Re: Must civilization fail without Christianity?

sharon wrote:
> 
> "John Popelish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > sharon wrote:
> > >
> > > 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.

Agreed.  A quantum leap.

-- 
John Popelish