Why did Christianity Fail in Asia while Succeeding in Europe?
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- Why did Christianity Fail in Asia while Succeeding in Europe?
From its center point in Judea, Christianity began its early spread through the surrounding countries of the Levant - what we know now as Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Cyprus. This led to the rollout into the Asian continent of Christianity as Antioch became a new home base for the faith after its evangelization allegedly by Peter the Apostle himself as well as Paul and Barnabas. Apostles Thaddaeus and Bartholomew and Simon and Andrew further evangelized Armenia and Georgia respectively as the span of the budding religion stretched further to the Eastern world; passing additionally through Mesopotamia and Parthia, and allegedly India as well on its way to the Far East.
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There is an error in the map, it's called Palestine not Israel.
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.
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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.
I agree, that's usually how Abrahamic religions became dominant in the states they do today.
Best answear
What about India?
@@NahintheWThere was no Christian ruler. India had seen Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Muslim kings, but not Christian.
Don't be silly. The supreme deity of Japanese religious Shinto is the Japanese emperor himself.
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.
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.
@@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
@@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?
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
Proud hindus never converts to these Abrahamic cults
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.
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.
Funny because the Dutch put the name "Allah" in their Bible in Indonesia until now for missionary and still failed.
@@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.
@@Rafael-CL big difference between Protestant kingdoms and Spain.
@@iamorahman Not talking about p3do religions like yours here.
The value of Hinduism and Buddhism cannot be replaced by any other religions. It's greatest of all the time.
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.
Indonesia?
@@dennisthemenace4288 hindu Buddhist traditions can be found.
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
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.
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.
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.
If that is true it exemplifies the syncretism in Japan, where most xintoists are also buddhists
I believe it. It actually happens a lot in East asian countries. They just mix every religion. Even after converting they still practice shamanism.
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
🤣that's kinds funny
These are all propaganda based stories to spread CHRISTIANITy and to give the local people a story for origin
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 😂😂
Luckily, you were not destroyed by the West. That is how most of Judeo-Christian-Islamic religions spread: through conquest and butchering of people.
Vietnam war and communism maybe also a be good reason ?
Love your last statement 😂
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.
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.
The simple answer : Asians had already have their own cultures and belief systems before Christianity came to it
Did Christianity not originate in Jerusalem, which is literally in Asia?
lol Rome is known for its own culture and belief system before Christianity came to it.
@@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.
@@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.
@@armthecyborg4021only by geography it is in Asia. But all the event occurred in the West. So no relationship
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.
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.
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.
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
@@justchilling704no, the estimates say that Islam will be the mort religion followed by atheism
South Korea is Atheist
Armenia is the first country to adopt Christianity in 301 AD, not only in Asia, but throughout the world 🏆🥇🇦🇲✝️⛪
Not you again :I
@tonyantonio8956
And then Ethiopia
You make it sound like a good thing 😂
Please return to your home..back to Sanatan(Hindu Buddhist Jain Sikh)..🙏
Then Ethiopia 325
and Georgia 326
It's fascinating how so many religions thrive in india and their root still remains through all the time
Yes .
@@s9ka972I didn’t even watch this heretical video when Christianity is still the majority in india 🇮🇳 Japan china and many more to be more specific Catholics so don’t waste your time with these lies
@@Machoman50ta christainty is below 1% in india
@@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
@@Machoman50ta medicines are necessary
In European countries, we need our ancient Gods back. This Christianity is totally foreign to who we are.
Davvero? Ti metteresti ad adorare Giove o Odino o divinità simili? Be', nessuno te lo impedisce.
Viking gods lol
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
You’re not from west lol
You’re probably a Indian
@ 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
Once they went to Andamans Sentinel island but never returned
Even god didn't protected that pastor
💀💀💀
@@Akshay13134lol,God called that pastor.
@@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
@@Akshay13134 well who cares about them brother.
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.
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.
Proganda base ... With out proof Christian
Yeah👍.In.Europeans.. Jews. Also. Leve. It. Kerala🇮🇳.
Is the original Middle Easter Christian tradition basically the OG Christianity?
Probably from the land of nairi...armenia?
