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Religiosity has had a stranglehold in "the west" and defined it at least a thousand years. This is not a muslim problem. The evangelicals are alive and well.

• merpnderp 8y ago
  And thank god for that. Before western religion came to the forefront, the idea of individual worth wasn’t really a thing and 99.9% of the world were either some sort of slave or slavemaster.
  • hobs 8y ago
    Didnt downvote you, but Christianity has constant themes of slaves and masters, being a slave to christ, and historically the cultures which adopted christianity have continued to have slaves (pre and post adoption.) Sooo, maybe? But I dont know if that point is well made.
    • merpnderp 8y ago
      It obviously wasn't a fast transition, but Christianity brought around the concept of absolute religious equality. A novel idea to the world, and likely the catalyst that changed thousands of years of slavery. I know it isn't in fashion to credit Christianity with anything, but what other philosophy of the era could have eventually ended slavery, given slavery is likely the state of man ever since Grog the caveman threatened his brother-son with a beating if he didn't fetch more water.
• intended 8y ago
  It’s the same for every religion. Muslims were just the first to appear in an article for me . Hinduism, Christianity - all of them have the same pattern of behavior.