If Christianity is true, how come some of the safest and most harmonious countries on earth are non Christian. Japan being the biggest example I can think of (low crime rates, social cohesion, etc.). Meanwhile most modern countries with high rates of Christianity are absolute shitholes. Shouldn't God be blessing them?
Christianity is not true.
>>18242835A monoculture without religious delusions, sign me up
>>18242854Fpbp. Abrahamic religion is schizo desert cult nonsense
Japan is literally a vassal of a Protestant nation.
>>18242835>Japan being the biggest example I can think ofThey were extremely violent warmongers bent on war and conquest until a Christian nation fixed them
>most modern countries with high rates of Christianity are absolute shitholes. Shouldn't God be blessing them?You say "Christianity" but then you include man-made religions where men are in authority like Catholism, Protestantism in that, meaning they are just "religious" ideas, not historical realities. The Bible is from God, so it makes no sense to ignore it and go to the teachings of corruptible men instead.The thing is, most "Christians" hate God and the Bible, which is why they would rather go to the teachings of men and ignore what the Bible actually says. So what is true? The words that God speaks. Men on the other hand speak lies.The unregenerate seeker of truth cries, "Give me the truth." God says, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him" (Matt. 17:5). The "seeker" shouts, "Yeah, but what about all these other religions? Do you mean to tell me that you think that you're the only one that is right, and the rest are wrong?" God says softly, "Yea, let God be true, but EVERY MAN a liar" (Rom. 3:3-4). Isaiah 41:21-24: "Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. Shew the things that are to come here- after, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.""If you and your Moslem (and Catholic and Hindu and Buddhist) friends cannot meet THOSE requirements which God gave you in His Book (see Mal. 3:16), then for heaven's sake, don't go around bragging about some fornicating polygamist or some wine-headed politician or cross-legged yogi who as (and is) no more a genuine "prophet" than Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Ezek. 4:9-10).
Proof that the Bible is the word of God:fcbaptist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bible-proof.pdfhttps://truthischrist.com/seven/1 Corin 15:3-4: “For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VRT2FFXntc1 John 5:7: "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one."Romans 3:23: “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”Jesus Christ is God who has come in the flesh from heaven. He died as a sinless sacrifice for the sins of the whole world to save you from eternal hell, the punishment for your sin. He was buried, then resurrected and then ascended to heaven. John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 10:28: "And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." Rom 10:9: “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."God wants to forgive you, but you have a choice: Do you choose the righteousness of God by receiving Christ? Your own righteousness can NEVER justify you or keep you saved because of your sin. Rom 5:9: “Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.” Salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, in His finished blood atonement. The gift of salvation can't be earned. Confess The Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in prayer, that you trust in Him and believe He atoned for your sins on the cross.Eph. 2:8-9: “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qzHWrQ2DHhQ (How to Prove the Power of Christ in 60 Seconds)https://truthischrist.com/seven/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCsPy4CY6hIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ919YomJjMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcvFX5uIRb4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS78mFJcvhQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUtwaN7lQbU (Physical evidences)A man is saved in this age by grace through faith (Eph. 2:8-9) in the one, final, effectual sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ (Heb. 10:8-12) dying in his place as a substitutionary offering for sin (Rom. 5:1-10). If he has done that, and received the Lord Jesus by faith (John 1:12) in his heart, that sinner is SAVED, and is saved, once for all; finally and forever.
>>18242835Japan is doomed to hellfire no matter how safe it is.Them places are just bein deceived by Satan into a false peace before the eternal burning.
>>18243021>They were extremely violent warmongers bent on warsame apply to most european christian countries up to that time
>>18242835The Japs are workaholics, coomers and consoomers.
OP here. I think my other question is. Why does Japanese media (especially older anime like Pokemon and Sailor Moon) seem to represent Christian values more than most Western media? Post 1940s Japan seems spiritually Christian in a lot of ways to me.
>>18242835>how come some of the safest and most harmonious countries on earth are non ChristianChristianity stopped being christianity when it stopped discerning any difference between the light of God and the dark of hell which ever seek to destroy the light.
