My religion is better than other religions. Period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m atheist but there is really no question that Christianity creates the most peaceful, egalitarian, and prosperous societies.

I don’t care to be a fourth wife or burn to death atop my husband’s funeral pyre.

But raping young boys is totally fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m atheist but there is really no question that Christianity creates the most peaceful, egalitarian, and prosperous societies.

I don’t care to be a fourth wife or burn to death atop my husband’s funeral pyre.

But raping young boys is totally fine.

No, there is nothing in Christian doctrine that promotes or condones this behavior. Unfortunately men of all religions rape children and escape the consequences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dont think its just the my religion is better than all other religions , ppl think that about sports teams, music, culture, food.

The following concept that the ppl who follow your religion/culture/food/political party/Ska band are inherently better human beings than other human beings and deserve to be treated with respect that is denied to everyone else is the problem. That concept plus the belief that other human beings dont know what is good for them and you should be allowed to impose your version of what is superior on everyone absolutely needs to be washed out of the fabric of human existence.. And ppl do this ALL the time. Good for you, not for me is the mantra and the idea that there are a chosen / sacred people is toxic and illogical and goes against all observable evidence. All humans beings need to be equally valid, equally sacred and if your differing belief system really was such Good News then, trust me, ppl will come ask about it- no need to shout about it outside your home in the year of our Lord 2025.

Part of the problem is bolded from your post. The Abrahamic religions follow from a belief that only they are a chosen people due to Yahweh's covenant (binding agreement), requiring the Israelites to worship him exclusively and follow his commands. Yahweh likely began as a minor deity in the Canaanite pantheon before becoming the chief deity of ancient Israel, incorporating characteristics of El, the chief god of the Canaanite pantheon. Following the Babylonian exile, Jewish theology progressed toward monotheism, asserting Yahweh as the sole god and retrospectively portraying him as the only divine figure. From this foundation, Christianity and Islam developed. Christians adhere to the Jewish god, but expanded the concept to include Jesus and the Holy Spirit within a Trinitarian framework. The New Testament uses "Lord" to refer to the Hebrew name for god. Islam also reveres the same monotheistic god from the Abrahamic tradition. The Arabic word for god is "Allah," which is derived from al-ilah meaning "the god". This term was used by Arab Christians and Jews before the rise of Islam.

No, that is not Christian doctrine. One of Christianity's main tenets is that salvation is available to all without regard for your bloodline or background. Same with Islam. Seriously, it's annoying how people on this forum just post the most ignorant random statements as fact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dont think its just the my religion is better than all other religions , ppl think that about sports teams, music, culture, food.

The following concept that the ppl who follow your religion/culture/food/political party/Ska band are inherently better human beings than other human beings and deserve to be treated with respect that is denied to everyone else is the problem. That concept plus the belief that other human beings dont know what is good for them and you should be allowed to impose your version of what is superior on everyone absolutely needs to be washed out of the fabric of human existence.. And ppl do this ALL the time. Good for you, not for me is the mantra and the idea that there are a chosen / sacred people is toxic and illogical and goes against all observable evidence. All humans beings need to be equally valid, equally sacred and if your differing belief system really was such Good News then, trust me, ppl will come ask about it- no need to shout about it outside your home in the year of our Lord 2025.

Part of the problem is bolded from your post. The Abrahamic religions follow from a belief that only they are a chosen people due to Yahweh's covenant (binding agreement), requiring the Israelites to worship him exclusively and follow his commands. Yahweh likely began as a minor deity in the Canaanite pantheon before becoming the chief deity of ancient Israel, incorporating characteristics of El, the chief god of the Canaanite pantheon. Following the Babylonian exile, Jewish theology progressed toward monotheism, asserting Yahweh as the sole god and retrospectively portraying him as the only divine figure. From this foundation, Christianity and Islam developed. Christians adhere to the Jewish god, but expanded the concept to include Jesus and the Holy Spirit within a Trinitarian framework. The New Testament uses "Lord" to refer to the Hebrew name for god. Islam also reveres the same monotheistic god from the Abrahamic tradition. The Arabic word for god is "Allah," which is derived from al-ilah meaning "the god". This term was used by Arab Christians and Jews before the rise of Islam.

No, that is not Christian doctrine. One of Christianity's main tenets is that salvation is available to all without regard for your bloodline or background. Same with Islam. Seriously, it's annoying how people on this forum just post the most ignorant random statements as fact.

