Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-72.74.78.209-20141019230536/@comment-17114085-20150112234020

50.33.209.6 wrote: Harold Burned-Mane wrote:Allowing Talos Worship just in homes would still have pissed people off considerably and planted seeds for a rebellion, as you should still be getting rid of every temple and shrine where people used to worship Talos. You just can't ban a popular religion. Imagine if IRL a country passes a law that closed down every single church. Religious people would go ape sh*t, revolting and protesting until the law was changed. Not strictly true. Look at the former USSR as a real life example.

That was a dictatorship. If you protested they killed you on the spot or kidnapped you and tortured you to death.

The Empire isn't a dictatorship, as the Emperor doesn't have absolute power. He doesn't control all three branches of the state, the Elder Council holds a considerable amount of power.