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> I mean the entire thing is built around the death of Christ i.e.: the death of an ethnic Jew > Christian fundamentalism as a excuse to colonize people all o

> I mean the entire thing is built around the death of Christ i.e.: the death of an ethnic Jew > Christian fundamentalism as a excuse to colonize people all over the world and commit atrocities. Monotheistic belief systems are not tolerant of people that believe in other deities. This "fundamentalism" can be found in every monotheistic belief system, especially as you start going back in history. History is full of examples of Christian kingdom/empires/countries waging war against each other. World history of full of conflicts in single every region of the world, including regions with negligible Christian presence. > however, unlike most religions proselytizing is a feature (not a bug) of Christianity D'varim 13, 7-10

reissbaker 4y ago
D'varim 13 demands that Israeli(te) cities practice Judaism, but does not extend that to any other region. Proselytizing to non-Jews (historically, non-Israelis) is explicitly banned in Judaism.
- 29athrowaway 4y ago
  Interesting. Thanks for that clarification
- bjourne 4y ago
  Before the Talmudic era Jewish proselytes were common. The practice was adopted and "refined" by Christian Jews but not taken up by Rabbinic Judaism.
  - 29athrowaway 4y ago
    Disputes over which god is the supreme or only god in that region go all the way back to this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_(deity) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_(deity)
    - reissbaker 4y ago
      Heh, that guy even made his way into Judaism! Since Judaism is the closest surviving descendant of the ancient Canaanite religion (and the language we call "Hebrew" is simply a Canaanite dialect, mutually intelligible with the other Canaanite dialects that have since died out). We merged him into Yahweh, the original god of Judea; others were merged in too, e.g. El's original consort Asherah became the "Shekhinah" (feminine presence of Yahweh) and also "Shabbat Ha'malka" (the vaguely-mystical but uh, totally not a deity, yup, uh-huh, figure called the "Queen of the Sabbath").

reissbaker 4y ago

D'varim 13 demands that Israeli(te) cities practice Judaism, but does not extend that to any other region. Proselytizing to non-Jews (historically, non-Israelis) is explicitly banned in Judaism.

29athrowaway 4y ago
Interesting. Thanks for that clarification
bjourne 4y ago
Before the Talmudic era Jewish proselytes were common. The practice was adopted and "refined" by Christian Jews but not taken up by Rabbinic Judaism.
- 29athrowaway 4y ago
  Disputes over which god is the supreme or only god in that region go all the way back to this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_(deity) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_(deity)
  - reissbaker 4y ago
    Heh, that guy even made his way into Judaism! Since Judaism is the closest surviving descendant of the ancient Canaanite religion (and the language we call "Hebrew" is simply a Canaanite dialect, mutually intelligible with the other Canaanite dialects that have since died out). We merged him into Yahweh, the original god of Judea; others were merged in too, e.g. El's original consort Asherah became the "Shekhinah" (feminine presence of Yahweh) and also "Shabbat Ha'malka" (the vaguely-mystical but uh, totally not a deity, yup, uh-huh, figure called the "Queen of the Sabbath").