If you were looking at the Christian world from the perspective of someone living in the 7th century, you wouldn't think that Christianity had "failed" in Asia like we do today. At that time, most Christians still lived in what we today call the "Middle East." There were more Christians in places like Egypt, North Africa, Anatolia (Turkey), Syria and Iraq than in France, Britain, and Italy, and places like Scandinavia and Russia hadn't even converted to Christianity by that point. However, those places were all conquered by Islam in the 7th century and eventually most of the Christian population was replaced by Muslim migrants or converted to Islam. Still, some Christian communities survived--in Sudan Christian kingdoms lasted until the 15th century, Christian communities still exist today in Egypt and Syria, and Christian nations of Ethiopia never were conquered by the Muslims. Also places like Turkey still had a large Christian population up until only a century ago. Christianity also had a big presence in Iran and Central Asia until the Mongol conquests. Had it not been for the rise of Islam, Christianity likely would still be the dominant religion in the Middle East and North Africa today, and had more significant communities in Iran and Central Asia. Half of Muslim lands were Christian at some point, so it isn't 100% accurate to say that Christianity failed in those regions when for centuries they were successful there.
Facts.
They failed because they lost lands to muslims!
@@WallNutBreaker524
And folks.
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Not full true... Yes there was more christians in syria, iraq, some parts of north africa before islam .. But iran was ruled by sassanid and sassanid were zoroastrians. Shamanism and buddhism was the religion of central asia before islam. Yemen was a jewish kingdom and other gulf countries were pagans
In india many people converted to Christianity only for money but they said that they are only hindu not christian 😂
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.
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.
Hindu is dangerous 😂 they don't care religion 😂 convert into christian for money then next day go to temy😂
Christianity in India is, due to the Apostle Thomas, in fact much older than in most parts of Europe.
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.
@@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.
52 AD they say
Its a cookedup story... early christians in india are all syrian christians
@@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
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.
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.
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
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.
@@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.
@motivationallizard6644 Lies. Vladimir never historically said that and people say it was an anecdote.
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
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That is 3.4 percent of the population
More like 2.3%. India is at 1.4 billion
@@Roachh28772.3%
@Roachh2877 and yet, that's almost as many people as Canada, most countries like Belgium, Sweden etc
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.
Because you guys don't care about each other..... Or not knowing each other's history is true or false
@@Z_X_M87 its better than fighting in the name of religion
@mamtasingh2703 but we should find the truth rather than following something you don't know
@@Z_X_M87And what happens when Abrahamism isn't the truth?
@@Z_X_M87 How do you know yours is the truth?
Pyongyang was once called the Jerusalem of the east as there was a large number of Christians in the city.
because of a missionary named Robert Jermain Thomas
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.
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. 🇱🇰 ☸️
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.
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@Gabdoon2 I know
@@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.
Also, Buddhism is a much better religion than Christianity.
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
An ancient empire llike the byzantines survived for a thousand years already, its impressive.
Sorry you can't be in constant decline for about 1200 years.
The rise of Islam changed history, they destroyed lots of Christianity
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
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
Christianity was spread by the sword.
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.
I think you are talking about islam, not all christians were converted by sword
@@Thatoneguybp why is Christianity so big? Those they don’t bend their knees to a Jewish man as a God…🫣
@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)
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.
"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.
It didn't stop with Jews, it went to all communities, Ramban Pattu shows that
Saint Thomas is a fictional character. He never existed
@@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
@@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
@@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
Islam in West Asia served as effective barrier from Christian conquests.
By 18th century Europe was more concerned with colonialism for economic reasons
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.
That's not entirely correct because Islam arrived much later than Christianity.
@@rcc8506yes
@@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.
And Spains reconquista was effective barrier for europe against further islamic conquests.
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
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
@@williamrobert9898hope puberty is going better today for you.
@@silencemeviolateme6076 It hasn't even hit you just yet
@@williamrobert9898 find a productive hobby young man. Learn a foreign language or a musical instrument.
@@silencemeviolateme6076 heed your own advice instead of trolling on the Internet
Buddism never forced anyone to convert.
It’s because it’s more of a philosophy than a religion. They actually don’t have a “god/diety.”
Buddhists in Myanmar disagree
@@mahaajbradshawthelegendamo7631 Nirvana is a state of being, not a Person. Big difference.
@@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.
@@JoshAlicea1229 shouldn't have to force people to convert regardless, this statement means nothing.
