Controversial Does Christian solidarity exist?

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I have noticed that Muslims and Jews have a strong sense of solidarity within their respective religions.

But I kinda feel like Christianity doesn’t have this.

I’ve been in Christian spaces and while Christians definitely do support each other, I feel like it’s a lot more limited.

Like with the Muslim world, it seems like Palestine is something most Muslims care about. Most Muslims regardless of race or sect support the Palestinians.

Most Jews similarly support Israel though with Israel being the way it is, there’s obviously a lot of discourse in the Jewish world on the way Israel conducts itself. Still when Jews are attacked like on October 7th, no matter what your politics were, the entire Jewish world stood in solidarity with the families of those who were taken hostage.

Maybe this is just me in America, but it seems like Christians here don’t have a sense of solidarity with each other. I feel like American Christians are a lot more divided by race and social status.

Like the evangelicals back Trump and want to deport the illegal immigrants. But the illegal immigrants themselves(most of whom are latinos) are Christian. They are also super pro Israel, even when Israel is oppressing and killing Christians in the West Bank/Gaza.

Perhaps I lack insight on this. Muslims kill and oppress each other all the time, especially with the whole Sunni vs Shia thing and other sectarian issues. And I do believe that minority Jewish groups in Israel do face some discrimination.

But even still it seems like the most pro Christian people in American politics legit give a fuck about the well-being of other Christians and just use Christianity to push whatever bullshit issue they’re obsessed over.

anyways Christians of this site hope I didn’t offend you, feel free to give me your thoughts
 
#2
You're right to say that it's more complex than just religion. But not being oppressed because of religion might be the reason why their solidarity over religion itself isn't that strong ? I'm saying this in the context of the examples you mentioned "Israel" and "Palestine". Christians don't really have an Israel-Palestine conflict.

And you're also right when you say that "Christians definitely do support each other" too.

Problem solved. Lock the thread now :endthis:
 
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You're right to say that it's more complex than just religion. But not being oppressed because of religion might be the reason why their solidarity over religion itself isn't that strong ? I'm saying this in the context of the examples you mentioned "Israel" and "Palestine". Christians don't really have an Israel-Palestine conflict.

And you're also right when you say that "Christians definitely do support each other" too.

Problem solved. Lock the thread now :endthis:
I feel like what it really is that most Christian countries became secular.

Whereas in comparison you still have many states where Islam is the established religion(even if other religions are tolerated) with Israel basically being a Jewish equivalent of those Islamic republics.

Hence Christian political sovereignty is largely a thing of the past. Christians still have fellowship and support each other, but this doesn’t really extend to politics in the same way it does for Muslim or Jews.
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In the past you had these kingdoms where Christianity had a significant presence. The monarchs justified their rule via Christianity and hence the religion was deeply intertwined with the structure of the nation.

Hence you had stuff like the crusades and the Protestant vs Catholic conflicts.

But now all the monarchs are either gone or significantly de-powered. Christianity doesn’t hold the political weight it once had.

I feel like that probably fractured much of the Christian world.
 
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Within the entire religion no, within specific communities yeah
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I feel like what it really is that most Christian countries became secular.

Whereas in comparison you still have many states where Islam is the established religion(even if other religions are tolerated) with Israel basically being a Jewish equivalent of those Islamic republics.

Hence Christian political sovereignty is largely a thing of the past. Christians still have fellowship and support each other, but this doesn’t really extend to politics in the same way it does for Muslim or Jews.
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In the past you had these kingdoms where Christianity had a significant presence. The monarchs justified their rule via Christianity and hence the religion was deeply intertwined with the structure of the nation.

Hence you had stuff like the crusades and the Protestant vs Catholic conflicts.

But now all the monarchs are either gone or significantly de-powered. Christianity doesn’t hold the political weight it once had.

I feel like that probably fractured much of the Christian world.
Nothing christian about being a tyrant, it is anti-christian
 
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Within the entire religion no, within specific communities yeah
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Nothing christian about being a tyrant, it is anti-christian
I don’t think a monarchy would inherently be anti-Christian.

Didn’t Jesus say to give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, when asked about taxation?

Also the messiah is a king
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Ultimately don’t feel like democracy is that much more advanced than monarchy.

In most Democratic countries, those with wealth and influence have far more ability to choose the course of the country than the average man.

Donald Trump could be President because he had wealth and fame. But the average person never could.

I don’t see how that is that much removed from the leader being of a distinguished bloodline.
 
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