Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan regarded monotheism as a cause of violence, saying:
The intolerance of narrow monotheism is written in letters of blood across the history of man from the time when first the tribes of Israel burst into the land of Canaan. The worshippers of the one jealous God are egged on to aggressive wars against people of alien [beliefs and cultures]. They invoke divine sanction for the cruelties inflicted on the conquered. The spirit of old Israel is inherited by Christianity and Islam, and it might not be unreasonable to suggest that it would have been better for Western civilization if Greece had moulded it on this question rather than Palestine
That’s the age where we said “all men are equal” while keeping lots of people as slaves, right?
We’re talking about the development of Christianity, not politics, right?
I dunno, you brought up the enlightenment, so it seemed like fair game.
Please tell me you do see the problem with speaking when you don’t know that the topic even is
(This whole thread is showing me once again online discussions are pointless)
Yes, I do see the issue. Maybe don’t bring up the Enlightenment when talking about religion, especially if you don’t want to be held to it.
Monotheism is a cancer on humanity.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_monotheism#Violence_in_monotheism
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan regarded monotheism as a cause of violence, saying: