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Fact. If you open the Old Testament, you might be horrified and ask, how is this different from other Middle Eastern religions? Yes, everyone considered themselves special, but not as much as the Jews, but it was inherent in the peoples that they were chosen by the gods. Monotheism? Even in the edited, compiled from different sources, the Jews now and then go to other gods in the Old Testament, which makes it unclear whether they were ever monotheists. The Old Testament is extremely cruel (super cruel, this was written by early critics who spoke out against it) and Christians literally do mental gymnastics to justify it. Just imagine the Babylonian myth, where Marduk kills the children of his enemies, because the Babylonians are his chosen people, how is this different? Nothing. Paganism!! 1! 1! 1! Abraham was from a Sumerian city and we don't know who he met from the Sumerian pantheon (and he seems to have sacrificed Isaac)
The New Testament has a slightly different character, but even there Jesus says that the Jews are chosen, that the Canaanite woman and her daughter are dogs, etc., nevertheless, the spirit in it is completely different and contradicts the Old Testament and it is unclear how this can be. In the Old Testament, God does not condemn wealth and even says to lend money at interest to the goyim, and in the New Testament, Jesus says to sell all property and live in communities, the royal power is from Satan. What the hell? The Gnostics were destroyed, so according to the church, everything is connected and there are no contradictions.
And let's admit it, Christianity is a syncretic religion that has absorbed many other traditions and, most importantly, used Greek philosophy as a basis. In fact, it is a European religion, yes, with elements of paganism, it is not bad, but if you just abstract, it still looks like a patchwork quilt of different pieces. In theory, Christianity is better than Islam or Hinduism (