axt113 said:
Kasz216 said:
1) Actually, I would disagree... most pagan religion's main focus of belief was in fact "My god could beat up your god." It didn't take much conversion. You won? Most of those people adopted your religion. Judiasm was the first of the "New Religions" whose belief was built more on... well belief.
2) Judaism is not ethnically tied to anything. Jewish people are Arabs. Also, at the time it surivived the Assyrians, the Torah wasn't even completeted! It's actually events we first learned IN the Torah, and was later historicaly proven. Which is another point towards the Abrhamic religions by the way. They appear to be historically accurate. Few people know this, but the house of Paul... one of Jesus' disciples is something you can visit in Israel.
As for Christianity... well you couldn't be more wrong. Hell, you brought out my point for me, but actually ignored the salient point of it. Roman Emperorers converted to Christianity... when it was very unpopular. (Though it was well more popular then Scientology.) Christianity conquered and empire that was trying to wipe it out... without using force.
If you think it would of been wiped out you should look up the Kakure Kirishitan.
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So you're arguing one group of imaginary friend believers vs. another?
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I feel like those points couldn't of flown higher over your head if I'd attached them to bottle rockets.
I'm not arugeing ANYTHING. I am pointing out that Judiasm was the start of "New Era" religions. Ones that transcended exactly "one god vs another."
That's exactly how religion existed back then. I beat you in a war, therefore my Sun god is stronger then your Earth God... therefore your people converted to my religion.
A large amount of oldschool pagan religions were therefore disqualfied due to their defeat as set out by the tenants of their former believers.
Therefore religions that can be disproven.
