well....I could take more time out of my day to knock all these questions out of park but then people would just bring up more and MORE questions while disregarding everything that iv already said. I'v had this conversation before with atheists and it generally keeps going in circles.
actually ....ok fine ill do it.
if you're referring to hell I hope we can both agree that "thou shalt not kill" is a good thing to believe in....and if someone kills people then maybe something bad should happen to them....or else there would be a lot more murder in general ....its common sense really, some people dont care about laws one bit (or even understand why they exist).....but they DO care about their soul...that part of the reason why having a GOOD core belief system is VERY important in society.
, Before Constantine popularized christianity the roman empire had whats known as an Imperial cult . its basically where the leaders would convince people that they themselves were living gods . The ancient egyptians also did this...In a way,Kim Jong il did it too...if THAT doesnt sound screwed up to you then I dont think we're going to agree on much of ANYTHING. Im not saying that christianity becoming predominant in the roman empire changed EVERYTHING but it ruled out some screwed up things that were going on (like imperial cults). Constantine also was the first emperor to establish hospitals all across the roman empire and this was due to his belief in christianity ...People eventually just realized that christianity was the better choice ..
fast forward to now and you'll see that most of the kinks have been ironed out (many of which were due to correct people/leaders and not christianity itself) and Christianity has risen to the top of all other religions, with over 2.2 billion adherents worldwide ...but i'll let YOU be the judge as to why that is. we'll likely disagree on that though.
SO you might also want to consider that some of the ways you consider yourself to be a good person might be rooted in christiatny . christian values have been ingrained into many cultures across the world for a LOOOOOOONG time....Before the settlers (mainly referring to the British) set up colonies in australia people were living in tribes in the desert, constantly waring with each other, and raping the women of their tribes..... and literally eating each other .yes I'm talking about cannibalism, among other strange things aborigines did that civilized people might be sickened by today...
The british brought christian missionaries who educated people with christian morals and values and, over time, those values have become ingrained in the culture .
and yes there was also violence that took place but christianity as a belief can't really be blamed for that because unfortunately the british also brought their guns and man power to australia and some of them used christianity as a political tool...some horrible things ended up happening but ,again, christianity is not to blame for that..PEOPLE are ....
but MOST missionaries just wanted to spread the teachings of jesus so that MAYBE people would understand how to live a better life....one that doesnt involve raping the women of their tribe as some kind of "traditional right" .
The same could be said for the spanish when they came to America..there were a lot of christian missionaries they brought with them who ended up getting murdered in cold blood by natives tribes...not to mention , many of those tribes were enslaving other tribes and sacrificing them to some kind of sun god
idk about you but I'm SO glad that christianity was ingrained into american culture over the years .....or else THIS might still be a thing ...
https://www.amren.com/news/2013/08/...would-ride-1000-miles-to-wipe-out-one-family/
AND this....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG8WqEyXIyc
You should watch the 2003 film called "The Missing" a lot of that kind of stuff really happened in the 1800's back before america was fully settled.
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