>>21349651>Good fucking shit anon, you could be a legitimate scholar.I have a degree in history, absolutely worthless would not recommend but w/e.
>I think the critiques I have made regarding the more holistic nature of the Christ symbol are still valid.Well reasoned acknowledgement of Jupiter's grandeur, but I still challenge the notion that christ fullfilled Jupiter, as if the archetype of divine kingship found in Jupiter was somehow incomplete or awaiting a christian resolution. Jupiter does not need to be "fulfilled" by any later figure, that view is influenced is christian theology, he is the embodiment of cosmic law, rooted not in salvation or mercy but in the balance of power, duty, and justice that governs both the heavens and Rome herself. Christ’s narrative, with its emphasis on meekness, suffering, and redemption, stands in stark contrast to Jupiter’s sovereign rule, which imposes order not by suffering but by sheer force of will, divine justice and cosmic alignment.
Where Jupiter unites the fates of mortals and Gods, binding them through law and consequence, Christ's focus on personal salvation fractures the collective harmony of duty, placing the individual above the state, above the eternal structure of Rome. The claim christ “inhabited” the Roman Empire omits how christianity ultimately disassembled the very order Jupiter upheld therefore the entire social complex of Rome. Christ may have coexisted with Rome, at least for some time, but Jupiter was Rome’s enduring spirit, and it was under his auspices that the empire flourished. What was left in Christianity's wake was an empire diminished, its ties to fate and law severed, for Jupiter does not bend to be "fulfilled", he stands eternally, whether men follow him and are strengthened by him or not. the christianization broke the covenant the Romans had made with the Gods, and the dire consequences were soon felt afterward, arguably to this day.