Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
That's why I clarified further by elaborating on the divinely commanded via authority part. You don't have Zeus telling Plato to observe the Sabbath. The kami of the rice paddies of Japan don't tell its citizens that masturbation is sinful.None of the societies you have listed were free from religion. You have not done this
Christianity is only one part of many in the success of Western civilization. And that was due to cherry picking which parts to follow and which parts to ignore.Christianity and its moral teachings, are the reason the West has become so successful. The fruits of that success has spread to the rest of the world.
You are going to have to show a source from this.
Decline of Christianity in the Western world - Wikipedia
That part was to also demonstrate that it doesn't rely on belief either, since those are two different things.studies do not prove the lack of God, though, which is my point.
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