all religions except Christianity were founded by winners
Examples:
Islam -> Mohammed and his armies
Hinduism -> Aryans
Buddhism -> Buddha was an Indian prince
The early church was persecuted by Rome and all the apostles were penniless and died gruesome deaths
It's easy to understand how winners spread their ideology, but Christianity grew faster during persecution to the point where they were one of the largest religions in Rome before Constantine made Christianity the empire's official religion
There must be truth for those early Christians to keep believing
intersting becuase christianity can be attributed to the white mans colonization. they were the winner. they spread it and ignored many of the african belief systems and gave those same folks christinaity.
wouldnt christianty growing fast DURING persecution just be attributed to people buying in largely out of fear of being persecuted.
you just seem to have gave a longer explanation of how christanity was founded by a winner - constantine but just didnt give a brief descriptor for the other.
but this is the interesting part of all religion to me and history its only told by the winners we dont get a full story or to hear the other side. its easy to label those who dont buy in as a demon or some shyt.
like i said to breh i respect what you want to believe but we can pretend that its some perfect/factual system. Thats also teh beauty of belief and faith right. you can just inside believe in something even those it may be problematic it may help you to get thru struggling times and teach you how to meditate(not by the name of meditation).
but cats in hear preaching as if all the negatives and questions and problematic events dont exist like

. label it as an excuse or not a reason. and coming from a family of pastors/rev and teachers i cant let that fly becasue even they are willing to sit and listen and discuss with different views and dissenting opinions.
ultimately all of hte things they tell us not to discuss is for a reason. politics, religion, money is all by design less we talk about it the less we can question, less we can figure out why things are the way tehy are. lesser teh chance to topple power structures