>>18242835The top 5 safest countries are all traditionally Christian nations. Also, the social harmony in Japan is due to a combination of Confucianism, high quality of life, and a lack of diversity. If Japan was mostly Christian, they would still have all of the above, as South Korea does despite a large Christian population
>>18242835Prussia. but yeah, the will of God turned out to be that there would be an Asian Reich you have no choice but to glaze. People pray for that stuff, you know?
>>18242889Japan is an independent country and has been since 1952
>>18243021Every war Japan fought was in self defense
>>18243198Based
>>18243551Nta but that's a retarded question. Japan didn't plan on conquering any western countries. In reality, Japan liberated Asian countries from western conquest
>>18243973They only liberated them by losing WW2. If they had won, they would be the new colonial masters. Hell, if anything, Nazi Germany were the true liberators by fucking up the West enough to be unable to defend and retake their colonies.
>>18243973No country that Japan conquered feels or felt liberated due to the absolutely abhorrent treatment they endured.
>>18245071Taiwan and Indonesia?
>>18242835'Safe and harmonious' are not what evolution selects for, nor human society, measures of success, or lasting legacy. All of the people who history remembers are most known for easing selection pressure by killing millions of people very efficiently. God is also known for killing millions of people very efficiently. At its basest form, every religion, corporation or person with aspirations should be aiming for the Chink Deletus virus or the world's first hypersonic septic tank aimed at India - it'd be the most likely sort of thing to make your personal power increase in life or your name persist after your death.
>>18243689Its complicated, Anon. Remember that the US occupation in Japan tore down certain groups of people, namely the military and the nobility, and empowered others - noveau riche and the lower classes. There was a lot of romanticism for Americana during the time that 70s-90s anime was made, its why Spike Spiegel rides a space motorcycle and why Vash the Stampede rocks a .45 Long Colt instead of an 8mm Nambu. The people who grew up the prosperity (For poor consumers) that the US fostered there basically became a generation of ameriboos, which was reflected in the anime, music and movies they made when they were in the workforce in their 20s and 30s.
>>18246254No, not them either. Taiwan is China and has the same sentiments about World War Two. Indonesians, from what I have read, generally see Japan as a conquering power that happened to break the rule of their previous conquerors but weren't better.
>>18246400The Pan-Green Coalition, which the youth heavily support and is currently in power, dick rides Japan hardcore and views Imperial Japanese rule positively while regarding KMT annexation as a tragedy. The fourth president of Taiwan was a proud IJA veteran as well.
>>18246409What's your source for this positive sentiment?
>>18246489This sentiment in Taiwan is very well known to anyone who has studied about the country:https://www.master-insight.com/article/1350https://www.peoplemedia.tw/news/85883858-12b6-4fb0-9968-dcffb372d16bhttps://www.spectator.com.au/2023/08/what-explains-taiwans-warmth-towards-imperial-japan
>>18242835>safest Safety correlates with money.>most harmonious>JapanHarmonious aesthetically? Possibly, doesn't really set explicitly aesthetic goals. If you mean harmonious spiritually then Japan is worse than Romania, seeing the amount of suicides, harrasment, insane social pressure and the nation dying out altogether.>low crime rates, social cohesionBoth something the Big Brother in 1981 could boast about. It doesn't tell you much about harmony.>>18243098And Christianity gradually fixed them too. It all checks out.
>>18246533These have nothing to do with seeing Japanese conquest as liberation from the West since Japan took Taiwan from China, not from the West, and that was in the 1800's. They're not an evaluation of Japan's conduct in actual conquest like we saw with mainland China.Unless you mean "anytime Japan has taken something", in which case we might as well include Okinawa. That isn't what anyone here is talking about.
>>18246566Japan's suicide rates are not as high as it used to be. It's lower than Finland and the US now. The Japanese were only killing themselves on mass in the late 90s due to the bubble.
>>18246572>These have nothing to do with seeing Japanese conquest as liberation from the WestProbably because that's not what is being discussed. The discussion I'm in is regarding nations that have a positive view on Japanese conquest. Many in Taiwan, most of the youth, do in fact have a positive view on the Japanese conquest and rule, as the sources show.
>>18246577I'll be damned, you are right. Japan is now 17th in suicides, way behind Lithuania and Russia. It ranks 5th in female suicides, which is interesting though.
