Islam is certainly not a branch of Christianity; it is a branch of Judaism (
j/k, though it is technically the same God that Judiasm, Christianty and Islam follow, just with major differences in regards to divine prophets and such). Loser is talking about my statement regarding the monotheistic religions in Africa being imported brands of Christianity. I should have said "Christianity or Islam", as there are plenty of Muslims in northern and eastern Africa. I do not think there was ever a massive conVersion drive sponsered by Jews in Africa like there have been with Christianity and Islam, though I could be mistaken.
And how many animists are there around? Most animistic religions I know of also have a polytheistic pantheon...
But anyways, my whole point was that Monotheists are a relatively small minority on Earth (hence, "vast majority are polythesists"). Now back to your regularly scheduled Conquest Mod (hopefully with more generic terms in the future).
[ October 18, 2003, 22:35: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]