It is known that 16% of the people in this world are either agnostics or atheists.
When we go through world history of religions we find Hinduism at 6000 years is the oldest, followed by Zoroastrianism 4000 years, Judaism 3500 years, Jainism 2700 years, Budhism 2600 years and Confucianism at 2500 years existed before Christ. All of these beliefs have been older to Christian beliefs. - wikipedia.org
While atheism argues that there is no God, agnosticism is the view that the existence of God, of the divine or the supernatural is unknown or unknowable. Agnostic atheism is a philosophical position that encompasses both atheism and agnosticism. - wikipedia.org84% of world population believe in God, ie. 6.3 billion people. The concept of religion and God actually came only around 4000 BC after man settled at one place and started using metals and did agriculture around 6000 BC.
World major religions .. |
When we go through world history of religions we find Hinduism at 6000 years is the oldest, followed by Zoroastrianism 4000 years, Judaism 3500 years, Jainism 2700 years, Budhism 2600 years and Confucianism at 2500 years existed before Christ. All of these beliefs have been older to Christian beliefs. - wikipedia.org
Let us not forget that Christianity too had its patch of violent, forcible conversions and annexation starting from the time of Constantine, the Roman emperor in the 4th century AD and later forcibly the Crusades between 11th and 17th century AD in the Iberian peninsula, the Ottoman empire of Turkey and with Islamic followers.
We Christians too have a share of blood on our hands 😢
Click here for a video of the growth of world religions..
If we go through world history, we find most of all religions from birth have had a violent patch of growing up (adolescence I would say), before settling down to sensible peaceful ways, accepting other faiths as equal and just ..
Christianity has been no exception as explained in the above blog. Christians were violent at some point in history but has understood the futility of violence over time and have embraced peaceful ways.
Islam being the youngest kid of global religions at 1300 years age (second youngest is Christianity), is passing through its adolesent phase and possibly will settle down for peace soon, maybe in 300 - 400 years after realizing futility of trying to establish it's superiority over the rest of humanity.
Many of the people from my state Kerala make a living serving in the occasionally violent but tolerant theocracies of the middle east and have no qualms about it. Indeed, at times, ignorance is bliss ..
This is my understanding of evolution of global religions .. please prove me wrong ..
George
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Nice article promoting awareness
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