large numbers of high-class Romans to convert to Christianity.

Constantine started the process whereby the Church assumed the functions of the state, and he also continued, with much vigor, the process whereby Germans were enrolled in the Roman army and given the highest positions of command -- an act that ultimately would lead to the end of the Roman Empire.

In Rome, he built many churches and turned over vast amounts of Imperial property to the Church, but it was the building of the new capital city - Constantinople - on the site of the old Greek city of Byzantium that distinguished his reign.

He looted pagan shrines to adorn his new city; offered tax incentives and other rewards to attract settlers; and started a new Senate for the city. It was dedicated in 330 and was established as the capital of the Christian Empire -- an act which led to the decline of Rome.

Before he died in 337, Constantine acted in a most un-Christian manner. He secured his position as Emperor by executing his eldest son Crispus and his second wife Fausta for conspiracy, and reconciling with his half brothers (from his father's marriage to Maximian's daughter) in order to protect his young sons Constantine II (who became the North Western Emperor), Constantius II who became the Eastern Emperor) and Constans (who became the Emperor of Italy, the Balkans and Africa).

His son, Constantius II, acted in a similar un-Christian manner by massacring all adult relations of Constantine (except for his brothers) and all possible rivals. (This massacre of 337 excluded children, one of which, Julian, the son of Constantine's half brother, later became emperor).

Although co-operative in murdering rivals, the brothers did not co-operate in ruling the Empire and the first to go was Constantine II (after he invaded Constan's Italian territory in 340 and was killed).

In many ways Constantine was definitely more a ruthless opportunist than a Christian Savior, but his legacy nevertheless was a western civilization, ruled by Christianity, that might never have come about without him.

(Constantine's story first appeared in 290 Eve, 310 Eve and 330 Eve and has been edited and reprinted with permission.)

Why is Islam being demonized this century?

After centuries of relative peace between the Christian and the Moslem world, the whole world became focused on Islam after 9/11 but the rise of Islam in Europe, particularly, has worried a lot of people for a long time.

The rise of extremist or Jihadist Islam has parallels between what happened 2,000 years ago when radical Jews broke away from Judaism and formed the new religion of Christianity. The early Christians left their Middle Eastern homelands and made the heart of the Roman Europe -- Rome itself -- their base for conscripting converts and preaching what was, in fact, sedition. Being radical Jews, the early Christians wanted to rid their homeland, Judea, of Roman rule and to this end they worked from within, right under the noses of their Roman masters, in Rome itself.

Last century, while the Western nations were turning against the Jews, fighting against communism and, indeed, fighting each other for control of the worlds resources they stepped upon a lot of Moslem toes -- just as the Romans did to the Jews in Judea. At the start of the 20th century, there were very few Moslems in Europe or any western nation -- and certainly no mosques dominating the suburbs -- but by the end of the century every European capital city had been populated by radical Moslems acting in the same manner as the early Christians in Rome.

Like the Romans 2000 years ago, nobody paid much attention to these new people and their strange religion until a calamity happened. The Great Fire of Rome in 64, was like our 9/11 in 2001.

Like the Christians in Rome supported the uprising of their Judaen brothers against Roman rule two years later in 66, so the Moslems of Europe supported the uprising of their Moslem brothers against the American invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Extremist or Jihadist Islam is similar to early Christianity, the adherants of both being happy to give their lives to the cause. And it is political cause they are fighting for. The early Christians were Jews who wanted the Romans out of Judea, and they were willing to enlist unclean Gentiles into their fold -- just like the Jihadists are enlisting vulnerable western converts into their fold even they it is the west they are fighting.

Like the Christians in Rome multiplied their numbers and grew stronger, repelling all attempts to make them assimilate into the Roman culture, the Jihadist Moslems in Europe are behaving in a similar manner

Islam is being demonized this century because the parallels between the behavior of the early Christians and the Jihadists is clear for all to see. Eventually, a western leader will convert to Islam -- like Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity in 330 -- and the new religion will become enforced throughout the West.

was western civilization founded on christianity?

Western civilization had its roots in the magnificent Hellenic civilization which flourished in ancient Greece and spread throughout Europe and the Middle East during the mighty Roman Empire 31BC -378AD and Christianity was never a part of it.

On the contrary, western civilization was based upon a pantheon of gods and a plethora of pagan customs, most of which were incorporated into Christianity to make it palatable to the masses.

It was much later - in 313AD, when the Roman Empire was under seige - that the Emperor Constantine embraced Christianity which, at that time, was known as a strange Jewish sect and was essentially a Middle Eastern religion.

If Christianity, alone, were the defining feature of western civilization then 313AD would have been the date of its birth and Rome would have been its birthplace.

However, that Ireland and 675AD - not Rome and 313AD - is generally accepted among historians as being the birth place and birth date of the western civilization that we know today indicates that factors other than Christianity came into play in definiting - not least of which may have been the Anglo-Celtic race and culture.