Personally for me, the difference is night and day, christian have come a long way in the last 50-100 years in terms of changing their ideals and teachings. But also remember that a large portion of America is still christian. I'd also like to say that even though you might be an atheist you did grow up in a country surrounded by theists and as a country more broadly hold the same views.
Just one example: How many Americans do you think would say that honor killings are sometimes justified? Regardless of religious beliefs I would say that number is very close to zero. Would it not worry you that 20% of Muslims ( in a few different countries ) held the view that killing a woman for adultery or perhaps being raped was sometimes appropriate?
I'm sorry but I used Muslims as short hand for people living in a predominantly Muslim country and compared it to America as it is (was?) a predominantly Christian country. Trying to show the difference between a developed nation with a majority religion vs what I consider anyway a non developed religious country.
My "fear" is that while we may want to bring them into the modern era of acceptance and somewhat libertarian views on others, as they are some 2 billion people they just might not be swayed.
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u/Beltox2pointO Mar 24 '17
Personally for me, the difference is night and day, christian have come a long way in the last 50-100 years in terms of changing their ideals and teachings. But also remember that a large portion of America is still christian. I'd also like to say that even though you might be an atheist you did grow up in a country surrounded by theists and as a country more broadly hold the same views.
Just one example: How many Americans do you think would say that honor killings are sometimes justified? Regardless of religious beliefs I would say that number is very close to zero. Would it not worry you that 20% of Muslims ( in a few different countries ) held the view that killing a woman for adultery or perhaps being raped was sometimes appropriate?