Question

Discuss the various religious, cultural, historical, political, and social aspects of Fabian Fucan's attack on Christianity.

Answer 1

Answer:

Fabian Fucan openly resents Christianity, and opens his treatise calling the religion a “creed”. He believes that religiously Christianity presents very little truth, a religion “of the barbarians”. Fucan also claims that Christianity would destroy Japanese culture because it resents everything the Japanese practice. Politically, Fucan believes the missionaries’ mission is to overthrow the government by spreading their religion because the Japanese government is so entrenched in the Buddhist and Shinto ways; such has already happened in the Philippines and Mexico. He believes that such a barbaric religion will not have an impact on the Japanese people, because “their land by far surpasses others in fierce bravery”.

Answer 2

Fucan mentions how Christianity is trying to get rid of "The Law of Buddha" in Japan, which is evident of his religious aspect of the attack. In the social aspect of his attack on Christianity, Fucan mentions how Christianity will cause the destruction of the social structure in Japan. Additionally, Fucan goes on to mention that politically that Christian countries are taking over lands in Mexico/Central America. Furthermore, Fucan also mentions how Christianity prohibits murder, which is contradictory to the religion since killing people happened while conquering other lands. Culturally, Fucan mentions how Christianity is bringing down Japanese culture. Overall, Fucan asserts many points that suggests his attack on the religion.