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What has Christianity truly contributed to humanity
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RE: What has Christianity truly contributed to humanity
(July 26, 2023 at 1:32 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:


Yes there were hospitals before Christians, the Romans had war hospitals and the Greek had the opium temple equivalent. St. Basil of Caesarea did found the first public hospital that I'm aware of that would be comparison to today's hospitals.  Later, Charlemagne decreed that every cathedral should have a school, monastery and hospital attached. While I concede that a place to heal the sick wasn't invented by Christians. I don't see how any reasonable person could argue against Christian positive influence to spread public hospitalization.

To your other question



@Helios
I wasn't claiming religion as the source of anything, that's not a Christian stance. The things I listed were areas Christians, the "church", or religious dictums contributed to bettering society, as was the original question. I'm also not denying the division and two-faced ness of the "church". The question wasn't "do the scales balance?" it was "has it done anything worth anything?" Knowing that this is a poke thread though, more than likely, it is just a place for anti-theists to vent. I have no problem entertaining actual discussions but it has to be in the vein of the OP. If you want a bag on the church thread, I'm certain there are tons of other places and threads here on that.
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RE: What has Christianity truly contributed to humanity - by tackattack - July 28, 2023 at 12:09 pm

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