Why did Christianity Fail in Asia while Succeeding in Europe?

Why did Christianity Fail in Asia while Succeeding in Europe?

From its center point in Judea, Christianity began its early spread through the surrounding countries of the Levant - what we know now as Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Cyprus. This led to the rollout into the Asian continent of Christianity as Antioch became a new home base for the faith after its evangelization allegedly by Peter the Apostle himself as well as Paul and Barnabas. Apostles Thaddaeus and Bartholomew and Simon and Andrew further evangelized Armenia and Georgia respectively as the span of the budding religion stretched further to the Eastern world; passing additionally through Mesopotamia and Parthia, and allegedly India as well on its way to the Far East.

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I would argue that the biggest reason Christianity didn't become a majority religion in Asia(outside of Russia) was because the rulers were not converted. Some nobles and high officials converted ofcourse, but not the highest in command. In order for any religion to become dominant in a nation, it needs support from the Central Government. If the Chinese or Japanese Emperors became Christians, history would have been different.

[dulio]

An additional perspective: You can pretty much correlate the success of Christianity depending on which country was carrying it. The Dutch, English and French colonizers did not place much emphasis on religion whereas Spain was practically a militant theocracy. You can see it today in the Philippines and most of South America where Catholicism, not just Christianity, is still the dominant faith.

[ライビジャイ]

It was hard to convert Buddhist and Hindus into Christianity because their gods were very kind and the philosophy of those eastern religion was enough to guide them to peaceful and happy life. I am a well taught Buddhist and when I first heard about old testament story I was shocked. How can God do such stuffs? And also, Eastern religion principle states that we ought to purify ourselves and no other not even God can purify us. Maybe that is the reason.

[shadowking]

It's fascinating how so many religions thrive in india and their root still remains through all the time

[stronger]

As a Vietnamese, i could hypothesise that the reasons Christianity isn’t big in Vietnam are because:
1. The majority of Vietnamese population already has their own system of believes, which is actually a combination of Confucianism, Buddhism and some principles we came up with ourselves.
2. A lot of dynasties and particular kings during our feudal era actually advocated for Buddhism, to the point that Buddhist monks held vital positions in the court. A lot of them spent money on building temples and pagodas for Buddhism worship.
3. Buddhism is here in Vietnam first, and it wasn’t until it’s fairly established did Christianity came to the country. By then, our system of believes has already been quite strong and reinforced through generations.

But it’s just a theory, a game theory 😂😂

[andrewward]

I read a story about a Portuguese priest who was trying to convert Japanese people in the 16th century. After having little success he finally got one Japanese guy to convert to Christianity. But the day after his baptism the priest saw him worshiping at a Buddhist temple. Later the priest asked the guy why he was at the Buddhist temple now that he was a Christian. The man replied “I am a Christian but I’m still a Buddhist”. I don’t know if this story is true or not but it gives an idea how hard it for Christian missionaries to get Asian converts who already had established religions.

[aryankarcii]

Hinduism and Buddhism can almost never be replaced by these new religions as they’ve stood the test of time and adapted for as long as recorded history goes.

[anight]

The simple answer : Asians had already have their own cultures and belief systems before Christianity came to it

[thboy]

Only few countries in Asia where Christianity is successful, such as Philippines, East Timor, South Korea. From my point of view, I think that one of the reasons is most of Asian countries have alredy had the well established religion in their countries before the coming of the West. Even some of them were colonized, the long established religions which enrooted in the society was very hard to be changed.

[Gregory_IX]

Armenia is the first country to adopt Christianity in 301 AD, not only in Asia, but throughout the world 🏆🥇🇦🇲✝️⛪

[ambiguousUndertones-]

In European countries, we need our ancient Gods back. This Christianity is totally foreign to who we are.

[MarkAntony-ls]

You should have talked more about the Saint Thomas Christians of Kerala in India. It is one of the oldest Christian communities in the world and it is still thriving today. They follow the original Middle Eastern Christian traditions but are also well integrated into Indian society and are indistinguishable from the Hindu majority except when it comes to their religious practices.

[tianming]

If you were looking at the Christian world from the perspective of someone living in the 7th century, you wouldn't think that Christianity had "failed" in Asia like we do today. At that time, most Christians still lived in what we today call the "Middle East." There were more Christians in places like Egypt, North Africa, Anatolia (Turkey), Syria and Iraq than in France, Britain, and Italy, and places like Scandinavia and Russia hadn't even converted to Christianity by that point. However, those places were all conquered by Islam in the 7th century and eventually most of the Christian population was replaced by Muslim migrants or converted to Islam. Still, some Christian communities survived--in Sudan Christian kingdoms lasted until the 15th century, Christian communities still exist today in Egypt and Syria, and Christian nations of Ethiopia never were conquered by the Muslims. Also places like Turkey still had a large Christian population up until only a century ago. Christianity also had a big presence in Iran and Central Asia until the Mongol conquests. Had it not been for the rise of Islam, Christianity likely would still be the dominant religion in the Middle East and North Africa today, and had more significant communities in Iran and Central Asia. Half of Muslim lands were Christian at some point, so it isn't 100% accurate to say that Christianity failed in those regions when for centuries they were successful there.

[Heisenberg.]

Once they went to Andamans Sentinel island but never returned

[AIANDHISTORY-NS]

Buddism never forced anyone to convert.

[Philipp-dtzy]

Christianity in India is, due to the Apostle Thomas, in fact much older than in most parts of Europe.

[carlose]

Pyongyang was once called the Jerusalem of the east as there was a large number of Christians in the city.

[SterlingWhitehead]

Missed one big piece: Christianity didn’t spread by conquest in the Roman Empire; those areas were already inside Rome so they could move around very quick

[_harigovind_]

The value of Hinduism and Buddhism cannot be replaced by any other religions. It's greatest of all the time.