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I Am Fascinated By Science, Religion, and Philosophy

Here's an interesting thought. We associate Christianity with the West. They've basque in it's glory and transformed it as a foundation or basis of their daily lives. It has become a dynamic element in the history of the West.

This concept of Christianity is borrowed from the Middle East, where it first came into existence. Jesus was a Middle Eastern man, born and bred in the Middle East. Even the God that Christians believe and pray to - is a God of the Middle East. He chose to reveal himself and his miraculous mighty power and miracles "only" to people of the Middle East.

If Christians can believe and taken in concept and foundation of beliefs of the East. Why are they hostile to the populace of beleaguered countries of the East when they seek refuge. The father of Abrahamic religion was not a White European man, he was an inhabitant and native of the East.

When I explain this concept to my parents, they're often bewildered and hush me up. I'm not religious but the behaviour of some religious people fascinate me.

Hey, we will take your God, adopt his teachings and apply his philosophy to make us holier than thou Middle East. But we refuse to accept you and your way of life.
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I was raised in part by Arab Christians. Syriac rite and Maronite Catholics. And among my friends have been other Eastern rite Catholics.

What you say rings true. There is an anti-Eastern bigotry in Christianity. At least in my experience in America. Protestantism evolved in central and western Europe, and America has its own developments. Catholicism is dominated by Rome and Roman rite is the presumed form.

If you're an Eastern rite Catholic you're basically told to screw off by everyone on the block. Which is really ironic given the role of those faith traditions in early Christianity.
@CopperCicada
Of course there's anti Eastern bigotry. However, people are not individualistic enough to see the bigger picture.

Vast majority of us love to sit idly by and accept whatever is fed to us because it's comfortable. People need to use their brain to think.
@Random1Thoughts Yea. I hear ya. I've see it first hand.
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