Why did Christianity Fail in Asia while Succeeding in Europe?

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[@delaval7767]

VIVA CRISTO REY!!!

[@GalactusOG]

Free The Uighurs! Free Tibet!

[@historycity7565]

There is an error in the map, it's called Palestine not Israel.

[@klyanadkmorr]

How about being more objective stop with this how awful ooh east doesn't accept our white god cosmology from Jews into a messiah Mithra ripoff. ALSO write give KNOWLEDGE, why didn't Buddhism expand more into the west as it was BEFORE the rise of the cult of Christianity and was as far west into Greece and Levant with traveling monks teaching. Why doesn't ANY religion expand and tell the FACT it's like history spread by the Conquerors. Smaller religions never spread when they are local regional tribal based like Judiaism or pagan local gods. But global religions do better propaganda by saying it's for all ergo ALL MUST worship this particular gawd fitting nicely with colonizing, conquering and invading.

[@klyanadkmorr]

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[@ライビジャイ]

It was hard to convert Buddhist and Hindus into Christianity because their gods were very kind and the philosophy of those eastern religion was enough to guide them to peaceful and happy life. I am a well taught Buddhist and when I first heard about old testament story I was shocked. How can God do such stuffs? And also, Eastern religion principle states that we ought to purify ourselves and no other not even God can purify us. Maybe that is the reason.

[@giuseppecalegari3852]

Se vuoi conoscere il Cristianesimo, però, devi leggere il Nuovo Testamento, i Vangeli. La parola Vangelo vuol dire "buona notizia". Ad esempio " Beati gli afflitti, perchè saranno consolati. Beati i miti, perchè erediteranno la Terra. Beati i misericordiosi, perchè otterranno misericordia. Beati i puri di cuore, perchè vedranno Dio. Eccetera...." Vangelo di Matteo, capitolo 5. Questo è il Cristianesimo.

[@dxiadx]

@@giuseppecalegari3852 然而，东亚文化中更重视对自我的革新，得到神的温柔，神的怜悯，见到上帝，这些对我们并没有什么吸引力，甚至可能是件坏事

[@giuseppecalegari3852]

@@dxiadx Conosco poco le religioni orientali ma i concetti che tu esprimi sono anche nel Cristianesimo. La misericordia di Dio, il perdono, l'amore per il prossimo sono nella Bibbia. Ricordiamo i Comandamenti: Ama Dio con tutto il tuo cuore e la tua anima. Ama il tuo prossimo come te stesso. Perchè dici che sono negativi?

[@mililani6037]

I don't know how you could sell Christianity to people who don't have the concept of God needing a sacrificing, Jesus saving you from a wrathful God, the west had this

[@ujjawalgokhale4240]

Proud hindus never converts to these Abrahamic cults

[@Player-re9mo]

I would argue that the biggest reason Christianity didn't become a majority religion in Asia(outside of Russia) was because the rulers were not converted. Some nobles and high officials converted ofcourse, but not the highest in command. In order for any religion to become dominant in a nation, it needs support from the Central Government. If the Chinese or Japanese Emperors became Christians, history would have been different.

[@chronikhiles]

I agree, that's usually how Abrahamic religions became dominant in the states they do today.

[@tengen2251]

Best answear

[@NahintheW]

What about India?

[@shouvik8267]

​@@NahintheWThere was no Christian ruler. India had seen Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Muslim kings, but not Christian.

[@ognianeeh5684]

Don't be silly. The supreme deity of Japanese religious Shinto is the Japanese emperor himself.

[@dulio12385]

An additional perspective: You can pretty much correlate the success of Christianity depending on which country was carrying it. The Dutch, English and French colonizers did not place much emphasis on religion whereas Spain was practically a militant theocracy. You can see it today in the Philippines and most of South America where Catholicism, not just Christianity, is still the dominant faith.

[@Rafael-CL]

Bro all Kingdoms at that time were therocracies,the English king was and still is the espiritual leader of the church of England, the French monarch was the protector of Christians in the east, these powers tried to convert their new subjects in the colonies but some were successful and other don't. In Africa we have a large Christian population in the south of the Ecuator.

[@iamorahman]

Funny because the Dutch put the name "Allah" in their Bible in Indonesia until now for missionary and still failed.

[@mung1233]

@@iamorahman What's your point? The Indonesians were already introduced to Islam and Arabic, it made sense to preach to them calling god the Arabic name.

[@eodyn7]

@@Rafael-CL big difference between Protestant kingdoms and Spain.

[@eodyn7]

@@iamorahman Not talking about p3do religions like yours here.

[@senoku-hemin]

The value of Hinduism and Buddhism cannot be replaced by any other religions. It's greatest of all the time.

[@salamanca_edits]

What values? The fucking caste system?

[@ABBZ120]

@@salamanca_editsis that all you know, the bastardised and mutilated version of the caste system - it was not meant to be the rigid hierarchical structure that it morphed into the past millennia. It was a fluid system that allowed to change your “caste” based on your actions/dharma- which I hope it will it will return to aka the original Varna system

[@ankitshaw165]

​@@salamanca_edits The character of your Prophet is very loose, if one word is said to him, your Prophet's pants get opened😂😂

[@UshaRawat-ec7kj]

There was flexible caste system (i.e. choose profession according to capability not by birth) ,practised in Ancient india...during the islamic rule it became rigid caste system. ​@@salamanca_edits

[@Jainilnagar-wu8wg]

​​@@salamanca_edits first get ur self educated mah boy..the modern caste system was bring by Britishers which u are currently criticizing..its doesn't belong to Hinduism..Hinduism had different system which was more free and actual practical..

[@andrewward5891]

I read a story about a Portuguese priest who was trying to convert Japanese people in the 16th century. After having little success he finally got one Japanese guy to convert to Christianity. But the day after his baptism the priest saw him worshiping at a Buddhist temple. Later the priest asked the guy why he was at the Buddhist temple now that he was a Christian. The man replied “I am a Christian but I’m still a Buddhist”. I don’t know if this story is true or not but it gives an idea how hard it for Christian missionaries to get Asian converts who already had established religions.

[@igorlopes7589]

If that is true it exemplifies the syncretism in Japan, where most xintoists are also buddhists

[@effingcool1780]

I believe it. It actually happens a lot in East asian countries. They just mix every religion. Even after converting they still practice shamanism.

[@quadeevans6484]

Because Buddhism is inherently different from Christianity Buddhism puts more emphasis on practice than anything else, which allows for other animistic religions to be practiced alongside it, Christianity requires you to acknowledge that there is only one god. That concept obviously did not translate well

[@btsismyoxyjin2013]

🤣that's kinds funny

[@tivo3720]

These are all propaganda based stories to spread CHRISTIANITy and to give the local people a story for origin

[@aryankarcii1157]

Hinduism and Buddhism can almost never be replaced by these new religions as they’ve stood the test of time and adapted for as long as recorded history goes.

[@dennisthemenace4288]

Indonesia?

[@Johnnyjoestar1772]

​@@dennisthemenace4288 hindu Buddhist traditions can be found.

[@StrongestUnderHeavens]

The more dumber the Indian religions looks from the outside... The more fulfilling they are from inside But Abrahmic religions from outside looks perfect One God, One book and Story of guy who brought/wrote the book while adding all the stories of previous religion But from inside they seem hollow

[@LoneWalker-ef9se]

Christianity has always been against science. Since they know their claims are so stupid, even an educated kid can expose it. In Hinduism however, we do not claim to know the "one true path" or the "one true book". We do not have commandments, because we are seekers. Seekers of answers and meaning. Seekers of God, and seekers of ourselves.

[@darthparallax5207]

Star Wars beat the idealogical shit out of both Hindus and Christians with nothing but cool glowy swords and the dependability of the youth to always be massive disappointments to civilization. It's hollow on the inside and out but Disney still makes a fkton of money off it. :/ Just kind of give Jesus and Buddha a bunch of drugs and dare them to sword fight and boom its Star Wars.

[@thboy1037]

Only few countries in Asia where Christianity is successful, such as Philippines, East Timor, South Korea. From my point of view, I think that one of the reasons is most of Asian countries have alredy had the well established religion in their countries before the coming of the West. Even some of them were colonized, the long established religions which enrooted in the society was very hard to be changed.

[@justchilling704]

All peoples had their own religions and religious views prior to Christ. The real issue is geography, and well Christians caring about the great commission to teach the nations. Only a tiny fraction of Christians even bother to share their faith locally no less abroad. Overtime Christianity will grow in the East and it will have its own unique cultural flavors there too just as it does in the west.

[@markjosephbacho5652]

That's true. Even here in the Philippines, Abrahamic religions didn't really penetrate deeply to the hearts and minds of the locals. We're basically practicing folk Catholicism and folk Islam here. Superstitions, beliefs in elves/nymphs/goddess of the woods and sacred groves, belief in karma and samsara (reincarnation), and belief in folk healers, which are all rooted in pre-colonial native Anitoism and Hindu-Buddhism, are still being observed. Early Philippine mosques were reminiscent of Asian multi-tiered wooden pagoda structures.

[@chinita_doll]

Yes the guy doesn’t know what he is talking about. He said the Philippines had no centralized religion, when it was actually Islam. And then he claimed over 400 years of Spanish rule, when it was only 300 smh

[@gabrielgallardo5824]

​@@justchilling704no, the estimates say that Islam will be the mort religion followed by atheism

[@sipengumpuldata256]

South Korea is Atheist

[@beautifulnight6881]

The simple answer : Asians had already have their own cultures and belief systems before Christianity came to it

[@armthecyborg4021]

Did Christianity not originate in Jerusalem, which is literally in Asia?

[@OMIMreacts]

lol Rome is known for its own culture and belief system before Christianity came to it.

[@armthecyborg4021]

@@OMIMreacts Not to mention the fact that vikings have been pagan until the end of the Dark Ages and paganism only ended in the 14th century in Lithuania.

[@Jay-ew4zc]

​@@armthecyborg4021he meant to say Asians had more iq than Europeans when it comes to understanding complex truths, principles of a faith. And Jerusalem comes in the middle east.

[@scenecorner9940]

​@@armthecyborg4021only by geography it is in Asia. But all the event occurred in the West. So no relationship

[@MarkAntony-l7s]

You should have talked more about the Saint Thomas Christians of Kerala in India. It is one of the oldest Christian communities in the world and it is still thriving today. They follow the original Middle Eastern Christian traditions but are also well integrated into Indian society and are indistinguishable from the Hindu majority except when it comes to their religious practices.

[@Senku_Ishigami_1]

They are way better than the post colonial Christian missionaries who plunged and decimated numerous tribes who resisted colonial imposition. Moreover, Many Christians nowadays are showing their Loyalty to their European counterparts and They seem to face a Identity crisis.

[@tivo3720]

Proganda base ... With out proof Christian

[@garikaprasanth9890]

Yeah👍.In.Europeans.. Jews. Also. Leve. It. Kerala🇮🇳.

[@Droobie03]

Is the original Middle Easter Christian tradition basically the OG Christianity?

[@rijulovarmenianairi6129]

Probably from the land of nairi...armenia?

[@stronger1997]

As a Vietnamese, i could hypothesise that the reasons Christianity isn’t big in Vietnam are because: 1. The majority of Vietnamese population already has their own system of believes, which is actually a combination of Confucianism, Buddhism and some principles we came up with ourselves. 2. A lot of dynasties and particular kings during our feudal era actually advocated for Buddhism, to the point that Buddhist monks held vital positions in the court. A lot of them spent money on building temples and pagodas for Buddhism worship. 3. Buddhism is here in Vietnam first, and it wasn’t until it’s fairly established did Christianity came to the country. By then, our system of believes has already been quite strong and reinforced through generations. But it’s just a theory, a game theory 😂😂

[@rocketmangenesis]

Luckily, you were not destroyed by the West. That is how most of Judeo-Christian-Islamic religions spread: through conquest and butchering of people.

