Re: Must civilization fail without Christianity?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (sharon) wrote in
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>"John Popelish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> sharon wrote:
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>> > Must civilization fail without Christianity?
>> > by Edward T. Babinski
>> (snip)
>> > My QUESTION is this:
>> > "Was the influence of Christianity and theology as prominent a
>> > deciding factor in the ascendancy of Western civilization as some
>> > Christians have stated, or, did a combination of all the other
>> > historical factors above, play as large a role (or slightly larger a
>> > role) than Christianity did 
>in
>> > the history of the ASCENDANCY of the West?"
>> (snip)
>>
>> Does the phrase, "pimple on the ass of progress" mean anything to you?
>>
>
>I believe the truest greatest progress came when some Europeans got
>their first taste of freedom, and some freethinkers conceptualized,
>wrote and signed the Declaration of Independence. THERE was progress.

And gee, it only took them 225 years to regress to the state of the union 
we see today.

-- 
Blast Femur

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it was a good plan, put it into practice. And for billions and billions of 
years, the Divine Plan has been doing just fine. Now, you come along, and 
pray for something. Well suppose the thing you want isn't in God's Divine 
Plan? What do you want Him to do? Change His plan? Just for you? Doesn't it 
seem a little arrogant? It's a Divine Plan. What's the use of being God if 
every run-down shmuck with a two-dollar prayerbook can come along and fuck 
up Your Plan?"

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