Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
Funny too, that the increase in civil liberties and freedom directly corresponds with the decline of christianty.
Or the decline of Catholicism, and the rise of Protestantism?

Anyway, answers in bold below...

Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
I'll also point out that our legal system is built upon Roman law, not christian law. Who is this we? For Vuk, PVC, and myself, common law is more important And our philosophy is built upon the Greek philosophers. Only in the context they were placed in by medieval theologians Our system of government is from Athens, before disappearing during the christian fundamentalist states of the middle ages... Eh, Athenian democracy is not very comparable to modern liberal democracy, a better comparison would be Puritan England Our economy? Not a christian product either, jesus wasn't so big on lending, better leave that to the juice, they're going to hell anyway.... What about Mr. Weber, the Protestant ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism?