Christianity was pacifist at the start, as it arose in a conquered people. When the Romans adopted it, it didn’t make them any more militaristic than they already were.
But conversely, Christianity became a lot more militaristic when it became the state religion. Listen e.g. to Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History podcast Thor’s Angels (free as of 01/2014; 4h long).
I have a theory that “radical Islam” is not native Islam, but Westernized Islam.
-> What about e.g. the fatwa over Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses, or blasphemy laws, or whatever? This theory doesn’t seem consistent with already known facts.
But conversely, Christianity became a lot more militaristic when it became the state religion. Listen e.g. to Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History podcast Thor’s Angels (free as of 01/2014; 4h long).
-> What about e.g. the fatwa over Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses, or blasphemy laws, or whatever? This theory doesn’t seem consistent with already known facts.