Is Christianity to Blame for Colonialism?

Marlin and Reagan respond to this question from Brian: “In episode 174 [Kai Steinman] quoted people from the colonial and some from the more modern times to prove the point that Christianity played a big role in colonialism. I tend to think that all that was going to happen anyway and it just so happened that the so-called “Christian” world managed to discover the new world first and they just had this convenient veneer of Christianity and saving people’s souls to overlay what they were doing. So my question is, was their view of Christianity the reason for the colonialism or were they just bringing their religion with them and their religion just so happened to be Christianity.”

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