DanArmak comments on Stupid Questions January 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanArmak 02 January 2015 04:56:49PM 0 points [-]

Of course, Christians themselves apparently come up with the idea that religions have expiration dates - their contrived BC/AD division in history. Has Christianity therefore entered its own late, BC-like era?

I don't understand what you mean. 1 AD is the beginning of a religion, not the end of any other religion. BC, 'Before Christ', doesn't refer to any non-Christian religion expiring, does it?

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 03 January 2015 07:17:36PM *  2 points [-]

He likely had something like the Old Covenant/New Covenant distinction in mind. Out with Judaism, in with Christianity.

Comment author: advancedatheist 08 January 2015 07:49:38PM 1 point [-]

Historically Christians have made life hard for adherents to other religions because they believe they have the final, authoritative revelation from the right deity, hence the implication that all of the other religions lost legitimacy and expired long ago.

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