john89@lemmy.ca to History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoIf Judaism is the oldest Abrahamic religion, why does it have so few followers compared to Christianity and Islam and why by such a large margin?message-squaremessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down15
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareIf Judaism is the oldest Abrahamic religion, why does it have so few followers compared to Christianity and Islam and why by such a large margin?john89@lemmy.ca to History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoUntil you realise that they do the same shitty conversion tactics as Christians, just to those who are ethnically but not religiously Jewish.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI was considering it only from the… I suppose… Intellectual viewpoint perhaps? Here are all the reasons you shouldn’t want to join our club. And also, from a very naïve viewpoint too. The subtleties of an ethnic religion are an entirely foreign idea to me.
Indeed.
That’s rad.
Until you realise that they do the same shitty conversion tactics as Christians, just to those who are ethnically but not religiously Jewish.
I was considering it only from the… I suppose… Intellectual viewpoint perhaps?
And also, from a very naïve viewpoint too. The subtleties of an ethnic religion are an entirely foreign idea to me.