What has Christianity truly contributed to humanity

[Nishant Xavier]

Christianity is to be judged on its Two Great Commandments. (1) Love God with your whole heart, which virtually everyone other than Atheists agree with, i.e. Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, many others etc, then (2) Love your neighbor as you love yourself, which even Atheists and Humanists generally agree with,

If those Commandments are Good Commandments, then Christianity is a Good Religion. It's that simple. If this or that Christian doesn't live up to those Commandments, then that's his own personal sin according to our holy Religion. But when Christians do live up to Christ's Commandments, then they do great things such as those I and others mentioned earlier, including abolishing infancticide, slavery, establishig charities, hospitals, orphanages and more.

Of course, we can all work together to build a better world for ourselves and our descendants. It doesn't have to be a fight to the death or anything, although it is an ideological debate about which Ideology is better for the future of humanity, Christianity or Atheism. Atheism of course has no Great Commandments, as its own adherents will admit. Some Atheists will agree Love of Neighbor is the Greatest Thing of all. Others may or may not agree.

But if you're a Christian, you're bound to agree and believe and practice that according to your own Faith, since that's the Teaching of Jesus Christ the Lord. The Savior also said, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. For this is the Law and the Prophets", i.e. to say all of Christianity is summed up by this Maxim or Golden Rule. He also said, "Love your enemies, Pray for those who Persecute you, Bless those who curse you, and then you will be True Children of your Father in Heaven; for He makes His Sun Rise on the Good and the Evil alike, and gives Rain to the Righteous and Wicked alike". Finally, He said, "Whatever you did to one of the least of these (the Poor), that you did unto Me". in Matthew 25. Those divine words have given an impetus to such an outgrowth of charitable activity across 2000 years as would never have happened otherwise. Every Non-Christian knows we Christians love Christ. Well, so imagine then, and this is what motivated, St. Mother Theresa, St. Vincent De Paul, St. Catherine de Sienna, St. Francis of Assisi, as well as many Rich Queens and Kings, to love the Poor so much: because One Extra-ordinary Man with no Equal before or since 2000 years ago dared to teach the Amazing Truth that love and service to the Poor is service to God.