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.
People are growing more cynical as they should be. It’s similar to the times when the population grew less interested in polytheism.
@@RedCommunistDragon its because they keep importing muslims
@@RedCommunistDragon So why Judaism and Islam keep going strong in their origin land and elsewhere?
@@satriorama4118 Fear, optimism, various reasons.
@@RedCommunistDragon Why White Christians are converting into LGBTQ+ cult.
As a Filipino-Chinese christian i thank you for going a little in depth how deep chinese Christianity's history is.
are there chinese in the phippine？
@@hoonwaretien8363 A lot of Filipinos are Chinese mixed. More than there are people who are Spanish mixed or American mixed. So yeah
@@mung1233 I donot think that’s true,it’s best for Chinese peop to speak Chinese according to their standards
@@hoonwaretien8363 Weird logic, ethnicity isn't based on language and most of the Chinese-Filipinos are from Cantonese, Hakka, and Min regions.
@@mung1233 好了好了
Hi! I'm a Catholic from Taiwan 🤗
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?
@@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.
@@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.
@@fafa8 how's Christianity in taiwan is it growing?
Repent,catholic is paganism
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 .
Islam did not succeed how can Christians succeed to conquer us as a Christian Jai Shri Krishna
@@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.
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What about over 300 million Indian Muslims in India? They will be at 2025
@@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
@@samiman5606Hindus are still in majority in 2024 and much more than muslims.
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.
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
@@noblemottythomas7664 Christianity was there before Colonialism.
@@sillymesilly ys it was there but I don't understand what you mean
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.
No, Christianity reached Britain also in the 50’s or 60’s. You should research the history of pre-Roman Christianity in England.
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.
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
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
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.
@@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
@@Founderschannel123 wrong. That Thomas clown never came to India.
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...
That's amazing
@@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
@@AllvinThomas-k9d Grazie della tua testimonianza.
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Even then they are converts who were brainwashed
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
Even they are just 18% of population . Hindus and Muslims are in majority .
Stop selling this bullshit made up story it never happened
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.
They got killed out by a certain religion who also created disconnect and dark ages
"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.
@@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).
@recoil53 you are right. Even in South Asia we consider Middle age as the golden age. We look up to our medival history.
@@leoguarknight1588Religion of peace
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.
There were no such thing as vedic era.
@@danthal2996 yes it was. Vedic era took place between 1800BCE-500BCE.
@@itsoblivion8124 any proof
@@danthal2996 There were sixteen Mahajanapadas (vedic kingdoms) with remnants in ancient literature and artifacts. Most historians accept the existence of a Vedic India.
Bruh what? 😂@@danthal2996
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@@Powerviolenc3 they are extremists, plz pray for us so that we can live here in peace. 😭🙏✝️
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@@DemonKing-q2l no I'm Bangladeshi
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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.
Engrish.
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?
@@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.
Hinduism and Zoroastrianism are faiths of free choice, not blind submission.
Hinduism is a false religion. That's why you cannot force it on people. If you do, people will ask the prove.
That sadly is not true.
Christian Countries in Asia ✝️☦️
🇷🇺 Russia
🇬🇪 Georgia
🇦🇲 Armenia
🇨🇾 Cyprus
🇰🇷 South Korea
🇵🇭 Philippines
🇹🇱 East Timor
Korea is secular country
Sorry I have doubt on South Korea becose most of koreans are connected with there buddhist identity then outside faith
Russia is europe
Russia is not asian country, 70% of it's population lives in european part of country and it is Russia's historical center
@@GaMer22vand asia
Christianity is Krishnaneeti.
Christ is Kristna
Noah is Manuh
Sanatan dharma is the eternal Path
No its not
They jusy know to copy
exactly, they are all fairytales copying from each other
Dude you got talent for BS.
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.
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
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.
@@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
@@savioblanc you're seriously defending the crusaders? The same people behind god knows how many genocides committed against Christians? That's sad to see
@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.
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.
That's in Africa though....
@@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.
@@brianm7287 The video is about Christianity's limited spread in Asia so yeah obviously it would focus on Asia only
@@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.
@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
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Mostly Portugese are responsible for spreading Christian faith across Asia.
Buddhism is also a missionary religion, originating in India.