>>18246589This is like criticizing German conquest in WWII and someone brings up Bavaria not minding being part of the German Empire. Totally different matter under discussion.If they had not been stopped, Japan would have spread the misery and death they were spreading much, much farther. The end-point of Japanese self-development was a radically violent supremacist culture. Only external intervention rendered them non-violent.
>>18244005>They only liberated them by losing WW2.Japan established Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere during the war which was the first alliance of independent Asian nations>Hell, if anything, Nazi Germany were the true liberators Nazi Germany conquered European countries, they weren't liberators
>>18245071Taiwan and Palau are both pro-Japan countries. Manchurians, who have seen their country go downhill under CCP rule, often express nostalgia for Manchukuo online. In South East Asia the perceptions of Japan is divided, although it is worth mentioning that SEA leaders have thanked Japan for their countries independence. It's only in Korea and China where anti-Japanese sentiment is pushed by the government and media that people have a negative impression of Japan, but even still there are a minority of Koreans who are pro-Japan>absolutely abhorrent treatment they enduredWhat abhorrent treatment? SEA countries welcomed the Japanese as liberators. Photographs from the time show this
>>18246400>Taiwan is ChinaYou're a wumao. Taiwanese hate China and love Japan. Older Taiwanese are nostalgic for the Japanese colonial era
>>18246572>since Japan took Taiwan from ChinaTaiwan (at the time Formosa) was handed over to Japan from the Qing Dynasty in 1895 following Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War. Japan invested heavily into the economic, cultural and social development of Taiwan, which is why Taiwanese feel positively towards them. >Unless you mean "anytime Japan has taken something", in which case we might as well include Okinawa. Okinawa has always been a part of Japan
>>18246614Japan was fighting a defensive war, idiot. Misery and death was caused by the war (which communist FDR started). >The end-point of Japanese self-development was a radically violent supremacist cultureJapan was the first country to propose an end to racial discrimination at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. It was the western countries who had a supremacist culture at the time
>>18246657>Okinawa has always been a part of JapanOkinawa only became part of Japan in 1879. They were a vassal state of the Shimazu clan prior and vassals of China before that.
>>18246663How tf was it defensive? The US cut off Japan's oil because they were attacking China for absolutely no fucking reason. Japan reacted by doubling down and chimping out 10x harder. What's defensive about that?
>>18246663>Japan was fighting a defensive war...How on planet Earth do you figure this to be the case?>It was the western countries who had a supremacist culture at the timeDid you know that multiple groups can have supremacist ideologies at the same time?
>>18246667Okinawa has always been a part of Japan's inherent territory, even before it was under the central government >>18246674FDR cut off the resources Japan relied upon and issued the Hull note ultimatum which made war unavoidable. Japan had to go to war to defend themselves against the aggressive policies of the FDR administration. The Second Sino-Japanese War, which started as a result of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident and Tongzhou Massacre, which were both caused by China, had nothing to do with the US>>18246676>How on planet Earth do you figure this to be the case?They were defending themselves against US aggression >Did you know that multiple groups can have supremacist ideologies at the same time?What supremacist ideology did Japan have? They were pan-Asianists and treated other Asians as equals
>>18246693Aiko isn't gonna let you hit bro
>>18246693>They were defending themselves against US aggressionWhat was the act of aggression they were protecting themselves from?>What supremacist ideology did Japan have? "We should rule all of our neighbors"
>>18246693>>>18246667 #>Okinawa has always been a part of Japan's inherent territory, even before it was under the central governmentThe Ryukyu culture is so unique from mainland Japan that back when I was really into textiles I could easily tell if kimono were made there. Ryukyu is Japan's Hawaii. It's an indigenous territory they colonized.
>>18242835>If Christianity is true, how come some of the safest and most harmonious countries on earth are non Christian.Unfortunately, the subversion of the cursed wretches who falsely call themselves Jews has brought about widespread cultural degradation. The problems you see in the free world today all have to do with them.It's like a larger scale version of what the Italian mafia did to many regions of Italy until the Maxi Trial.
>>18243873South Korea is a shithole
>>18247100Join the Korea culture club Discord
>when these countries were white and Christian they were nice>now that they are multicultural (read: MASS immigration from the third world) and post-Christian they are dangerousHmmm interesting. All of this would go away if we locked up criminals but atheist leftists want jail abolished and murderers on the streets. Psychopathic empathy.