[@maverick7291]

Love your last statement 😂

[@Gb-be9bn]

You don't need a theory. It's clearly recorded in history. Christianity was banned for most of history because it forbids the worship of ancestors historical figures, as the Catholic church saw it as idolatry. This prevents Christianity from spreading further, so much so that the Catholic church had to concede and allowed Catholics in China to "venerate" ancestors and historical figures in 1939. The same practices were allowed in Vietnam in 1956.

[@mercedesbenz3751]

Hinduism was 1st in Vietnam, Buddhism came after that. In fact Hinduism was there in all of the South east Asia. There are many Lord Shiva Statues being excavated from Vietnam these days.

[@Jul_Nguyen]

Vietnam will always celebrate the "Lunar " New Year every coming spring annually & eat with chopsticks

[@HistStory-ns]

Buddism never forced anyone to convert.

[@JoshAlicea1229]

It’s because it’s more of a philosophy than a religion. They actually don’t have a “god/diety.”

[@mahaajbradshawthelegendamo7631]

Buddhists in Myanmar disagree

[@JoshAlicea1229]

@@mahaajbradshawthelegendamo7631 Nirvana is a state of being, not a Person. Big difference.

[@mahaajbradshawthelegendamo7631]

@@JoshAlicea1229 What? I responded to the idea that” Buddhism never forced anyone to convert” you responded with Nirvana is a state of being not a person. There’s no connection between those two thoughts.

[@Chino600]

@@JoshAlicea1229 shouldn't have to force people to convert regardless, this statement means nothing.

[@shadowking773]

It's fascinating how so many religions thrive in india and their root still remains through all the time

[@s9ka972]

Yes .

[@Kj99x]

@Machoman50ta christainty is below 1% in india

[@shadowking773]

@Machoman50ta where are you getting these stats? get out of the fake lies your media is spreading, India has more than 75 % hindus and 20 % muslims and rest are others

[@lautheimpaler4686]

​@Machoman50ta medicines are necessary

because indians since ancient times always keep their religion preserved as original as they can, lots of religion in s

[@Gregory_IX]

Armenia is the first country to adopt Christianity in 301 AD, not only in Asia, but throughout the world 🏆🥇🇦🇲✝️⛪

[@GermanMaps.095]

Not you again :I

[@SetuwoKecik]

​@tonyantonio8956 And then Ethiopia

[@zaurukraus9296]

You make it sound like a good thing 😂

[@rtspoliticalanalyst2258]

Please return to your home..back to Sanatan(Hindu Buddhist Jain Sikh)..🙏

[@Circassiangurl2002]

Then Ethiopia 325 and Georgia 326

[@motivationallizard6644]

Short answer: The original Christian faith was seen as a more humanitarian religion by many in Roman society (despite its persecution) and was eventually adopted and enforced as a state religion allowing it to spread. However, in the far east other faiths like Buddhism and Hinduism were already dominant and there was no state that was really willing to impose Christianity outside of later European colonizers. Some nations also suppressed Christianity and stopped it from spreading, the spread of Islam being the biggest example along with individual countries like Japan after the Shimubara rebellion.

[@Senku_Ishigami_1]

I think the main reason was that Many Colonizers were basically using Christianity as a tool for creating Loyalist within their Colonies and other territories. Most of the Time, Colonizers used to strip certain parts of the population from basic necessities altogether. After which the Christian missionaries took up their roles in imitating as an angel to save them. However, Missionaries put forward a condition. The victims had to be converted to Christianity in order to receive the help/ aid. Those who resisted were either plunged or left to die. Many Tribes have been wiped out entirely due to such malpractices. Hence they are also known as "Soul Vultures". Nowadays, Christian missionaries only target weaker sections by offering them bribes (around $200) to convert into Christianity.

[@catastrophicdon]

Why are you saying foolishness. Christianity was their in India from (Ad 52)very olden days itself.Old Christians in Kerala are known as syrian Christians. They are called syrian Christians because they use Syrian language in their prayers. Syrian Christians can be found only in Kerala and Syria.Christianity came to kerala from Middle east not from Europe.If you have doubt please check the link en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Thomas_Christians

[@historian252]

Don't try to spout lies about a lot of missionaries. People became Christians because of their willingness to convert not because of bribes and force.

[@motivationallizard6644]

@@historian252 the king of the Rus literally converted to Christianity because it let him drink alcohol (Islam didn’t) and trade with the Byzantines more. Most of Germany is only Christian because Charlemagne literally led an early crusade to burn down their sacred tree and built a church on top of it. Christianity absolutely did spread because of coercion and bribery, and I haven’t even mentioned the age of exploration. Even saints like mother Theresa were outed for saying things like their job wasn’t to actually help people only to save their souls which lead many of their clinics to be neglected and even badly maintained. Willingness to convert isn’t always by choice or by heart it’s often because you have no other option of you want to continue living.

[@historian252]

@motivationallizard6644 Lies. Vladimir never historically said that and people say it was an anecdote.

[@trish86]

In india many people converted to Christianity only for money but they said that they are only hindu not christian 😂(they dont follow Christ they only took the money )

[@Yuhanna8.23]

Indian Christians are running away and living in the jungle due to Hindus and Muslims mobs keep kiling them. The sorrow watching their videos where they worship in the middle of the jungle after being chased out of their village. They still keep the faith because once the Holy Spirit baptise you, you will not be the same. You will feel peace that are not found in the world, not in Hinduism, Islam or Buddhism or other spiritualist.

[@jboycaceres2871]

Many Indian Christians said that when a Hindu ask what is their religion, they just say they are Hindu, to end the discussion, because most Hindus can't accept that they converted to Christianity.

[@ऐसेहीनहींबोलते]

Hindu is dangerous 😂 they don't care religion 😂 convert into christian for money then next day go to temy😂

[@major2707]

Double standards 😁

[@bullymaguire1499]

Converting the people of India to Christianity it self is a disgrace for the Christan community.

[@Philipp-dt2zy]

Christianity in India is, due to the Apostle Thomas, in fact much older than in most parts of Europe.

[@Rohitweasley]

The existence of someone like that was only known after the Portuguese arrived in India. There was no mention of him ever before the Portuguese. It is considered a made up story so converted people don’t feel inferior and claim Christianity as being a native religion and not something borrowed from outside.

[@beaconofchaos]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@Rohitweasley There are scriptures in Malayali dating to the 4th century, so no I don’t think the Portuguese were the ones who introduced it to people living in India… Also with the amount of trade between the coastal regions of the subcontinent and other parts of the world, it makes no sense that it would take 1500 years for people to learn of Christianity.

[@thepokemonpirate3460]

52 AD they say

[@deepblue3682]

Its a cookedup story... early christians in india are all syrian christians

[@teejayman215]

​@@Rohitweasley nah that is definitely not true. Christianity had long roots in India by the time the Portuguese even got to Kerala. The Portuguese might have helped spread it to Goa though, true

[@teejayman215]

There are literally 34 million christians in India. It might be a drop of people in that country, but it accounts for more people than the entire population of Australia or most European countries

[@Philipp-dt2zy]

💯

[@NagalandHH]

That is 3.4 percent of the population

[@mvalthegamer2450]

More like 2.3%. India is at 1.4 billion

[@PiyushSinghSisodia-om8nx]

​@@NagalandHH2.3%

[@teejayman215]

@Roachh2877 and yet, that's almost as many people as Canada, most countries like Belgium, Sweden etc

[@SterlingWhitehead]

Missed one big piece: Christianity didn’t spread by conquest in the Roman Empire; those areas were already inside Rome so they could move around very quick

[@williamrobert9898]

Well obviously it won't 🙄 literally the one who started the move of baptising everyone forcefully in the empire was the emperor himself like duh

[@silencemeviolateme6076]

​@@williamrobert9898hope puberty is going better today for you.

[@williamrobert9898]

@@silencemeviolateme6076 It hasn't even hit you just yet

[@silencemeviolateme6076]

@@williamrobert9898 find a productive hobby young man. Learn a foreign language or a musical instrument.

[@williamrobert9898]

@@silencemeviolateme6076 heed your own advice instead of trolling on the Internet

[@hnt510]

making two oldest civilizations to believe a first century Jew is a joke lol😂😂.

[@notocommunism1428]

hes the son and god

[@bimalsaha6392]

@@notocommunism1428 no, Sanatan is the real religion

[@notocommunism1428]

@@bimalsaha6392 no jesus is the way, the truth and the life

[@bimalsaha6392]

@@notocommunism1428 jesus is a lie, a average baba is more powerful then Jesus

[@notocommunism1428]

@@bimalsaha6392 can a baba rise from the dead? is a baba sinless? can a baba create everything?

[@johnmartin8118]

Well as an Indian Christian from Kerala, a southern state in India, Christianity has existed here since the 1st Century. It was more peacefully practiced before Europe.

[@Founderschannel123]

Thank god at least someone who may studied history just for context christianity has existed in india for 2 millenia ever since thomas the apostle of jesus christ came to india since 52 ad but was killed with a spear but since then his body remains are in mylapore in the saint thoma church

[@Founderschannel123]

More evidence of his existence is by the cochin jews of kerala and the malayali syrians who live there and more evidence to back this up is the copper plates of kerala and king villarvottam who may be the first king to convert to christianity

[@kennethmays8059]

Being too weak to wage war does not mean you are peaceful. I’m glad to have Christian brothers in India and I’m happy our lord has been saving people in your region for so long. Praise be to God. I’m just not sure why you felt the need to insult western Christians at the end. We are all brothers in Christ we are in this together. We all share in the sins of humanity not just the sins of Christians and our one hope at peace is through Christ.

[@atushikun5918]

​@@kennethmays8059Well there was an emperor who gave up war (Ashoka) even though he had the most powerful Empire at that time. So you can't say that India was weak we have been the economic powerhouse throughout history though in general most of the empires were concerned or remained within India except some South Indian empires like chola Empire or khmer empire. Even the foreign rulers who came to India remained concerned with India too either Mughal Empire or Delhi sultanate they were also limited in Indian subcontinent. So you can't say they were weak but rather were interested in internal conflicts. According to your logic Nazi Germany during world war 2 was also weak since they were concerned with only Europe

[@vssj91]

​@@Founderschannel123 wrong. That Thomas clown never came to India.

[@carlose4314]

Pyongyang was once called the Jerusalem of the east as there was a large number of Christians in the city.

[@GarenJoshuaRommelleC.]

because of a missionary named Robert Jermain Thomas

[@zimriel]

I was looking for this comment. The Kims were Christian before becoming first Japanese lackeys and then dictators. Kind of like how Joe Djugashvili started out in seminary.

[@少康战情妇]

​@@zimriel而马克思共产党也来自基督徒。东亚是真正皈依了西方的地区，

[@talesj1987]

the abrahamic god lost to god emperor Kim now i guess. lol

[@GarenJoshuaRommelleC.]

@@talesj1987 I'm afraid he hasn't Kim will have his time, but in the end Jesus will win.

[@Heisenberg.1927]

Once they went to Andamans Sentinel island but never returned

[@Akshay13134]

Even god didn't protected that pastor

[@ARYAN_WARRIOR.]

💀💀💀

[@Harshh..294]

​@@Akshay13134lol,God called that pastor.

[@Akshay13134]

@@Harshh..294 These pastors are like marketing agents they go from place to place and sell their product( jesus) and later if customer buys that product (jesus) they get money for believing in him this is a nice business with literally no investment all you need is a book (bible) that's it he is all set to start a new faith business

[@Harshh..294]

@@Akshay13134 well who cares about them brother.

