I read somewhere in a book by DK a publishing company that makes books on various topics in big picture articles (big ideas, simply explained), a book about religion, that Jesus did not come to liberate the Jews with force as expected, but rather to liberate the whole world from evil. At first, as the strong Muslim I was, I dismissed this, as Islam made similar claims, with one group I studied with saying that one pre islamic figure knew from the onset muhammad would be the one to save the world even though they were technically pagan but they were awaiting a prophet. But I have some questions, about religion and two about whether christianity will help or hurt my lifestyle. It was argued by a christian in a book about religion in school library that christianity had more violence in its name than islam, and npr released an article saying the bible is more violent than the quran (ive read both, ngl it can be argued, but christians argue that the new testament is more important and my social worker said that he reads the bible like a parent gradually being less strict and rules based over his child over time until he's ready to sacrifice himself for his child in a more adult to adult way. But here's the thing, christianity seems to have done more for society than islam, if you look at articles on what christianity has done youll mostly see things like "ending human sacrifice, slavery, infanticide, polygamy, incest, creating charities and schools of learning etc." (along with the controversial stuff which i wont get into) with islam, it mostly links scientific achievements and inventions and scholastic ideas, but islam seems to have a culture of conquest, even pacifist groups rely on the conquest narrative to get them going to tie them to the time of muhammad when they were at war ith those who wished to wipe them out, but it gives in some circles an overall "fight to defend against the oppressors of the innocent" whereas christians dont even want war and are more likely to "pray for the poor innocent souls" which is actually much more effective. i was even moved by a story in a history book where a roman father asked her daughter to give up christianity and she showed him a tea cup or something along those lines, and said, "can this be anything other than...." "likewise, i can not be other than christian"
but i need more evidence, and i need reassurance that i wont be excluded because many of the people i know and my family (except my sister, brother in law, and nephew) are practicing muslims. my mom wouldn't disown me though she would be ok with it we've discussed it before but keep in mind i have mood disorder and ptsd so it could just be that im having identity disturbances.
