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In reply to the discussion: List of religion's tangible accomplishments and advances for humanity [View all]Leontius
(2,270 posts)67. No need to mention
the Franks, the Vandals, the Huns, the Ostrogoths, the Visigoths, the Saxons, the Avars, the Norse, the Mongols, the Black Death, brigands running rampant, the collapse of large scale agriculture, the rise of petty warlords and their constant warfare and raids, the collapse of civil government in most of Europe, climate change, more epidemics and plagues, the retraction of trade and commerce, etc, etc let's just make the infantile claim that is was all the fault of religion, Christianity in paticular,, let's just let antireligious bigotry rule the day , let's just alow prejudice win out over the factswe need to ignore to push that agenda.
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List of religion's tangible accomplishments and advances for humanity [View all]
Eliminator
Dec 2011
OP
Good luck with this list. I asked for the same a few weeks ago, and got two things; Jack and Shit.
cleanhippie
Dec 2011
#2
Michelangelo would STILL have been one of the greatest artists of all time.
cleanhippie
Dec 2011
#14
Your second paragraph would be more compelling if human pair bonding was always
Leontius
Dec 2011
#53
So often believers can't grasp a simple concept "you don't need religion to do it, you never didyo"
MarkCharles
Dec 2011
#22
That's because, as you have so often pointed out, believers are really intellectually
cbayer
Dec 2011
#24
Are you going to deny the role that socialists and communists institutions played
mr blur
Dec 2011
#62
Silly me I thought the major impetus of the african slave trade was money and power .
Leontius
Dec 2011
#55
"The only people who I can imagine would be offended by a nativity scene that included gay..........
MarkCharles
Dec 2011
#40