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Pastimes : History's effect on Religion -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: illyia who wrote (403)	9/1/2005 1:06:58 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Respond to of 520

For our purposes, the Massada incident is significant for the effect it had on Judaism, rather than the Roman politics. PBS is running a series on Japanese history. The last episode showed how Christians were hunted down in medieval Japan in a similar manner to their counterpart during Nero. The interaction between the Christian movement and Japanese history had a very profound effect on Japan. It lead directly to xenophobia that banned anyone from leaving or entering the islands. No foreigner was allowed to enter (except the Dutch who had assisted in the massacre of the Christians and even they had to be chaperoned under strict rules) and no Japanese was allowed to leave. This in turn set the stage for much of Japan's future history. But how did it affect Christianity or even Christianity as practiced in Japan? I haven't found an answer to that. But if I do, it will be a proper subject for here. Most people have the mistaken (imo) view that religion is set in stone and that what they believe is what was presented eons ago. In fact if there is to be a universal truth, either it has to be so simple to hold for all times. Or it has to be shaped to the circumstances of each era. Religions, as we have them today, are far too complex to be the former. So they are bound to have within them the scars of centuries. Discussing these changing faces of religion is what we are after. ST ...and yes, you are right...there are already too many people debating effects of religion on politics and world events.