[@alakhaggarwal1352]

If you call theft, looting, murder and starvation as conversion strategies, you might understand how conversions happened in these areas. However, if you study philosophical debates and logical argumentations, you might understand what stands as the test of time. Hinduism, Budhdhism, etc. could very easily have been a global religion if Hindu or Buddhist kingdoms raged war all over the world for religious conquest.

[@sivami1111]

Absolutely 💯

[@windssn3z]

True! That's why in future the Man power of these religion will be waay lesser maybe even 0.0something, but to vanish is a huge thing, there will be a time when no religion will be in majority and at that time the scientific cure of many things will be similar to what ayurveda teaches but guess what? Western approved versions, that will keep these religions alive

[@AkatSuki-ws4ep]

Dharmic religions does not teaches to convert others in the excuse of guiding them into the right path (these things are one of most manipulative strategies of Abrahamic faiths to seek for followers) Dharmic religions does not claim them being an absolute truth. You have to have supreme arrogance to say "we are the truth and do not let others misguide you" Abrahamic religions are not religions but a political agenda that convince people to convert and dominant other religious communities.

[@windssn3z]

@@AkatSuki-ws4ep The definition of Kalyug

[@alakhaggarwal1352]

@@windssn3z age of quarrel and hypocrisy!

[@euroschmau]

The spread of Christianity into India is particularly fascinating. The faith reached Kerala before it reached England, at around the year 50 (it wasn't until the 300s when it reached British shores). It spread so rapidly because of the long-established sea trade route already active in the India Ocean. It's these trade routes that brought Islam to Indonesia as well. Today in the city of Chennai, you can find the tomb of Saint Thomas as well as a truly ancient community of believers.

[@noblemottythomas7664]

Those days Kerala and Tamil nadu was not under under Indian colonial rule so Christianity in India was a wrong term to coin,,,, i always wonder why people have to complicate Christianity in Kerala with Christianity in India as on those days India and Kerala was extremely different territories and it was unified only for the ease of Europeans

[@sillymesilly]

@@noblemottythomas7664 Christianity was there before Colonialism.

[@noblemottythomas7664]

@@sillymesilly ys it was there but I don't understand what you mean

[@TamilArjun4090]

Those are traders & escaped from the widespread civil war in the Middle East. Conversion == Eliminating indigenous cultures & imposing their set of customs & rule through it.

[@JacksonScott-os7kj]

No, Christianity reached Britain also in the 50’s or 60’s. You should research the history of pre-Roman Christianity in England.

[@The.Renovator]

Had the Byzantine Empire not been in constant decline I would see Christianity being the dominant religion in the middle east and most of central Asia

[@jonbonguevarra3788]

An ancient empire llike the byzantines survived for a thousand years already, its impressive.

[@ionutpaun9828]

Sorry you can't be in constant decline for about 1200 years.

[@Gebri3l]

The rise of Islam changed history, they destroyed lots of Christianity

[@lettuceman9439]

Byzantium is like that tbh, they get like 3 seperate golden age just to prepare themselves to another Triple Civil War with a Persian/Caliphate Invasion while the Latin West Crusade their way through the Eastern Roman Empire.@@ionutpaun9828

[@Silent_Assasin]

Agree byzantine is a powerful empire but due to corrupt and incompetent Emperor's and higher officials it's falls to it's own decline

[@kesorangutan6170]

"Allegedly India" Bro there are christians in southern India. Saint Thomas went there and converted the local jews. There are still nestorian christians in India. This shows how much love went into this video lol.

[@albertbenny431]

It didn't stop with Jews, it went to all communities, Ramban Pattu shows that

[@roddyboethius1722]

Saint Thomas is a fictional character. He never existed

[@universalflamethrower6342]

@@roddyboethius1722 dude, there are Bishops from India at my Church who can historically trace their origin back to St Thomas, if you want to be an adult stick to the facts

[@roddyboethius1722]

@@universalflamethrower6342 Jesus never existed, obviously, so don't tell me about growing up. You are the person with a childish dependency on Magic Man and his merry band of fictional characters invented by the Roman Empire

[@roddyboethius1722]

@@universalflamethrower6342 the best you can claim is that Thomas may be Juilus Calpurnius Piso, one of the original gospel writers. The Pisos all used aliases in creating the church

[@ambiguousUndertones-]

In European countries, we need our ancient Gods back. This Christianity is totally foreign to who we are.

[@giuseppecalegari3852]

Davvero? Ti metteresti ad adorare Giove o Odino o divinità simili? Be', nessuno te lo impedisce.

[@rediettadesse2828]

Viking gods lol

[@zelkremskyholder1239]

Hindu organizations have started funding temples to Aztec gods in Mexico. If you really wanted to, you could ask a large Hindu organization like ISKCON to help you build temples to European gods

[@escanor3699]

You’re not from west lol You’re probably a Indian

[@zelkremskyholder1239]

@ what makes you say that? You think westerners can’t want their old gods back? The west is the only place I’ve seen paganism reemerge

[@geosophik9369]

The real question is: Why is Christianity failing in Europe? With the Nordic countries and the UK only having a church attendance of less than 5%. And Italy, home of the Pope, less than 30% attending to church/ actually practising the religion.

[@RedCommunistDragon]

People are growing more cynical as they should be. It’s similar to the times when the population grew less interested in polytheism.

[@JesusOrDestruction]

@@RedCommunistDragon its because they keep importing muslims

[@satriorama4118]

@@RedCommunistDragon So why Judaism and Islam keep going strong in their origin land and elsewhere?

[@RedCommunistDragon]

@@satriorama4118 Fear, optimism, various reasons.

[@sahilbharti7047]

​@@RedCommunistDragon Why White Christians are converting into LGBTQ+ cult.

[@sky333suraj]

There are many faces on India. 1. Vedic Era, where Vedic culture was introduced and highly followed. 2. Buddhist Era, Buddhism being introduced in Northen India used to be highly followed teaching across the Indian Subcontinent. 3. Islamic India - It is the period where there were several Indo-Islamic Empires along with Hindu Empires. These are one reasons for the failure of Christianity. Christianity used to be least in North but a lot in South in India.

[@danthal2996]

There were no such thing as vedic era.

[@itsoblivion8124]

​@@danthal2996 yes it was. Vedic era took place between 1800BCE-500BCE.

[@danthal2996]

@@itsoblivion8124 any proof

[@astrobotplayz8722]

​@@danthal2996 There were sixteen Mahajanapadas (vedic kingdoms) with remnants in ancient literature and artifacts. Most historians accept the existence of a Vedic India.

[@gauthamkshatriya2953]

@@danthal2996 We hindus dont need to prove anything you first you prove your jesus, we existed when you people were not even out of africa so you have no right to ask us about Vedic period. Vedic Period exists only because of that We have HInduism

[@RohitSharma-oh8qm]

I don't think you can make a country like India, a Christian country. Since Hinduism was born right here in india.. it's both our culture and religion . And hinduism and Buddhism are value based religion migrating from that to abrahamic religions which are more rule based seems like reverse evolution..Regardless what india is, i hope it prosper .

[@kimchun-r1j]

Islam did not succeed how can Christians succeed to conquer us as a Christian Jai Shri Krishna

[@RohitSharma-oh8qm]

@@kimchun-r1j not about conquering .. like foreign religion can come from trades too. Because you can physically see when foreigners are conquering you and oppose it .but religion through trade comes sneakly ..Still that wouldn't succeed because of reasons mentioned.

[@samiman5606]

@@kimchun-r1j What about over 300 million Indian Muslims in India? They will be at 2025

[@kimchun-r1j]

@@samiman5606 🤣🤣 bro bro 30 million are you know how which bigger than Pakistan Indonesia how can you count i know you r maulana that'why no pak still have higher than India because pak have high TFR not what about there are always not power on him and not will be it just a population on other other sides it's good nothing is wrong india is largest democratic country and population will be help us

[@gautaminandi5572]

​@@samiman5606Hindus are still in majority in 2024 and much more than muslims.

[@ramv7314]

In India..enticing poor with money is the largest way conversion is happenjng.. not because the poor dont believe in Hinduism.or Buddhism.. I have known people who have converted, yet continue going to Shiv temple every week..

[@DevSarman]

St. Thomas Christians of southern tip of India - especially in the State of Kerala - remained a very interesting example of localized Christian community which could dated way back to St. Thomas, the Apostle of Christ, himself

[@s9ka972]

Even they are just 18% of population . Hindus and Muslims are in majority .

[@sk21719]

Stop selling this bullshit made up story it never happened

[@mung1233]

As a Filipino-Chinese christian i thank you for going a little in depth how deep chinese Christianity's history is.

[@hoonwaretien8363]

are there chinese in the phippine？

[@mung1233]

@@hoonwaretien8363 A lot of Filipinos are Chinese mixed. More than there are people who are Spanish mixed or American mixed. So yeah

[@hoonwaretien8363]

@@mung1233 I donot think that’s true,it’s best for Chinese peop to speak Chinese according to their standards

[@mung1233]

@@hoonwaretien8363 Weird logic, ethnicity isn't based on language and most of the Chinese-Filipinos are from Cantonese, Hakka, and Min regions.

[@hoonwaretien8363]

@@mung1233 好了好了

[@kwolf2145]

Christianity was imposed by force in Europe just like it was in Africa and the Americas. Currently in the west Christianity is something most people do not adhere to, Liberal Athiesm is the dominant ideology in the west and they are also trying to spread this to other parts of the world. Latin America also mostly has a liberal culture.

[@Dripxxl-i4k]

Its because Asia was powerful unlike Africa, South america, North America where they converted forcefully

[@shafsteryellow]

Bs

[@Kyle-qd2sy]

Apparently the Church of the East was considered one of the largest Christian groups back in the Medieval period, spread out across Asia. Now they are one of the smallest, mostly made of Assyrians in Iraq and their diaspora along with some Christian groups in southern India.

[@leoguarknight1588]

They got killed out by a certain religion who also created disconnect and dark ages

[@recoil53]

"Across Asia" is a big exaggeration. That would have been the Near East aka "Asia Minor". It was always sparse further east. However, the Russian Orthodox Church itself came from Eastern Christian Orthodoxy and that extends to the Pacific. The Archbishops of Constantinople, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Alexandria were each considered to be on roughly the same level of the Archbishop of Rome. Hence the split. Islam came about in the late 600s and spread East (and West), so that took over the Near East and beyond.

[@recoil53]

@@leoguarknight1588 I didn't realize the Germanic tribes who destroyed the Roman Empire and destroyed all that knowledge were Muslim. In fact history records them as being Arian (not Aryan) Christians. Many Romans themselves felt that it was Christianity that eroded the morals of the Empire and fatally weakened it. Interesting fact that during the Dark Ages in Europe, Muslim Spain was widely considered the most educated part, to the point where European nobles would sent their children there. I used the phrase "Dark Ages in Europe" because it wasn't the Dark Ages in Greece or the Near & Middle East. Quite the opposite. It was they who preserved the Roman knowledge base. The Renaissance happened when Greek scholars fled/were hired by Italian nobles, bringing their texts with them (the Roman Catholic Church itself had some of these old Roman books).

[@mts-sultan6209]

​@recoil53 you are right. Even in South Asia we consider Middle age as the golden age. We look up to our medival history.

[@kkvv3699]

​@@leoguarknight1588Religion of peace

[@zainmudassir2964]

Islam in West Asia served as effective barrier from Christian conquests. By 18th century Europe was more concerned with colonialism for economic reasons

[@MrChickennugget360]

really only Spain was motivated by religion for its colonial expansion. Most other European countries were motivated by economic reasons. Part of that is timing- when Spain discovered the new world, they had just finished a major Crusade against Muslims in southern Spain, so they just continued that strategy in the New World.

