[IronJack]

the religious tradition which has done more than any other to shape the modern world: Protestant Christianity.

Take the "Protestant" qualifier off and I might believe it. The Catholic Church has done far more to shape Western civilization than Protestantism ever did. Almost everything we know and do today is shaped somewhere in the past by Catholic tradition.

I'm not a Catholic, but I'll give credit where it's due.

[Trumpinator]

Take the "Protestant" qualifier off and I might believe it. The Catholic Church has done far more to shape Western civilization than Protestantism ever did. Almost everything we know and do today is shaped somewhere in the past by Catholic tradition.

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I thought it was the Pagan Greco-Romans.

[SoCal Pubbie]

The writer qualified “The modern world,” not “Western Civilization.” The United States, which has shaped the modern world more than any other nation, was a direct result of Protestantism. I think the statement is a fair summation of history.