Yes, that's how Buddhism spread throughout Asia, but with that peace, not by the power of the sword not by forced conversion.
@@ssachlescrutolfthere were literally Buddhist armies
Nope there were instances in history where buddhists persecuted other religions in their kingdoms.@@ssachlescrutolf
@@balashibuyeeter2704political conflicts
@@MarkelMathurinso ?
We will not leave our religion for other religions. Our ancestors have struggled a lot to keep us Hindu, so it is our duty to protect our religion to show it to the coming generations.
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A lot hindu girls have already been converted in islam after marrying muslim guys. What are you smoking on?
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.
Sad
what's the use? South Koreans are the most racist bunch out there
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.
@@Liethen cult of communism
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
I resonate more with buddhism and hinduism they are almost the same and i dont label myself. I know nothing and always exploring 🙏
Then you don't understand Buddhism...
buddhism resonates with everything
@@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
@@Aightbet-ng2si >philosophy of buddhism comes from hinduism
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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
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?
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.
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.
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@@ikengaspirit3063 can you explain it again? I didn't understand what you were trying to say.
@@abc_cbaA brilliant explanation of the history of Christianity in India...! Hats off!! 🥳🙌
@@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.
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
Lots of todays Christians have their ancestors forced to be Christian , i.e. South America , Moorish Spain . etc.
Because those idiots practiced human sacrifice and other evil things.
Spain just retake their land from occupiers
@@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
Also brits, french, Germans etc.
that were their anchestors. Nowadays people can convert to any religions they like.
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.
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.
Because of Hinduism and Buddhism,confusciousnism they talked about peace not wars in the name of religion😂
@sakshigupta8603 Protestant & Catholic are colonial ambition, nothing to do with Orthodox Christianity
11:21 most were not willing. Christianity and Islam were majorly spread by force in history.
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.
They sell the product jesus,in the name of peace and Jesus they killed many people in the world
Soul vultures 😂😂
@@bobfaam5215 Could have used harsher words though...
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
In East Asia, people don't like monotheistic religions. It is more common to go to a Taoist temple to worship today, a Buddhist temple tomorrow, or any temple of unknown religion as long as I feel that this god may protect me and bring me peace. good luck.
A religion that makes people believe in one God will not be popular.
The Faith is a gift from God. And some refuse to accept it.
The light shined into the darkness and darkness didn’t comprehend.
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.
Is that the guy who started a civil war and claimed he was jesus reincarnated ? Or is that another guy
@@DoN-xh3pdI think your talking about Hong Xiuquan who started the Taiping rebellion
@@StephaneTheard yep that’s the guy
Damn Christians, China was as tolerant to you as Palestine was tolerant to the Israelis.
I am a Christian from India 🇮🇳 😊
And how about the relations between Hindus and Christians? It have some persecution?
@@robertocaetano4945 No there is no such problem. All live peacefully I have never encountered any problem till now because of my religion. Even Hindus celebrate Christian festivals like Christmas.
@@robertocaetano4945Persecution by Hindus??? 😂
We Hindus are so laid back and tolerant, that we have been persecuted for a thousand years, in our own land, and still, most of us don't care.
There isn't even a concept of conversion in Hinduism, what would we even persecute anyone for?
@@robertocaetano4945 Read about goa inquisition and the shitfuckery they did in the name of religion and only after that try to act like victims in world facing persecution
@@robertocaetano4945Till hindus are in majority. No matter what religion is in minority. It will live peacefully. But vice versa is not possible. Hindus respect and participate in many different cults but vice versa is not there. Hinduism is a very rich culture. These abhramics religions are just like comics to us. We dont mind them.
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.
Proud Catholic Christian Philippines 🇵🇭❤️🇪🇦✝️⛪🙏
Your ancestors frowned on you.
Viva Señor Jesus Nazareno!
Your ancestors were forced though or burnt in stakes 😢
@@aldenpadilla1773 If we were coerced then we should have recanted when Spain lost the Philippines in 1898 to the US. BTW the first Filipinos to convert to Catholicism by free will were Rajah Humabon, Hara Humaymay and their kingdom in Cebu in 1521.
@@aldenpadilla1773better than philippines being islamic
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
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.