[@rcc8506]

That's not entirely correct because Islam arrived much later than Christianity.

[@samemmo7609]

​@@rcc8506yes

[@MrChickennugget360]

@@rcc8506 true but Christianity was accutally fairly well spread in the east prior to that. Regarding the commenters statement Christianity had not ever been involved in any "conquests" prior to the rise of Islam. Christianity was not militant before Islam's rise. First Christian based conquest was done by Charlemagne.

[@blazer9547]

And Spains reconquista was effective barrier for europe against further islamic conquests.

[@RahalRathnayake]

The main reason for the missionaries' failure in Sri Lanka was that they lost 5 major debates with the Buddhist monks. Sri Lanka was the first country to fully embrace Buddhism in 250 BCE. The golden lion holding the kastane sword on the red background of the national flag represents that the Sinhalese nation has embraced Buddhism and will always preserve it bravely. 🇱🇰 ☸️

[@tato_g_boro_guy]

Best thing about Buddhism is that you can modify it. According to Buddhism one can discard what one don't like. Example Buddha was a non violent person but violence is necessary to counter violence.

[@hey_you.]

❤

[@tato_g_boro_guy]

@Gabdoon2 I know

[@WallNutBreaker524]

​​@@tato_g_boro_guy Though We can't discard anything, we can add to it. Catholic Europeans united against the Islamic Empires that were invading them during the Holy Wars.

[@larsedik]

Also, Buddhism is a much better religion than Christianity.

[@dorinkashiXV]

Because the middle east is in Asia so the middle east had easier access to the countries that are Islamic. As for India and China they were polytheistic and already superpowers. Plus the whites were racist and didn't want to include them early on. Instead they had slavery in India.

[@mtarkes]

Not right, the British era saw enormous attempts by Church to convert Indians but they never got direct support of British administration because of fear of retaliation by Hindus & Muslims. Religion was the primary force for the independence struggle in India and the British were terrified to be seen involved in any religious partisanship.

[@dorinkashiXV]

@mtarkes that's literally what I said, Islam had already reached India and most of them were polytheists. Plus they were many in number hence a superpower.

[@wadisindhda7713]

Majority of the Christian population was in Asia. The Rashidun Caliphate controlled 65% of world's Christian population and had a population that was only 2% Muslim; the Christians maintained their majority for several centuries. The Christian population began a SLOW decline, but there were catalyst events. In Iraq, the rise of the Kurds dealt a killing blow to the regional Christian population as 'Assyria' became Kurdistan. In the Christian-dense Levant, the Crusades ironically had a devastating impact on the Christian population, the Eastern Christians were not "Christian enough" for the Crusaders and were massacred and targeted alongside the Muslims and Jews, those that remained and integrated with the Crusaders were expelled with the fall of the last remaining Crusader states. The most significant decline occurred in the 20th century; where the Christian population went from comprising 20-30% of the Middle East to 5% today; as the dying Ottoman Empire began shifting towards secular nationalism; saw the Christian population as a potential fifth column and hence an existential threat; they became victims of ethnic cleansing. Post-Colonial regional and national conflicts as well as famines further diminished the battered Christian population as many migrated West. Today the Middle-Eastern Christian population is primary concentrated in Egypt, Lebanon and Cyprus.

[@GZamzung]

This is a more plausible claim than what was narrated in the video. In addition to the apparent genocidal ravages of the Mongolian empire under Timur

[@savioblanc]

The Crusaders absolutely did not impact the Eastern Christians like you claim. It was the conversion of the Turkic tribes to Islam that began the downfall of their communities. They aggressively targeted Christian communities across the Middle East and Byzantium and it is precisely these attacks that literally birthed the concept of the Crusades itself in Europe. But the final nail in the coffin came with the Mongols, who at first were on good terms with the Christians but once they converted to Islam, became like the Turks previously, a major thorn in the Christian communities. Timur pretty much put an end to most of the ancient Christian communities and greatly reduced the Armenian and Georgian Christian presence in the Levant and various centers of what once the areas of the Islamic Golden Age.

[@williamrobert9898]

​@@GZamzung??? What the video stated was factual and logical, what are you on about? The gentleman simply mentioned the reasons behind the decline of Christianity in the Middle East

[@williamrobert9898]

​@@savioblanc you're seriously defending the crusaders? The same people behind god knows how many genocides committed against Christians? That's sad to see

[@GZamzung]

​ @williamrobert9898 away from the logic, why the claims of this video cant be taken seriously is because it failed to recognize/acknowledge the Mongolian imperialist impact on traditional Christian communities of the Near East. The Mongolians massacred close to 75% of the Assyrian populace which were overwhelming Christian. Up until the 13th Century, Christianity was the majority religion of the peoples of the Near East and the Assyrians were the major missionaries. Places like Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Western China had strong Christian imprints before they were wiped off by the Mongolians. Now imagine if these never happened. Of course, Buddhism and Hinduism would still hold their significance in the Indian Subcontinent far East, but then, Christianity would also be a significant force to be reckoned with. Not also forgetting the Ottoman genocide of Assyrian, Greek, Armenians and Syriacs. In all, the video projected Christianity in Asia as Western missionary initiative and conveniently ignoring Asian efforts which sadly we can't see today because of the Timurid led massacres.

[@christophergraves6725]

On a rather trivial issue, the narrator kept confusing "further" and "farther." 'Further' refers to a logical progression or a temporal sequence. 'Farther' refers to a literal physical distance.

[@WallNutBreaker524]

Engrish.

[@hanyangzhu]

Really? I have been taught that it is usually interchangeable in most if not all circumstances. It's weird to think they're different. Where are you from?

[@christophergraves6725]

@@hanyangzhu No, they are not interchangeable if used correctly. Further is like 'furthermore' and farther's etymology is a tied in with 'far' as in a distance far away. Now even native English speakers, even very intelligent ones, confuse these words for some reason I don't know. Even so, virtually no one uses them interchangeably. There is a tendency to use 'further' for 'farther' as in "It's a mile further down the road," when it should be "It's a mile farther down the road." But it would be hyper unusual to hear someone to confuse 'farther' with a logical or temporal progression such as "Let me take that argument one step farther." Farther is usually recognized as referring to a literal physical distance. The confusion usually comes when people use 'further' for 'farther' referring to a physical distance. So, some people pretty much just drop 'farther' from their vocabulary. I am from Atlanta, Georgia in America.

[@RationalismIsFuture]

we feel so proud of ancestors despite they do lots of big mistakes and they even can't able to unite against the invaders despite all of this they able to maintain majority status of hindus in india. hinduism is still one of the biggest religions despite 1000s years of invasions

[@leonchen2503]

In Abrahamic religions, the relationship will be either brothers and sisters, or enemies. Look at the conflicts in Europe and Middle East. In Buddhism, there is no such thing.

[@Z_X_M87]

Because you guys don't care about each other..... Or not knowing each other's history is true or false

[@mamtasingh2703]

@@Z_X_M87 its better than fighting in the name of religion

[@Z_X_M87]

@mamtasingh2703 but we should find the truth rather than following something you don't know

[@handlessuck777]

​@@Z_X_M87And what happens when Abrahamism isn't the truth?

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

@@Z_X_M87 How do you know yours is the truth?

[@abc_cba]

India had Christians(assumed to be around 52 CE) long before Rome aka Europe even accepted it in 312 CE(almost 300 years since its inception in the Holy Land). Even the Coptic Pantaenus who travelled to India around the 2nd century CE reported of India having its own indigenous Christian population having HEBREW Gospels, guess what ? Latin Bibles were not a norm back then, the Syriac Christianity was dominant from Persia to China to India to Mongolia, which emphasizes on "Aramaic" over Vulgate versions popularized and heavily mistranslated today. Not to forget that India is the only country outside the Holy Land where two apostles of the Jesus are assumed to have preached viz., Apostle Thomas in Southern India and Apostle Bartholomew in Western India. Meanwhile, it flourished in Ethiopia, Yemen, Persia and India but brutally suppressed in Europe under many tyrants such as Nero. India is full of surprises!!! Even amazing is that 70% population of Syriac Rite Christians live in India and not in Syria/Iraq. Even amazing is that there are more Basilicas of Mother Mary in the tiny state of Tamil Nadu than the entire country of Italy. One more fact, "Saint Thomas Christians" as they're called opposed Portuguese occupations and Coonan Cross Covenant is a sign of their staunch resistance against European Imperialism on Indian Soil. But as usual, European schisms occured here too and you'd see this Nasarni community be Protestant, Syriac Catholic, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Jacobite, and guess what? Even Pentecostals. We in India respect them for how amazingly proud they are of their culture blending Middleeastern traditions with Indian roots and being proud of them both as well as building and being the pioneers of education and nursing sector in our country. I respect them a lot. Same for the Ethiopians who were the only African country that wasn't colonised and they kicked Italy out of their territory. I feel sorry for the Antiochian Rite Christians in Turkiye though, such bad times they had to live with European and then Turkic Agression as with Armenian Orthodox Christians.

[@Philipp-dt2zy]

,💯

[@abc_cba]

@@ikengaspirit3063 can you explain it again? I didn't understand what you were trying to say.

[@pradeepakrish]

​@@abc_cbaA brilliant explanation of the history of Christianity in India...! Hats off!! 🥳🙌

[@abc_cba]

@@pradeepakrish thanks bro, history is one of my favorite subjects. I am an accidental Engineer 😂😂 who went to work in the IT sector, but I enjoy my work as I get my hands on data even deep down now.

[@teejayman215]

Very well broken down. You did a MUCH better job than this youtube video which COMPLETELY ignored Christian history in India. Like there are more Christians in India than Korea

[@aryankarcii1157]

Gotta hand it to Hinduism for surviving the wrath of Christianity and then Islam. I hope Indo-European religions make comeback in Europe even if it’s a little bit. Same for Zoroastrians

[@valak-thescaryabess1504]

It is just that they didnt care, islamic empires did rule india for almost 1000 years. Islamic empires ruled india through intermediaries mainly through higher cast brahmins. So an average hindu never felt the change. Most of the indian muslims converted through sufi orders or the descendents of turkic-afghan-persian-arab muslims arrived in india through conquests or trade it also its important note that most of them live in capital cities or coastal areas. European colonial empires gave little focus on converting hindus except for portugal which converted hindus to Christianity through force such as Inquisition in goa and surrounding regions. They are happy as long as their economic intrest are secured which they did through local hindu kingdoms.

[@deepaksayee3414]

There was no wrath of Christianity. No Christian kingdom invaded India to spread Christianity ( British were secular by the time of colonization) Only islam conquered india, but Hinduism still survives

[@Basil1385]

I'm Korean and add to this. Pyongyang, capital of north korea was originally center of Korean christianity in 19 and 20c and lots of christians lived there. but North became communism country then most christians of North moved to South. Thanks to that, South had lots of Christians and First president of South, Lee was also Christian. So now one of the major religions in South become Christianity.

[@EsfandiarNokhodaki]

Sad

[@kaho6891-]

what's the use? South Koreans are the most racist bunch out there

[@Liethen]

Kind of ironic that Kim Il Sung was raised Presbyterian, his father was a deacon and his grandfather was a preacher, to bad he converted to the religion of communism.

[@lanl2qz]

@@Liethen cult of communism

[@devotionalhindurussiansong4507]

One thing NK did good was the second and third largest religions are Chondoism and another local Korean religion. Not outsider religions like Christianity or Buddhism

[@mooshei8165]

Christianity was spread by the sword.

