In the long run, religions like christianity will be dominated by those sects which are most successful in gaining and retaining converts, both from other religions and from other sects. Those sects that would be the most successful in doing so would that those that would be willing to go to the greatest extreme to gain and retain converts without generating a backlash so serious that it would defeat its own purpose.
So by the nature of both its creed and the overall organizational behavior of things like itself, christainity drifts towards the maximum extremism it can get away with.
If it seems to have become more tame, it would be because external factors have sharply limited the things it can get away with.
Rest assured if the circumstances were to loosen that limit, such as a confrontation with Islam, or a general acceptance of thought restiction in the name of "security", rest assured christianity would take the maximum advantage of room created to become more extreme.
So christainity can change, but never in a way that would make it intrinsically less extreme, only in a way that makes it appear less extreme to suit contemporary sensibilities.
So by the nature of both its creed and the overall organizational behavior of things like itself, christainity drifts towards the maximum extremism it can get away with.
If it seems to have become more tame, it would be because external factors have sharply limited the things it can get away with.
Rest assured if the circumstances were to loosen that limit, such as a confrontation with Islam, or a general acceptance of thought restiction in the name of "security", rest assured christianity would take the maximum advantage of room created to become more extreme.
So christainity can change, but never in a way that would make it intrinsically less extreme, only in a way that makes it appear less extreme to suit contemporary sensibilities.
