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re resp:235: In resp:201 I stated that I think Middle Eastern based Judao-Christian moral principles are the basis for modern nationalism and the conversion of our lifestyles from being based on agriculture to being based on industry. What I see by way of counter-argument is speculation that maybe another culture would have gotten there too. I have no problem with that, except that it has nothing to do with the point I made and which is presumably being refuted. It is a fact that Western European culture has become dominant over the last 500 years. Maybe it got to this state despite Christianity, and not because of it. Maybe Buddhism or Hinduism or Samurai culture or something else would have gotten there eventually instead. My only argument to that is that none of them did. Shouldn't that count for *something*? Even if it is stylish on Grex to hate Christianity? I was responding to resp:200 which questions why anyone would want to adopt Judaism or it's offshoots, Christianity and Islam, given that there's a political mess in the Middle East. I'd say (I did say) the political mess isn't the most important thing ever to result from the Middle East.
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