RE: Why is religion especially Christianity so widely practied?
February 13, 2019 at 3:07 pm
(This post was last modified: February 13, 2019 at 3:14 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 13, 2019 at 2:41 pm)Acrobat Wrote: Perhaps for you that’s true, its just not true for them, or for many believers, who find little values in the ancients poets and philosopher you might like. They find a great deal more value in books like Job, or the story of Joseph and his brothers, of David and Nathan, of Jonah, of Christ’s death and suffering, of Exodus.That's not at all how or why transported people came to christ. It was valuable -to their owners-. Good on them for finding something in there after having been forcible stripped of their own rich ancient poetry and philosophy, but let's make sure we don't start combining christian apologetics with revisionism for the billionth time. The worlds had enough of that.
For black slaves the story of Exodus, of Christs suffering and redemption were far more valuable than anything those rich ancients poets and philosophers could offer.
The same was broadly true of european and classical pagan populations, whose rich ancient poetry and philosophy the christ spreading lot simply couldn't get enough of. They decided, like we do, to steal it and claim it for themselves, lol.
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