What if Japan became Christian in 1637?

I hope you all are goddamn grateful.

[ihavetowaitdaystochangem]

*Insert a “I have the power of god and anime on my side” joke here*

[RedOblivion]

The Spanish would not declare the Japanese heretics.

Remember, the Spanish are the same people who allowed much of the rituals and practices of indigenous Mesoamericans and Andeans to persist as Catholic ceremonies. Sure most of it was cosmetic, but if the Japanese declared themselves Catholic (even with a few changes) they would not consider going to war like that.

What would be more likely is a Cold War-esque scenario where the two vie for dominance of the Northern Pacific ocean with Spain attempting to proselytize on the Japanese home islands fiercely while the Japanese would attempt to contain the Spanish in the Philippines.

Also, side note, after WW2 a lot of Catholic priests visited Japan in order to reconnect with the underground Catholic Church. They noted that despite not being in contact with the Vatican for centuries, there was remarkably little drift in the beliefs of Japanese Catholicism and the Vatican during that time. Just food for thought.

[genghiskhan]

Then we would see the Bible being turned to an anime series which I would watch considering the Old Testament has wacky stuff

[CountArtha]

I totally did this in EU4. Started as the Shimazu clan and conquered the whole island of Kyushu. When the first Christian rebels spawned, I thought "Ah, why the heck not" and let them occupy every single province and convert it.

[asterixs]

Japan invading all of Asia: *"I have the power of God and anime on my side"*

[Victor-ktqn]

"What if Japan was Christian"

*Proceeds to show China as Christian in thumbnail*

[chidoman]

Imagine the suprise on the Saracen's faces when they see an army of christian ninjas naruto running up the walls of Jerusalem

[Mark-xhmd]

More likely they would adopt a modified Western view: That the Emperor was God's anointed, as a figurehead to rally the people behind and protector of the Church, who should maintain power. That way, they keep the Emperor (as a puppet), AND keep their power at the same time.

[osaka]

I feel like the Japanese would’ve fully adopted a modified Latin alphabet in some way, especially since the Japanese Christians were Catholics. I could be wrong, ofc, but that’s just what I think.

[ragael]

"The year was 1637, and the world could be scientifically described as a shithole." oh yes, i love when ppl use scientific terminology to describe stuff.

[richardthefox]

Also, I think that when japan builds its Railways, likely around the 1840s, they will adopt the 4ft 8.5in standard guage for trains, rather than the 3ft 6in Cape guage like in real life.

[kalanaherath]

A video on a hypothetical scenario where the West became Buddhist might also be interesting... It could be where Ashoka the Great's Buddhist missionaries successfully converted ancient Greece into Buddhism, and the line followed with Ancient Rome, Italy, France, Germany and successively the entire west.

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[mt]

What if the pope sided with the Jesuits during the Chinese rites controversy resulting in the Jesuits being allowed to stay in the imperial court of the kangxi emperor

[sauron]

I CAN FINALLY REST AND WATCH THE SUN RISE OVER A GRATEFUL COMMENT SECTION.

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[hectormedrano]

What if Tecumseh’s Native confederacy survived or any alternate history that results in a native tribe retaining its autonomy and land in the land area of the present United States.

[jabalimokaya]

What if the boxer rebellion succeeded?

What if the heavenly kingdom took over the Qing dynasty?

[almostincredible]

Why not just set the PoD 50 years earlier with the survival of Oda Nobunaga? He was notably close to unifying Japan and immensely interested in everything western, even keeping a Christian priest in his main castle as a guest. (IIRC)

[aetu]

What if the Hellenistic regimes of the Middle East survived?

[alextheflagguy]

What if Leon Trotsky came to power in the Soviet Union instead of Joseph Stalin ?