I’m speaking as someone born to people from a non-Abrahamic faith so I don’t know shit about fuck with regards to Christianity, I’m just going off my observations of my hometown and the world around me.

This is mostly anecdotal but I’ve heard Evangelical protestantism has made such in roads in Puerto Rico that I think a majority of the island might actually be Evangelical. I know this is pretty much the case throughout the rest of Latin America. This phenomenon coincides with the rightward shift of the entire region.

Not saying Catholicism is without its skeletons but as the world becomes more cruel, violent, and evil, I can’t help but draw a parallel. I remember reading about de las Casas in High School and the at times moderating influence of Catholicism in Spanish territories, whereas I can find no history of redeeming qualities in the Protestant faith, particularly evangelicism.

This is baby’s first attempt at analysis of Christian theology, so please bear in that mind. My brilliant insights into this are along the lines of ‘the Brazilian national football team is ass now because the players are no longer alcoholic womanizing Catholics’. I’m sure all you Evangelical freaks on hexbear dot net will be foaming at the mouth

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[–] 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The dominant forms of every religion are going to be those that fit the ruling ideology, which means they are going to serve the ruling class. You can sometimes find rebellions driven in part by misgivings with the ruling ideology that were fit into religious frameworks, like the German Peasants War, which was partly inspired by the Reformation but condemned by Martin Luther himself, or the Ikko-Ikki in Japan, a rebellion of priests, peasants, merchants and others against feudal power framed on Buddhist grounds but condemned by others in nominally the same sect.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    I do want to point out that though Luther condemned the peasants war, I believe Ulrich Zwingli actually supported it. Zwingli who is father of the Reformed churches, though because he died so young it’s probably Calvin who has a greater influence on reformed theology today.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago

    The question I think becomes what would have happened if he had lived. In all different scenarios we have stories of pure-hearted leaders who died and were overtaken by others, but what would the difference really end up being?

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