A few points:  First, no links from me for a few days. Someone reminded me that Christmas is coming soon, so I should get started. Second, photo is Rockefeller Center, of course. I will be in NYC tomorrow through Christmas, I am happy to say, and out…

(be patient – may be slow loading. If your page refuses to display the image, try this direct link) Read the rest at Hot Air……

Also I agree with Andy above Isreal was created by diplomats not military expansion. It is silly to show creation of Isreal as if it was a military conquest when in other expansion of religion it calls them “missions”. Frankly I think all of the polytheistic religions that were wiped out should be shown, maybe the “evangelicals” can get off thier high horse when they realise thier ancestors were just as brutal as Islam, the only difference is Islam hasnt changed.

I don’t know how accurate this is, but it is pretty cool.http://hotair.com/archives/2006/12/20/maps-of-war-history-of-religion/…

No. That’s already been tried. It’s called Episcopalian.

honora on December 20, 2006 at 4:38 PM

hehehehe. I would have said unitarian, but funny none the less.

That bit about Jewish expansionism was pretty disgusting, especially since they somehow forgot to mention the numerous instances of mass genocide that had occured around the world in the few preceeding decades.

What would be really interesting is a chart showing the total number of books, patents, and major humanitarian efforts lead of by each of the colors. But that wouldn’t give them the answer they are looking for, now would it. In any case showing atheism as blank in that case would be perfectly appropriate.

pedestrian on December 20, 2006 at 4:22 PM

Agreed!!! See my previous post. BTW, only 4 muslims won the Nobel Prize. None in Explosives!!!!

Try Christianity without the religion part.

shooter on December 20, 2006 at 4:25 PM

No. That’s already been tried. It’s called Episcopalian.

Looks like we are way overdue for a new religion. I am available……
honora on December 20, 2006 at 3:40 PM

Try Christianity without the religion part.

What would be really interesting is a chart showing the total number of books, patents, and major humanitarian efforts lead of by each of the colors. But that wouldn’t give them the answer they are looking for, now would it. In any case showing atheism as blank in that case would be perfectly appropriate.

Wait, I’m always told America isn’t a Christian nation. This map has got to be off.

The ACLU will be calling, demanding a color change for sure.

I found it interesting and fun, thanks for posting it AP.

Amen. I’m getting tired of faith being tarred for all war. And all faiths being lumped together as equivalent. That kind of simplistic reasoning part of the reason we’re in the mess we’re in.

Iblis on December 20, 2006 at 12:38 PM

Amen.

Maps of war: History of religionAllahpundit Seen these before? The one on the Middle East got some attention a few weeks ago, so they took the same idea and scaled it up. Static maps don’t capture the speed at which…

Africa is not as Christian as the map makes it seem.

Countries where a majority of people are secular, or where there are a mix of religions with none being dominant, should be reflected in a different color.

Yes I know, that would take a lot more work, and this flash movie was interesting as a simplified version, but I think the oversimplification breaks down especially in the last century when the picture became much more complex because of secularization and internal demographic changes.

Yes, the title of this blog is “Maps of war: History of religion”, which would indicate that religion is the cause of all war. This ignores the fact that athiesm (at leasat the communist version of it) killed tens of millions of people for their faith this century alone.

Amen. I’m getting tired of faith being tarred for all war. And all faiths being lumped together as equivalent. That kind of simplistic reasoning part of the reason we’re in the mess we’re in.