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Incompatibility of Abrahamic Religions with Politics
The Abraham religions originated in the Middle East, where Judaism, Christianity and Islam emerged.
This is one of many reasons the region is a hotbed of conflicts and instability, so in this article will not be the critical point of discussion.
Successful political discourse requires compromise and acceptance that people engage in politics and government; sometimes, the opposition has valid arguments.
The problem with absolutist religions like the Abraham religion is that those religions believe in the absolute word and teachings of their respective faiths, which in turn kill political compromise and the development of technologies.
European Christians broke that particular mode due to Europe being fractured politically due to the fall of the Western Roman Empire, which controlled North Africa, parts of the Middle East, parts of central Europe, and western Europe from 27 BC until 476 AD.
In many ways, understanding the history of Western people requires realising that all roads inevitably lead back to Rome and the collapse of Western civilisation in the fifth century.
In the aftermath of the political, administrative, and economic consequences of the fall of Rome, Europe was divided into several warring kingdoms that fought one…
