Posted on 12/04/2022 9:10:55 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Agreed. I just watched a WW I documentary om tubi which made the point that life was good in Europe prior to the war. Individual freedom was growing. Prosperity was widespread. Industry and science was expanding. There had been peace since 1870. Despite all the analysis of the causes, WW I was a gigantic family fight. Really a paroxysm of stupidity and miscalculation with dire, long term consequences.
More likely, WWII would have never ended. It would simply be a constant state of combat between constantly shifting alliances.
Martin Luther is /was significant contributor to the John Wayne individuality.
It’s his thoughts that publicized the concepts of self identification, self actualization, self realization etc etc all leading into the capitalist. All supplementing the necessary innovation and inventions we see in the development of sciences and patents.
A lot was happening back then.
That’s very true.
I’m sorry to say I really don’t like you Chad. Maybe I’m being unfair but for a relative newbie trying to fit in your pride gives you away. Maybe someday you will understand and even learn to become a critical thinker but for now you are quick with an answer, unfortunately the WRONG answer.
God, not Christianity, gave us free will. It’s right there in the 3rd chapter of Genesis which you may have read (and likely discarded kinda like Elon Musk, too smart for their own good).
So if you want to be a critical thinker you’ll need to start by disproving the Bible. Archaeology would be a good place to start. Or Dr. Walt Brown, he’s no Heinlein, but maybe you could disprove his hydroplate theory on creationscience.com. More science that any can shake a stick at in Part 1. Part 2 describes the hydroplate theory, and part 3 is Q & A.
I hope someday I can learn to like you Chad but so far you are like so many freepers whose own pride has tied their own showstrings.
Good day sir!
Better question: What would the world be like without the British Empire?
The day will come when the Tribulation begins & some folks will get a taste of what it can be like without much of the influence of Christianity. The time to be thinking about that is now, if one hasn’t already.
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