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[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

it [christianity] teaches that you're weak if you don't retaliate

It does not.

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Usually it does. At least now. If you haven't been to a mainstream church in the past 5-10 years you may not have seen it. The current doctrine is "meekness is weakness". These people think the gospels are weak and impractical, even sinful, and only read the Old Testament and fake letters in the new. Ironically they've become obsessed with the "natural order" and evolution, and think survival of the fittest is a God-ordained process. Therefore we should bring death to all who oppose us and win a prideful victory, which is totally not exactly what the Pharisees wanted their messiah to do. A newfound obsession with gender roles and masculinity may be part of the cause too, because men apparently aren't supposed to be kind or humble.