It is not simply a matter of where Jesus was born. Its the fact that Christianity is very clearly a continuation of Hebrew religions. The concepts of sin, faith, afterlife, dogma, and Papal Supremacy are completely alien to European cultures. https://twitter.com/PakkadKaoSodsod/status/1057285495518941185 …
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You most certainly can. They killed tens of thousands who refused to believe. Everyone who remained was just forced to attend church if they wanted to live. This happened from Greece to England.
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Attending church /= believing something Surely you can force someone to do something under threat of violence, but you can't force someone to believe something
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You are only thinking on an individual level. They can't force thoughts into individuals, but they did their best to subvert and control entire communities over centuries. Even still Pagan traditions continued in most parts of Europe into colonial times.
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Surely, but one must ask why this was possible
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For political gains of certain individuals. It was much more politically motivated, with the vast majority being ignorant of even basic theology. Not unlike today honestly.
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Ah yes, but if mere politics can overrule religion, then something has gone terribly wrong
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Not really, same occurred with Communism. Overriding the established religion in some of the most religious countries of Europe. Entirely politically motivated. It didn't even bring more benefits, just more reductionism.
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Haha and I would say something had gone terribly wrong before the communist regime could come to power
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