| | | Pretty much everyone in the world knows who Jesus of Nazareth was and even those who don't believe in him acknowledge him as a wonderful human being and want to fit him into their own religion somehow. I refer to Islam who claims him as a prophet of God, Buddhism which calls Jesus a bodhisattva, and Hinduism which says Jesus was an avatar, an incarnation of a God. All those "other failed messiahs," not one person in a thousand knows any of their names off the top of their head.
his followers didn't bring much in the next 2000 years.
Actually Christianity did much to improve the world. Infanticide and abortion was common in the world Christianity was born into. Ditto slavery and the killing of people in colosseums for the entertainment of the masses. While not all Christians were universally anti-slavery, Christianity is the only religion to produce an anti-slavery movement. Not even Judaism can say that. Christianity, after the Reformation, produced the first societies that sought universal literacy. The best parts of western civilization, including science, individual human rights, and freedom of conscience. come straight from Christianity. Look at yourself as an example. You're a critic of Christianity and you've openly admitted, even bragged, that you want to imprison people and punish them for thought and speech crimes. I can't imagine a single Christian I know who wants that. Can you have respect for human rights without Christ? Your own example would say no. |
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