(March 30, 2013 at 12:54 pm)jstrodel Wrote: Christianity is the most important historical force, unquestionably, the most significant influence on the modern world. Does anyone want to dispute that?
Uh, no, actually, that honor belongs to the Greeks. Ever wonder why the Capitol, the White House, and the various monuments throughout DC, as well as many political buildings in the US, have those unusual columns on them? Those are Greek columns. We display them in homage to the fact that the Greeks gave us the most significant and important and influential aspect of the world: Democracy. Christianity has given us nothing. It actively tried to prevent most of what we now consider to be among the most important discoveries in the world from being made public. Galileo, anyone? The earth revolving around the sun? Shall we speak of the thousands of books the Church burned in its mad attempt to prevent knowledge from being shared so that it could maintain its juggernaut-grip on political power in the dark ages of Europe?
Christianity has brought nothing to the table. It will die as it lived; pointless, purposeless, useless, irrelevant.
