" Yet Christianity has been a cornerstone of Western civilisation for nearly two millennia, shaping its moral, cultural, and institutional foundations".
I'm not going to link to the AI-produced bullshit that quote came from - I'm not that nasty.
Suffice to say it was at the top of yet another article I didn't continue reading but the line actually does contain a grain of truth - albeit accidentally.
For 1,800 years (AD) man did not progress. In particular Christianity, based on happenings over the last 225 years, proved the handbrake on western advancement.
Some art was produced, China had some invention but real progression for man only genuinely jumped ahead after the formation of a country that forbid religion from taking part in governance. The United States of America.
The USA did not invent all things but they created the environment where the industrialisation of those inventions could flourish.
Finally free from the restricting influence of religion, invention and industry that allowed more than just the elite to be advantaged jumped ahead and in the last 225 years most men have gone from stone-age to industrial age.
With this in mind this column is worth reading. It is
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