What's annoying is your reading comprehension skills and wanting to make misrepresentative post responses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m atheist but there is really no question that Christianity creates the most peaceful, egalitarian, and prosperous societies.

I don’t care to be a fourth wife or burn to death atop my husband’s funeral pyre.

I question this. People used to argue that whiteness created these “best” societies and that other races were inferior and therefore had inferior societies. That’s obviously wrong, and I don’t think it’s Christianity either.

First, the west is prosperous because we exploited the rest of the world. Also, the west is definitely not peaceful. We just finished two 20 year wars! Egalitarian? We committed a genocide against Native Americans and had slavery for how many hundreds of years?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m atheist but there is really no question that Christianity creates the most peaceful, egalitarian, and prosperous societies.

I don’t care to be a fourth wife or burn to death atop my husband’s funeral pyre.

There are a lot of Buddhist cultures/societies that would beg to differ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m atheist but there is really no question that Christianity creates the most peaceful, egalitarian, and prosperous societies.

I don’t care to be a fourth wife or burn to death atop my husband’s funeral pyre.

There are a lot of Buddhist cultures/societies that would beg to differ.

I lived in a Buddhist culture for years. Despite what you read online in western media, Buddhist religious practices in implementation are often even more sexist than Christianity. Furthermore their entire value system is entirely different than countries with Christian histories where Buddhist cultures promote conformity and contentment over economic innovation and prosperity. Which in and of itself is not necessarily “bad” however the data speaks for itself. More people want to leave there and emigrate to the west than westerners want to emigrate there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dont think its just the my religion is better than all other religions , ppl think that about sports teams, music, culture, food.

The following concept that the ppl who follow your religion/culture/food/political party/Ska band are inherently better human beings than other human beings and deserve to be treated with respect that is denied to everyone else is the problem. That concept plus the belief that other human beings dont know what is good for them and you should be allowed to impose your version of what is superior on everyone absolutely needs to be washed out of the fabric of human existence.. And ppl do this ALL the time. Good for you, not for me is the mantra and the idea that there are a chosen / sacred people is toxic and illogical and goes against all observable evidence. All humans beings need to be equally valid, equally sacred and if your differing belief system really was such Good News then, trust me, ppl will come ask about it- no need to shout about it outside your home in the year of our Lord 2025.

Part of the problem is bolded from your post. The Abrahamic religions follow from a belief that only they are a chosen people due to Yahweh's covenant (binding agreement), requiring the Israelites to worship him exclusively and follow his commands. Yahweh likely began as a minor deity in the Canaanite pantheon before becoming the chief deity of ancient Israel, incorporating characteristics of El, the chief god of the Canaanite pantheon. Following the Babylonian exile, Jewish theology progressed toward monotheism, asserting Yahweh as the sole god and retrospectively portraying him as the only divine figure. From this foundation, Christianity and Islam developed. Christians adhere to the Jewish god, but expanded the concept to include Jesus and the Holy Spirit within a Trinitarian framework. The New Testament uses "Lord" to refer to the Hebrew name for god. Islam also reveres the same monotheistic god from the Abrahamic tradition. The Arabic word for god is "Allah," which is derived from al-ilah meaning "the god". This term was used by Arab Christians and Jews before the rise of Islam.

No, that is not Christian doctrine. One of Christianity's main tenets is that salvation is available to all without regard for your bloodline or background. Same with Islam. Seriously, it's annoying how people on this forum just post the most ignorant random statements as fact.

What's annoying is your reading comprehension skills and wanting to make misrepresentative post responses.

What was misrepresented? The pp is wrong, there's nothing more to it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m atheist but there is really no question that Christianity creates the most peaceful, egalitarian, and prosperous societies.

I don’t care to be a fourth wife or burn to death atop my husband’s funeral pyre.

I question this. People used to argue that whiteness created these “best” societies and that other races were inferior and therefore had inferior societies. That’s obviously wrong, and I don’t think it’s Christianity either.

First, the west is prosperous because we exploited the rest of the world. Also, the west is definitely not peaceful. We just finished two 20 year wars! Egalitarian? We committed a genocide against Native Americans and had slavery for how many hundreds of years?

Sigh. Please educate yourself on world history beyond the past 300 years. And then we can talk about your opinions.

