We can look at different societies that existed before or without chrisianity.
Well, let's take the Greeks. They excelled in science, philosophy, art, literature, architecture, engineering, education. The Greeks invented democracy.
Hmmm, no need for christianity back then. The world actually excelled and striving forward.
The Romans, basically the same as the Greeks with the exception of democracy.
The Incas, Aztecs, and Mayans, all had very sophisticated societies without christianity. The Mayan calendar is STILL the most accurate calendar in the world.
The Chinese, probably the most sophisticated people of the pre-christian era. They basically invented everything.
So basically the world was just fine before christianity.
Well, let's take a look at what happened when christianity arose.
Ah, the 'Dark Ages'. Sure the dark ages are called that because there was less sunlight that caused a minor ice age, BUT, that time coincided with repression of science, knowledge, advancement in every area.
basically, christianity ushered ina multiple century retardations of humanity in every aspect of humanity.
Now some would have you believe that humanity advanced because of direct involvement (dictatorship) of christianity. The fact is that humanity would have achieved advances in science and every aspect of man if christianity didn't interrupt and retard that advancement.
The notion that genetics would not have been studied if a monk hadn't been supported by christianity is ridiculous. The fact is that if christianity had not retarded education, there would have been more people searching, studying, and making discoveries much sooner.
Science was beginning to emerge in the Greek and Roman societies until it came to a screeching halt by christianity. It isn't until the enlightenment (non-christian) also known as the 'Renaissance'. The age/era is noteworthy as a time that christianity was defied openly and achieved great things in spite of christianity.
So it is historic that christianity has held back humanity for several hundreds of years. In the Dark Ages, christianity took humanity almost all the way back to the Stone Ages!
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To take just one example, Christianity magnified the impact of Black Death by claiming it was the judgment of god. Instead of looking for the real causes and maybe doing something effective, people clustered together in churches to pray, while sharing fleas and infections. The church also suggested that the plague was caused by Jews, Gypsies, etc., leading to massacres of these people. In addition, church persecuted "wise women" (herbalists), perhaps the most effective medical practitioners at the time, as witches.
The Black Death killed perhaps a third of Europe's population and knocked Western civilization back almost to the stone age. Like rats and fleas, the church flourished among people huddled together in filth and fear.
The Churches also objected strongly to anasthesia in childbirth...apparently it is the "Sin of Adam" and children should be brought forth in both blood and pain to remind us of it...Why the pluperfect hell any woman follows any one of the Abramaic faiths is totally beyond me...
The fall of the Roman Empire had little to do with the fact that Christianity filled the leadership gap left behind. Now, with that said, Christianity did everything it could to 'stay in power.' This included killing the leaders of other religions, destroying or converting places of worship into Christian places of worship, and destroying documents, books, and information related to any and all opposing faiths. This is really what the Christian leadership was doing then and it is what they intend to do today as well.
Christianity is an "in-grouip/out group" religion. If you are in the group you are saved and if you are outside the group you are damned.
Religious gibberish just goes on and on.
The church saw the feudal system as the will of god. It saw poverty not only as a natural state but as desirable, because it believed being attached to this world drove people away from god.
How many wars were waged in the name of a god...almost all of them!