dumbass ,
@dumbass@leminal.space avatar

Just comparing their kill lists.

Adderbox76 ,

The Christian "dark ages" quite literally didn't end until they reestablished normalised contact with the Muslim east, which GAVE them mathematics, advances in medicine and science.

In return, the Christian West crusaded...

Literally the opposite of what this idiot is claiming.

Cort ,

Lol pretty telling that there's no math book on the Christian side. Almost like they're aware and just acting in bad faith

psoul ,

History?? Like Islam has no history? Has not contributed to humanity at all? Omg… And Christianity must be standing on the wrong side of that book...

enbyecho ,

This hymn gets sung quite a bit in churches:

"Onward Christian soldiers, marching as to war.
Christ the royal master leads against the foe.
Forward into battle, see his banners go"

And they don't mean it ironically. Or metaphorically.

venoft ,
@venoft@lemmy.world avatar

Technology and science, please. Open a history book...

moistclump ,

I’m so fucking embarrassed to have ever been Christian. I’m glad I turned 18 and grew out of it, but… man.

Binthinkin ,

Christians are so dumb and it’s been their entire existence unfortunately. They helped the Roman Empire crumble, their half of it devolved into the Dark Ages for a long time and when it got too much the worst ones moved to America and that’s how we got Trump.

mechoman444 ,

The crusades, the Spanish inquisition, the dark ages, and more recently the Rwandian Genocide.

The KKK. Rev. Fred Phelps. America's speaker of the house. Shit even flat earthers are all Christians.

If it wasn't for the dark ages humanity would be 900 years more advanced.

Oh and let's not forget the Salem Witch Trials.

Wizard_Pope ,
@Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world avatar

Why are the book titles in different languages??

BreadOven ,

Edit: misinterpreted your question. Not sure why.

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

I thought the books represented the ideas that Christianity has killed (or tried to anyway). 🤷🏻‍♂️

Maalus ,

I think it represents what they "appropriated" from other cultures, including middle eastern ones

NIB ,

Least racist swede.

lud ,

Sweden is very non religious.

Evil_Shrubbery , (edited )

Well .. the bottom book is where all the skulls are compressed (among other things).

All the wars, spreading the religion, & political consequences are in that book.

They both have the same book (everything does). War is for profit, regardless of the title. If there would be no economical gain, no actual wars get started.

rekabis ,

The Middle Ages were also called “the dark ages” for a reason…

NaibofTabr ,
Anamnesis ,

I love how "economy" is the very base of the Christian's power here, lmao

grrgyle ,
@grrgyle@slrpnk.net avatar

I bet their Jesus guy would've loved that

Kowowow ,

This makes me wonder how well the aztecs would have done if they had to interact with different religions

alternative_factor ,
@alternative_factor@kbin.social avatar

They interacted with Catholics and got genocided. As for other native faiths, I don't really know much but they were very much an empire and treated other peoples very poorly.

Kowowow ,

I mean something like if budists landed on their shores or similar

Crampon ,

Guys didn't fuck around.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sacrifice_in_Aztec_culture

The mightiest culture has always held the weaker ones down.

There is some misconceptions flying around that indigenous people have been one with natur and lived in peace. Never happened.

qyron ,

I remember reading a book on the Astec empire and its fall by the spanish was a sum of perfectly aligned random events, based on their system of beliefs. They could have resisted the invasion and records by spanish soldiers of the time on how the astecs were fierce and fearless warriors exist.

The astecs just stopped resisting at some point and either got assimilated or slaughtered and their civilization wiped out.

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