Stefan.De.Machtige said:
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Not true. In fact, the Abrahamic religions are tribal and do not guide us toward social unity.
Western religions (think Greeks and Romans) are more socially advanced religions than tribal Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The Western Empires developed tolerant religious ideals to make empire building and the inclusion of many different religious groups easier. Thus, Roman gods and the gods of other people's in their empire coexisted, and the Romans were receptive of other religions just as they expected others to be of theirs. Interestingly, Pontius Pilate remarked that the 'conquered make rules for the conquerers' when Romans in Palestine observed the Sabbath and other Jewish laws while the Jews made no accomodations for Roman religion.
The tribal religions are not about social unity, they are primarily concerned with the their own ethnic tribe. Judaism is the most obvious example, but the same idea carries through to Christianity and Islam. Jesus even initially insulted a woman and refused to heal her child because she was not a Jew, but a neighboring Cannonite (and thats after revisions from Paul who made the religion open to outsiders). Past the ethnic issues themselves, the tribal Abrahamic religions are not tolerant of other people's religions. Not only do they regard them as completely false, but throughout history they have forced other people to convert to their religion..
