Westernisation and Christianity

last SG · 2005-10-28T22:16:11+00:00

or rather, culture based religion, or regio-specific religions... but dont tell it to some people, they wont accept..

chronicles SG

I really cannot help but to bash those people who say that being a Christian means that you are western-influenced.

1)Christianity originated from middle-east around Jerusalem region

2)Christmas is commercialised by westerners and many have lost the true meaning of christmas.

3)I notice many Singaporean Chinese especially, i am a Chinese myself.Like to sterotype in the sense that any country outside Asia, you call those people Ang moh.

laurence82 SG

yes, Singapore Chinese like to stereotype, that Singapore Chinese like to stereotype people who come from outside Asia are called ang mohs.... Laughing

And where is Vatican? In Bethelem?

sinicker SG

oh okay. noted. Cool

chronicles SG

yes christianity came from america

a cowboy brought it there

laurence82 SG

And the missionaries in the early days are who? Africans?

Laughing

chronicles SG

yea but are the founders westerners?

laurence82 SG

I think people are concerned with NOW, not BACK THEN

Modern Western culture and Christianity are very much interlinked, considering its influence on Europe over 2000 years, not forgetting when the Europeans started their colonisation of Africa, America and Asia, their missionaries tagged along.

To harp on the source of Christianity, where the people are mostly Jews or Muslims now, doesnt make sense.

Sheesh

The man who was death SG

Celebrate christmas is really western influenced. Laughing
oh well we all live in amerika coca cola wonderbra

Fatum SG

religion and culture has always come hand in hand ….. it always has …. Be it Christianity, Buddhism, Islam or whatever …

Quincey SG

I guess we can define one’s belief in christianity as being synonymus with westernisation only by the basis of his or her faith. I bet there are individuals that profess to the christian faith as it is viewed to be a faith associated with western culture which in their naivity believed to be superior to asian culture. However, there too are individuals that believe in the christian faith because they like any other professors to any ‘asian-based’ religions believe in their god. I believe that religion is by choice, even if it is for the wrong reasons, it’s still the individual’s choice to see things his or her way.

darknessfall SG

Western countries popularised christianity.
You believe in christ. So, you are being westernised...this is a fact!

Let me give these youngsters a senerior....if years ago malaysia and US changed religion, say malaysia worship christianity and US worship allah. So do u think you will be praying to the cross?? Laughing

i doubt so...because of the influence of western countries, thats why alot of things are "popular" here....i am not saying that people who worhip christ are just following trend. I am debating that it is indeed westernisation that brings about popularity in christianity.... Wink

laurence82 SG

Soft power at works.

We used to have the Romans, the Chinese, the Europeans, now its US of A. Laughing

Quincey SG

Yes you have a pt. We would all be mostly a professor of Islam if the west have had embraced Islam instead of Christianity. It is indeed due in part to the spread of western culture and western thought through the colonialization of non-western lands that we in this part of the world know christianity. I accept that religion could have been as widespread if it was Buddhism or Hinduism.

But I believe the threadstarter has brought up a more pressing issue in where many people believe that one's profession to christianity is a step towards the west, and it is almost assumed that christians are all potato heads waanabes who can't be!

anhydrouscoppersulphate SG

wow im surprised that u didn't post crap today

laurence82 SG

Well, with the rise of CHC and many of these charismatic churches, it certainly bring up questions about their faith, and them having false ideas about other denominations.

iveco SG

Don’t forget that the Roman Empire’s embrace of Christianity and persecution of native religions killed off Wicca. The Europeans were originally Wizards, and not Christians. To say that Europe has Christian roots is basically flawed.

laurence82 SG

U say this to support Harry Potter rite? Laughing

Texcoco II SG

They are pagans, not wizards, depending of which group of europeans

crazy monkey SG

there are christian who think they are superior and taoist and buddhist are superstitious and uneducated. go and bash them first.

chronicles SG

there are also idiots who think christianity derive from America Rolling Eyes i am not joking.