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What if christianity never existed ?
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RE: What if christianity never existed ?
(August 29, 2016 at 10:21 pm)joseph_ Wrote: The monks would not have created the university system in the middle ages that was the forerunner to modern western science and perhaps there would be no modern liberal atheism.

Strange, the classical pagan world also had universities.  It was the knowledge of that classical pagan world which filled the monks universities themselves, such as it remained.  Cavarka expressed what you would call "modern liberal atheism" centuries prior to any christian monks existence and in the hindu part of the world.  There's nothing about christian monasticism that comports with or forms the basis of scientific thought (here again, we have the classical pagan world to thank).  The term monasticism, from which monk is derived......also brought to you by way of the classical pagan world.  

It's almost like christianity cribbed their whole schtick, killed them.........and then took credit for it..just like they did to the jews.  Rolleyes
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What if christianity never existed ? - by Torin - August 29, 2016 at 11:20 am
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by Minimalist - August 29, 2016 at 11:59 am
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by abaris - August 29, 2016 at 12:27 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by RobertE - August 29, 2016 at 12:46 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by drfuzzy - August 29, 2016 at 12:51 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by abaris - August 29, 2016 at 1:13 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by RobertE - August 30, 2016 at 1:42 pm
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RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by Minimalist - August 29, 2016 at 12:55 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by Jesster - August 29, 2016 at 12:58 pm
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RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by Minimalist - August 29, 2016 at 1:32 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by abaris - August 29, 2016 at 2:31 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by Minimalist - August 29, 2016 at 3:36 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by abaris - August 29, 2016 at 3:42 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by Edwardo Piet - August 29, 2016 at 1:53 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by Arkilogue - August 29, 2016 at 1:54 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by abaris - August 29, 2016 at 2:20 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by Pat Mustard - September 14, 2016 at 12:48 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by abaris - September 14, 2016 at 3:24 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by mlmooney89 - August 29, 2016 at 2:02 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by Arkilogue - August 29, 2016 at 2:30 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by abaris - August 29, 2016 at 2:34 pm
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RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by Minimalist - August 29, 2016 at 2:24 pm
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RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by Minimalist - August 29, 2016 at 4:48 pm
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RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by abaris - August 29, 2016 at 5:52 pm
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RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by paulpablo - August 29, 2016 at 6:38 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by abaris - August 29, 2016 at 6:25 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by paulpablo - August 29, 2016 at 6:47 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by abaris - August 29, 2016 at 7:02 pm
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RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by bennyboy - August 29, 2016 at 7:18 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by Arkilogue - August 29, 2016 at 7:29 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by bennyboy - August 29, 2016 at 8:33 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by abaris - August 29, 2016 at 8:38 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by Arkilogue - August 29, 2016 at 7:32 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by Pat Mustard - September 14, 2016 at 2:21 pm
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RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by bennyboy - August 29, 2016 at 10:05 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by Arkilogue - August 29, 2016 at 9:06 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by Arkilogue - August 29, 2016 at 9:17 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by joseph_ - August 29, 2016 at 10:21 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by bennyboy - August 29, 2016 at 11:52 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by abaris - August 30, 2016 at 1:13 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by The Grand Nudger - August 30, 2016 at 1:05 pm
RE: What if christianity never existed ? - by RobertE - August 30, 2016 at 3:39 pm
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