1) Atheistic liberatarians can never live down that they live under a system instituted by God-fearing men.
They skirt that (ahem) inconvenient point.
(But I confess that I delight in it.)
Our wonderful (and brilliant!) system of government allows for the greatest latitude in personal freedoms exactly BECAUSE it was devised by God-fearing men.
2) Science progressed in Europe not despite of, but largely BECAUSE OF the influence of Christianity.
Science could not have evolved anywhere else on the globe as rapidly as it did in Europe precisely because Christianity (almost always) was tolerant of scientific inquiry. Certainly far more so than Islam. It also valued education, which directly supported science.
That is hard to detect in history. The first thousand years of Christianity in Europe were a time of stagnation and ignorance. For much of it, Europe had no centers of culture and learning to match the best of the Islamic world.
When things changed, it was as much over the opposition of the Church as not.
1) Atheistic liberatarians can never live down that they live under a system instituted by God-fearing men.Our system of government was designed by Christians who were suffering under the oppression of other Christians. They were part of a philosophical movement (the Enlightenment) that was in large part a reaction to the Catholic Church in France. The American system of checks & balances was inspired by the pagan Roman Republic.They skirt that (ahem) inconvenient point.
(But I confess that I delight in it.)
Our wonderful (and brilliant!) system of government allows for the greatest latitude in personal freedoms exactly BECAUSE it was devised by God-fearing men.