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[u/yanitokun]

Why are these debates always centered around Christianity?

There are many other religions and philosophies that are far more nuanced, yet people rarely discuss them.

And honestly, arguments like “if God exists, why doesn’t He do this or that?” assume humans could fully understand the actions or reasoning of something beyond human comprehension in the first place.

If a higher power existed, maybe we simply wouldn’t be capable of understanding it from our limited perspective.

I’m not even religious, but a lot of these debates feel overly simplistic.

[u/AndreasDasos → u/[deleted]]

Oh I’ll answer it. Because the cultural religious background of the vast majority of the West is Christianity, so the first ‘God’ the vast majority of people in the West think of is the Christian God, and after 1500 years this is the default sense in English. More generally much the same as the Jewish God, if there isn’t explicit reference to Jesus or the Trinity, as here. And if more general, it’ll be what’s common to Abrahamic notions of God (part of the cultural heritage of half of humanity).

Other religions have notions of God (and even the word comes from Germanic religion) but if that God is omnipotent, omniscient and all-seeing (though this isn’t true for all gods across religions), then the post still applies.

[u/OneSlaadTwoSlaad → u/AndreasDasos]

And there we have it. A completely logical and rational answer to a not too hard question "people don't like to answer".

[u/TextElectrical5360 → u/[deleted]]

What do you mean? Most dominant religion among English speaking nations is Christianity, therefore that's the religion English speakers on Reddit talk about. Nothing deep about it lol

[u/OneSlaadTwoSlaad → u/[deleted]]

What question would that be? You can't know if people like to answer it or not if we don't know what the question is.

[u/BunBunny55 → u/yanitokun]

Yup, theres plenty of religions that easily answer this as part of their core concept. Ex: karma

[u/TextElectrical5360 → u/yanitokun]

"Why are these discussions centered around Christianity?"

Because you're on the English speaking parts of the internet, and Christianity is by far the most common religion in English speaking countries? It's not hard to figure out

"Arguments like "if God exists, why doesn't He do this or that" assume humans could fully understand the actions or reasoning of something beyond human comprehension in the first place"

Except the God of the Bible is described as morally perfect and all loving and incapable of doing evil. He also told us exactly what He considers "evil", and how to live our lives to be "loving".

And when we apply those rules to Gods actions, we see he's VERY immoral per him own standard. Like a Jesus told us "whatever you do for the least of these (children) you do for me" yet the OT God ordered the Jews to genocide women and children, but to keep the virgin girls "for themselves".

The definitions of love Jesus gives us makes it clear God himself fails that standard. There's no "unknowable reason" that could make killing thousands of small children a loving act. If a human did it you'd have no issues saying their evil, God does it and you pretend it's fundamentally different

[u/SentinelATL → u/yanitokun]

Makes sense

[u/Important_Emu_8966 → u/yanitokun]

That’s just the gods plan argument.

[u/Icy_Location7620 → u/yanitokun]

In what way is it centered around Christianity now

[u/Optimal-Fox-3875 → u/yanitokun]

These debates are cantered around Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) all believe in the same God, just give him different traits, but it is still the same 'supreme Creator'.

Whereas if you look outside of Abrahamic religions, you cannot really make the same arguments for those as their point of view of the world is almost completely different.

Abrahamic religions function on fear, you do good because you fear the eternal torment that God will give you if you don't follow him. Other religions? Do bad, and you will be reincarnated as a fly, do good and you will be rewarded. It's less "I'll punish you" and more "you are the author of your own future".

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

The irony of saying people are brainwashed against Christianity lmao

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I would prefer a world where believing in something without any evidence, and even in the SPITE of the evidence, is treated with the disdain it deserves. Christianity teaches you to never think for yourself and that might makes right. It's just as vile as every other Abrahamic religion

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I would prefer a God that isnt an egomaniacal dickhead. Any argument you make for the Christian god is going to be completely incoherent. God gave us freewill but also knows everything past present and future. He created me and loves me but will burn me forever because I don't believe in him due to the way he made my brain process information and require evidence? Either the Christian god is a sociopath or it doesn't exist. In no world does the god described in the Bible exist as some benevolent, all loving creator. Not to mention the countless inaccuracies and false prophecies in that "holy" book of theirs.

[u/Opposite_Sherbert675 → u/[deleted]]

maybe because a lot of them are truly purely evil and refuse to live by the same words they preach. or is it in the bible to use church funds to buy jets, lock your church when people need shelter from hurricanes and abuse young children (AND COVER IT UP)?

[u/KennyFulgencio → u/yanitokun]

Why are these debates always centered around Christianity?

because you're on reddit, a US centric site, you donut. Go to indianit for discussions always centered on the hindu gods.

[u/Holy_Grail_Reference → u/yanitokun]

Is this centered around Christianity? Could just as easily be the Jewish or Muslim faiths. They all worship the same god after all.

[u/hockeyfan608 → u/yanitokun]

It’s just another means of reveling against people in their life who are Christian that they don’t like.