Never Suffer A Witch to Live: Sociological Aspects of the fall of Paganism

Throughout the history of mankind, religion has always been a constant, sometimes inconvenient, factor in society. In history, religion has meant guidance for civilizations, lending religious laws and doctrines to government, business and home. Religion has affected all aspects of daily communal life, however over the centuries that affect has dwindled down from a daily (or more often) retreat to a mere weekly (if that) nuisance. What has lead to this down cline in our …showed first 75 words of 2394 total…

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