Just view all religions for what they really are... social viruses. What makes a virus successful? It spreads itself effectively. If they didn't have an effective method of spreading the virus built in you would have never heard of it. It would be some funny quirky thing 50 people in a backwater town in Alabama do on Saturdays.
Look at Islam. As a religion its pretty messed up, but the one thing it got right is an effective method of spreading itself. They go to the next town over kill half the people and tell the other half to covert or die with their friends and family. A few generations later no one even knows what religion they used to be. Talking about it would get you killed thus its been memory-holed.
The only reason Christianity is so well known is that its members have a duty to spread the word. Throw in a few devout Kings that conquered other areas and spread the word and... poof lots of Christians.
Same with Marxist Atheists. Its a theocracy. They really aren't atheists. They worship the state itself. Nothing and no one can be held above the state, not even god. So they exterminate god using the power of their god... the state. They ban it. They kill its believers, etc. Thus Marxism is a VERY successful religion. Just like Islam it snuffs out other religions so only it exists.
Christianity over the centuries has mutated into something pretty tame as these things go. Which is exactly why its fading away. Other more aggressive viruses are slowly overtaking it. Which unfortunately means it will either get more aggressive or it will die out.
Just view all religions for what they really are... social viruses. What makes a virus successful? It spreads itself effectively. If they didn't have an effective method of spreading the virus built in you would have never heard of it. It would be some funny quirky thing 50 people in a backwater town in Alabama do on Saturdays.
Look at Islam. As a religion its pretty messed up, but the one thing it got right is an effective method of spreading itself. They go to the next town over kill half the people and tell the other half to covert or die with their friends and family. A few generations later no one even knows what religion they used to be. Talking about it would get you killed thus its been memory-holed.
The only reason Christianity is so well known is that its members have a duty to spread the word. Throw in a few devout Kings that conquered other areas and spread the word and... poof lots of Christians.
Same with Marxist Atheists. Its a theocracy. They really aren't atheists. They worship the state itself. Nothing and no one can be held above the state, not even god. So they exterminate god using the power of their god... the state. They ban it. They kill its believers, etc. Thus Marxism is a VERY successful religion. Just like Islam it snuffs out other religions so only it exists.
Christianity over the centuries has mutated into something pretty tame as these things go. Which is exactly why its fading away. Other more aggressive viruses are slowly overtaking it. Which unfortunately means it will either get more aggressive or it will die out.
Its all just social viruses.