I think we're all Christians. It's not a statement of our religious beliefs, but a statement of our worldview, our culture ... Try explaining to a Chinese guy how you're not Christian. Let him explain how he's not Confucianist People have all sorts of theories but we all see through primitive eyes
Except Bruce Campbell, of course Europe has Caruso, Sarah Bernhardt, Nijinsky, America has Bruce Campbell
When it comes to the word christian, I see it two ways. One way is a religious practice, and the other way is the practical defining aspect of being a follower of christ. I do not worship Jesus, nor do I believe in him. There are many aspects of his teachings in the Bible that I think are worthy of
Practicing. However, I have had many friends and many different areas of life that agree I am nothing of a Christian when all I have ever done my entire life is piss them off. My Native American friends think I am more them than I am Christian. Often, I have been told that I should have been born in
A different country and different era.
Western Civilisation is Christian - all the little symbols you just strung together are Church script, out ideas on the distinction between religious authority and the state are Christian, our ideas on charity, faith and hope. Our very conception of Truth Live in East Asia for a while and notice it
I get that people think charity, faith, and hope are Christian values, but they were pagan values LONG before they were Christian ones, and I'm more of a pagan. Christians taught that you sin and are never good enough. Pagans are different. Sin isn't a thing, and you just try to be the best version
of yourself. Christians couldn't even convert without bringing pagan symbolism into their religion; integrating holidays, symbols, and even certain rituals were integrated into their services. Baptism was similar to ancient pagan purification rites, in which they were cleansed in water.
Pagans offered bread and wine to initiates, and Christians had the Eucharist/Communion, which seemed to be integrated from the pagans ... certainly wasn't the Jews lol Pagan stories influenced the stories told about the Saints who took their gods' places. Ishtar and Tammuz were pagans that were
ressurected before the story of Christ's or even Lazarus's resurrection. The idea of an immortal soul that survives death, present in ancient Egyptian and Babylonian beliefs, was merged into Christian thought from Greek philosophy. Even the cross is shared with the older Ankh and Celtic cross.
I don't see the Western countries as "Christian" but a rip off of the old pagan ways, which were actually a bit more in line with how we should be, instead of following the Bible. I don't believe in a bunch of gods, but I see how Christianity is kind of a rip-off of pagan morals and virtues. You had