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The term Western Religion does not refer to those religions that originated in the Western Roman Empire. It refers primarily to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the dominant religions of the Western world. The claim that these religions "are fundamentally opposed to Western Culture" is highly suspect and POV, given that virtually all Western countries are predominantly Christian.

You may think your own system of breaking down Eastern and Western makes more sense, but it does not reflect the mainstream use of the terms "Eastern religion" and "Western religion." See Comparing Eastern and Western religious traditions for the standard meaning of these terms. Pterodactyler 15:30, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] What?!

The last paragraph of this article reads like it was penned by a first grader! Moreover, only the most clueless, illiterate morons in the West would be COMPLETELY unaware that we of European ancestry adhered to various pre-Christian beliefs before the arrival of Christianity.

Lastly, what's with the last line? The sooner people become aware of the fact that Europe was not Christian two millenia ago the better?! Let me guess, the author of that intellectual gem would like to see Europe revert to its "traditional" (read: manufactured in the 1950's) Wiccan/neo-pagan/feminist/[insert left-wing/Llewellyn publication-esque sentiment here] beginnings. Spare me. Or, rather, spare the readership of Wikipedia. Can someone with a NPOV and a GED add substance to this article and remove this last paragraph? Please?!

Done. D. Wo. 22:00, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed merger

I suspect there is little of value here and this should merely be a redirect to Abrahamic religion, but I will allow the religion experts to determine this for themselves. KSchutte 16:08, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I agree. The Abrahamic religion article includes information about religions that usually aren't considered "Western." In addition, this complements Eastern religion well. joturner 00:02, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
In that case, can somebody put something on Islam in this article, because it really needs it. KSchutte 02:23, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


I've come to the conclusion that this really is a bad article. There's a proposal to merge it with Abrahamic religion. I've just looked at it, and it looks kilometres ahead of this article in quality and content. Should we merge the two? — D. Wo. 17:51, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Even though this article may be poorly written and biased, it still should cover more about religion than just Abrahamic religion. Disagree with merger. -- DSGruss 18:37, 28 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Great job D.Wo

Last paragraph is much better, and I think it gets a key point across in a decidedly NPOV manner.

[edit] Mediterranean religions not western religions

Judaism and the derivatives, or simply put, the mosaic religions are eastern religions or at best Mediterranean religions. The idea of Mosaic religions being termed as western religions is inaccurate. Robin klein 17:50, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Concerning Point 4 in the Introduction

I understand that point 4 may appear to be religiously biased to some readers. In response, I have made changes to clarify the wording on the article: that this is simply stating what some passages of the Christian Bible teach (i.e. that faith in God should not be restricted to particular nationalities and cultures, and that the nations of the world make valuable contributions to the worship of God - thus, passages in the Christian Bible itself teach that Christianity isn't just for members of a particular nationality or culture). I have included some references.

If you still have questions or issues regarding point 4, or if you wish to further explain which part of point 4 appears or appeared religiously biased to you, and in what way, I invite you to discuss the issue here. Also, if you wish to do some further reading, you could perhaps look at well-known Bible passages with examples of non-westerners worshipping (such as the wise men from the East [1] or the Ethiopian official to Queen Candace [2] etc,) or the Jew-Gentile debate in Acts 15 [3] (see also Judaizers) Blessings, Fh1 12:44, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Missing religion

Western religions should also include the Zoroastrian religion. The western faiths are not necessarily just based on the Abrahamic religions. In the original sense the western religions are called such because it is based on the western side of the border between India and Pakistan, where they originated. They should include Islam, Christianity, Judaism and Zoroastrianism. 70.67.140.175 04:58, 27 March 2007 (UTC)