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The USA kept religion & state separate for over two centuries; the fact that the line has been blurred now doesn't bode well.
The fact that multinational corporations control much of US government policy instead of We the People isn't a good sign either.
Freedom in America will continue to gradually erode as people become more ignorant, apathetic & easily controlled through their fear. There is very little actual true representation in our supposedly democratic government. Campaign finance reform will never happen. The only solution, indeed our only salvation, if you will, is for We the People to demand a constitutional amendment to end all repeat terms of office & effectively end the tyranny of career politicians. & since this collective effort will never happen either, we are, quite frankly, doomed.
Board members from countries other than America shouldn't feel smug about our eventual downfall either, as it will severely negatively impact them as well.
It wasn't too cool of the Romans to persecute early Christians because they were perceived as a threat to the official state religion. When Constantine became a Christian & made it legal, it was because the Roman Empire was going to pot at the Circus Maximus & Roman leaders felt they needed to try to once again instill a work ethic by hopefully converting people to a more pious religion, i.e. Christianity.
There are many parallels to the fall of the Roman Empire that are happening now in America; !@#$%! makes a decidedly apropos point.
Author Reza Aslan reminds us that usually religions have an archetypal, universal & meaningful message in the beginning, but after the prophet dies, the followers start with their dogma & take a big shit all over everything. St. Paul & Shi'ite Muslim clerics are a couple of prime examples.
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