[@giuseppecalegari3852]

Il cristianesimo si diffuse con la predicazione degli Apostoli di Gesù (in India arrivò l'Apostolo Tommaso nel 50 dopo Cristo) e attraverso il martirio di molti Cristiani. Dopo circa 250 anni l'Impero Romano accettò il Cristianesimo. Ti chiedo di guardare qualche video sui martiri cristiani.

[@Thatoneguybp]

I think you are talking about islam, not all christians were converted by sword

[@mooshei8165]

@@Thatoneguybp why is Christianity so big? Those they don’t bend their knees to a Jewish man as a God…🫣

[@Thatoneguybp]

@mooshei8165 it spread to the roman empire, or the west, after years of persecution, its a long story, but pre schism church was peak if you talk aboit colonization, they did not do it like islam (besides some violent priests and people, but that isnt all christians)

[@giuseppecalegari3852]

Mi sembra che molte persone asiatiche confondono la colonizzazione politica e territoriale fatta da alcuni paesi Europei con la diffusione del Cristianesimo. Sono due cose diverse perchè è vero che ci sono state delle guerre per conquistare territori in Oriente ma la Religione Cristiana è pacifica tanto che ci dice: Ama il tuo nemico; se amate solo quelli che vi amano che merito ne avrete?" Alcuni Stati Europei sono stati aggressivi a volte, ma bisogna distinguere tra politica e religione.

[@Senku_Ishigami_1]

I think the main reason was that Many Colonizers were basically using Christianity as a tool for creating Loyalist within their Colonies and other territories. Most of the Time, Colonizers used to strip certain parts of the population from basic necessities altogether. After which the Christian missionaries took up their roles in imitating as an angel to save them. However, Missionaries put forward a condition. The victims had to be converted to Christianity in order to receive the help/ aid. Those who resisted were either plunged or left to die. Many Tribes have been wiped out entirely due to such malpractices. Hence they are also known as "Soul Vultures". Nowadays, Christian missionaries only target weaker sections by offering them bribes (around $200) to convert into Christianity.

[@Xaviers-papa]

They sell the product jesus,in the name of peace and Jesus they killed many people in the world

[@bobfaam5215]

Soul vultures 😂😂

[@Senku_Ishigami_1]

@@bobfaam5215 Could have used harsher words though...

[@Knucklesfurioso]

Funny how you forgot to mention how strongly did missioners support western colonisation. No wonder that the Japanese took serious action against them and the Chinese understood this need as well

[@Gregory_IX]

Christian Countries in Asia ✝️☦️ 🇷🇺 Russia 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇦🇲 Armenia 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇰🇷 South Korea 🇵🇭 Philippines 🇹🇱 East Timor

[@zZ38PYB50guA9PUuDhAI]

Korea is secular country

[@coolaffection9701]

Sorry I have doubt on South Korea becose most of koreans are connected with there buddhist identity then outside faith

[@GaMer22v]

Russia is europe

[@garvielloken8494]

Russia is not asian country, 70% of it's population lives in european part of country and it is Russia's historical center

[@KENTAURUS-ff9yh]

@@GaMer22vand asia

[@maverick7291]

Actually it did succeed with eastern christianity but was wiped out by the sword wielding muslims.

[@raissajenna9638]

🎯 💯‼️

[@mistermood4164]

I thought Muslims wielded Aks back then

[@rojasan17]

I resonate more with buddhism and hinduism they are almost the same and i dont label myself. I know nothing and always exploring 🙏

[@magatism]

Then you don't understand Buddhism...

[@Bakaaahsjflflakahhdkf]

buddhism resonates with everything

[@Aightbet-ng2si]

@@magatismor you don’t know it because what he quoted was said by dalai lama i mean if you know more than him lmao the philosophy of buddhism comes from hinduism

[@tsurugi5]

@@Aightbet-ng2si >philosophy of buddhism comes from hinduism doubt.png if anything modern hinduism, actually pretty much all hindu thought post-buddha's death was a reaction to buddhism. vedic "hinduism" is completely different from modern puranic bhakti based hinduism

[@fattiesunite2288]

Krishna Raped/Enjoy a girl~ Brahma vaivarta puran 10:48:6 * Shiva raped mohini-Bhagvat puran 8:12:18-32 * Vishnu raped vinda~brahma vaivarta purana, pakriti khanda~21:18-24 * Brahma raped his own daughter-brahma vaivarta purana Krishna janma khanda 35:8-20 * Hanuman Saw sita's breasts and praised them valmiki ramayan 5:15:28-29 * Brahma raped his own daughter- Bhagvat puran 3:31:36 * Indra raped ahalya-valmiki ramayan 1:48:21-22 * Vishnu raped vrinda~shiv purana, rudra samhita 2,yudha khanda 5:23:38-45 *Shiva discharged semen or sati-shiv purana 2:2. 19:27-28 * Krishna was refusing to return cloths to gopis, who were shivering in cold water~Srimad Bhagvatam 10:22:13-17 * Krishna married 16108 women for his pleasure~Linga puran 1:69:82 * Krishna forcibly married his cousin Bhagvat puran 10:58-31 * Krishna Married * Sex with sister is Allowed ~ Garud Puran 3:28:79 * Brahma's son had sex with his sister~Siva purana 3:12:53 * Niyog (sex with brother in law) ~Manu smriti 3:173+Manu smriti 9:59+ Manu smriti 9:190+Garuda Puran 1:96:16-17 *1000s of Apsara (Prostitutes) in Heaven For Sex ~ Mahabharat 3:42:23+ Mahabharat 13:79:27+parashara Smriti 3:31+Mahabharat 12:98:46-51+Atharva ved 4:34:2 *Sex with animals allowed ~ kama sutra 5:6:5 * Eating Animal Allowed ~ Manusmriti 5:30 * Ram Compared his wife seeta to Ghee licked by dog~ Mahabharat 3:289:13 *No property for women-Yajurved 6:5:8:2 * Beat Women if she refuses for sex ~ Brihadaranyaka Upnishad 6:4:7 * Women Are less intelligent ~ ~ Rigved 8:33:17 * Women Are sinful by Birth~ Mahabharat 14:19:61 * Beat Women No gentle handling Garud Puran 1:109:31 * Sati (burning window alive) ~ Garud Puran 10:42 * No independence for women~Manu Smriti 4.147-148 * Women should not be taught~Rigved 8:33:17 * Marry a girl 1/3 of your age~ Vishnu Puran 3:10:16 * Pedophilia Promoted~Manu Smriti 9:94 * Ram Married 6 Y/o Seeta~Skanda purana 3:2. 30:8-9 *Krishna Married 7 Y/o Rukamani-Skanda puran 5:3:142:6-79 * Krishna Married Minor~Skanda purana 10:53:51 * Burn enemies of vedas~ Atharva ved2:12:6 * Burn enemies of God and vedas Rigved 6:22:8 Is this all real?

[@LizaLizzaaaa]

Asians had SANATAN DHARMA ( Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism) A very old (>6000 years old) and strong very strong dharma with high morals and prosperity. It had reached great scientific and spiritual heights before Christianity was even born. It did not NEED any one else to tell them anything and had no space for an Abrahamic cult.

[@benkraze3103]

you only mean East Asians. Asia is not Japan, Korea and China only.

[@LizaLizzaaaa]

@@benkraze3103 i meant the entirety of Asia all Eastern religions originated from India and then spread to the East thousands of years before Judaism even. There was no space for this here

[@emperorpalpatine9841]

No such thing as sanatana dharma except in the imagination of Hindus.

[@Templares]

You need to study farther back before all these cultures was the God of Abraham

[@LizaLizzaaaa]

@@emperorpalpatine9841 Rig veda is oldest written religious text in the world. Period. Archeologically proven. I guess you're the one imagining.

[@naddirpatel]

Hinduism and Zoroastrianism are faiths of free choice, not blind submission.

[@koushikdas1992]

Hinduism is a false religion. That's why you cannot force it on people. If you do, people will ask the prove.

[@berasautu3478]

That sadly is not true.

[@ambiguousUndertones-]

@@naddirpatel90%+ of Indians do #2 in the street. I wonder if that's free will or just pig-like behaviour?

[@Kindasad-t7d]

​@@berasautu3478 it is

[@apoorvgupta2039]

​@@berasautu3478 Lmao , have any points or you're here to just blindly hate? like your religion does.

[@chaitalipatil7627]

Budhism and Hinduism not force their belief cause they are till popular.

[@notocommunism1428]

god never forced us to follow him

[@talesj1987]

@notocommunism1428 its loyal followers surely have. Christianity is one of most used tool to colonize. Spain who's devout Christtian country used it to oppress locals and forced them to convert. your god's evil.

[@snox_pubg_mobile]

​@notocommunism1428 but religions does

[@notocommunism1428]

@@snox_pubg_mobile yes, those lukewarm christians are forcing religion on them, but not all christians force christ on people

[@fighter-nj7vl]

😂😂😂

[@SolarMiracle]

Lots of todays Christians have their ancestors forced to be Christian , i.e. South America , Moorish Spain . etc.

[@mentatmentatia9212]

Because those idiots practiced human sacrifice and other evil things.

[@holyleague8286]

Spain just retake their land from occupiers

[@SolarMiracle]

@@holyleague8286 So if native Americans forced European and African American on their religion , is this acceptable ? Muslims (Arabs , Berbers , even Spanish) , Jews , and Christians where living together , once Christianity got controlled , they start killing , torturing them (The Reconquista) On the other hand Muslims were in control of many many area where there are Jews , Christians .. etc , they never forced them to be Muslims

[@moyai8508]

Also brits, french, Germans etc.

[@benkraze3103]

that were their anchestors. Nowadays people can convert to any religions they like.

[@brianm7287]

Ethiopia was a very early adopter of Christianity. They were in the Acts in the Bible itself. They sent Bishops to the Councils of Nicaea and Carthage.

[@williamrobert9898]

That's in Africa though....

[@brianm7287]

@@williamrobert9898 Yes, but limiting the scope in that way excludes an example that challenges the hypotheses OP used for why it expanded more easily in Rome.

[@williamrobert9898]

@@brianm7287 The video is about Christianity's limited spread in Asia so yeah obviously it would focus on Asia only

[@brianm7287]

@@williamrobert9898 I know the scope was limited. That's my point. Limiting the scope allowed OP to have an uncontroverted hypothesis that didn't pan out elsewhere.

[@williamrobert9898]

@brianm7287 I don't get it, if anything it's the exact opposite as Africa was subjected to Christian evangelization. Limiting the scope to Ethiopia only also doesn't serve as an argument against the video too as it was mentioned that there were some countries which were successfully christianized in Asia without being anywhere near the birth place of the religion

[@AmarieRegin]

Meanwhile: the Philippines, colonized by Catholics (Spanish) and Protestants (US), now with a culture and society with deeply entwined church, state, and family. -_- T_T

[@robertonavarro7713]

Yes, Spain successfully introduced Catholicism when Magellan rediscovered the country for Spain. Today, about 90 million Filipinos are Roman Catholics. .On the other hand, USA is a Secular country and not officially a Christian country. There are more Protestants (153 million) than Catholics (51 million) in America.

[@unratonb5894]

​@@robertonavarro7713 and they are upsidedawn comper to europe

[@KnickGurr]

They should stop following the religion of their colonizers and follow their own native one.

[@asuin190]

​@@robertonavarro7713USA isn't an atheist country. It's an Judio-Evangelist country.

