Monotheism Vs Religion

Commander Bozz-Üxküll,

It is currently 410 A.D. and it looks like Rome, the capital city of the Roman Empire, has been sacked by the Visigoths, a tribe of barbaric Germanic earthlings. The Roman earthlings are scrambling. They are panicked and unhopeful for the future. However, there is a new religion spreading called “Christianity” and it might be the answer to the earthling’s troubles. It is the most widespread and accepted monotheistic (believing in one god) religion to emerge out of all my observations in the Northwestern quadrant of this world. I believe that a monotheistic viewpoint and the earthlings putting their all their faith into one god instead of many might give them more hope for the future, even though it doesn’t seem promising.

Christianity, the most present form of monotheism that I can see, has gained so much attention from the earthlings recently, due to the decreasing confidence in human reasoning and hope for happiness in this world, because it gives these earthlings a reason for living—personal immortality. I believe Christianity is a terrible response to such a drastic decline. I know the earthlings are desperate and, therefore, are willing to believe in some “god” who can save them and hope that their afterlife is better than their actual lives, but they should just make their actual lives better. Instead of waiting to die for something better, they should make their current lives worth living. Instead of giving up the advancement of Greek rational thought for spiritual thought, they should continue forward with their intellectual advancements or I’m afraid they might loose them forever. The one good side I can see to this new rise of monotheism and Christianity is that it is setting up churches and social structure throughout the Roman Empire, which might be necessary to keep some order if the Empire falls. This is a smart more on the earthlings part. These church hierarchies, even though I don't agree with their values, play an important role in the social structure of the declining Empire. I hope, for the earthling’s sake, that they can keep these church-systems standing if the Roman Empire does