[MacDorcha]

Actually, you'll note something fascinating about the Greeks...

They aren't the central culture anymore. Haven't been for well over 2000 years.

And amazingly, when they were, they were producing Socrates, a philosopher and THEOLOGEN.

The only difference is that he gave up the "many gods" bit for speaking of "the Truth"

Perfection was "God" to him.

[Junior]

It doesn't matter that they no longer exist (we won't exist centuries from now). What matters is that those idolators were able to create the first free society in the West.

BTW, what is a THEOLOGEN?

[Alter Kaker]

Actually, you'll note something fascinating about the Greeks... They aren't the central culture anymore. Haven't been for well over 2000 years. And amazingly, when they were, they were producing Socrates, a philosopher and THEOLOGEN.

While I applaud you for your creative spelling, your history is off.

1. Socrates was an opponent of democracy. He supported a dictatorship in Athens and was executed when Athens returned to democracy.
2. Socrates was not a theologian. He believed in the supremacy of one's daimonion which is more or less analagous to one's conscious. In other words, he was a moral relativist who believed that morality should be left up to the judgement of each individual.
3. Democracy lasted a lot longer in Greece than it has anywhere else in the world to date, so I'm not sure what your point about it being a backwater for the last 2000 years has to do with anything.