 Re: The story of religion
@ shintenzu
Your raise some good points and what you say about the media is true. It's not a personal thing though its something media commonly does over a topic. I can't let you have it all your own way though. The crusades are an example of what Ailysa is talking about in the extreme sense and they were important in establishing christianity.
In todays society I don't believe that christianity, or any of the mainstream religions, need to do this, nor do I think most of them do. I'd also say that to my knowledge this is a rather old fashioned view, mainly of christianity. In particular many of the religions that hold there roots in the east, budism, taoism, even hinduism (although i may be wrong on that one, im ignorant), do not suffer from this.
Christianities organisation does not always work in its favour. Many of the less central organised religions from the east(again) do not suffer from the same conflicts that christianity does in trying to find harmony with areas of science and non-believers etc. |