The Fatal Flaw in Abrahamic Religions that Dharmic Traditions Don't Have

The average Youtube viewer watches only one-third of a given video. Which is sad because they often don't get to the main argument. So I'll briefly state it here: Abrahamic religions, esp. Christianity, are historically contingent -- meaning the theology hinges on some historical fact being true, or it all falls apart. For example, traditional Christian theology depends on a) Jesus having really lived as a historical being, and b) Jesus having been resurrected by God. (the Bible even says: "if Christ be not resurrected, your faith is in vain.") Dharmic traditions, however, do not depend on any particular historical fact, such as Krishna or even the Buddha having really lived as a historical person. This is because the Dharma traditions are based on specific teachings, not on a theology about specific historical personages. Christianity, by contrast, became a religion about who Jesus allegedly *was*, not so much about what he taught.

This explains, in part, the widespread hypocrisy observed among Christians who do not follow Jesus' teachings (they don't have to, because they are 'saved' solely by believing he was the son of God and died for their sins). Of course followers of Dharma traditions can be as hypocritical as anyone else, but their hypocrisy is not directly enabled by their religion's theology in the same way.

PLEASE NOTE: some commentators think they can write a refutation of my argument having only read these words, without seeing the video. Such attempted refutations will be deleted. Do me the courtesy of watching the video before you try to refute, please.

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