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No, it wasnt. Much of early enlightenment “science” was sponsored by the Catholic Church. The enlightenment did not occur in an Islamic or Hindu or daoist society and this is not a coincidence. The first university was established for Christian learning. Why? Because Christ’s isn’t solely for obedience to him (right sides interpretation) or empathy (progressive side interpretation) but truth. |
So what is the date of the USA beginning as a nation? |
Cato rates Japan as freer than the United States, or is Cato too woke and leftist for your kind ever since they published a report finding that politically-motivated violence is primarily a right-wing issue? In any event, you can stop with the non sequiturs now that someone has held your hand and spoonfed you the information you were looking for. |
Japan has also been occupied by the USA, a Christian nation, who wrote their constitution for them. At least you tried. |
You’d save everyone a lot of trouble if you looked at Wikipedia before posting. While you’re looking at it, look at a $20 CAD bill too. You can oddly even find examples printed before 1982. |
The question was "[w]hat country that was never Christian do you consider free?" Sorry my answer was inconvenient for your parochial purposes. I hope your back doesn't hurt too much from moving the goalposts after you got an answer you didn't like. |
| Why is this even a question? You know the answer is Christian Nationalism and so does everyone else even if they say otherwise. |
Would you have called pre-occupation Japan free? How long do you think it will remain free after we leave? |
Yes, when Canada was a colony. They have not been a colony of the British Empire since 1982, but the colony did carry the name of Canada before that -- as a colony, not as a separate nation. The nation of Canada began with the patriation of their Constitution -- same as the USA. Again, this is not hard. |
Japan's Constitution was indeed written by the US but it has absolutely no Christian doctrine in it whatsoever, and in fact has nothing at all to do with Christianity. Furthermore, it strongly promotes separation of church and state, which was an intentional choice made to prevent Japan from returning to the State Shinto that drove its militarism. "At least you tried" - and failed - to imply Christianity had some value there. |
I wouldn't have called pre-Bill of Rights America free either, but we both know that's neither here nor there. Nice try moving the goalposts again. I'm sure someone with a room-temperature was fooled and is in awed by your fifth-grade-level command of facts and rhetoric. |
No, Christians didn’t invent institutions for advanced education. Plato had his Academy, and Aristotle the Lyceum. University of al-Qarawiyyin in Morocco was established in 859 by Fatima el-Fahiri, a Muslim. Taixue, the Imperial College of China, was founded hundreds of years before Christ. You are correct in putting quotes around “science”. Medieval science was forced to conform to Christian dogma. Early Christian thinkers like Tertullian epitomized the Christian distrust of reason: “I believe because it is absurd”. Core doctrines like the Virgin birth, the Trinity, and the Resurrection were held to be true precisely because they defied logic. The argument was that human brains were too tiny to grasp divine truth. It was a theological framework that placed faith and miracles above natural law, which made scientific inquiry nearly impossible. Galileo and Newton had to carefully frame their discoveries in order to avoid charges of heresy. |
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When do we get to criticize these backwards Islam countries.
The breadth and depth historically, present day, lack of freedoms. Slavery entire countries dedicated to the slave trade. America had slavery, like a few rich whites owned some slaves. Christian abolitionists stopped the practice. They went to war to stop slavery. In the whole history of slavery when did an Islamist ever lift a finger to stop slavery? Modern day, there they killing people to build Qatar's world cup. When did they give up slavery in these countries 1960's or later. Probably even DeFacto today. Anyone that is Islam that is commenting on American lack of freedom needs to have a mirror shattered in front of their face. I get Islam preaches certain ethics, but when have they have actually implemented them. Point to a culture where they did anything but behave like spineless peons. Islam is a very populous culture surely somewhere they treat workers with respect and dignity. Why would you come to this country for "religious freedom" then continue to practice Islam? I don't get it. My relatives from China were quick to adopt Christianity. It was like a bonus, Oh and they can go to church. I don't even go to church, that is what they wanted. |
If you would like to start a thread criticizing Islam, you are free to do so. In the meantime, it would be nice if you stayed on topic, which if you need a refresher, is MAGAs implementing Christian nationalism in the United States. |