Thursday, March 15, 2012

Fabian Fucan's attack on Christianity

Fabain Fucan's attack on Christianity reveals an aspect of those who spread Christianity. The aspect is that these who spread the Christian faith were very dense. According to Fucan, it would be impossible to convert Japan to Christianity, and he mocks the missionaries' attempts to do so. Considering that it the conversion of Japan was thought to be impossible, the missionaries were very conceded in thinking that they could. This attack also reveals a social aspect of the time. When Fucan fell from Christianity, he attacked it. This shows the intense competition between religions for support, and how ardently followers would defend their faith. Fucan followed Christianity for 20 years, and rather than say that the faith is simply not for him, he claims that it is a foolish doctrine and only for the "barbarians". People during that time were willing to quickly judge and dismiss any doctrines that did not appeal to them, or they could not understand.

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