"Not one region of Earth has been spared from having a past which was filled with religious intolerance."
well obivously - but how much of a miracle is it for old civilizations to develop norms of religious tolerance?
incidentally the worst modern religions are those that don't claim to be a religion and so feel exempted from having to practice tolerance
why did monotheism win?
@amir Better carrots.
The big two monotheisms promise a paradise after death for their followers.
Many polytheisms offer nothing (Norse,) or bland shadows (Greek.)
(Technically there are better afterlives on offer in both of those, but you'll never make them.)
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@WomanCorn but then this carrot was used to make people wage Holy War
makes me rather sad
