Was Christianity to blame for the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

by eliotriley

Between 200AD-476AD primarily

ZeroJanvier

Here are already 210 things people have claimed to be the reason for the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

Obviously there is not only one single reason for it. Especially since it's the result of a centuries-long decline.

There are certainly good arguments to the claim that the introduction of Christianity weakened or at least destabilized the Western Empire, but the fact it didn't really do so in the Eastern one proves it wasn't such a decisive factor.