[@vernicejillmagsino9603]

Japanese did not spreed their Shintoism in the Philippines during the Japanese occupation

[@joegagliardi3984]

Christianity continues to be the majority religion in the Philippines, East Timor, Armenia, Georgia, Cyprus and Russia. It also has significant minority populations in South Korea, Taiwan, China, India, Pakistan, Iran, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, and Malaysia. The Christian population in Asia is well over 380 million,which is remarkable.

[@Alex-mn1fb]

Short answer, it got the backing of the full might of the Roman Empire, as it was its only state backed religion. The east did not have a unified militaristic empire and it was on the crossroads of cultures religions and philosophies, with which it had to contend and coexist with.

[@catjudo1]

If I recall correctly, Armenia was the first nation with state sanctioned Christianity, some 20 years or so before Constantine began to heavily support it. Granted, Armenia was much smaller than the Roman Empire and more of a client state than an outright military power, but Armenians take pride in their nation's acceptance of the faith. Sorry if this is unwelcome, I just like the little details. It's a personal quirk of mine.

[@savioblanc]

Except the East did in fact have a unified militaristic empire literally bordering Rome called the Parthian Empire. And the Parthian Empire was also quickly getting Christianised at the same pace as the Roman Empire. Had the Romans not made Christianity their state religion, there is a good chance it would have been made the state religion of Parthia eventually. Even the Persian Shah, who invaded the Roman Empire when it had been Christianised, had a Persian Christian wife and he took the relic of the Holy Cross back to Persia to place it in his wife's Christian Royal Chapel there. But Persia got worried that the Christians within their Empire might be "Roman spies" and so they started persecuting the Christian population and tried to revive the Zoroastrian faith. Unfortunately for them, this decision solidified their demise at the hands of the Muslim Arab armies that invaded them in the 7th century. This is because, in their efforts to attack their own Christian population, they started creating issues with the Christian Arab tribes on their borders. When the Muslim Arab armies invaded, these Christian Arab tribes, because of their pan-Arab affiliations, would join their fellow Arabs and take down the Zoroastrian Parthians. But a solid Christian population remained in the region for centuries and would send missionaries from there to China and Central Asia. This is why when the Mongols invaded the Islamic world, the Christians were mostly spared because many of the Mongols either had Christian wives from Central Asia or were Christian themselves. But once the Mongols converted to Islam, that was the final nail in the coffin for Asian Christians until the coming of the European missionaries. They annihilated various Christian communities through extensive taxation or outright murder. And the final end came at the hands of Timur, who targetted everyone but was especially brutal with the existing Christian communities across Iran, Central Asia, Georgia and Armenia - the last 2 barely made it out alive from his slaughter. This would remain the state of the Christians of the East, until European missionaries went out to Korea, Japan, China and Philippines and a new period of Asian Christianity dawned. But here too lies a story of what may be the eventual fate of this current period - Pyongyang was once known as the Rome of the Orient, due to the high prevalence of Christianity and the number of churches in that city. Today, it would be shocking to even think of the city in that light.

[@freneticness6927]

And the roman empire didnt have control over the middle east as the parthians were always pushing on the border so any expansion eastward was impossible. Then islam.

[@ikengaspirit3063]

I mean, sure Rome helped but remember that by the time Rome fell, everything north of the alps and pyrannees was conquered by Pagan Franks and Angles. I think it is more the lack of similarly organized religions while Asia had several from Zoroastrianism, Islam, the Dharmic and the Chinese religions.

[@ysbrandd]

@@ikengaspirit3063 well no, the thing is the germanic people's were quite tollerant of different religions and soon converted. So that makes no difference, they also had a good reason to keep christianity around. It had a certain infrastructure with it's churches which they could just copy to have an easier time to rule over their lands.

[@hgff69]

In South Asia, our ancestors were forced into conversion by the Catholic, Anglican and Protestant missionaries.

[@magatism]

Nah, they shifted their faith due to inhumane treatment they received at the hands of majority.

[@arjyachatterjee6874]

​@@magatism Proof ?

[@magatism]

@@arjyachatterjee6874 Of what, i cannot see my comment.

[@apoorvbhatnagar9774]

@@arjyachatterjee6874 Depends on the region. Heard of the Goan Inquisition?

[@arjyachatterjee6874]

@@apoorvbhatnagar9774 I know. I was asking that to the other guy who was peddling some non-sense and I don't like Christianity.

[@fafa8]

Hi! I'm a Catholic from Taiwan 🤗

[@isaiah3872]

Hello brother/sister in Christ! Were you affected by the recent earthquakes? I hope your country is doing better. Are there Catholic churches in the Taiwanese countryside? Do people attend confession regularly?

[@fafa8]

@@isaiah3872 Thank you! Our building are made to withstand strong earthquakes, so there was more fear than harm. There are many Catholic churches here in Taiwan. I attend church mass every two months.

[@Sealwithwificonnection]

@@fafa8 That's awesome, man. Good to hear. Attended a Catholic church today for the first time ever, and as a protestant for most of my life, it was a very good experience.

[@sexybrunchset8881]

@@fafa8 how's Christianity in taiwan is it growing?

[@izharcohen4572]

Repent,catholic is paganism

[@the_end_times]

Christians are living in Southern India since the first century , by the evangelization of Apostle Thomas and in northern parts of India by the evangelization of Bartholomew...

[@jamemule5326]

That's amazing

[@Abcdefdjdjdjd]

​@@jamemule5326 I am a Christian☦️ from southern indian state 'kerala'. We are the one of the 5 most oldest Christian groups in world. Starting from AD 52 we were evangelized by St. Thomas the apostle

[@giuseppecalegari3852]

@@Abcdefdjdjdjd Grazie della tua testimonianza.

[@Abcdefdjdjdjd]

@@giuseppecalegari3852❤️

[@sk21719]

Even then they are converts who were brainwashed

[@Chahaman_हर्षित_00]

जय जय श्री राम 🙏🙏🚩🚩 Mostly Portugese are responsible for spreading Christian faith across Asia. Buddhism is also a missionary religion, originating in India.

[@ssachlescrutolf]

Yes, that's how Buddhism spread throughout Asia, but with that peace, not by the power of the sword not by forced conversion.

[@MarkelMathurin]

​​@@ssachlescrutolfthere were literally Buddhist armies

[@balashibuyeeter2704]

Nope there were instances in history where buddhists persecuted other religions in their kingdoms.​@@ssachlescrutolf

[@lautheimpaler4686]

​@@balashibuyeeter2704political conflicts

[@lautheimpaler4686]

​@@MarkelMathurinso ?

[@Nature_Lover-do7vf]

Asian countries had well established religions even before the birth of Jesus. Plus, they are highly philosophical religions like Buddhism. Usually, it is their belief that the greater the philosophical core of a religion, the greater its importance. So, religions with less philosophy has a less chance. For an example Sri Lankans practice Buddhism for nearly 2300 years. Buddhism has well rooted into the culture there, even Catholics cannot oppose it. Buddhism is the national identity of Sinhalese, the majority ethinic group. Even under heavy persecutions of invaders , Buddhism has survived upto this day as the main religion of the country.

[@Xaviers-papa]

Whole culture and religion of Asia is impacted by india and China alone Buddhism and hi duism😊

[@amilaperera812]

​@@Xaviers-papa not china india and sri lanka

[@tamaterpd4767]

Islam in Indian subcontinent and even further in Asia was spread through brute force of sword rather than people accepting it voluntarily as a superior ideology.

[@tomorrow.]

And trade not everyone is invaders

[@philliprobinson7724]

Hi. Using force is always a waste of time. "A person convinced against their will, is of the same opinion still". (Mary Wollstonecraft, 1791) Cheers, P.R.

[@omarqasem3663]

but my question if that was true why didnt people leave the religion after the muslim empire collapsed or because what you are saying is a nonsense?

[@philliprobinson7724]

@@omarqasem3663 Hi Omar Qasem. Changes in thinking among populations take time, especially if the empire concerned had the commonsense to incorporate many local people into its economic power structures, and didn't use threats, force, or fear to convert people. The Roman empire successfully installed "puppet kings" and handed out the prize of "Roman citizenship" to collaborators. They wisely accepted all religions, but only at first. After 313 BCE the now Catholic empire used brute force to convert Jews, and as you rightly say, once the force was removed the new converts became Jews again before the communion wafers had even gone stale. Once "cupboard love" is removed, religions are not all that successful at genuinely influencing honest people's minds. In any system that uses force, we pay lip service, but only to in order to survive. Cheers, P.R.

[@tamaterpd4767]

@@omarqasem3663 they couldn't leave Islam because of 2 reasons A. the ruling elites were still following Islam and 2.leaving Islam attracts death as per Islamic rule...is that hard to understand for you? What do you do with ex Muslims? Whole world now knows the hate Muslim have for non Muslims.

[@nirbhaykr299]

The biggest reason Christianity didn't propagate in Asia (excluding Islamic states): People there were much more intellectual, proud of their ancestors and culture, what they followed was much more practical and superior. You can't choose something less evolved and primitive over a highly developed way of thinking. Most of the Christianity that does propagated in these region were due to this reason: 1. People with lack of clarity of their culture 2. Forced conversions 3. Poor people who thought choosing different religion would provide them better life 4. Giving money to people who converted 5 Some do have choosed it willingly A world free of religion but full of truth is the world I want to live in.

[@CatholicSplaining02]

Religion is the truth. Specifically the Catholic religion, which one must hold to be saved and avoid hellfire.

[@josephthomas9717]

1:33 St. Thomas is believed to have arrived in the southernmost part of India, not the central part which is shown on the map.

[@tivo3720]

A false story without any proof

[@abps9947]

​@ptsd888no it's false like Aryan invasion Western propaganda

[@biharigamer4369]

​@ptsd888fake fake today mallu Christian are converted for one rice bag 😂😂

[@tomorrow.]

​@@biharigamer4369 Nope prominent Christians Churches in Kerala doesn't believe in convertion. Those are done mostly by protestants. You have to be born into Christians family to be one Or register with the church

[@biharigamer4369]

@@tomorrow. they are literally converted lol no feelings for Hinduism. Rice bag op

[@shanicestella2226]

In Japan , basically Christianity is somewhat viewed with rather romanticized and exotified gaze as something exotic western art aesthetic commodity rather than necessarily from religious symbolism , thats why famous street fashion in Japan adopting Christianity iconography simply for aesthetic purpose rather than for its meaning

[@KuraSourTakanHour]

So Christianity is seen as something superficial over there for the most part (theres a very small believer population) because their Shinto faith is too integrated and iconic of their people, more so than any other religion. Making Christianity the main faith would be akin to betraying the nation

[@qiensong7621]

You forgot to mention Xu Guangqi, also known as Paul Xu, late Ming official who converted to Christianity and served high position in imperial court. He translated Euclid’s Elements as well.

[@DoN-xh3pd]

Is that the guy who started a civil war and claimed he was jesus reincarnated ? Or is that another guy

[@StephaneTheard]

⁠​⁠@@DoN-xh3pdI think your talking about Hong Xiuquan who started the Taiping rebellion

[@DoN-xh3pd]

@@StephaneTheard yep that’s the guy

[@cloudywong1432]

Damn Christians, China was as tolerant to you as Palestine was tolerant to the Israelis.

[@ChidVanhi]

Why is Christianity failing to convert asia? Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism etal are based on the individual quest & individual experience rather than a mere faith in the unknown.

