just like the religion of money nowadays, Christianity has been a great tool for order & control. Much like the beginning days of islam where the region had hundreds if not thousands of small localized religious ideologies, Christianity too had this same sort of experience. It's much easier for me to put aside my faith if it means I wont be killed when the ruling power comes to town (with it's own version of faith). I believe many in the past held the same thought process. This is how we are left with fewer version of faith. As with all versions of power & order, this has played out many times. In religion it was the killing off the local holy men, the taking of first borns/gifted children. In political division, an example of this is the countless killings that took place with the higher ups in the socialized movement from 1860-1980. This is how one group/idea stays in control long term. If this wasn't the case, then faith, much like food, would be localized, and it would come with an abundant amount of flare/differences. If you're following someone else's version, then you are essentially acting out colonization. Where I live, questioning the ruling powers faith based order system will not result in my death, so I do so freely ... what is everyone else waiting for?
Hawaiians who were born during the surfing ban (b/c only jesus is allowed to float on water), probably didin't think much about it. It's only when you look at what power religions do to a region, that you see it's about colonization & control... faith is secondary.
Hawaiians who were born during the surfing ban (b/c only jesus is allowed to float on water), probably didin't think much about it. It's only when you look at what power religions do to a region, that you see it's about colonization & control... faith is secondary.