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How Christianity and Islam took over the world, in 90 seconds

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How Christianity and Islam took over the world, in 90 seconds


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A recently released video supposedly depicts the growth and spread of the two largest religions in the world, Islam and Christianity, over a span of 2,000 years, in just 90 seconds.

Produced last year by the Western Conservatory of the Arts and Sciences, a Christian ministry, based in Tenessee, the video shows the ‘Spread of the Gospel’. Christianity and Islam, represented in white and green, respectively, are shown to spring up from obscurity in the Middle East to morph into globe-spanning juggernauts.

The video starts with showing the Roman Empire and the growth of Christianity on its margins and then spreading elsewhere. Islam starts spreading a little later, moving rapidly through the crumbling Byzantine and Sassanian empires, through North Africa and into parts of Europe. After that, both the religions continue to expand simultaneously.

Historians, however, might have much to complain about considering the broad sweep of the canvas that this video represents. In any case, it is clear to see that the ministry has a biased view of the history of Islam, since a post on their website claims how they are looking forward to Syrian refugees being disabused of their ‘Muhammedan way of life’.

The spread of Christianity is grossly exaggerated, especially in Asia, as it was never a major religion farther East. It was, in fact, present through small communities of traders and missionaries. In the same way, India as it is depicted in the last frame of the map is hardly a Christian nation. The same can be said about Islams’ role across vast swaths of Africa and Southeast Asia in the centuries after its birth.

A note on the ministry’s website cites biblical scripture, pitching the map as a “beautiful visual reminder that ‘the word of the truth, the gospel, which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world … is bearing fruit and increasing.’ ”


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How Christianity and Islam took over the world, in 90 seconds


1101540-map-1462961525-262-640x480.jpg


A recently released video supposedly depicts the growth and spread of the two largest religions in the world, Islam and Christianity, over a span of 2,000 years, in just 90 seconds.

Produced last year by the Western Conservatory of the Arts and Sciences, a Christian ministry, based in Tenessee, the video shows the ‘Spread of the Gospel’. Christianity and Islam, represented in white and green, respectively, are shown to spring up from obscurity in the Middle East to morph into globe-spanning juggernauts.

The video starts with showing the Roman Empire and the growth of Christianity on its margins and then spreading elsewhere. Islam starts spreading a little later, moving rapidly through the crumbling Byzantine and Sassanian empires, through North Africa and into parts of Europe. After that, both the religions continue to expand simultaneously.

Historians, however, might have much to complain about considering the broad sweep of the canvas that this video represents. In any case, it is clear to see that the ministry has a biased view of the history of Islam, since a post on their website claims how they are looking forward to Syrian refugees being disabused of their ‘Muhammedan way of life’.

The spread of Christianity is grossly exaggerated, especially in Asia, as it was never a major religion farther East. It was, in fact, present through small communities of traders and missionaries. In the same way, India as it is depicted in the last frame of the map is hardly a Christian nation. The same can be said about Islams’ role across vast swaths of Africa and Southeast Asia in the centuries after its birth.

A note on the ministry’s website cites biblical scripture, pitching the map as a “beautiful visual reminder that ‘the word of the truth, the gospel, which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world … is bearing fruit and increasing.’ ”


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Very inaccurate; Christianity never 'took' over China or India. Let alone other regions; having a 0.5% Christian presence in a region doesnt make it Christian.
 
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Hindusim is now spreading throughout the west also through ISKCON


There has been many converts in the former east soviet bloc too like Ukraine, Russia etc
 
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This video is totally inaccurate. From when did India become a Christian nation?
 
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Very inaccurate; Christianity never 'took' over China or India. Let alone other regions; having a 0.5% Christian presence in a region doesnt make it Christian.

But remember what John Paul II had declared upon becoming the pope. He had stated, " In the first millennium it was Europe. In the second, Africa. In the third millennium will be Asia." And immediately thereafter, an unknown lady with no great record of humanitarian activity, was awarded the Nobel Prize to be anointed by the Christian media as Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
 
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For Indian it means the territory under Christian British Empire and India in practice still a Viceroy territory.
 
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Funny .Since when did India totally embraced Christianity ?
Total Christian population is just 5%

May because of British empire. If you see the date its very close to East India Company era
 
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I don't get why some people feel the need to proselytize.
 
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well both islam and christianity are expansionist religions so it's not surprising but hinduism is the fastest growing religion in pakistan through birth rate.Pakistan will have 4th largest population of hindus by 2050.It's good to have more pluralistic society.
 
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