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If Judaism is the oldest Abrahamic religion, why does it have so few followers compared to Christianity and Islam and why by such a large margin?

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Praxinoscope@lemm.ee
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The Holocaust may have played a role

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JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee
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Not a huge one. The far bigger factor is that it doesn’t try to convert people, while Islam and Christianity both do/have, often at the tip of the sword

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