(January 17, 2019 at 11:20 am)Brian37 Wrote:(January 17, 2019 at 11:07 am)Acrobat Wrote: The Ireland question aside, by in large, in today worlds, christians have gotten along just fine with other christian sects.
Clearly you recognize that in America we get along just fine?
Now there's close to 2 billions christian in the world, what percentage would you say of these christian seem to be able to get along with other christians of different denominations?
The entire population of Ireland is about 5million, so that barely even makes a dent.
Where?
Less violent today, does not mean were never violent, nor does it mean they cant get violent in the future.
No, sorry, even today, even though the different sects of Christianity are more civil today, does not mean Christianity is the cause of that civility. Again, religion in the west became less violent in spite of religion, not because of it.
Even today even in America we see plenty of right wing Christian hate groups who have committed crimes against other liberal Christians. Even today you will not get a White Evangelical Trump voting Baptist to agree with a black Baptist who voted for Obama.
This isn't just about Christianity. Even in Asia, you wont get a Tibet Buddhist sect to agree with a Chinese Buddhist sect with a Japanese Shinto Buddhist sect.
The reason the west became more civil, is not because of religion, but because of concepts of checks on power.
I personally haven't said anything about there being peace because of religion. Don't set up such an obvious strawman.
And you again argue my point for me by using examples like white baptists and black baptists. If they were of a different religion, you would be claiming that they are fighting over religion. I would point out that the conflict is racial with one side enjoying privilege and the other experiencing oppression. And then you would probably tell me that I am ignorant.
We do not inherit the world from our parents. We borrow it from our children.