@@robertonavarro7713 and they are upsidedawn comper to europe
They should stop following the religion of their colonizers and follow their own native one.
@@robertonavarro7713USA isn't an atheist country. It's an Judio-Evangelist country.
Japanese did not spreed their Shintoism in the Philippines during the Japanese occupation
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
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.
Some of the Hindu temples in India are older than Christianity.😂😂.. The caves of Ajanta Ellora are older than Christianity. Hinduism is the only religion from before the Bronze Age that still exists.
😂😂 good joke covid passout . Oldest church in india is 52Ad . Wer Oldest temple is 7 century 😅
Nigraid and burmis python (nagaland monipur mijoram)follow Christianity in India 😂😂😂@@Jphandle22
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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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
Back then it was Gupta Empire & it's mandala (Vakataka)
Majority of the time controlled by Buddhist and Hindu kingdoms
Praise the supreme lord SriKrishna. Jai SriKrishna
Jesus is King of Kings.
@@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.
@@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.
@@deathstroke8612 nope you needs tO read more.
@@deathstroke8612 lol no your jesus is nothing in front of our Shri Krishna 😊
In South Asia, our ancestors were forced into conversion by the Catholic, Anglican and Protestant missionaries.
Nah, they shifted their faith due to inhumane treatment they received at the hands of majority.
@@magatism Proof ?
@@arjyachatterjee6874 Of what, i cannot see my comment.
@@arjyachatterjee6874 Depends on the region. Heard of the Goan Inquisition?
@@apoorvbhatnagar9774 I know. I was asking that to the other guy who was peddling some non-sense and I don't like Christianity.
Actually it did succeed with eastern christianity but was wiped out by the sword wielding muslims.
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I thought Muslims wielded Aks back then
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
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
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.
And trade not everyone is invaders
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.
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?
@@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.
@@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.
Im Malaysian and im a proud Christian 🙏🏻
Malaysia is an islamic state.
The Portuguese managed to convert Indians in Goa to Christianity at the pain of death.
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.
Whole culture and religion of Asia is impacted by india and China alone Buddhism and hi duism😊
@@Vayu_arya not china india and sri lanka
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.
I am Filipino and was baptized as Catholic but I decided during college that religion is a huge joke. We're better off without it. I prefer to spread kindness instead.
You rejected the truth simply because it contradicted ideas that you couldn't rebutt is what you mean. Religion is necessary for a healthy society and the concept of kindness as you imagine is the result of Christianity
As an atheist it is sad seeing Christianity is growing in africa and other poor nations than in west and developed nations 😢😂
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Ayin ?
And you are from india
I'm not christian but respect this religion
So if you don't believe in religion so don't mock any religion
And also Christianity already in western world
And Today Christianity is world largest religion.
@@Akash-e3q it's not meant to be a religion friend, Jesus wanted to reconcile the relationship between man and God
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
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
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.
"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).
@@ikengaspirit3063 I didn't say there weren't missionaries. In fact, Christianity reached the Indian subcontinent and even China during this early Christianity period
Many Chinese are sceptical and said that it is mere soothsaying. And tradition asks us to obey, although we love good people. We just want real helpers, not soothsayers...🎉
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.
you only mean East Asians. Asia is not Japan, Korea and China only.
@@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
No such thing as sanatana dharma except in the imagination of Hindus.
You need to study farther back before all these cultures was the God of Abraham
@@emperorpalpatine9841 Rig veda is oldest written religious text in the world. Period. Archeologically proven. I guess you're the one imagining.
Now Christianity is Growing especially in Muslim countries like Indonesia, Iran, Malesia....
People are really losing their senses
Lol ; you are believing in those social media bots ; All of the countries you mentioned don't care about Christianity;
Not in Iran
Atheism and Agonistic growing in here
@@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.
@@PatriotOfPersia nihilism
Asia's resistance to Abrahamic religion is why it is so special in the world!
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.
@@trueNordVPNlol 1.3 billion if you include south asia. But far east ppl aren't really familiar with islam
@@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.
@@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.
@@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
Jesus Christ was Palestinian like me and I wish my ancestors belong to him 🥰😍❤️
30% of Koreans are Christian of some variety, but it's something like 80 or 90% of Korean Americans for some odd reason.
