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[–]Alienhunter糞大名[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It is fair to point out that catholicism is a pretty quintessentially European religion.

It's also fair to point out that Christianity existed in Africa since before catholicism existed.

The current academic trend is to essentialize everything down to really simple narratives probably so testing is easier.

The history of religion is as much the history of politics as anything. The concept that church and state be separate is truly a recent phenomenon. Most kings claimed authority by divine right. Most existing ones of course still do.

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

The history of religion is as much the history of politics as anything.

Yes, which is why I treat any claims of the various holy books being "the undiluted word of god" as utter horseshite, there have been far to many cooks fucking about in that kitchen for it to pass a sniff test from 100m away.