(July 9, 2015 at 3:56 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: The way religion spread in the past makes me wonder what is so different about our world now that it doesn't appear to be spreading the same way. Are things really that different? Are we really that different?
If I had to guess, I'd say it's the combination of:
1. Religious saturation/inertia. It'll take more of an effort to change colors now than before because of the cultural inertia those areas have. It's easier to spread a religion when there isn't an entrenched idea that has the support of the people and (indirectly, at least) government standing in the way.
2. The way combat works. Religion was mostly transferred/spread at the tip of a sword. Problem is, swords are now F-22s. The world is also a lot smaller, and anyone attempting to spread their religion in that way is viewed as a terrorist. Combine the two, and no one will look to invite reprisal, as reprisal nowadays generally means extinction. The most that they'll get away with is what ISIS is doing, largely fighting among the various sects in a localized region of the world which has become more Mad Max than not thanks to our constant meddling. So long as the fighting doesn't spread past Thunderdome, no one really cares.
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