All of human history is simply groups of people violently attacking, exploiting, and enslaving others. What do you think Native American culture looked like before they were conquered by Europeans: Hint - it was violent and featured rituals such as mass child sacrifice.

Slavery has always existed and today more people globally are slaves than ever before in human history. Slavery was only abolished at large scale across cultures when the white Christian men who held much of the global power decided to abolish it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m atheist but there is really no question that Christianity creates the most peaceful, egalitarian, and prosperous societies.

I don’t care to be a fourth wife or burn to death atop my husband’s funeral pyre.

There are a lot of Buddhist cultures/societies that would beg to differ.

I lived in a Buddhist culture for years. Despite what you read online in western media, Buddhist religious practices in implementation are often even more sexist than Christianity. Furthermore their entire value system is entirely different than countries with Christian histories where Buddhist cultures promote conformity and contentment over economic innovation and prosperity. Which in and of itself is not necessarily “bad” however the data speaks for itself. More people want to leave there and emigrate to the west than westerners want to emigrate there.

The world might be better off if more cultures did this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m atheist but there is really no question that Christianity creates the most peaceful, egalitarian, and prosperous societies.

I don’t care to be a fourth wife or burn to death atop my husband’s funeral pyre.

But raping young boys is totally fine.

+1

Or marrying girls at age 8

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dont think its just the my religion is better than all other religions , ppl think that about sports teams, music, culture, food.

The following concept that the ppl who follow your religion/culture/food/political party/Ska band are inherently better human beings than other human beings and deserve to be treated with respect that is denied to everyone else is the problem. That concept plus the belief that other human beings dont know what is good for them and you should be allowed to impose your version of what is superior on everyone absolutely needs to be washed out of the fabric of human existence.. And ppl do this ALL the time. Good for you, not for me is the mantra and the idea that there are a chosen / sacred people is toxic and illogical and goes against all observable evidence. All humans beings need to be equally valid, equally sacred and if your differing belief system really was such Good News then, trust me, ppl will come ask about it- no need to shout about it outside your home in the year of our Lord 2025.

Part of the problem is bolded from your post. The Abrahamic religions follow from a belief that only they are a chosen people due to Yahweh's covenant (binding agreement), requiring the Israelites to worship him exclusively and follow his commands. Yahweh likely began as a minor deity in the Canaanite pantheon before becoming the chief deity of ancient Israel, incorporating characteristics of El, the chief god of the Canaanite pantheon. Following the Babylonian exile, Jewish theology progressed toward monotheism, asserting Yahweh as the sole god and retrospectively portraying him as the only divine figure. From this foundation, Christianity and Islam developed. Christians adhere to the Jewish god, but expanded the concept to include Jesus and the Holy Spirit within a Trinitarian framework. The New Testament uses "Lord" to refer to the Hebrew name for god. Islam also reveres the same monotheistic god from the Abrahamic tradition. The Arabic word for god is "Allah," which is derived from al-ilah meaning "the god". This term was used by Arab Christians and Jews before the rise of Islam.

Interesting, thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m atheist but there is really no question that Christianity creates the most peaceful, egalitarian, and prosperous societies.

I don’t care to be a fourth wife or burn to death atop my husband’s funeral pyre.

There are a lot of Buddhist cultures/societies that would beg to differ.

I lived in a Buddhist culture for years. Despite what you read online in western media, Buddhist religious practices in implementation are often even more sexist than Christianity. Furthermore their entire value system is entirely different than countries with Christian histories where Buddhist cultures promote conformity and contentment over economic innovation and prosperity. Which in and of itself is not necessarily “bad” however the data speaks for itself. More people want to leave there and emigrate to the west than westerners want to emigrate there.

The world might be better off if more cultures did this.

As another PP said, there's inter-tribal and sometimes intra-tribal violence in all of human history. For Buddhism: therehave been armed conflicts between Buddhist monks and Hindu priests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m atheist but there is really no question that Christianity creates the most peaceful, egalitarian, and prosperous societies.

I don’t care to be a fourth wife or burn to death atop my husband’s funeral pyre.

Sorry, what? My ancestors participated in several Crusades. My family line was nearly doomed during St Bartholomew Day, the French Protestant massacre of 1572, where my ancestor pretended to be dead and hid next to the dead bodies of his father and older brother. And let's not mention the Spanish Inquisition and the Auto-da-fé.

You are dangerously ignorant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why this is the most important issue for every religion?

This is not the most important issue for my religion.