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Is the following true or a load of rubbish: that in the 19th century when Japan was going about adopting many of the features of Western civilisation during the Meiji Restoration, it seriously considered importing Christianity and adopting it, as part of the package of Western civilisation. However, as copies of Darwin's Origin of the Species began to make their way into the hands of the Japanese elite, they became convinced that adopting Christianity would be an error as they viewed it to be incompatible with science.

If it is true, then how likely was it that Japan would have adopted Christianity? Could the majority of the population have been converted? Am I right in assuming they would have adopted Protestant Christianity, since they would have viewed Britain and Prussia/Germany as being the most successful European countries?
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