Tom does a great job peeling the onion here. Every layer of the cultural significance is based on the idea of adopting the enlightening values of self criticism and reinvention
Is neither. Is culture. This culture involves a religious tradition and believe and contains many different races and nationalities. To be a Jew is an identity that is impacted by 4000 years of continuous history. 4000 years can’t be contained inside concepts as “race” or “religion”. The believes that support religion are older and more real than language itself.
It was both at different points in time. Only recently did it come to be seen as an ethnic background. And in the past, many different peoples converted to Judaism and their descendants are alive today
He mentions his daughters being disinterested but in the UK Religious Education is a statutory subject so I am surprised that they have little knowledge either.
I have such appreciation for Tom's analysis of Christianity's influence on the West. I fear that extremism and idolatry (e.g. of state) will rise to fill the space of religion in the West.
Secular state is essential to separate the doctrinal strictures! often cannot be compromised by Common laws if Constitution meant for that purpose. By listening to expert exposition like this, Christianity is one comparative religion unlike others with masses of followers accommodative to unified laws if not even laws of economics, physics rather than best humanities. Exceptions of course maybe Mosaic legalists for rules under the swords? So Secular space time must protect individual rights & information flows ...
He grew up in Salisbury which is in a prosperous part of southern England, called Wiltshire. So his accent is comparatively articulate aka ‘posh’ in the context of England as a whole.
It is nice when people dances his own ,,song" at his home. So it is good education. Nobody says not to live or not to be decent in your life, personal and family too. So-where should I, orthodox go to sing my song? Where? Don't you think you junked enough our life and this is available for all: comunist priests, islam invadars, tatarian, jewish oficers, catholic none. So- where? Romania, 2023
This entire talk was a desperate attempt to remain relevant by keying in on the keywords "tom holland Islam". It was semantical nonsense. Islam is derived from Catholicism(which is what he means when he says "Christianity") which was derived from Judaism. Saying Islam isnt a religion because they came from different cultures is the height ignorance. He does, however, recognize the fact Islam goes beyond the realms of a religion in the concept that it is political and is not compatible with western culture because it doesnt allow dissent.
the reason why western elites do not like the idea that islamic teachings reach their peasants is because of the islamic financial and economics system (look into the shepherd model presented by Almir Colan) as it creates a force that goes against the interest and debt based economic system that makes the rich richer and the poor remain poor or become poorer. It forbids bribery, monopoly and the corrupt lobbying that has been shaping laws for decades in the favor of corporations. All the other aspects of Islam is not of a concern for them and are only used as a way to propagate an anti-islam narrative and shed fear into the hearts of non-muslims, such as the lie of misogyny, pedophilia, barbarism or the idiotic claims of Holland that go even beyond the stupidity of anti-islam conspiracy theories. The advent and existence of people like Tom Holland, David Wood etc are one, to make money off of this discussion, second, to propagate the own (or 3rd party's ) agenda, in Hollands case it seems to be Christianity but i am not sure of that entirely.
