Judeo-Christian “Values” of Western Civilisation

You have seen it far too often whenever Christian nutjobs face Islamofascists, they would be very quick to claim that the Western civilisation is based upon Judeo-Christian “values” and hence is incompatible with Islam. I shall try to demonstrate the staggering absurdity of two assumptions that are hidden behind such claim. First of all such argument suggest that the Judeo-Christian “values” have contributed to the Western civilisation and have acted as a positive influence behind its advancement. Secondly it also assumes that Judeo-Christian “values” are significantly different from, if not in opposition with, Islamic teachings. Both these assumptions are plain wrong.

Hegel’s philosophy of history does provide us with a widely accepted explanation of the way civilisations evolve and compare to each other . Hegel basically argues that civilisations advance as individuals who form them become more self-aware. As the result of this increase in self-awareness, the individual would become aware of the fact that they are free beings and would act accordingly. The Judeo-Christian teachings want nothing but absolute submission to a higher power, who demands worship at all times ,and seems to be frankly too insecure about not being worshiped to the extent that he has dedicated almost half of his Ten Commandments to ensure that he is going to be worshipped, praised and obeyed. Such a control freak maniac would never want the freedom of anyone who believes in him. Friedrich Nietzsche said once: ‘I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.’ The God of the Old Testament, as well as the new one, demands submission and full obedience , this would leave no room for the individual development. The individuals really don’t matter, what matters in here is full submission to the super natural and its alleged appointed representatives. This also has another unpleasant consequence.

Friedrich Nietzsche in his “Human, All too Human” argues that what binds a society together is a set of common values and beliefs, which are very often unspoken but yet present and influential. Such bond is a source for unity and strength of the society. However there are from time to time heretics who would challenge, undermine and finally alter such values. This , Nietzsche explains, can result in the weakness of a community but eventually it would help the society to evolve into a more enlightened state. The society would come out of it stronger for good and evil. Religion from the very first day made it clear that it’s teachings are unalterable and the holy words of god cannot be challenged. Religion has always been the biggest barrier towards change in traditions and has always wanted to preserve ancient dogmas. If monotheistic death cults allowed change and reformation in their fundamental doctrines, they wouldn’t be called monotheistic religions by definition in the first place. Western civilisation is superior to other civilisations not because it’s been influenced by Judeo-Christian “values”, but because, mainly, it managed to overcome and oppress the vicious, wicked and immoral dogmas of Abrahamic faith.

Christianity can be given the credit for not being as pathetic as its closest cousin, Islam. However it shares more in common with Islam than most members of either faith would like to admit. They both seem to be very fond of eternal punishment and torment for people who disagree with them. They both have profound anti-Semitism present in them. They both have rules that govern individual’s most trivial aspects of life, especially one’s sexual life. Both of them are plagiarisms of Judaism. Both intend to oppress one’s faculty of reasoning and would punish anyone who dares to point out to the contradictions in them. Both attempt to punish one for heretical thought, that is to say to offend Abrahamic dogma you really don’t have to engage in an act of heresy, entertaining a thought that is dimmed to be heretical in the privacy of your own skull should do the job in qualifying you for eternal sufferings and torment.

Neither Islam nor Christianity can be a force behind enlightenment. It’s disappointing how people despite their lack of belief in religion, still give it the credit for being a positive source for unity and enlightenment. None of the members of the triangle of evil (i.e. Judaism, Christianity and Islam) deserve such credit. They indeed have been one of the greatest barriers in any progress that our civilisations have made. They are against enlightenment, reason, self-awareness, freedom and justice. Theistic dogma is as despotic as any ideology can get. The most disturbing indicator of such revolting despotism is the possibility of being convicted for thought crime under both Christianity and Islam.