Because American Christians refuse to leave non Christians alone
@@Makarosc Well, it's part of the deal. Not sure what you want them to do.
@@ikengaspirit3063this is not freedom of religion
@@twofortydrifter uh respect other people's decisions and not send them bomb threats?
@@ikengaspirit3063 fastest growing religion in the us: non religious
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.
"Recruitments" 😂😂 you make it sound like a club
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
@@ryanprosper88more like a cult 😂
As a Jew, I am so happy that my nation wasn't deceived by Jesus and his gang.
As someone in the 21st century, I am jealous that in the 20th century it seemed like a good idea at the time to help Israel but politics is difficult to predict the end result of.
Jesus was a delusional rogue rabbi whose mother Mary was an adulteress and father Joseph a cuckold. His unfaithful and lying mother put into his mind since he was a young child that God was his "real father" and that he was a very special boy. Jesus grew very knowledgeable about the Old Testament, began to believe that he was the "Emmanuel" whom Isaiah spoke of and so he sought to fulfill the prophecies as the Messiah which he studied.
He was an apocalyptic preacher whose teachings were never meant to be written down, in fact, he announced the end of the world as being imminent and told people to give up everything and follow him; he stated that his generation was to witness it all. He was crucified, died and, of course, never rose from the dead, but his closest and most faithful followers convinced themselves of that lie and went on to preach, converting many.
For several decades following the decomposition of Jesus' corpse, stories and legends about him were spread by word of mouth before some of them were selected and written down, thus leading to the Gospels whose anonymous authors mostly copied each other. Then came Paul(formerly Saul), an energetic and zealous repentant ex-hunter of Christians who claimed to have a vision, joined the apostles and wrote the bulk of the New Testament, introducing many teachings of his own, hence the term "Pauline Christianity". Without him, Christian theologians would be helpless.
Since Jesus appealed to the uneducated, illiterate and lowly people which constituted the overwhelming majority of the Roman Empire, his death cult spread like wild fire. The roman government, being opportunistic, eventually made it the official religion thus cementing and validating its existence. Due to this, nations grew culturally with Christianity at their core and so it has lasted to this day, aided by theologians' relentless mental gymnastics, colonialism, as well as teachings of repentance, redemption and paradise after death which attract the emotional mind.
your nation at the time was a roman colony.
They and the Muslims were/are your useful foot soldiers against Paganism though.
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Proud of my Religion
Will never convert to any Abrahamic cults
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Cult you say? Aren't you stupid? Aren't you the ones who worship anything bizarre, animal, plants, tree's even crazy people walking on street😅 how many gods do you have again billions?
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😢
This is what a cult is like
What culture 😂
These abhramic religions are nothing but cults filled with dogmatic rules.
My grand mother converted to chrsitianity the reason is she got 🤑🤑💰💰 from chrsitians
But she has no faith in christ she goes to hindu mandir
By the way may grandfather didn't convert
my dad also same😂
Your granny played a Uno on them idiots 😂
@@moyai8508 😅😅🤟🤟😁🤣🤣
I had a friend 🤣 his family got converted so that his son can study in good school and after he completed his school life he and his family again converted to Hinduism 🤣they said we converted to Christianity so that our child can study in international school with less fees as in India there are so many Christian schools were Christians are charged less fees as compared to hindu or any other religion
@@Notmrjatinkunwar 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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
Also, there were aspects of Christianity which resembled the traditional religions.
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
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
Aku bangga menjadi Kristen Indonesia di tengah hamparan muslim Indonesia, ini adalah jalan takdir dan pergumulan hidupku.
Super good video. Also, PALESTINE MENTIONED RAAAAHHHHH 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
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.
A false story without any proof
@ptsd888no it's false like Aryan invasion
Western propaganda
@ptsd888fake fake today mallu Christian are converted for one rice bag 😂😂
@@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
@@tomorrow. they are literally converted lol no feelings for Hinduism. Rice bag op
Glad that Asia retained its eastern philosophy/religions. World would be less beautiful if entire world followed Abrahamic religions.
Jealous of Abrahamic religions 😂
@@JacobUtube. What's a cult to be jealous of? something annoying.
@@JacobUtube. jealous.😅😅
Your abrahamic religion only have two things.
We are monotheist. Our book is from god. That's it. Believe it.
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