It is as if there are two monoliths out there diametrically opposed to each other--is that true?
Some people say "Islam" is not understood in the "West" - Fine, but is "Christianity" itself understood in the "West", let alone other religions of the world?
"Christianity" is taken to be a Monotheistic religion, given its origin in the Abrahamic faith. But then again one looks in vain to see such Monotheism in the "Christian West."
The One God of Abraham was short-circuited, equated with Jesus a long time ago. A mistake anyone with a modicum of education in Monotheism does not do.
For when one equates Jesus with the One God of Abraham one ends up positing TWO GODS:
One is GOOD = Jesus = God
The other is EVIL = Devil = Satan
And, what does not look like Jesus=God the "Christian West" deemed and still deems it to be of the Devil, be it Muslim or Hindu or Native American, or what have you--not forgetting the other "Jesuses" of other "Christians."
No wonder why a lot of "Christians" are so fond of talking about Satan, since he is in a perpetual struggle against their Jesus=God, naturally.
Here, then, we see the "Christian West" looks more like a Duo-theist Manichean disguised as a Christian than a Mono-theist Christian.
In short,
The "West" never really knew what the One God of Abraham was/is all about, and, concomitantly, what the Christ was/is all about.
Never knew what One God & One Adam, Love God & Neighbor was/is all about.
The disastrous political consequences of this ILL-conceived Abrahamic Monotheism for the "West," and for other cultures that came in contact with it, are written all over the pages of "Western" history.
