When it comes to the foundations of morality in the Western world, they are made of Humanism.
Yuval Noah Harari explains it best in his videos and books. Here is a short video
Yuval Noah Harari explains it best in his videos and books. Here is a short video
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