[@Monte2003]

John 14:6, where Jesus says, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." This verse emphasizes that true fulfillment and salvation come through faith in Jesus Christ, who offers a personal relationship with God, distinct from other belief systems. 🙏🏾❤️✝️

[@VuMinhThuFPLHN]

​@@Monte2003 other religions still better than whatever you say. Non religion is the best

[@sidharthpandey3990]

China was Buddhist, Confucian and Daoist, Japan was Buddhist and Shinto and India was a Hindu majority country controlled by Muslim sultanates and Christianity was failed to establish its presence in these countries except Korea and Phillipines

[@SimhaArya-zu7vo]

Back then it was Gupta Empire & it's mandala (Vakataka)

[@ORAACLE8299]

Majority of the time controlled by Buddhist and Hindu kingdoms

[@supersaiyan460]

India is not controlled by muslim India are fighting muslim invaders for 1000 years Without surrender Not like great persian Byzantine Empire or Egyptian Falls like a Lego in front of invasion

[@Azusashusband]

Korea is an interesting case Korean Christianity is a bit different (This is because they use Muist (Korean native religion) and Buddhist traditions encorperated inside their version of Protestantism) This makes up 18% of the population More traditional Western Christianity would be found in the Catholics which are 12% of the population making the 30% And then Buddhist is tied at 17-18% but this is likely wrong Theres also Muism at 2% of the population Because Buddhism and native religion (Musim) is so ingrained into Korean society the number of people who dont realize they follow these values but do are really high its actually likely that Buddhism is the most popular religion when accounting for these people Also the reason in the video is wrong. It wasnt because of the 1800s missiomaries but its because of the Japanese occupation and later the Korean war is what allowed Christianity to take hold for South Koreans For Koreans before the occupation they were Buddhism and Muist for the most part

[@jezusbloodie]

Looking at Eurasia as a whole, with it's diverse religions, i raise the question "why did Christianity spread to so easily to the west" more so than " why it didn't as much hto the east". I think it has to do with how Christianity spread through the roman empire, giving early evengalists a framework to adapt western branches of Indo-European religions and mythology, building from the tradition thes roman's had on dealing with diverse cultures and faiths. And yeah, Having home advantage in a massive untied political entity that is somewhat tolerant and very diverse to the west instead the east also helps. Especially considering the geopolitical dimension; Leaders of the Franks, Kievan Rus, Danes and many more carefully choose to adopt Christianity. for To the east, before the rise of Islam ca 500 years after christ and them blocking access, so to say, it was the highly organised religion of the Zoroastrianism in the Parhian and Sasanian Empires. In general more resistant to missionaries or conversion for political reasons (see vikings and kievan Rus) than their European cousins, the Iranians had to be conquered by the Muslims to be convertered Edit: before heading into the conversation in the comments: when talking about Indo-European, there are two distinct I.E. things to talk about: genetic human populations and the culture. Although often intertwined, these are two seperate things. In my comment here, I mean the cultural aspect, such as pantheon, deities and origin myths etc. Since language is an inherently necessary to form culture, and is shape by culture, I tend to talk about culture groups in those terms. In the wider vicinity of the 'Holy Land' are a handful of large groups besides the Indo-European family, there's the Adroasiatics (like Berbers, Egyptian and Semitic), the Altaic (or "Turkic", of which "Turks" are arguably the least Turkic group) and a bit further Finno-Urgic to the north, Dravidian to the east (directly connected through roman trade over sea), and the Antlantic-Congo (incl. the Buntu) to the south/south-west

[@robinharwood5044]

Also, there were aspects of Christianity which resembled the traditional religions.

[@baruchdeger9534]

İranians cousins of europeans?

@@baruchdeger9534 yes since they are indo european and the persian language is related to most european languages (indo european languages). Today kurds also belong to the indo europeans. Turks are turkic and arabs and jews are semetic

[@baruchdeger9534]

But ı think Indians non cousin of europeans becauce their genetics diffrence

@baruchdeger9534 yes Indians are definitely genetically different than Europeans. Today, a Turk or even an Arab has more European dna than an average Indian eventhow historicaly they have different origins( turks from Central Asia and Arabs from the Semitic peoples in Arabia and Levant) There were just more contact through the Reconquista in Spain, the Christian crussades or all the Balkan Muslims going to Turkey and other neighboring countries after the ottoman empire. India is very secluded

[@purpleninja7249]

There was a lot more stability and tolerance in Eastern society. Despite changing political borders, the social structure of much of Asia was pretty set by the time of Christianity. China and India especially had had hundreds of years of tradition and social stability. The reason a religion like Christianity appealed to people in the West was because of the instability and intolerance. There was much more persecution of minorities in the West; it was very assimilationist, whereas the East was generally tolerant of different communities. The sort of ethnic cleansing you see in Western history (such as Emperor Hadrian’s genocide of the Jews) rarely occurred in the East. So people joined Christianity as it gave hope to minorities and provided a social structure. Christianity’s whole idea of “it doesn’t matter where you come from as long as you worship God” appealed strongly to persecuted minorities. But this wasn’t a new idea in the East; they were already tolerant, and there was already a strong social structure (family units, Dharma (everyone having a role), etc.) This is only Early Christianity though (up to Constantine’s conversion). Once it became the religion of the state, it unfortunately became a system to oppress minorities in itself. They persecuted non-Christians in the same way Christians had been being persecuted and in my opinion since then it has been a tool of oppression. The assimilationism of the West continued despite adopting Christianity.

[@sakshigupta8603]

Christianity came through sword and still the native religions of India tolerate the Christians living today in the country. Some people never change. But then the concept of live and let live is opposed to Christianity and Islam.

[@Xaviers-papa]

Because of Hinduism and Buddhism,confusciousnism they talked about peace not wars in the name of religion😂

[@akhripasta2670]

@sakshigupta8603 Protestant & Catholic are colonial ambition, nothing to do with Orthodox Christianity

[@hinduhistory7466]

Christianity is Krishnaneeti. Christ is Kristna Noah is Manuh Sanatan dharma is the eternal Path

[@ujjawalgokhale4240]

No its not

[@Neo-ld6qv]

They jusy know to copy

[@anomite121]

exactly, they are all fairytales copying from each other

[@UnchainedSlave]

Dude you got talent for BS.

[@notocommunism1428]

Jesus real name was Josua, The name Christ is a greek word that means Messiah

[@andrewhannam.]

Asia's resistance to Abrahamic religion is why it is so special in the world!

[@trueNordVPN]

Not really. Ummayad conquerors in the 7th century CE spread their faith east into Persia, and the influence of the Muslim traders of the Silk Road led many people in Central, South, and Southeast Asia to embrace Islam. Today, there are 1.3 billion Muslims in Asia, more than there are outside of it.

[@newbabies923]

​@@trueNordVPNlol 1.3 billion if you include south asia. But far east ppl aren't really familiar with islam

[@valak-thescaryabess1504]

​​​​@@newbabies923its because they never tried in korea and japan and taiwan Phillipines used to be muslim majority country until Spainrds expelled or contained them with south of the country. In fact you dont know that they are more muslims in china than in syria..... In indian sub continent it self contain more than 700 million muslims.

[@lilityler1340]

@@newbabies923You have Indonesia, Malaysia, S.K (Christianity is more predominant there, not as much as folk religion and athiesim last I checked) and more. So they are quite familiar, since they had historical ties with them; Be it through the silk road, or otherwise.

[@newbabies923]

@@lilityler1340 but the folk religions took a very deep roots in their cultures even until now. You can literally see how different they view and practice their Abrahamic religions

[@drewanderson2768]

I think one of the standpoints that is not touched on is how much stronger Mediterranean trade routes were compared to trade routes along the Silk Road. While the Silk Road was big it is just easier to travel along the Mediterranean coast

[@twofortydrifter]

30% of Koreans are Christian of some variety, but it's something like 80 or 90% of Korean Americans for some odd reason.

[@Makarosc]

Because American Christians refuse to leave non Christians alone

[@twofortydrifter]

@@Makarosc Well, it's part of the deal. Not sure what you want them to do.

[@mohammed44_]

​@@ikengaspirit3063this is not freedom of religion

[@Makarosc]

@@twofortydrifter uh respect other people's decisions and not send them bomb threats?

[@Makarosc]

@@ikengaspirit3063 fastest growing religion in the us: non religious

[@Goingmerry200]

As a Christian living in Kerala, india we believe that st thomas one of the disciples of jesus came to india in 52 AD and established a few churches.. So early christainity might not have failed in asia. Maybe they havent met the nicest people on planet, embracing, diverse and mingling.its kinda frustrating that whenever someone mentions india they go to slums of mumbai or busy dirty streets of north india or thar desert of north west india. While we tropical people exist in kerala, in south india. Also kerala is bit different from the whole india i might say. We r no crazy religious, we r educated theres beautiful landscape mountains rivers and beaches exist in kerala.. I dont think everyone is well educated about indias diversity thats why we keralites only attract few tourists all across the globe

[@giuseppecalegari3852]

Ti ringrazio per quello che dici dell'India e del cristianesimo in India che veramente è arrivato quasi 2000 anni fa con San Tommaso. Spero che anche il resto dell'India diventi meno diffidente nei confronti della Religione Cristiana.

[@Zandacross77]

​@@giuseppecalegari3852Christianity would have developed more in india if the british didn't treat Hinduism and islam as shit

[@Goingmerry200]

@@giuseppecalegari3852 well it's really hard to tame the North india. Currently there's violence going on against minority Christians in North East India. Churches are being burned and all.. In manipur there's ethnic clashes.. And i believe it's somewhat the doings of the central government and state govt because they do not have any religious tolerance for any other community than their own (as the party holds strong hindu religious beliefs).

[@giuseppecalegari3852]

@@Zandacross77 Forse è davvero così, se sei indiano lo sai meglio di me. Per quel che ne so adesso sono le religioni tradizionali indiane che trattano molto male i Cristiani. Forse dovrebbero comunicare di più con gli Indiani che vivono in Europa dove c'è libertà religiosa.

[@giuseppecalegari3852]

@@Goingmerry200 Sì, ho avuto notizie di queste cose purtroppo. Ci sono alcune organizzazioni che cercano di aiutare i cristiani perseguitati ma è difficile perchè, come dici anche tu, il governo centrale non è favorevole al Cristianesimo. Mi pare però che nelle ultime elezioni c'è stata una diminuzione di questo partito così intollerante. Auguriamoci e preghiamo perchè la situazione diventi migliore.

[@tcbbctagain572]

Because it flourished in Europe thanks to the Roman Empire, and eventually it propagated throughout northern and eastern europe thanks to the proximity of the catholic church and the missionaries. While in Asia, despite being older in asia than in europe, no important empire adopted christianity as it's official religion, aside from the greater Armenia. And since there was no strong Christian nation in Asia, there weren't much missionaries there to spread Christianity.

[@ikengaspirit3063]

"there weren't much missionaries there to spread Christianity" Okay, this part is wrong. There were Christian missionaries but spread by the church not the state (Even in Eastern Rome and the West, missionaries were sent by the church not the state but there was at least some ultimate state backing), Christians even translated more of their texts into Chinese earlier than the Buddhists. (Getting this from the lost history of Christianity book).

[@tcbbctagain572]

@@ikengaspirit3063 I didn't say there weren't missionaries. In fact, Christianity reached the Indian subcontinent and even China during this early Christianity period

[@itskasherz8044]

Perhaps part of the reason why Christian missionaries weren't as successful across the former colonised territories is the link between Christian missionaries and the ruthless brutality of imperialism, in particular the British imperial forces who treated indigenous people with contempt regardless of their faith.

[@ssarkar2996]

The Portuguese managed to convert Indians in Goa to Christianity at the pain of death.

[@warrior9326]

But now Goa is 66% Hindu again

[@JohnAnderson-yv7fw]

The people of Asia are not condition the superstition and fantasy like Europe. The foundation of Christianity is based on mythology.

