The existence of sub-factions does not disprove the existence of a shared, overarching ideology. Those Christians who fought each other, how many of them didn’t believe in core stories like genesis, the crucifixion, or the resurrection? If anything, the fact that even people with shared ideologies will fight to the death over smaller differences should tell you how dangerous a multicultural world will become. I can tell you what a Christian, Muslim, and Jew generally believes. Your denial that these religious identities have meaning and define culture will not serve you well.

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People will kill each other over disparate beliefs, that is not in doubt. But it’s not the way, only a last resort when someone else forces their beliefs on you with violence. And the Jews and Christians I know personally (don’t know many Muslims) have wildly different views from each other — I mean the Christians do not all think alike, nor do the Jews. If by what a Christian, Muslim and Jew, generally believe, you are talking about avowed, devout, practicing, proselytizing ones, okay fine. But I’m talking about people I know.