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[–]magnora7 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Seriously though.

I think the answer is because Christianity is actually centered around the martyrdom story of Jesus, rather than the teachings of Jesus. (Although it certainly depends on the denomination and the individual).

Once you realize that the whole reason Christianity is so popular and widespread is because of the martyrdom aspect, and the moral/social leverage that narrative provides, then it all makes sense, imo. Not saying all Christians are like this, but a lot of them are. They wield the narratives for social power, rather than actually following the teachings of Jesus. That's why they wear the cross.

[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

the whole reason Christianity is so popular and widespread is because of the martyrdom aspect

Since when? That makes no sense. Is this why you like Christianity? Most people simply follow the religion of their parents. To explore why others converted to Christianity you would have to read a lot of history book, which you clearly did not. I can just about guarantee that people who did not originally believe in Christianity were simply told that Jesus died for them and went "well shit, I guess I should convert".

moral/social leverage that narrative provides,

Can you give an example of how this works?

They wield the narratives for social power,

I can't even imagine a scenario, no matter how absurd, that would actually give someone social power by talking about Jesus dying on the cross. It makes no sense at all.

rather than actually following the teachings of Jesus.

This right here, it seems to me, is the core of your belief. You came into this with the conclusion that Christians don't follow Jesus teachings and then created a whole fucking story to walk people to this claim. But your story is completely illogical, it does not support your conclusion, and your conclusion is clearly not derived from anything presented here; and sure as hell does not follow from "they wear the cross".