if we say that modern humans have been around for 200,000 years, Christianity has been around for 1 percent of our species’ history. Yes, for better and for worse (as we’ve seen), the religion made a big splash in a relatively short time. But imagine two scenarios. First, imagine that human civilization, led by its largest living religion, destroys itself in the next century or two. Wouldn’t you have to be suspicious, at least, that a species that survived for 198,000 years without Christianity could only last 2,000 years with it? That’s not a great reflection on Christianity! But conversely,
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