[@Juliendiesdegelendies]

So many local cultures lost from Christianization and Islamization.... These 2 religions are highly emphasize on Theory and Dogma not Philosophy like Eastern Religion... So sad😢

[@cloudywong1432]

This is what a cult is like

[@jeevanjohn6190]

What culture 😂

[@Elysia7695]

These abhramic religions are nothing but cults filled with dogmatic rules.

[@VuMinhThuFPLHN]

Both them can marry each other

[@njhoepner]

It's really quite simple, and you touched on it...Christianity succeeded where it had government support (the Roman Empire) and failed where it did not. In the rest of Europe outside the empire, it spread where the rulers were converted, and failed where they did not. Christianity is the largest single religion in the world today because of European and American imperialism. That's pretty much it.

[@magatism]

No, it was becoz these societies were previously pagans that they forced things. Christian West ruled asia for 200 years and yet they did not force, otherwise it would be a totally different story. South America converted becoz of brutality of their own religions, same goes for Africa, even Rome, This was also seen in India around 18-19th cen and is currently being seen in China which now has officially 200 million registered Christians, the actual number is around 400.

[@njhoepner]

@@magatism Not true at all. Christianity was a minor religion in the Roman empire until Constantine made it an avenue to socioeconomic and political advancement. The only reason you see large numbers of christians in Korea and Singapore is because colonial rule opened the doors to large numbers of missionaries. South America was converted to Catholicism by brute force - native religions were outlawed and destroyed by force. Largely the same thing happened in Africa...Christianity had made little headway until the European powers conquered the place by force. Same with India. Christianity has just about peaked. I think the next century will see it fade.

[@magatism]

@@njhoepner Nope, it was the emerging religion in western empire whwre all the power was concentrated. In politics, nobody does these things for free. Chiristians in west know this, that's why they are supporting Trump...

[@咖啡豆漿]

I am taiwanese. And I think your data is a bit strange. In my search online, Christians in Taiwan account for 7%, or 1.65 million people, and Christians in mainland China account for 2.5%, or 35 million people. A little higher than mentioned in the video. Compared to Islam, Christianity is much more accepted in East Asian cultural circles.

[@Rain_Azura]

Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam already existed in Indonesia before the Portuguese and Dutch arrived So the biggest factor that caused the failure of the spread of Christianity in Indonesia was due to coercion and war, so it's only natural because that's the biggest reason why it failed.

[@hicgerekyoktu]

it is comforting that there are some places in the world which was not infected by the semitic creeds

[@heatengine9283]

True, there is still hope for humanity.

[@Xaviers-papa]

India bro though kerala Christians are old and peaceful but the invaders were not😅

[@tsurugi5]

Sadly they are slow disappearing. The desert mind virus is insidiously strong.

[@warrior9326]

​@@tsurugi5no they are not

[@Kolsedy]

You should've talked about St Thomas Christians of Kerala , India one of the oldest Christian community in the world .

[@teejayman215]

He completely glossed over it. Ignorance about Christianity in India is oretty common

[@darkjudge8786]

Why? Who cares

[@Kolsedy]

@@darkjudge8786 me and many other people

[@benjaminchng9161]

I was a little disappointed that the St Thomas Christians were glossed over, especially since they probably have a longer history than the Eastern nestorians, and unlike the latter, are still active till this day.

[@MarkAntony-l7s]

@@teejayman215 Ignorance about India as a whole is very common.

[@DrPratyushMohapatra]

Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Islam & Judaism) are very very different from dharmic traditions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism etc). There are many fundamental differences between them. Islam did manage to do well in certain parts of Asia just because of forceful conversions zaziya(extra tax on non muslims) and destruction of temples. Christianity also did spread initially by force and later by paying people to get converted. I am an Indian and have seen people being offered more than 20000 rupees to get converted even now. Only reason abrahamic religions spread is because it teaches its subjects to spread the religion (or the word of god) by any means possible. Dharmic traditions on the other hand basically stands for self realization rather than converting others.

[@asurrealistworld4412]

Your description of Christian missionaries is an anachronism. Christian missionaries of ancient times were not converting people through money incentives like what you may have seen from them in modern times. Especially for India's history where Christians lived with Hindus for centuries since essentially Christianity itself began.

[@alumycrick2911]

It would aid clarity to reformulate this single question into two related but separate ones: (1) _Why did Christianity initially succeed (with success defined as becoming the official state or popular majority religion or both) in the Roman Empire, while failing in lands (Ethiopia and Armenia-Georgia excepted) outside its borders?_ Of course Christianity was born in the Roman Empire and, despite its small and tentative beginnings, grew steadily in numbers and influence in its homeland over the course of three centuries to eventually become the state religion and, as a consequence of this state capture, the religion of the great majority of the Empire's inhabitants. That is the key fact always to remember. (2) _How did Christendom's boundaries shift from being essentially congruent with the then Roman Imperial borders to what we see today?_ Europe as a distinct whole was not always the epicentre of Christianity. From the fourth to the seventh centuries, what today are often lumped together as "oriental" Christian churches counted as many adherents as the sees of Rome and Constantinople combined. The Christian world was mainly, though not entirely, circumscribed by Rome's Imperial borders, and included the lands of the near east, North Africa, and southern and far-western Europe. At that time the Germanic, Slavic, Finnic and other tribal peoples of northern and eastern Europe were not civilised (in the proper anthropological sense of the word), meaning that their economies had not yet developed to the stage that produced a sustained agricultural surplus, the precondition for the generation of a complex division of labour living and working in true towns and cities, concomitantly with the formation of state societies and governments based in those cities. In their village-based societies still confined to subsistence agriculture and livestock rearing, they continued to practise their traditional polytheistic tribal religions. It was only in subsequent centuries that these “pagan”, “barbarian” peoples would, through growing cultural contact and trade with the outside world-principally the neighbouring Christian successor states of the disintegrating Western Roman Empire as well as the still-thriving Byzantium-develop more complex economies, their governance evolve to state models, and their lands come to be added to the realm of Christendom. However at the same time that this Christian expansion into hitherto backward parts of Europe was taking place, the birth and spread of Islam from the seventh century displaced Christianity as the predominant faith in the former Roman provinces in the near east, North Africa and Europe's Iberian peninsula, although Iberia was later reclaimed by the Christians. And that pretty much remains the situation that presents today.

[@Peepalpaadap]

Video itself says that chistianity spread through conquest and colonisation... Christianity and islam are two factors behind extinction of major human culture across world. With that we lost a whole new knowledge system and alternative world view. We all must resist its further spread and try to rejuvenate local religions..

[@magatism]

There's a concept called survival of the fittest, maybe you suck. Cheistianity is still the largest religion.

[@arjyachatterjee6874]

​@@magatism Then your religion is not a religion of love rather than a cult whipping for conversions. 🤡

[@mohammed44_]

​​@@arjyachatterjee6874 Also, central asians and other turkic tribes were not forced to become muslims, their rulers just accepted it and converted their own people, the only countries where arabs did spread islam by themselves are the countries that speak arabic today, except the persian countries who retain their language and spain (if you wanna count it) Thus, comparing islam to christianity, which wiped out both americas' indigenous population as well as australia, is not accurate

[@preetamyadav7952]

@@mohammed44_ o everyone including arab were forced on mohammed view of world

[@cloudywong1432]

Islam, once tolerant, is a common cancer, Christianity is a damn cancer.

[@meetkiran5]

Praise the supreme lord SriKrishna. Jai SriKrishna

[@deathstroke8612]

Jesus is King of Kings.

[@One_faith71123]

@@deathstroke8612 if you are concerned about who is the king of all kings. In fact, he will sue you regarding the word (christ) which comes from (kysta/Khrisna) which comes from early Vedic Sanskrit which was adopted by Indo-Aryans, including ancient Romans and ancient Greeks, many of whom adopted Sanskrit, so the concepts of Christian and Hindu religious traditions are similar and that cannot be denied. It is a recorded historical fact that ancient Greece has a history and connection with the Aryans and Persians.

[@deathstroke8612]

@@One_faith71123 nope. CHRIST comes from the old Greek Χριστός ("anointed, chosen") y este del משיח (Māšîaḥ). It is the equivalent to the word UNCTUS in Latin, which is related to the oil unction in jewish culture. The holy anointing oil (Biblical Hebrew: שמן המשחה, romanized: shemen ha-mishchah, lit. 'oil of anointing') formed an integral part of the ordination of the priesthood and the High Priest as well as in the consecration of the articles of the Tabernacle (Exodus 30:26) and subsequent temples in Jerusalem. Calling Jesus "Christ" is saying that he was the High Priest chosen by God the Father. Jesus is the perfect sacrifice and the perfect priest at the same time.

[@One_faith71123]

@@deathstroke8612 nope you needs tO read more.

[@sensei0320]

​@@deathstroke8612 lol no your jesus is nothing in front of our Shri Krishna 😊

[@jorgoasparuhov4131]

Now Christianity is Growing especially in Muslim countries like Indonesia, Iran, Malesia....

[@shouvik8267]

People are really losing their senses

[@yokoso3828]

Lol ; you are believing in those social media bots ; All of the countries you mentioned don't care about Christianity;

[@PatriotOfPersia]

Not in Iran Atheism and Agonistic growing in here

[@thedude9941]

​@@PatriotOfPersiaI have heard from right wing media that Christianity is on the rise in Iran and China, but I never believed it in all honesty. Secularism is what appears to be growing all over the world.

[@GabrielLopez-g9j]

@@PatriotOfPersia nihilism

[@rudrainstructions4166]

Abrahimic religions wants you to believe and belief is the source of all problems while eastern religions want you to seek because seeking is essence and solution of all problems

[@el-torogi481]

I've often pondered the widespread influence of Christian cults in South Korea, evident in the numerous unsettling street recruitments and the alarming susceptibility of both current and past presidents to the influence of cult leaders.

[@ryanprosper88]

"Recruitments" 😂😂 you make it sound like a club

[@tsurugi5]

koreans take after their current masters, the americans and their brand of christianity, Protestantism being the most soulless variant of christianity(which itself is a life denying jewish cult but institutionalized) which has a penchance for developing cults korea culture is also highly hierarchical and rigid, they need a "leader" to tell them what to think and do, koreans also progressed so fast(basically skipped from mudhuts to skycrapers and mass consumerism) , that their medieval mentalities could not keep up

[@Cupcake0228]

​@@ryanprosper88more like a cult 😂

[@ericdanielski4802]

Interesting video.

[@jlrthebassplayer]

I really appreciate the way this video was done. Quick and concise with maps to roughly explain region. We'll done.

[@joshapple6905]

As a Christian, i think the ultimate reason why nations reject our fairh is because people assume God forces people to belive, or in some cases, make changes to culture. But that's not true. God never forces anything. But he wants all people to love and accept Him.

[@giuseppecalegari3852]

Leggendo i commenti, si capisce chiaramente che tantissime persone non conoscono assolutamente il Cristianesimo, hanno un'idea completamente distorta della nostra religione.

[@Emmanuel-lp9fp]

​@@giuseppecalegari3852vero ,credo che non abbiano mai letto la Bibbia

[@giuseppecalegari3852]

@@Emmanuel-lp9fp Infatti ho notato che anche gli immigrati che arrivano in Italia, o che addirittura sono nati in Italia, il Cristianesimo non lo conoscono. E mi sono chiesta: non spetterebbe a noi farglielo conoscere? Anche i mezzi di comunicazione danno un'idea distorta. Ad esempio a Natale cosa festeggiamo? Un pupazzo che se ne va per il cielo con la slitta? Perchè questo risulta da quasi tutti i mass media.

[@mililani6037]

The Valeriepieris circle of Planet Earth : War & Peace

[@KisanSaha-gl3rn]

@@joshapple6905 the reason Christianity fail is Dharma gives better value.